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Bangladeshi Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was conferred the ‘Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis ‘ award. He was awarded by the Vatican at the historical Papal Basilica of Assisi in Italy for his contribution towards establishing peace and harmony. Read More …
Director General of Central Public Works Department Shri Prabhakar Singh has been chosen for the ‘Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2019’ by the Institution of Engineers (India) for his distinguished and exemplary Service in the field of Engineering and Technology. This Elite and Prestigious Read More …
Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah launched the book ‘Listening, Learning and Leading’ in Chennai on August 11. This book is based on Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu’s two years in office. The book captures Read More …
Senior journalist Ravish Kumar is among the five individuals who were declared winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019, which celebrates greatness of spirit and transformative leadership in Asia. The five award winners are: Ko Swe Win ( MYANMAR): Building Read More …
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, on July 24, 2019 released the book “Chandra Shekhar – The Last Icon of Ideological Politics.” The book has been written by Shri Harivansh, Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha; and Shri Ravi Dutt Bajpai. The Read More …
The Incredible India “Find the Incredible You” campaign, released globally by the Ministry of Tourism during 2018-19 has been declared winner of the PATA (Pacific Asia Travel Association) Gold Award 2019 in the “Marketing – Primary Government Destination” category. The Read More …
Well-known writer, playwright, actor and public intellectual, Girish Karnad (81), passed away on June 10 in Bengaluru. Born in Matheran in May 1938, he was one of the most prominent theatre personalities of the 60s and 70s. He wrote his first Read More …
India-born Google CEO Sundar Pichai and US stock exchange Nasdaq president Adena Friedman have been chosen for the prestigious Global Leadership Awards 2019 by business advocacy group USIBC. There were chosen in recognition of the two companies’ contribution as the Read More …
Indian-origin official Anita Bhatia has been appointed as the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) for Resource Management, Sustainability and Partnerships. She was appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Read More …
Flight Lt. Mohana Singh has become the first woman fighter pilot to fly by day on a Hawk advanced jet aircraft. According to the Indian Air Force, the woman officer landed after a gruelling 4-aircraft combat sortie at Kalaikunda Air Read More …
Mumbai-based writer Annie Zaidi has won $100,000 Nine Dots Prize 2019, an award for creative thinking that tackles contemporary societal issues. Annie Zaidi is a freelance writer whose work includes reportage, essays, short stories, poetry and plays. She won the Read More …
The 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival 2019, held in French town of Cannes, wrapped with jury president Alejandro González Iñárritu announcing the group’s unanimous decision to award the Palme d’Or to South Korean director Bong Joon-ho for his sly, politically charged “Parasite. Read More …
Jokha Alharthi, the first female Omani novelist to be translated into English, has won the Man Booker International prize for her novel ‘Celestial Bodies’. The novel tells the story of three sisters of a desert country confronting its slave-owning past Read More …
Achyutanand Dwivedi’s film, “Seed Mother”, has won the third prize in the international section of Nespresso Talents 2019 in Cannes on May 17, 2019. The three-minute film by Indian filmmaker, celebrates the exceptional spirit of Rahibai Soma Popere, a woman Read More …
Prime minister’s additional principal secretary P K Mishra is among three winners of the prestigious Sasakawa award 2019, the UNDDR’s top honour given every two years to an individual or institutions for their exemplary contribution in the field of disaster Read More …