Month: January 2021

Bengaluru’s renowned virologist Dr V Ravi, popular as ‘Virus Ravi’ for his achievements in the field of virology research, is one of the leading scientists on the International Scientific Advisory Board for Sputnik-V — the world’s first registered vaccine against SARS-CoV-2.

Daughter of the royal kennel keeper, the beautiful Jindan Kaur went on to become Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s youngest and last queen; his favourite.

She became regent when her son Dalip, barely six years old, unexpectedly inherited the throne.

Vimal Chandran, the only Indian artist to be a part of Lamborghini’s global  project, takes us through his creation, which was inspired by the Italian company’s cars and his Indian roots .

Bengaluru / Kerala

The mathematics teacher, driven by logic and rationality, created a Facebook page ‘Secular Marriage Matrimony’, wherein he facilitates a platform for people who wish to marry outside barriers of caste and religion, under The Special Marriage Act. “I started a Facebook page in May 2014 titled ‘Mathamillatha Jeevithangal’ (Lives without religion).

There, I shared stories of inter-caste, inter-religious and trans couples who fought against all odds to live together. 

Kerala

Nikhil Srivastava, a young Indian mathematician, has been named winner of the prestigious 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize along with two others for solving long-standing questions on the Kadison-Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs.

Alappuzha :

Kannankara village and Kalathil family of Alappuzha are rejoicing. For the ‘granddaughter’ of the village has been appointed to a top post in the National Security Council (NSC) of the United States by President Joe Biden.

Shanthi Kalathil, daughter of the late James Kalathil and Taipei national Lucia, was named  the coordinator for Democracy and Human Rights in NSC. 

Australia defeated at Gabba after three decades

In the past few months, Grandmaster Nihal Sarin has won four titles

A team of four students from Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), Manipal, recently won the first place at the TechFest conducted by IIT, Bombay, for developing a model that could prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The team comprised Paresh K.V., fourth year student, ECE, Sai Arvind Chinthanippu, fourth year, Mechatronics, Anukul Jindal, fourth year, ECE, and Sreerag Mahadevan Cheeroth, fourth year student, Mechanical.