Speaker hails Ramakrishnan for Noble

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, Vayalar Ravi, has congratulated Indian American Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan on his being honoured with the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has congratulated Dr.

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday congratulated India-born scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan for winning the 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, and said it was a matter of great pride for the country and also a tribute to India's educational system and the teaching community. In a statement issued here, the prime minister said: "I warmly congratulate you on the award of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009.

October 7th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E.

October 7th, 2009 LONDON - Indian-origin scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishan Wednesday said that he is "honoured" to share 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry but added that it's a "mistake to define good work by awards". Asked about his initial reaction when he heard the news, Venkatraman said: "Well, I think it's a great honour and surprise! I am very happy!" I think its a mistake to define good work by awards.

October 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil Wednesday congratulated Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, the Indian-born scientist who has shared this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry with two other researchers. The president has said she is very proud to hear of the news and is happy that Professor Ramakrishnans pursuit of understanding the structure and function of the ribosome has been recognised, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said.

October 7th, 2009 VADODARA - As Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry along with two others Wednesday, the Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) in this Gujarat city - where he did graduation in physics - reacted with pride and joy. "We knew one day he will win a Nobel prize," said J.S.

October 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has congratulated Professor Venkatraman Ramakrishnan for jointly winning the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the year 2009. The President said that she is very proud to hear of the news and is happy that Professor Ramakrishnan's pursuit of understanding the structure and function of the ribosome has been recognized.

October 7th, 2009 LONDON - Indian-origin scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E.

October 7th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E.

June 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - CEOs of Indian companies can make a dollar run longer than their Western counterparts because of the spirit of frugality with which they have been brought up, says a top India-born US-based recruiter of corporate honchos for Global 2000 companies. "The CEOs in Indian companies grow up to work with constraints and are able to optimise their operations more than their counterparts in US and UK.

June 13th, 2009 PANAJI - Local politicians have been protecting the illegal mining industry that has led to degradation of environment in Goa, Assembly Speaker Pratapsing Rane said. "Illegal mines in Goa are protected by politicians like me.

June 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior Congress leader Meira Kumar took oath as the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha today. Kumar hails from the Dalit community and is better known as the daughter of former Deputy Prime Minister Babu Jagjivan Ram.

May 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at Rice University and Harvard University, US, have developed a new model to explain how noble gases - elements like helium, neon and argon - are lost from the Earth's interior during mantle convection. The research takes aim at a question that has vexed geoscientists for years: how to reconcile leading theories about the convection of Earth's mantle with observations of ancient noble gases in volcanic rocks.

May 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress leadership is likely to decide on the new speaker of the Lok Sabha by Saturday now that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 78-member council of ministers has been sworn in, party sources said. Five-time MP V.