Noted architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi on May 10 was conferred the Royal Gold Medal 2022, one of the world’s highest honours for architecture. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) President Simon Alford presented the award to BV Doshi at Read More …
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PM Narendra Modi honoured with first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on April 24 honoured with the first-ever “Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award” in Mumbai. The award has been instituted in the memory of the Bharat Ratna’s late Lata Mangeshkar who passed away in February 2022. Veteran Read More …
Suman K Bery appointed Vice-Chairperson of the NITI Aayog
Rajiv Kumar has resigned from the NITI Aayog Vice-Chairperson post. Kumar had taken over in August 2017, replacing Arvind Panagariya who resigned from the post to return to academics. Economist Suman K Bery is the new Vice-Chairperson of the NITI Read More …
Government appoints Lt Gen Manoj C Pande as next Chief of Army Staff
Government has appointed Lt Gen Manoj C Pande, presently Vice Chief of the Army Staff, as the next Chief of the Army Staff with effect from the afternoon of April 30, 2022. He is the first officer from the Corps Read More …
Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the first person to be honoured with Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award. The award will be presented at the 80th annual Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Awards ceremony on April 24. The Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award was instituted Read More …
NMDC Wins two Awards at 80th SKOCH Summit 2022
National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) awarded one gold and one silver award in the 80th SKOCH Summit and SKOCH Awards recently conducted by SKOCH, New Delhi. The theme for the SKOCH Summit was ‘State of BFSI & PSUs’. NMDC won Read More …
Nilamani Phookan conferred 56th Jnanpith award
Renowned Assamese poet Nilamani Phookan was conferred the country’s highest literary award, Jnanpith in Guwahati on 11th April. The award was presented for the first time in Guwahati. A celebrated poet, Phookan was named for the 56th Jnanpith Award in Read More …
Stockholm Water Prize Laureate 2022
Professor Emeritus Wilfried Brutsaert is named Stockholm Water Prize Laureate 2022 for groundbreaking work to quantify environmental evaporation. His innovative approach has helped improve climate modeling and tools that assess how much water that is available. Wilfried Brutsaert is Professor Read More …
Gilbert F. Houngbo -ILO’s New Director General
The ILO Governing Body has elected Gilbert F. Houngbo as the Organization’s 11th Director-General, who will take office in October 2022. Houngbo, from Togo, is currently President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). He was elected by the Read More …
Oscars 2022: Full winners list
The 94th Academy Awards (Oscars) were organised at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 27, 2022 which were overshadowed by Will Smith slapping event. He slapped Chris Rock in the face for joking his wife. List of winners Best picture: Read More …
S. Phangnon Konyak: First woman from Nagaland to enter Rajya Sabha
BJP’s S. Phangnon Konyak was elected unopposed as the Rajya Sabha member from Nagaland. She became the first woman from the Nagaland to get a berth in Parliament’s Upper House. To be sure, Nagaland is yet to elect a woman Read More …
Yogi Adityanath took oath as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Yogi Adityanath took oath as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on March 25. Yogi Adityanath has become the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh to return to power after completing a full tenure of five years. He was sworn Read More …
Right to Truth Day 2022
Each year, on 24 March, the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims is observed. This annual observance pays tribute to the memory of Monsignor Óscar Arnulfo Romero, Read More …
Dennis Parnell Sullivan wins Abel prize for 2022
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel prize for the year 2022 to American Mathematician Dennis Parnell Sullivan. The award has been given, for his groundbreaking contributions to topology in its broadest sense, and in particular Read More …
Jayati Ghosh-appointed in UN board on effective multilateralism
Jayati Ghosh has been appointed by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to a new high-level advisory board on effective multilateralism. Ghosh, 66, is a Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is also a member of the UN’s high-level Read More …