According to the news reports, prominent German philosopher Juergen Habermas has turned down the Sheikh Zayed Book Award- a high-priced literary award from the United Arab Emirates. The 91-year-old Juergen Habermas is considered Germany’s most eminent contemporary philosopher. He announced Read More …
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Sitar player Pandit Debu Chaudhuri
Renowned sitar player Pandit Debu Chaudhuri passed away on May 1 at a Delhi hospital due to Covid-19 complications. He was 85. A disciple of Mushtaq Ali Khan, Debu Chaudhuri was born in 1935 in Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh). He Read More …
T Rabi Sankar named Deputy Governor of RBI
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) executive director T Rabi Sankar has been appointed as the fourth Deputy Governor of the central bank. Rabi Sankar succeeds B P Kanungo as the deputy governor, who retired on April 2, 2021 after getting a Read More …
Apollo 11 crew member Michael Collins
Michael Collins – one of the three crew members of the first manned mission to the Moon, Apollo 11 in 1969 – has died aged 90. Collins had stayed in lunar orbit as his colleagues Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Read More …
List of winners Oscars 2021
The 93rd Academy Awards or Oscars 2021 took place on April 25 to honor the best films. Chloé Zhao-the “Nomadland” filmmaker won best director, becoming just the second woman in the 93 years of the Academy Awards to win the Read More …
Justice N.V. Ramana takes oath as 48th CJI
Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana on April 24, 2021 took oath as the 48th Chief Justice of India. He succeeds Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde. President Ram Nath Kovind administered him the oath of office at a brief ceremony held at the Read More …
Vanita Gupta- First Indian American to serve as Associate Attorney General
The United States Senate on April 21, 2021 voted to confirm civil rights lawyer Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General. She is the first Indian American to serve as the US Justice Department’s third-highest ranking official. She would also be Read More …
Partition Museum wins ‘Best Wider World Tourism Project’ award
The Partition Museum located in in the graceful red brick Town Hall in Amritsar has won the ‘Best Wider World Tourism Project’ award at the British Guild of Travel Writers International Tourism (BGTW) Awards 2020, held online on April 18 Read More …
Charles Geschke-Adobe co-founder
Charles Geschke, Adobe’s co-founder who aided the development of the widely used file format around the world, the Portable Document Format (PDF), died at the age of 81 in California on April 16, 2021. Geschke co-founded Adobe in 1982 along Read More …
Radiologist Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao
The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has expressed profound grief on the passing away of renowned Radiologist, Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao. In a facebook post, he called Dr. Kakarla as an excellent hospital administrator who was known for his Read More …
37th Siachen Day
Th 37th Siachen Day was celebrated on April 13, 2021 by the Siachen Warriors with tremendous zeal and enthusiasm. On this day in 1984, Indian troops first unfurled the tri colour at Bilafond Lalaunching Operation Meghdoot. Since then, it has Read More …
Sushil Chandra appointed Chief Election Commissioner
President Ram Nath Kovind on April 12, 2021 appointed Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra as the next Chief Election Commissioner. The incumbent CEC Sunil Arora’s tenure ended on April 12. Mr. Chandra assumed charge from April 13, 2021. A notification to Read More …
AICTE Lilavati Awards 2020
Union Minister of Education Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on April 11, 2021 presented the AICTE Lilavati Awards 2020 on women empowerment to the winners. The objective of the award is to create awareness about issues like sanitation, hygiene, health, nutrition, literacy, employment, technology, credit, Read More …
World Homoeopathy Day 2021 Theme
A two-day convention on ‘Homoeopathy – Roadmap for Integrative Medicine’ was inaugurated on April 10, 2021 at New Delhi. Minister of state for Defence Shri Shripad Yesso Naik was the chief guest on this occasion. The Convention was organized by Read More …
Prince Philip-the longest serving royal consort in British history
Prince Philip, the longest serving royal consort in British history , died on April 9, 2021 aged 99. The Prince married Princess Elizabeth in 1947, five years before she became Queen, and was the longest-serving royal consort in British history. Read More …