Beatrice Harrison (9 December 1892 – 10 March 1965) was a British cellist active in the first half of the 20th century. She gave first performances of several important English works, especially those of Frederick Delius, and made the first or standard recordings of others. Birthplace: India ...
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Piara Singh Gill (28 October 1911 – 23 March 2002) was an Indian nuclear physicist who was a pioneer in cosmic ray nuclear physics and worked on the American Manhattan project. He was the first Director of Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) of India. He was research fellow of...
Despite the loss of many people close to her, White told "Sunday Morning" she wasn't afraid of death herself. "Not at all. My mother had the most wonderful outlook on death. She would always say, 'Nobody knows. People think they do, you can believe whatever you want to believe what...
In New York City, she cooks dishes from India, reminding viewers of her own background as an immigrant. Lakshmi travels frequently with her young daughter, sharing her love of travel and the importance of learning from different cultures around the world. Anthony Bourdain Jason LaVeris/Film...
The practice of using a symbol to hold the place of another digit when there is no value in that place (such as the 0 in 107 indicating there are no 10's) goes back to 5th-century India, where it was called shunya or Śūnyatā107. ...
The large number of people traveling in and out of China have posed great challenges for malaria control, the newspaper said, adding that global efforts are needed to eradicate the epidemic. According to the National Immigration Administration in January, people made about 650 million trips in and...
Consumer Watchdog called on the LA’s new leadership to address a bus shelter contract approved by the City Council that tracks people’s location via digital ads on our public sidewalks. Consumer Watchdog is seeking a review of the contract and others for compliance with the state’s new pr...
the 9th power of the 9th power of 9, that, the result having been obtained, 33 closely printed volumes of 1000 pages each of innumerable quires and reams of India paper would have to be requisitioned in order to contain the complete tale of its printed integers of units, tens, hundreds...
She was the first foreign photographer allowed to take pictures of Soviet industry, and she captured significant historical events such as the partition of India and Pakistan, and the Korean War. What challenges did Margaret Bourke-White face in her career? Throughout her career, Bourke-White ...