Mexican-born novelist and essayist Valeria Luiselli has won the £30,000 Rathbones Folio prize for her novel Lost Children Archive. She is the first woman to win the prize since its inception in 2013. Luiselli was inspired to write Lost Children Archive by her Read More …
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Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis Win Abel Prize 2020
Two mathematicians Hillel Furstenberg (Israel) and Gregory Margulis ( Russian-American) will share the 2020 Abel Prize — one of the field’s most prestigious awards. The two winners will share 7.5 million Norwegian kroner, or about US$ 625,000. These mathematicians used Read More …
Jan auashadhi Diwas celeberated On 7th March
Jan Aushadhi Diwas was celebrated across the country on 7 March 2020. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacted with the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana and store owners of Jan Aushadhi Kendras, through video conference on this Read More …
Smriti Irani releases book titled Chronicles of Change Champions
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani on March 6, 2020 released a book titled “Chronicles of Change Champions” at an event held in New Delhi. About the book: The book is a compilation of 25 innovative Read More …
Dr. Niti Kumar gets SERB Women Excellence Award-2020
Dr Niti Kumar, Senior Scientist from Division of Molecular Parasitology and Immunology, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow has received SERB Women Excellence Award-2020. Award will be conferred by the President of India during National Science Day Celebrations on February 28, 2020, in Vigyan Read More …
15th Finance Commission constitutes High Level Expert Group on Agriculture Exports
The 15th Finance Commission has decided to constitute a High Level Expert Group on Agriculture Exports in pursuance of its Terms of Reference i.e, to recommend measurable performance incentives for States to encourage ari exports as well as to promote Read More …
65th Filmfare Awards 2020: List of Winners
The 65th Filmfare Awards were held at Guwahati, Assam on February 15, 2020. Here are the list of winners: Best Film– Gully Boy Best Director- Zoya Akhtar for Gully Boy Best Film (Critics) – Article 15 (Anubhav Sinha) and Sonchiriya (Abhishek Chaubey) Read More …
Safer Internet Day 2020 Theme
February 11, 2020 was organised as Safer Internet Day (SID) by the Insafe/INHOPE network. Theme This year, the theme was “Together for a better internet”. Objective The Safer Internet Day (SID) initiative aims to increase awareness about emerging online issues, Read More …
Oscars 2020 Winners
The Oscar award ceremony 2020, also called 92nd Academy awards, was held on February 10, 2020 (Indian Standard Time). Bong Joon-ho’s comedy-drama “Parasite”, which is about an impoverished family who infiltrate the household of a wealthier one, made Oscars history Read More …
”Pehla Girmitiya” author Giriraj Kishore passed away
Hindi novelist and Padma Shri awardee Giriraj Kishore passed away on February 9, 2020 in Kanpur. He was best known for his novel ”Pehla Girmitiya” that was based on Mahatma Gandhi”s stay in South Africa. He was awarded the Padma Read More …
President Presents International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy to N.S. Dharmashaktu
President Shri Ram Nath Kovind, presented the International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy to Dr N.S. Dharmashaktu under the Indian nomination (individual) category and the Leprosy Mission Trust under the institutional category on February 6, 2020. Speaking on the occasion, the Read More …
BAFTA Awards 2020: Winners
The 73rd British Academy film awards, popularly known as BAFTA were presented on February 2, 2020. The World War-I drama “1917” led among the winners with six awards, including best film and best director for Sam Mendes. Winners Best film: Read More …
World Wetlands Day 2020 Theme
World Wetlands Day was celebrated across the world on 2 February 2020. Theme: The 2020 theme for World Wetlands Day was “Wetlands and Biodiversity”. The theme provides an opportunity to highlight wetland biodiversity, its status, why it matters and to promote actions Read More …
Opportunity for children to interact with Firodia award winners
By Jyoti Singh (Twitter: @ashajyoti11) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr K Sivan and Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Dr Shekhar Mande will be conferred HK Firodia award for their contribution to the field Read More …
Assam, Jal Jeevan Mission and NDRF tableaux awarded first prize
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on January 28, 2020 gave away Best Tableaux awards for Republic Day Parade, 2020 in New Delhi. Ministries/Department category The tableau of the Ministry of Jal Shakti, highlighting the Government’s new initiative ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ which Read More …