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Padma Shri awardee environmentalist Tulsi Gowda dies at 86 in Karnataka
1 week ago

Padma Shri awardee environmentalist Tulsi Gowda dies at 86 in Karnataka

India Today  

Tulsi Gowda, the renowned environmentalist and Padma Shri awardee known as the "Vruksha Maate", passed away on Monday at her residence in Karnataka’s Honnali village, Ankola Taluk, Uttara Kannada district. Hailing from the Halakki tribal community, Tulsi Gowda dedicated over six decades of her life to environmental conservation, planting and nurturing thousands of trees in Ankola and its surroundings. In …

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Vigyan Yuva awardee Prashant Kumar: Satellite data for weather forecast
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Vigyan Yuva awardee Prashant Kumar: Satellite data for weather forecast

Hindustan Times  

Prashant Kumar of the Indian Space Research Organisation, winner of one of this year’s Vigyan Yuva Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards for Space Science and Technology, describes his work on assimilation and optimisation of weather data for more precise forecasting. Another example of our work has been customising a Weather Research and Forecasting model using Indian Doppler Weather Radar observations in …

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Vigyan Yuva awardee Jitendra K Sahu: Tackling childhood epilepsy
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Vigyan Yuva awardee Jitendra K Sahu: Tackling childhood epilepsy

Hindustan Times  

Dr Jitendra K Sahu of PGIMER, Chandigarh, one of the recipients of this year’s Vigyan Yuva Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards in Medicine, is recognised globally for his expertise in the field of infantile spasms. How I do it My team has studied and shed light on the genetic landscape of infantile spasms and Dravet syndrome, both of which are severe …

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Vigyan Yuva awardee Krishna Murthy SL: Stress-tolerant rice varieties
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Vigyan Yuva awardee Krishna Murthy SL: Stress-tolerant rice varieties

Hindustan Times  

Krishna Murthy SL, a senior scientist at the Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, has developed a number of rice varieties that are resistant to various stresses, such as salinity, alkalinity and low-phosphorous soils. Krishna Murthy, who is one of the winners of this year’s Vigyan Yuva awards for Agriculture, explains the kind …

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Vigyan Yuva awardee Aravind Penmatsa: Exploring proteins in neuronal membranes
4 months ago

Vigyan Yuva awardee Aravind Penmatsa: Exploring proteins in neuronal membranes

Hindustan Times  

Both winners in the Biological Sciences category of this year’s Yuva Vigyan Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards study membrane proteins, molecules in the cell membrane that transport materials and exchange signals. Aravind Penmatsa of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, describes his work with membrane proteins in neurons. These roles are performed by different types of membrane proteins, which are involved …

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Vigyan Yuva awardee Pragya Dhruv Yadav: Breaking down viruses
4 months ago

Vigyan Yuva awardee Pragya Dhruv Yadav: Breaking down viruses

Hindustan Times  

Dr Pragya Dhruv Yadav, who heads the biosafety level-4 containment laboratory at the National Institute of Virology in Pune, is one of the winners of this year’s Vigyan Yuva Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards in the Medicine category. BSL-4, which started functioning on December 28, 2012, is an apex laboratory for storage of eliminated viruses, viral haemorrhagic fever diagnosis, support for …

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Senior journalist and Ramon Magsaysay awardee Ravish Kumar resigns from NDTV
2 years ago

Senior journalist and Ramon Magsaysay awardee Ravish Kumar resigns from NDTV

The Hindu  

Senior journalist Ravish Kumar, a Ramon Magsaysay awardee, on Wednesday quit NDTV a day after the channel’s founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy resigned as directors on the board of its parent entity, RRPR Holding Private Limited. NDTV Group president Suparna Singh, in an email to her colleagues, reportedly said: “Ravish has resigned from NDTV and the company has agreed …

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'It's been an outstanding journey', says Sunil Chhetri, football's first Khel Ratna awardee
3 years, 1 month ago

'It's been an outstanding journey', says Sunil Chhetri, football's first Khel Ratna awardee

Firstpost  

“It has been amazing to play for the National team, for so many years, for the number of matches, it has been an outstanding journey,” said the 36-year-old year talismanic India captain in an AIFF release. New Delhi: The first footballer to be conferred with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Indian maestro Sunil Chhetri on Wednesday said the …

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Padma Shri Awardee and Former IMA President Dr. KK Aggarwal Passes Away at 62 Due to Covid-19
3 years, 7 months ago

Padma Shri Awardee and Former IMA President Dr. KK Aggarwal Passes Away at 62 Due to Covid-19

News 18  

A former national president of the Indian Medical Association Dr. KK Aggarwal breathed his last on Monday at Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences after fighting a long battle against the dealy Covid-19. The 62- year-old Padma Shree awardee had been admitted to AIIMS after he contracted the virus and was kept on ventilator support since last week. “Ever …

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Legendary Malayalam poet and Padmashri awardee Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri passes away at 94
4 years, 2 months ago

Legendary Malayalam poet and Padmashri awardee Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri passes away at 94

Hindustan Times  

Renowned Malayalam poet, Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri passed away on Thursday morning in Thrissur. Legendary Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri passes away at 94 Namboothiri was undergoing treatment at a private hospital for age-related ailments. Namboothiri, who had won the 55th Jnanpith Award last year, had won many awards including Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards and Ezhuthachan Puraskaram. Dr Shashi Tharoor, MP …

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National Sports Awards 2020: Khel Ratna awardee Mariyappan Thangavelu 'never thought he would reach this far'
4 years, 3 months ago

National Sports Awards 2020: Khel Ratna awardee Mariyappan Thangavelu 'never thought he would reach this far'

Firstpost  

Thangavelu still cannot believe how far he has come after suffering permanent disability at the age of five when a bus crushed his right leg below the knee. Thangavelu, who also won a bronze in the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, is currently training at the Sports Authority of India’s Bengaluru centre to prepare for Tokyo Paralympics next year. …

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Coronavirus Outbreak: Arjuna awardee Satwiksairaj Rankireddy tests positive for COVID-19
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Arjuna awardee Satwiksairaj Rankireddy tests positive for COVID-19

Firstpost  

Satwiksairaj said he is yet to develop any symptoms of the infection. The national awards will be given away in a virtual ceremony on Saturday due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Set to be conferred the Arjuna award on Saturday, Indian badminton player Satwiksairaj Rankireddy has tested positive for COVID-19 and been in home quarantine for nearly a week. Satwik and …

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