For the year 2020, Disaster Mitigation & Management Centre, Uttarakhand (in the institution category) and Shri Kumar Munnan Singh (Individual category) have been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar for their commendable work in Disaster Management. In Read More …
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Prakash Javadekar Inaugurates ELECRAMA 2020
Union Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar on January 18, 2020 inaugurated ELECRAMA 2020, at India Expo Mart in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. ELECRAMA is the flagship showcase of the Indian electrical industry and a platform to connect the world with Indian industry Read More …
Sindhi writer Vasdev Mohi selected for the 29th Saraswati Samman
Eminent Sindhi poet and writer Vasdev Mohi will be conferred with 29th Saraswati Samman. He has been selected for this literary award for his short stories collection- Chequebook which talks about the agonies and sufferings of marginalized sections of the Read More …
Harish Salve appointed as Queen’s Counsel for courts of England, Wale
Senior Indian Advocate Harish Salve has been appointed as the Queen’s Counsel for the courts of England and Wales. He has been appointed by the Queen, on the advice of the Lord Chancellor. Last year, Dipen Sabharwal was made the Queen’s Read More …
Michael Debabrata Patra appointed as RBI Deputy Governor
Michael Debabrata Patra has been appointed as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He has been appointed to the post for a period of three years. The post was lying vacant after Viral V Acharya resigned from Read More …
National Road Safety Week being observed from 11th to 17th January 2020
The 31st National Road Safety Week is being observed from 11th to 17th January 2020 throughout the country to create awareness among general public and specially amongst the youths to improve the safety on road and to give an opportunity to all stakeholders to contribute Read More …
Tamil Nadu received the Award of Best Performing State in Road Safety
Based up on the Road Accident Report 2018 published by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, the State of Tamil Nadu, which has registered maximum reduction in accident related deaths of 3941 in 2018 with respect to 2017 registering a decline Read More …
MS Swaminathan & Dr. G Muniratnam chosen for Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu National Awards
Agricultural Scientist Dr M S Swaminathan and social worker, Dr. Gutta Muniratnam were respectively chosen as the first recipients of ‘Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu Nationjal Award for Excellence’ and ‘Muppavarapu National Award for Social Service’’ About National Award for Excellence The Read More …
Golden Globe List of winners 2020
The 77th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and American television of 2019, were presented at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California (USA) on January 6, 2020 (Indian Time). Best picture went to 1917, while Renée Zellweger won best actress for Judy, and Read More …
Bharatanatyam exponent Priyadarshini Govind received Nritya Kalanidhi award
Renowned Bharatanatyam exponent Priyadarshini Govind was presented the Nritya Kalanidhi award at the 14th Dance Festival in Chennai. The festival was inaugurated by Mark Van de Vreken, Consul General, Consulate General of the Kingdom of Belgium, Chennai at the Music Read More …
World Braille Day 2020
The world Braille Day is being celebrated on January 4, 2020. World Braille Day, celebrated since 2019, is observed to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights Read More …
PM distributes Krishi Karman Awards
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi distributed Agriculture Minister’s Krishi Karman Awards for Progressive Farmers and Commendation Awards to the states at a public meeting in Tumkur, Karnataka on January 2, 2020. He also released the 3rd installment of PM Kisan Read More …
US astronaut Christina Koch Sets Record for Longest Spaceflight by a Woman
NASA astronaut Christina Koch has set a new record on December 28, 2019 for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, breaking the old mark of 288 days with about two months left in her mission. Koch has surpassed the Read More …
President presented Amitabh Bachchan with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2018
President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind on December 29, 2019 presented Amitabh Bachchan with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2018, Indian cinema’s highest honour, in a special ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on December 29, 2019. Amitabh Bachchan made his Read More …
Hemant Soren sworn in as 11th Jharkhand chief minister
Hemant Soren on December 29, 2019 took oath as the 11th chief minister of the state in a swearing-in ceremony in Ranchi. Governor Draupadi Murmu administered the oath to Mr. Soren. This is the second time that Soren, 44, has Read More …