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HelpAge India has been presented the UN Population Award for 2020 (institutional category) by UNFPA. The award was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1981. The United Nations Population Award recognises contributions in the fields of population and Read More …
Indian Army celebrated the 260th Corps Day of the Army Service Corps on 08 December 2020. The oldest and the largest administrative service of the Army, the Army Service Corps (ASC) celebrated its raising day on December 8, 2020. The Read More …
The United Nations (UNCTAD) has declared Invest India- the National Investment Promotion Agency of India- as a winner of the 2020 United Nations Investment Promotion Award. The award ceremony took place on 7th December 2020 at UNCTAD Headquarters in Geneva. The Read More …
Indian origin Gitanjali Rao, from Denver, Colorado (USA) has been named as Time magazine’s first “kid of the year”. Fifteen years old Gitanjali Rao has invented technologies including a device that can identify lead in drinking water, and an app Read More …
Ranjitsinh Disale-a primary school teacher from Maharashtra’s Solapur district has won the one-million US dollar Global Teacher Prize 2020 for promoting girls’ education. He hails from Paritewadi village and was awarded in recognition of his efforts to promote girls’ education Read More …
Sandeep Kataria has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Footwear major Bata Shoe Organization. With this, Kataria has become the first Indian to be elevated to the global role of the of Bata. He has succeeded Alexis Read More …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has urged the citizens to reaffirm their resolve to the country, abiding by the duties assigned to the people by the Constitution as an individual. What is Mahaparinirvana Divas? The death anniversary of Baba Saheb Ambedkar Read More …
On the occasion of completion of 3 years of UMANG App, the newly instituted UMANG Awards for Partner Departments of Centre and States based on average transactions in the past six months across all services were unveiled. Employees’ Provident Fund Read More …
The Rural Housing Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) was launched by the Prime Minister of India on November 20, 2016 at Agra, Uttar Pradesh. To commemorate the launch of PMAY-G, which aims to provide “Housing for All” Read More …
Scottish writer Douglas Stuart has won the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction from a six-member shortlist that included Indian-origin writer Avni Doshi’s ‘Burnt Sugar’. Douglas Stuart won the prize for his debut novel ‘Shuggie Bain’ which describes a boy growing Read More …
Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ will be conferred with the Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award at a virtual ceremony on November 21, 2020. Vatayan International Awards given by the Vatayan-UK organization in London, honours poets, writers and artists for their exemplary Read More …
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shri Prakash Javadekar on November 19, 2020 unveiled e-book versions of two books ‘The Republican Ethic Volume III’ and ‘Loktantra Ke Swar’. The hard copy versions of the books were unveiled by Raksha Mantri Read More …
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” on November 17, 2020 virtually launched Lilavati Award-2020: AICTE’s Innovative education program to empower women. With women empowerment as the theme, the objective of the award is to create awareness about issues like sanitation, Read More …
Indian Army on November 18, 2020 celebrated the 240th Corps of Engineers Day. In a solemn ceremony organized at ‘National War Memorial’, Lt Gen SK Shrivastava, Engineer-in-Chief along with other serving officers, laid wreaths and paid homage to the brave Read More …
Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) in the Ministry of Jal Shakti will celebrate ‘World Toilet Day’ under ‘Swachh Bharat Mission – Grameen (SBMG)’ on November 19, 2020. Theme: The day will be celebrated with the theme of ‘SUSTAINABLE Read More …