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Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal launched the book titled ‘India@100: Envisioning Tomorrow’s Economic Powerhouse’ authored by Prof. K V Subramanian in New Delhi. Addressing the launch event, Mr Goyal said that India can achieve the target of Viksit Bharat with the collective efforts of 1.4 billion citizens. He has expressed confidence that India will become a developed nation by 2047 in all sectors, including infrastructure, employment generation, Read More …
Shah Rukh Khan made history by becoming the first Indian actor to be honoured with a customised gold coin by the Grévin Museum in Paris. The renowned museum, which houses a wax statue of Khan, along with those of other Bollywood stars like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Ranveer Singh, has felicitated Khan for his contributions to cinema with a specialised gold coin. The Grevin Museum at Paris is a wax Read More …
President of Russia Mr. Vladimir Putin conferred Russia’s highest national award “The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle” on Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for his contribution to fostering India-Russia ties. The award was announced in 2019. While accepting the award, Prime Minister dedicated it to the people of India and to the traditional bonds of friendship between India and Russia. He further stated that the recognition illuminates the Special Read More …
In the 18th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF), wildlife filmmaker Shri Subbiah Nallamuthu was onferred with the much coveted V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award
The winners of the 2024 Kavli Prize were announced on 12 June 2024. Eight winners were awarded for their contributions to astrophysics, neuroscience, and nanoscience.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has conferred the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) with the Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion for 2024.
Major Radhika Sen-an Indian military peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), will receive the 2023 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award.
“Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know,” has won the prestigious Cannes’ La Cinef Award for Best Short at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in France.
German author Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann won the International Booker Prize for fiction 2024 for “Kairos.” International Booker Prize
Shrinivas R Kulkarni, an Indian-origin professor of astronomy from the US will be bestowed the prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2024. Shaw Prize
Eminent author Ruskin Bond has been awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour given by the literary organisation.
Palestinian journalists covering Gaza have been named as laureates of the 2024 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
British-American author Salman Rushdie has released his much-awaited memoir “Knife”.
India has been elected to several key bodies at the United Nations, including a significant victory by its nominee Jagjit Pavadia who was re-elected for a third term to the International Narcotics Control Board after garnering the highest number of votes.
The ISRO Chandrayaan-3 mission team was honoured with the 2024 John L ‘Jack’ Swigert Jr. award for space exploration, by the Space Foundation based in the US.
