The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind conferred the ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’ – 2020 and 2021, at a special ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, on occasion of International Women’s Day, on March 8. The award was conferred Read More …
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‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’ – 2020 and 2021
Madhu Kankariya awarded 31st Bihari Puraskar
Author Madhu Kankariya is being awarded the 31st Bihari Puraskar for her 2018 novel ‘Hum Yahan The’. Kankariya has written several prose, poems and books. Her novel ‘Hum Yahan The’ is based on the struggles of the tribal people in Read More …
Deepak Dhar became first Indian to be awarded the Boltzmann Medal
Physicist professor Deepak Dhar has become the first Indian to be awarded the Boltzmann Medal. He shares the medal with John J Hoefield of Princeton University. The Commission on Statistical Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Read More …
Bhushan Patwardhan appointed as chairman of NAAC
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has appointed educationist and research scientist Professor Bhushan Patwardhan as chairman, of the executive committee of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bengaluru. About NAAC NAAC is an autonomous body established by the UGC Read More …
Madhabi Puri Buch appointed as first woman chairperson of SEBI
Ms Madhabi Puri Buch has been appointed as the new chairperson of market regulator SEBI. She is the first woman chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Ms Puri is the former head of ICICI Securities, also Read More …
Professor Neena Gupta receives Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians 2021
The Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians was awarded to Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician of the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, in a virtual ceremony on February 22, 2022. She received the award for the year 2021 for her outstanding Read More …
Chamba became 100th ‘Har Ghar Jal’ District
On 16th February, 2022 Chamba, an Aspirational District of Himachal Pradesh has become the 100th ‘Har Ghar Jal’ District. Chamba is the fifth aspirational district to become ‘Har Ghar Jal’. Other four Har Ghar Jal Aspirational districts are: Bhadradri Kothgudem, Read More …
Hilal-i-Pakistan awarded to Bill Gates
Pakistan President Arif Alvi conferred the award of Hilal-e-Pakistan, the country’s second-highest civilian award, to Bill Gates for his efforts to help eradicate polio. Pakistan, along with neighbouring Afghanistan, is one of two countries in the world where polio continues Read More …
Luc Montagnier, who discovered HIV, passed away
Nobel-winning virologist Luc Montagnier, who discovered the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS, died in Paris on February 8, 2022. The 89-year-old Montagnier, born on August 8, 1932 in central France, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2008 Read More …
IIT-Hyderabad launched AI based ‘Swarajability’
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Hyderabad) has launched the beta version of job portal named ‘Swarajability’. The portal is powered by artificial intelligence that helps people with disabilities acquire relevant skills and find jobs. The portal was launched virtually by Read More …
Unnikrishnan Nair appointed director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Unnikrishnan Nair S. has been appointed as the new director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram. Mr. Nair succeeds S. Somanath who took over as Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), in January 2022. Mr. Nair is heading Read More …
Jagadesh Kumar appointed next UGC chairman
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar was on February 4 appointed chairperson of the University Grants Commission (UGC). A notification issued by the Ministry of Education (MoE) said the appointment has been made for a period of 5 Read More …
DATA PROTECTION DAY 2022 THEME
The Data Protection Day was celebrated on January 28, 2022 across the world with the theme of ‘Privacy Matters’. The objective of the day is to sensitize individuals and disseminate privacy practices and principles. It encourages everyone to own their Read More …
Justice Ayesha Malik: Pakistan Supreme Court’s first female judge
Lahore High Court’s Justice Ayesha Malik was sworn in as the Pakistan Supreme Court’s first female judge on January 24, 2022. The Pakistan Supreme Court was established in 1956 and it took 67 years for for a woman to reach Read More …
Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe honoured with Netaji Award
Shinzo Abe-the former Prime Minister of Japan, was conferred with the Netaji Award 2022. The award was given by Netaji Research Bureau on January 23, 2022. Nakamura Yutaka-the Consul General of Japan in Kolkata received the honour on behalf of Read More …