India-born Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, 58, whose pioneering work in molecular biology won him the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has been honoured with a knighthood from Buckingham Palace in a rare recognition of achievements by foreigners based in Britain.

Furious over controversial BBC presenter Jeremy Clarkson mocking Indian culture during a Christmas special programme while driving in India, senior Labour MP Keith Vaz demands an apology. London: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, India-born US citizen whose...

News) Profs Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, from the University of Manchester, won the physics Nobel Prize in 2010 for their pioneering research. Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, one of the 2009 chemistry Nobel Prize winners, has also received a...

London, (IANS): Indian-origin scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, a winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for chemistry, will be honoured with knighthood in 2012. Venkatraman works as a biologist at the Medical Research Council's Molecular Biology Laboratori

It is very rare that scientists from the subcontinent boldly state the importance of observation, which should prevail over belief. As implied in his observations, this is the reason science had come out of the shackles of the oppressive clergy, since...

He earned his Ph.D in Physics from Ohio University. In 2009, he and two others shared the Nobel for their work on the structure and function of the ribosome. In 2010, Venkatraman was awarded the Padma Vibhusan, nation’s second highest civilian honour. ...