St. Louis, USA: Dr. Inamul Haque, a Bihar-born scientists and an internationally known cancer biologist working jointly in the Kansas City Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Missouri, USA and the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA has discovered the molecular mechanism for invasive and stem cell characteristics of pancreatic cancer.

Working in the area of new drug discovery and development of new therapies to treat breast and pancreatic cancer, Dr. Haque's research has the potential of providing cures for patients suffering from these devastating diseases. His mentors, Dr. Sushanta Banerjee and Dr. Snigdha Banerjee congratulated him for his invention and explained that this finding is valuable in both scientific and clinical aspects.

Northville’s Paula Gangopadhyay is passionate about museums. You would expect that from someone who serves as chief learning officer at The Henry Ford, which includes The Henry Ford museum and Greenfield Village. Her distinguished career also includes time as a curator at the Public Museum of Grand Rapids, and leadership positions at many other cultural institutions.
Gangopadhyay’s passion and expertise have been recognized at the national level. President Barack Obama has appointed her to the Museum and Library Services Board, an advisory body that advises the Institute of Museum and Library Service on general policy and practices, and on selections for the National Medals for Museum and Library Service. The board includes 20 members appointed by the President, as well as the director and deputy directors of Institute of Museum and Library Service.

PATNA: Buoyed by the Plan panel’s pat for registering 21.9 per cent growth rate in the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) in Bihar during the 11th five-year plan, the State Government today exuded confidence that it will sustain the high growth rate in the 12th Plan as well.
“We are confident to sustain and even exceed over 21 per cent growth rate in the GSDP during the 12th five-year plan as we will seek to optimally utilise ever increasing plan size of the State,” Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who also hold the finance portfolio, told the Assembly after presenting the second supplementary budget of Rs 3,386 crore.
The State’s plan expenditure has increased from Rs 22,568 crore in 2005—06 to Rs 78,686 crore in 2012—13 and the entire amount has been successfully put to use for development and economic growth of Bihar by the NDA government under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, he said.