The Assam Government has named industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata for Assam Baibhav Award, the State’s highest civilian award. Ratan Tata-Chairman TATA Trusts, would be honoured for his contribution towards furthering cancer care in Assam. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Read More …
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Former CM of Andhra Pradesh K. Rosaiah passes away
Former Governor of Tamil Nadu and former Chief Minister of the united Andhra Pradesh Konijeti Rosaiah passed away in Hyderabad on December 4, 2021. After the sudden death of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in 2009, Rosaiah, the then Finance Minister, was elevated as Read More …
‘Ring Wandering’ bags The Golden Peacock at 52nd IFFI
Japanese director Masakazu Kaneko’s Ring Wandering, which explores Tokyo’s wartime past, bagged the coveted Golden Peacock Award at the closing ceremony of the 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), in Goa. The Golden Peacock has a cash prize of Read More …
Sixth BRICS Film Festival awards
South African Film Barakat by Director Amy Jephta and Russian Film The Sun above Me Never Sets by Director Lyubov Borisova has shared the Best film Award in the Sixth edition BRICS Film Festival. For the first time the BRICS Film Festival was held alongside Read More …
International Day for Women in Maritime
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council has decided to establish an International Day for Women in Maritime to be observed on May 18 every year. Once adopted by the IMO Assembly in December 2021, the observance will celebrate women in Read More …
‘Pratham’ wins Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 for edu initiatives
Pratham, a civil society organisation dedicated to improving the quality of education for underprivileged children, has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2021. Pratham was awarded for its pioneering work over more than a quarter century in seeking to Read More …
First Audit Diwas 2021
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the event marking the first Audit Diwas at CAG office premises, on 16th November,2021. Prime Minister also unveiled the statue of SardarVallabhbhai Patel on the occasion. Audit Diwas is being celebrated to mark the Read More …
International Day against Violence and Bullying at School Including Cyberbullying
UNESCO Member States declared the first Thursday of November, the International Day against Violence and Bullying at School Including Cyberbullying. The day recognizes that school-related violence in all its forms is an infringement of children and adolescents’ rights to education and to Read More …
Bangla version of the book ‘Operation X’ launched
The Bangla version of the book ‘Operation X’ about the naval commando operation jointly launched by the Indian Navy and the Mukti Bahini of Bangladesh was launched in Dhaka on November 8, 2021. The book is written by Capt MNR Read More …
Punjab Police proposes Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary as ‘World Pedestrian Day’
Recently Punjab Police has proposed that the birth anniversary (Gurpurab) of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev be declared as ‘World Pedestrian Day’. The idea behind this move is to spread awareness on road safety for pedestrians by introducing Guru Nanak Read More …
Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize 2021
Damon Galgut-a South African writer, won the prestigious Booker Prize on November 3, 2021 for “The Promise,” a novel about one white family’s reckoning with South Africa’s racist history. Mr. Galgut won the 50,000-pound ($69,000) Booker prize with his story Read More …
National Ayurveda Day 2021 Theme
The National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur on November 2, 2021 commemorated 6th National Ayurveda Day by hosting a two-day event to encourage the Ayurvedic principles of wellness and healing in alignment with the theme, ‘Ayurveda for Poshan’. The Ayurveda Day Read More …
Centre constitutes Empowered Group for PM Gati Shakti
Government of India has constituted a 20-member Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS), which will be a monitoring mechanism for the development and implementation of the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP). The Cabinet Secretary will be its Chairperson. he Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS) shall have the following terms of reference: Read More …
List of National Sports Awardees for the year 2020
The Sports Ministry physically handed over trophies to all the winners of last year’s (2020) National Sports Awards during a function on November 1, 2021 at Ashoka Hotel, Delhi. On 29th August 2020, the Sports Ministry handed over a total Read More …
Isha Ambani appointed to board of trustees of Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art
Isha Ambani-daughter of Mukesh Ambani and board member of Reliance Jio Infocomm, Reliance Retail and Reliance Foundation, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the prestigious Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art. Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art Read More …