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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-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 …
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 …
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 …
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-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 …
World Vegan Day is celebrated on November 1 every year by vegans across the world. The day was launched in 1994 by then Chair of The Vegan Society, Louise Wallis, in the United Kingdom, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Read More …
The Supreme Court of India on October 27, 2021 appointed an independent expert technical committee headed by a former apex court judge, Justice R.V. Raveendran, to examine allegations that the government used an Israeli spyware, Pegasus, to snoop on its Read More …
The first Black U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell died on October 18, 2021 at the age of 84. Despite being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, he died due to complication from the disease. Gen. Powell, who was wounded in Vietnam, Read More …
Secretary DDR&D and Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy has been conferred the prestigious Aryabhata Award by Astronautical Society of India (ASI) for his outstanding life-time contribution to the promotion of astronautics in India. Dr G Satheesh Reddy is a Read More …
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace. Ms Ressa and Mr Muratov are Read More …
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has notified constitution of the National Road Safety Board, along with Rules thereof, on 3rd September, 2021. The Rules specify provisions regarding its composition , eligibility for Chairman and Members of the Board, selection process, Read More …
On September 30, 2021, E.R. Sheikh assumed charge as first Director General of the Ordnance Directorate (Co-ordination and Services). It is the successor organization of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). An Indian Ordnance Factory Service (IOFS) officer of the 1984 batch, Read More …
Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE)-a Delhi-based environmental organisation is among the winners of the 2021 Right Livelihood Award-known as Sweden’s alternative Nobel Prize. Other awardees include Cameroonian women rights activist Marthe Wandou, Russian environmental activist Vladimir Slivyak, and Read More …
Renowned feminist activist Kamla Bhasin passed away on September 25, 2021. She was 75. Kamla Bhasin was born in 1946 in Shahidanwaali village in Punjab (now in Pakistan). Bhasin had joined the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1976 Read More …