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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 …
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’ 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
One of the most famous and most popular French actor of her generation Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert will be conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Jubilee edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2019. Lifetime Achievement Award The Lifetime Read More …
In a first, the Government of India has constituted a special award titled ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI’ which will be conferred upon the eminent film personality Shri S Rajinikanth. This was announced by Union Information & Broadcasting minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar Read More …
Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers Girish Chandra Murmu has been appointed as Lt. Governor of Jammu-Kashmir. Murmu, a 1985-batch Gujarat cadre officer, is serving as the Expenditure Secretary in the Union Finance Ministry . R K Mathur has been appointed Read More …
Golden Gateway prize in the India Gold: Prateek Vats’ Eeb Allay Ooo! won the Golden Gateway prize in the India Gold at the 21st Jio MAMI Film Festival. It is a section for contemporary Indian films. The film was described Read More …
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on October 20, 2019 unveiled the book “Bridgital Nation” and presented its first copy to Shri Ratan Tata in an event organized at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi today. The book has been written Read More …
The Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu on October 20, 2019 presented ‘Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award’ to legal luminary, scholar and former Attorney General of India, Shri K. Parasaran at a function at the India International Centre Read More …
Two women authors Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo have been named the joint winners of the 2019 Booker Prize. Canadian writer Atwood’s was awarded for her follow up novel ‘The Testaments’. It is the follow-up to The Handmaid’s Tale, and Read More …
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan on October 11, 2019 gave away the Kayakalp awards to the winners under various categories. Under the Central Government Hospitals A category, the first prize of Rs. 3 crore was Read More …
The Nobel Peace Prize 2019 was awarded to Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. Announcing his name, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Berit Reiss-Andersen said that Mr. Abiy is awarded “for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, Read More …