Global human rights watchdog Amnesty International has appointed Salil Shetty, an Indian who headed the UN Millennium Campaign, as its next secretary-general

Now, Swiss scientists and PIT Solution, a little-heard of IT startup in Technopark in Kerala will be working on the Blue Brain Project, the world’s first comprehensive attempt to reverse-engineer the mammalian brain, reports Financial Express.

When she plays the piano she reminds you of the American actress Amy Irving from the 1980 film The Competition — fierce and focussed.

Samir K Brahmachari feels like Bhuvan, the lead character in Aamir Khan-starrer Lagaan [ Images ]. In the blockbuster, Bhuvan cobbles together a team of villagers, who have never played cricket in their lives, and manages to beat a team of professional British cricketers.

Columbia University professor of medicine Gaurav Shah and his wife Falu are emerging as a high-profile singing couple. Arthur J Pais reports.

United States President Barack Obama recently elevated Dr Rajiv Shah, who currently serves as Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics and Chief Scientist at the United States Department of Agriculture, as administrator for the United States Agency for International Development.

UK based Indian origin scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has won the 2009 Nobel Prize [ Images ] for Chemistry along with American Thomas A Steitz and Isreali scientist Ada E Yonath.

At 17, when most girls of her age were set to go to college for higher studies, she got married. But Sarala Bastian did not wish to just be confined to her house. She wanted to do something on her own. She wanted to be independent and carve out an identify for herself.

Sharad Mirani, a 14-year-old from Ahmedabad has won the maiden bronze medal in the global scientific competition, International Earth Science Olympiads (IESO) in Taiwan.