ISRO gets patent for Made in India ‘moon soil’ : May 2020

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has registered a patent for its method of manufacturing highland lunar soil stimulant or simply ‘ lunar / moon soil.

The patent was granted by the Indian Patent Office on May 18th for an invention as to the method of manufacturing highland lunar soil stimulant.

Sania Mirza First Indian Tennis Player to Win ‘ Fed Cup Heart Award’ – May 2020

Sania Mirza is the First Indian Tennis Player to Win the International ‘Fed Cup Heart Award’ in the Asia/Oceanic group category.

The Award is an initiative of ‘International Tennis Federation’.

She has donated the prize money to the Telangana Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.

Indian Mountaineer Bhawna Dehariya Scales Australia’s Highest Mountain : March 2020

Bhawna Dehariya of Madhya Pradesh, successfully scaled the summit at Mount Kosciuszko, Australia’s highest mountain peak on March 10th, 2020 to co-incide with Holi.

Last year she scaled Mount Kilimanjaro on November 27th, 2019 to co-incide with Diwali.

Indian-American Siddhartha Mukherjee Wins Pulitzer for non-fiction Book

Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee – Physician, Oncologist, Scientist and Writer.

Awarded Pulitzer Prize for his book, non-fiction category – ‘ The Emperor of All Maladies : A Biography of Cancer’ in 2011

Work:

  • Assistant Professor , Department of Medicine, Division of Haematology/Oncology, Columbia University Medical Center

Education:

  • B.S – Biology, Stanford University
  • D.Phil – Thesis ‘The processing and presentation of viral antigens’
  • M.D – Harvard Medical School
  • – Fellow at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Harvard Medical School)
  • Ph.D – Honorary Doctorate degree – Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
  • Ph.D – Honorary Doctorate degree – University of Southern California

Awards:

  • Padma Shri (2014) , President of India

Books:

  • The Emperor of All Maladies : A Biography of Cancer (2010) – Pulitzer Prize Winner (2011) and several other awards for the book
  • The Law of Medicine : Field Notes from an uncertain science (2015)
  • The Gene : An intimate history ( (2016)

Indian-American Ami Bhat among Top-10 ‘2020 Emerging Leaders in Health & Medicine’ – May 2020

Dr. Ami S Bhatt is one amongst the ‘2020 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Scholars’ – announced by ‘The National Academy of Medicine’ (NAM).

Presently:

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine and Genetics, Stanford University
  • Director of Global Oncology Gentre for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University

Education:

  • M.D.
  • Ph.D – Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of California, San Francisco

Award:

  • Finburg Award for Excellence in Teaching

NGO:

  • She is Co-Founder & Co-President along with Franklin Huang for non-profit organisation ‘Global Oncology’ www.globaonc.org.

KIA Airport (Bengaluru) Awarded ‘Best Regional Airport’ by World Airport Awards – May 2020

Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) Bengaluru , has been voted as the ‘ Best Regional Airport in India & Central Asia’ 2020 by the World Airports Award.

KIA has won this Award for the 3rd time in 4 years.