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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
Famous film and theatre actor Viju Khote passed away at the age of 77 in Mumbai on September 30, 2019. The actor had appeared in over 300 Hindi and Marathi films and numerous television shows and plays but still is popular Read More …
The President Shri Ram Nath Kovind on September 28, 2019 awarded the President’s Colours to the Corps of Army Air Defence at Gopalpur Military Station on completion of 25 yrs as an independent arm. The President’s Colours were received by Read More …
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg with three other people were named as the winners of a Right Livelihood Award 2019, also known as the ‘Alternative Nobel’. Greta Thunberg is being recognised “for inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate Read More …
Mathematician Adam Harper, Assistant Professor with the University of Warwick, England will be awarded the SASTRA Ramanujan prize for 2019 . Mr. Harper was awarded the prize “for several outstanding contributions to analytic and probabilistic number theory.” About SASTRA Ramanujan prize The Read More …
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi received the ‘Global Goalkeeper’ Award by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, on 24 September 2019. The award ceremony took place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session Read More …
Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan has been named for the prestigious Dada Sahab Phalke award 2019 for his outstanding contribution to the film industry. In a tweet, Information and Broadcasting Minister, Prakash Javadekar said the legend who entertained and inspired for Read More …
Meghalaya-based rights activist Agnes Kharshiing along with Turkish activist Nebahat Akkoç received the 11th International Hrant Dink Award on September 15, 2019. Both the activists were presented the award that commemorates the memory of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was Read More …
Recipients of Visitor’s Awards 2019 have been announced on September 09, 2019 by the President’s Secretariat. This year Visitor’s Awards will be presented for Research in – Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences; Physical Sciences; and Biological Sciences – and for Read More …
Noted lawyer and former Union Minister Ram Jethmalani passed away on September 8, 2019 in New Delhi. He was 95. Jethmalani was a sitting Member of the Rajya Sabha. Ram Boolchand Jethmalani was born in Sikharpur of Sindh Read More …