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Indian-American Bhavya Lal has been appointed by NASA as the acting chief of staff of the US space agency. According to the NASA, Lal will bring extensive experience in engineering and space technology, serving as a member of the research staff at the Institute for Defence Analyses Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) from 2005 to 2020. There, she led analysis of space technology, strategy, and policy for the White Read More …

India celebrated the National Girl Child Day on January 24, 2021. The day is celebrated every year on 24thJanuary. The day is an initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Development. The objective behind celebrating the National Girl Child Day is to provide all support and opportunities to the girls of the country. It also aims towards promoting awareness about the rights of the girl child and to increase Read More …

Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society and Dr. Rajendra Kumar Bhandari have been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar for their excellent work in Disaster Management. Union Home Ministry announced the award every year on 23rd January, the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Cash prize: The award carries a cash prize of 51 lakh rupees and a certificate in case of an institution and five Read More …

Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda will virtually receive SKOCH Challenger Award on January 16, 2021. The award has been conferred to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs for e-Governance. The award has been given to the Ministry for its IT-led initiatives and other transformational initiatives leading to outcome-based performance improvement. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has taken up several transformational initiatives recently. It has digitalised all the processes leading to a Read More …

A High Level Committee, headed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been constituted to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. A gazette notification to this effect was issued on January 9, 2021. Union Culture Ministry has said that the High Level Committee will decide on the activities for a one year long commemoration, beginning 23rd January 2021. Members: The Members of the Committee Read More …

The Government of India has formed a committee to protect the language, culture and land of Ladakh and ensuring citizen’s participation in the Union Territory’s development. The Committee will be headed by the Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy and will include elected representatives from Ladakh, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, central government, and the Ladakh administration. The decision to form the Committee came after Union Home Minister Read More …

Shri Suneet Sharma, has taken over the charge of new Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Railway Board (Ministry of Railways) and ex-officio Principal Secretary to Government of India. The appointments committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri Suneet Sharma as Chairman & CEO of Railway Board. Prior to this, Shri Suneet Sharma worked as General Manager, Eastern Railway. Shri Suneet Sharma joined the Indian Railways in Read More …

The grave of Naushera ka Sher Brigadier Mohammad Usman is located on the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) campus. It was damaged recently and the Army is looking into the issue and the grave will be restored soon. According the the newspaper report, the responsibility for graves of martyrs is not that of the Army and is usually taken care of by the families. Brigadier Mohammad Usman was the senior-most officer Read More …

The 21-year-old Arya Rajendran has been elected as next Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She was sworn-in as the youngest mayor of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, the largest urban body in Kerala She successfully contested the recent civic polls in Kerala. She won from the Mudavanmughal ward of the city corporation, bagging 2,872 votes. Ms Rajendran has been associated with the CPI(M) from a very young age.

One of the greatest modern Urdu writers Shamsur Rahman Faruqi died on December 25, 2020 in Allahabad. He was 85. He was not only a writer and poet, but also a critic who formulated a modernist framework for evaluating Urdu literature. He received Saraswati Samman for ‘She`r-e Shor-Angez’, a four-volume study of the 18th-century poet Mir Taqi Mir. He won Sahitya Akademi award in 1986 bor his book ‘Tanqidi Afqar’ Read More …

The Government has decided to constitute a High Level Committee to commemorate the 125th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Amit Shah Chairman: This High Level Committee will decide on the activities for a one year long commemoration starting 23rd January, 2021. The High Level Committee will be headed by the Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah. The Commemoration is being held as a tribute and as a mark of gratitude Read More …

Vidyut Mohan-a 29-year-old Indian entrepreneur is among the seven winners of the prestigious “Young Champions of the Earth” 2020 prize. The prize is given by the UN environment agency to global change-makers using innovative ideas and ambitious action to help solve some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Vidyut Mohan-a co-founder of “Takachar”, is a social enterprise enabling farmers to prevent open burning of their waste farm residues and Read More …