Mangaluru, Jan 9: Dr Salma Suhana of Mangaluru, studying her DM (super speciality) in Neurology at SSIMS and RC Medical College in Davangere has been selected for the prestigious International Scholarship award, instituted by the American Academy of Neurology.

A meritorious student  , Dr Salma Suhana has got gold medal from Fr. Muller's Medical College in Mangaluru as the best medical student and got two gold medals from the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences in MBBS and has completed her MD in General Medicine from Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences of Bengaluru.

Considering her study in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis, the American Academy of Neurology has selected her for International Scholarship Award and invited her to participate in annual meeting of international neurologists to be held in Philadelphia in the US in May 2019.

Dr Salma is one among 30 doctors selected from across the world. She is the wife of Dr Shakeel M who is the assistant professor in dental department at Qassim University of Saudi Arabia and daughter of retired deputy director (NMPT) Khalid Tannirbavi and daughter-in-law of former judge Moosa Kunhi Nayarmule.

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New Delhi (PTI:) India's Deepavali -- the festival of light -- was on Wednesday inscribed on the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The decision was taken during a key meeting of UNESCO being hosted at the Red Fort in Delhi.

This is the first time that India is hosting a session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).

The 20th session of the panel is underway from December 8 to 13 at the Red Fort.

Chants of 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' rent the air as UNESCO announced that the Deepavali festival has been added to the coveted list.

India currently has 15 elements inscribed on the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and these include the Kumbh Mela, Durga Puja of Kolkata, Garba dance of Gujarat, yoga, the tradition of Vedic chanting and Ramlila - the traditional performance of the epic 'Ramayana'.