Indirana Salelkari Indirana Salelkari[/caption] Wildlife researchers announced in Panaji that a species of frog discovered in South Goa�s Netravali forest sanctuary has been named after State Range Forest Officer Prakash Salelkar as �Indirana Salelkari�. �Indirana Salelkari, a newly discovered species of leaping frog, is from Netravali in Goa, India.

Indira, Rajiv The BJP-led NDA government has dropped the names of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi from two awards for propagating Hindi. The �Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puraskar� and �Rajiv Gandhi Rashtriya Gyan-Vigyan Maulik Pustak Lekhan Puraskar�, launched more than two decades ago, have given way for

Anirban Lahiri Anirban Lahiri[/caption] Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri won the Malaysian Open 2015. With this win Anirban Lahiri secured his breakthrough European Tour title. In the final 4th round he defeated Austria�s Bernd Wiesberger by one shot at the Kuala Lumpur Golf Club and Country Club. Note: For more

Sim Bhullar Sim Bhullar[/caption] Gursimran ‘Sim’ Bhullar became the first player of Indian descent to play in the high-profile National Basketball Association (NBA) league as he made his debut for Sacramento Kings. The 22-year-old came on with 16 seconds remaining in the Kings’ 116-111 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves

Indian-American-Children-becomes-co-winners-in-Spelling-Bee-Contest Scripting history, two Indian-Americans children on Thursday won the world�s prestigious spelling bee in a tie the second time in a row, maintaining the community�s complete dominance on the competition. Vanya Shivashankar, 13, and Gokul Venkatachalam, 14, were declared co-champions of the Scripps National Spelling Bee as they

Minoti Apte Minoti Apte[/caption] Indian researcher Minoti Apate has been named as New South Wales (NSW) Woman of the year 2015. Apate was named for the award for her contributions to the field of medical research, Indian community and the tertiary education. Note: For more updates on topics asked