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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …