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The Supreme Court (SC) has appointed Justice (retd.), Indu Malhotra, as the Chairperson to head the inquiry committee to look into the alleged security breach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Punjab visit on January 5, 2022. A three-judge bench headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana and also comprising Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli, have passed the order on Jan 12. Besides the former SC Read More …
Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh, on January 07, 2022, flagged-in India’s first multi-dimensional adventure sports expedition conducted by National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports (NIMAS) in France. The expedition was conducted in November 2021 and the team was led by Director NIMAS Colonel Sarfaraz Singh, comprising 12 people – eight Army personnel and four youths of Arunachal Pradesh. The expedition team carried out over 250 kilometres of winter trekking Read More …
Alka Mittal on January 3, 2022 took over additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, ONGC, becoming the first woman to hold the post at the Maharatna company. Mittal replaced Subhash Kumar who superannuated on December 31. Alka Mittal took over as Director—HR of ONGC in December 2018 and was also the first woman to hold the post of a full-time director Read More …
Director General VS Pathania, took over as the 24th Chief of Indian Coast Guard on 31 Dec 21. He is an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and National Defence College, New Delhi. The Flag Officer is a qualified helicopter pilot and holds a Master’s Degree in Defence & Strategic Studies from the University of Madras. He has also undergone specialization in Search and Rescue and port operations with Read More …
The 1989 batch IFS officer Vikram Misri, who completed his tenure as Ambassador to China, has been appointed Deputy National Security Advisor of India (Dy NSA). Shri Ajit Doval is the National Security Advisor. Mr. Misri will take over on January 1, 2021 after the tenure of Deputy NSA and former Ambassador to Russia Pankaj Saran ends. Mr. Misri will work alongside the other two Deputy NSAs, Rajinder Khanna and Read More …
South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu, died at 90. The Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 highlighted his stature as one of the world’s most effective champions for human rights, a responsibility he took seriously for the rest of his life. As South Africa’s first Black Anglican archbishop, Tutu used his international profile to lobby for Read More …
K.S. Sethumadhavan-Malayalam cinema’s one of finest directors of all time, died in Chennai on December 24, 2021 at the age of 90. In a career spanning over four decades, he made over 60 films. He won 10 national and eight State awards. He also directed films in Hindi, Kannada and Telugu. His debut feature Weera Wijaya (1960) was in Sinhalese. Sethumadhavan, who was born in Palakkad in 1931, made his Read More …
Environmentalist Dr Anil Prakash Joshi has been awarded the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021. Vidyut Mohan, the winner of the Earthshot Prize, and Ridhima Pandey, a young environmental activist from Uttarakhand, were also the recipients of the award. The Harmony Foundation identifies a theme each year for the Mother Teresa Memorial Awards and felicitates individuals and organisations. Instituted in 2005, these Awards, celebrate and commemorate the memory Read More …
The Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), under the Ministry of Steel has been awarded with the prestigious Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for the year 2021 in the Steel Sector by the Institute of Directors. SAIL has been the winner of this award for successive three years. This bears testimony to the efforts made by the Company for sustainable and environmentally responsible steel making. According to the SAIL, it Read More …
India’s Harnaaz Sandhu was crowned Miss Universe on December 13, 2021. She became the first Indian contestant since Lara Dutta to have been crowned the title. Harnaaz was showered with congratulatory messages from many, including Priyanka Chopra and Sushmita Sen. Sandhu is the third Indian to wear the crown after Sushmita Sen (1994) and Lara Dutta (2000). Miss Universe 2021 ceremony was held at Universe Dome in Eilat, Israel. Harnaaz was Read More …
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal on December 11, 2021 attended the India International Science Festival (IISF) 2021 in Panaji, Goa. IISF is an annual event considered to be the biggest platform in the country which brings together students, the public, researchers, innovators and artists from around the globe. IISF 2021 is being organised jointly by the MoES, Department of Science and Technology, Department Read More …
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has spoken to distinguished architect Shri Balkrishna Doshi and Congratulated him on being awarded the Royal Gold Medal 2022. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced to honour architect Balkrishna Doshi with the Royal Gold Medal, 2022, one of the world’s highest honours for architecture. With a 70-year career and over 100 built projects, 94-year-old Mr. Doshi has influenced the direction of Read More …
Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, has been awarded the 2021 DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from developing countries for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra. Professor Gupta is the third woman to receive the Ramanujan Prize, which was first awarded in 2005 and is administered by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) jointly with the Department of Science and Read More …
Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan Jr won the 56th Jnanpith Award and Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo won the 57th Jnanpith Award. Mauzo, 77, is based out of Majorda, Goa, and has previously won the Sahitya Akademi Award. He is known for his novels, such as Karmelin, and Tsunami Simon, and short stories Teresa’s Man and Other Stories from Goa. Phookan, 90, is a Sahitya Akademi and Padma Shri awardee. Based out of Guwahati, he is a Read More …
The Assam Government has named industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata for Assam Baibhav Award, the State’s highest civilian award. Ratan Tata-Chairman TATA Trusts, would be honoured for his contribution towards furthering cancer care in Assam. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the names of 19 personalities chosen for three categories. In 2017, the Board of Trustees of Tata Trust has informed that it has approved Rs 540 Crore for Read More …