The senior seer of Pejawar Mutt, Vishwesha Tirtha Swami, passed away in Udupi on December 29, 2019, following a brief illness. He was 88. He was buried at Poornaprajna Vidyapeetha, a traditional gurukul he started and nurtured in Bengaluru, as Read More …
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Pronab Sen committee to improve quality of data
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has constituted a committee to improve quality of data released by the Central Government. The 28-member Standing Committee on Statistics (SCES) is chaired by former Chief Statistician Pronab Sen. The committee will have Read More …
Amitabha Bagchi wins DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019
Amitabha Bagchi was awarded DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019 for his novel “Half the Night is Gone”, published in 2018. Pradeep Gawali, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal presented the award to Mr. Bagchi at the Eighth edition Read More …
Lt Gen M.M. Naravane appointed as Chief of Army Staff
Government has decided to appoint Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, as the next Chief of the Army Staff after the retirement of General Bipin Rawat on December 31, 2019. Lt Gen Read More …
Davi Kopenawa received Right Livelihood Award 2019
Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa, known as the “Dalai Lama of the Rainforest,” has received Right Livelihood Award 2019. This award is also known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”. Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa has led his people’s 20-year campaign to protect Read More …
Greta Thunberg named Time Person of the Year for 2019
Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg has been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019. In 2018, she started an environmental strike by missing lessons most Fridays to protest outside the Swedish parliament building. It sparked a worldwide movement that Read More …
President confers the National Florence Nightingale awards to 36 Awardees
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind conferred the National Florence Nightingale Awards to 36 awardees at a ceremony in Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on December 5, 2019. While the award to Late Smt. Lini Sajeesh from Kozhikode, Read More …
Navy Gets its First Woman Pilot
A batch of three trainee officers of the 7th Dornier Conversion Course (DOCC) including a lady officer qualified as Dornier pilots and were awarded the coveted golden “Wings” ata simple and solemnceremony held at INS Garuda on 02 Dec 19. Read More …
Soma Roy Burman takes charge as new Controller General of Accounts
Smt. Soma Roy Burman, a 1986-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) Officer, took charge as the new Controller General of Accounts on December 1, 2019. Smt. Burman is the 24th Controller General of Accounts (CGA) and is the seventh woman to Read More …
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri to get 55th Jnanpith Award
Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri has been chosen for the 55th Jnanpith Award (2019). About Akkitham Akkitham, as he is popularly known, was born in 1926. He has authored 55 books out of which 45 are collections of poems including Read More …
Dr. Aidan Singh Bhati will be awarded 29th Bihari Puraskar
Rajasthani poet Dr. Aidan Singh Bhati will be awarded KK Birla Foundation’s 29th Bihari Puraskar. He was chosen by a selection committee chaired by Om Thanvi. He will be awarded for his poetry collection, ‘Aankh Heeyae Ra Hariyal Sapna’. Dr. Read More …
‘Particles’ wins the Golden Peacock Award at IFFI 2019
Particles’ directed by Blaise Harrison and produced by Estelle Fialon has won the coveted Golden Peacock Award at the 50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which concluded in Goa on November 28, 2019. The Golden Peacock Award carries a cash Read More …
Tamil Nadu ranked first in Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2019
The Central Government on November 19, 2019 conferred the Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019 awards to top ranked states, union territories, and districts in the various categories on the occasion of World Toilet Day (November 19) at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra, New Read More …
David Attenborough to get Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace 2019
The “Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development” for 2019 would be conferred on renowned naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough. It was announced by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust (IGMT) on November 19, 2019. His name was selected Read More …
Nasira Sharma to get 29th Vyas Samman
Noted Hindi author and Sahitya Akademi awardee Nasira Sharma will be conferred with the 29th Vyas Samman. She will be awarded for her novel ‘Kaagaz Ki Naav’ published in 2014. She won a Sahitya Akademi Award for her novel Paarijat in 2016. About Read More …