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 …
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Legendary actor Rajinikanth to be conferred with ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI’
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 …
GC Murmu appointed as Lt. Governor of Jammu-Kashmir
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 …
‘Eeb Allay Ooo’ wins prize at the 21st Jio MAMI Film Festival
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 unveils the book “Bridgital Nation”
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 …
Vice President presents ‘Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award’ to K. Parasaran
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 …
Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo jointly awarded Booker prize 2019
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 …
Kayakalp awards presented to Public and Private Health Facilities
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 …
Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace Prize 2019
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 …
Nobel Prize in Literature: Peter Handke for 2019 and Olga Tokarczuk for 2018
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Austrian author Peter Handke, while the 2018 award, postponed from last year, was given to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk. Peter Handke (2019) According to the Swedish Academy, the Nobel Prize Read More …
Nobel prize in chemistry 2019 awarded for development of lithium-ion batteries
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries . According to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences , ”the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Read More …
Nobel Prize for Physics 2019 awarded for ‘New perspectives on our place in the universe’
Canadian-American cosmologist James Peebles and Swiss scientists Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics announced on October 8, 2019 for shedding light on the evolution of the universe and discovering planets orbiting distant suns. According to the Read More …
Ramesh Pandey to get Asia Environmental Enforcement Award by UNEP
The 1996-batch Indian Forest Service officer Ramesh Pandey has been selected for the Asia Environmental Enforcement Award by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Posted as Chief Conservator Forests in Lucknow and Secretary, UP State Bio-diversity Board, is known for Read More …
Three scientists jointly share Nobel prize for medicine 2019
Three scientists William Kaelin Jr., Sir Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza have been jointly awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for ” Physiology or Medicine for their pioneering research into how human cells respond to changing oxygen levels.” Announcing the prize Read More …
“Vayoshreshtha Samman – 2019” presented to eminent senior citizens
The President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind on October 3, 2019 presented the “Vayoshreshtha Samman-2019” to the eminent senior citizens and institutions in recognition of their services towards the cause of the elderly persons to mark ‘International Day of Read More …