Pakistan honours its first Nobel laureate Abdus Salam, 37 years too late
• 8 years agoPakistan plans to rename a university centre for physicist Abdus Salam, its first Nobel laureate, after more than 30 years of all but disowning his achievements, as a member of a minority sect barred from identifying itself as Muslim.
How Pak has disowned its 'God particle' nobel laureate
Fp Archives • 13 years agoThe pioneering work of Abdus Salam, Pakistan's only Nobel laureate, helped lead to the apparent discovery of the subatomic "God particle" last week. But the late physicist is no hero at home.
M'lore air crash: SC issues notice to AI, Centre on compensation plea
Fp Archives • 13 years agoThe Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and Air India on a plea seeking minimum Rs 75 lakh compensation for each of the 158 victims of the May 2010 Mangalore air crash.