By Arun Kumar , Six Indian American university students have been chosen the American Rhodes Scholar Class of 2012 out of a pool of 830 candidates who had been nominated by their colleges and universities. Ishan Nath, Aysha Bagchi, Nabeel Gillani, Anand Habib, Mohit Agrawal and Tenzin Seldon are among 32 students chosen for the prestigious scholarship for two or three years study at Oxford University at about $50,000 per year. Ishan Nath, a senior at Stanford double-majoring in economics and earth systems with a concentration in energy science, will earn an MSc in economics for development at Oxford. Aysha Bagchi, also from Stanford, graduated in June with a double major in philosophy and history before shifting to Jerusalem, Israel, where she currently studies at its Hebrew University. She will earn an M Phil in political theory at Oxford. The son of an Indian mother and Bangladeshi father, Nabeel Gillani is a senior at Brown University majoring in applied mathematics and computer science. At Oxford he plans to do his MSc in computer science and MSc in education. Another Stanford graduate, Anand R. Habib, is the son of Geetha Habib, a native of Madurai, and Mohamed ...
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Amritsar, December 30 (Doaba News Service)-Several Sikh organisations here today collectively requested Akal Takht and the SGPC to convene a Sikh conclave to discuss the proposed amendments to the Nanakshahi calendar before a taking final decision on the issue. The Dal Khalsa, the Akhand Kirtani Jatha International, the DSGMC, the Shiromani Khalsa Panchayat, the Shiromani Akali Dal (Panch Pardhani), the Sikh Students Federation, the Sikh Youth of Punjab, the Akal Federation and the Shiromani Panthic Council in a joint statement said the calendar was a valuable asset of the community. It would send the wrong message to the Sikh masses if it was unilaterally amended at this stage. Leaders of these groups, including Paramjit Singh Sarna, Manjit Singh Calcutta, Satnam Singh, Kanwarpal Singh, Harpal Singh Cheema, Parmjit Singh Gazi, Rajinder Singh, Gurpreet Singh Mann and Baldev Singh claimed that SGPC chief Avtar Singh was playing a “partisan role” and accused him of being a puppet in the hands of his political masters. They said the SAD leadership was hell bent on hurting the sentiments of the Sikhs in order to gain votes. They said amendments to the calendar were uncalled ...
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Kingston, Dec.23 (DNS)- An American Airlines Boeing 737 overshot the runway while landing at the international airport at Kingston, Jamaica on Tuesday night, the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority said. An FAA spokeswoman told Reuters the plane was American Airlines flight 331 from Miami. She had no further details. The plane crashed and broke in two after landing at Kingston, Fox News said on its website, quoting local reports. There were no immediate reports of casualties but an airport official said passengers were being evacuated and some were sent to the ...
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