The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte for fourth term in office. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte embarked on a fourth term on January 10, leading a coalition that took office amid Read More …
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Supreme Court forms Indu Malhotra panel to investigate PM’s security breach
The Supreme Court (SC) has appointed Justice (retd.), Indu Malhotra, as the Chairperson to head the inquiry committee to look into the alleged security breach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Punjab visit on January 5, 2022. A three-judge bench headed Read More …
India’s first multi-dimensional adventure sports expedition
Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh, on January 07, 2022, flagged-in India’s first multi-dimensional adventure sports expedition conducted by National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports (NIMAS) in France. The expedition was conducted in November 2021 and the team was led Read More …
Alka Mittal becomes ONGC’s first CMD
Alka Mittal on January 3, 2022 took over additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, ONGC, becoming the first woman to hold the post at the Maharatna company. Mittal replaced Subhash Kumar Read More …
VS Pathania takes over as DG of Indian Coast Guard
Director General VS Pathania, took over as the 24th Chief of Indian Coast Guard on 31 Dec 21. He is an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and National Defence College, New Delhi. The Flag Officer is a qualified Read More …
Vikram Misri appointed Deputy NSA
The 1989 batch IFS officer Vikram Misri, who completed his tenure as Ambassador to China, has been appointed Deputy National Security Advisor of India (Dy NSA). Shri Ajit Doval is the National Security Advisor. Mr. Misri will take over on Read More …
Archbishop Desmond Tutu passes away
South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu, died at 90. The Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 highlighted his stature as one of the world’s most effective Read More …
K.S. Sethumadhaavn passes away
K.S. Sethumadhavan-Malayalam cinema’s one of finest directors of all time, died in Chennai on December 24, 2021 at the age of 90. In a career spanning over four decades, he made over 60 films. He won 10 national and eight Read More …
Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021
Environmentalist Dr Anil Prakash Joshi has been awarded the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021. Vidyut Mohan, the winner of the Earthshot Prize, and Ridhima Pandey, a young environmental activist from Uttarakhand, were also the recipients of the Read More …
SAIL Receives Prestigious Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2021
The Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), under the Ministry of Steel has been awarded with the prestigious Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for the year 2021 in the Steel Sector by the Institute of Directors. SAIL has been the Read More …
Harnaaz Sandhu becomes third Indian to win ‘Miss Universe’ title
India’s Harnaaz Sandhu was crowned Miss Universe on December 13, 2021. She became the first Indian contestant since Lara Dutta to have been crowned the title. Harnaaz was showered with congratulatory messages from many, including Priyanka Chopra and Sushmita Sen. Read More …
India International Science Festival 2021
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal on December 11, 2021 attended the India International Science Festival (IISF) 2021 in Panaji, Goa. IISF is an annual event considered to be the biggest platform in the Read More …
Balkrishna Doshi awarded UK’s Royal Gold Medal 2022
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has spoken to distinguished architect Shri Balkrishna Doshi and Congratulated him on being awarded the Royal Gold Medal 2022. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced to honour architect Balkrishna Doshi with Read More …
Indian Mathematician receives 2021 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians
Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, has been awarded the 2021 DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from developing countries for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra. Professor Gupta is the third woman Read More …
56th and 57th Jnanpith Award Winners
Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan Jr won the 56th Jnanpith Award and Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo won the 57th Jnanpith Award. Mauzo, 77, is based out of Majorda, Goa, and has previously won the Sahitya Akademi Award. He is known for Read More …