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 …
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EPFO gets UMANG App Platinum Partner Award
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 …
Awaas Diwas and Awaas Week
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 …
Douglas Stuart wins 2020 Booker Prize
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 …
Vatayan International Award
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 …
Republican Ethic-Volume 3
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 …
AICTE’s Lilavati Award-2020
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 celebrates 240th Corps of Engineers Day
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 …
World Toilet Day 2020
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 …
Nitish Kumar sworn-in as Chief Minister of Bihar for the 7th time
Nitish Kumar was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Bihar for the seventh time and a record fourth consecutive term on November 16, 2020. He took oath with two deputy chief ministers – Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi from the BJP Read More …
Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee passed away
Veteran actor and Dadasaheb Phalke award recipient Soumitra Chatterjee passed away at a Kolkata on November 15, 2020. He was 85. Born on January 19, 1935, Soumitra Chatterjee made his acting debut with Satyajit Ray’s Apur Sansar (1959), which was Read More …
National Water Awards, 2019
The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the Award distribution ceremony of National Water Awards, 2019 on November 11, 2020 in presence of the Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of State for Read More …
Public Service Broadcasting Day 2020
Public Service Broadcasting Day is being observed on November 12, 2020. The day is celebrated every year to commemorate the only visit of Mahatma Gandhi to the studio of All India Radio, Delhi in 1947. The Father of the Nation Read More …
S Hareesh wins JCB Prize for Literature 2020
Malayalam author S Hareesh won the coveted JCB Prize for Literature 2020 for his novel, Moustache. The book has been translated in English by Jayasree Kalathil and published by HarperCollins India. The JCB Prize for Literature is India’s richest literary prize Read More …
Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge System
Union Minister of Education Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on November 6, 2020 announced the Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge System to be set up at IIT Kharagpur. Inaugurating the international webinar titled “Bharata Tirtha” organized by the Institute from Read More …