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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the passing away of Shri Homen Borgohain. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, “Shri Homen Borgohain will be remembered for his rich contributions to Assamese literature and journalism. His Read More …
K.R. Gouri, the lone woman member in Kerala’s first Cabinet, died on May 11. She was 102. She was born on July 14, 1919 into a wealth family as the seventh daughter of K.A. Raman and Parvathi Amma at Pattanakad Read More …
Indian National Army (INA) veteran Lalti Ram passed away on May 9, 2021. He was 100 year old. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief on the demise of In a tweet, Mr Modi said, Lalti Ram Ji’s courage and Read More …
N Rangasamy-the AINRC party chief, was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Puducherry for the record fourth time on May 7, 2021. Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Rangasamy. The All India NR Read More …
Sankar Ghosh-an Indian-origin award winning immunologist has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research . Shri Ghosh is the Silverstein and Hutt Family Professor of Microbiology and Chair Read More …
Dr Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan-one of the longest serving bishops in India, died on May 5, 2021. He was 103 years old. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by President Ram Nath Kovind in 2018. In his Read More …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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’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 …