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Kannada writer Jayant Kaikini was given the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2018 for ‘No Presents Please’. He shared the award with Tejaswini Niranjana who translated the book. According to the prize presenter, “No Presents Please” is vivid yet full of contradictions, spirited yet lonely, embattled yet big-hearted – the city of Mumbai. The award was announced at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet. Other shortlisted books for the award Read More …

Noted filmmaker Mrinal Sen passed away at the age of 95 in Kolkata on December 30, 2018. Sen was born in 1923 in Faridpur, now in Bangladesh. He made his directorial debut with Raat Bhore in 1955. He is known for parallel cinema and gave films like Ek Din Achanak, Padatik,Mrigaya, Akaler Sandhane, Chorus, Kharij, Khandahar, Bhuwan Shome, Akash Kusum and Calcutta 71. He more or less focussed his films on socio-political Read More …

English writer Amitav Ghosh has been honoured with this year’s Jnanpith Award 2018 (54th Award). The decision was taken in a meeting of Jnanpith Selection Board chaired by eminent novelist, scholar and Jnanpith laureate Pratibha Ray. According to the Bharatiya Jnanpith, Amitav Ghosh is a path-breaking novelist. In his novels, Ghosh treads through historical settings to the modern era and weaves a space where the past connects with the present Read More …

Mexico’s Vanessa Ponce de Leon won the coveted Miss World 2018 crown at a grand event held in the Chinese city, Sanya. Thailand’s Nicolene Pichapa Limsnukan was declared the runner-up. Former Miss World Manushi Chillar of India presented the crown to the new winner during the pageant in which 118 contestants participated. India’s Anukreethy Vas failed to make a mark at the pageant as she could not even make it Read More …

The President has appointed Shri Arvind Saxena as Chairman, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The tenure of Shri Arvind Saxena as Chairman, UPSC will commence from the date he enters upon the office of Chairman, UPSC. The term of his appointment will be till 07. 08.2020 when he attains the age of 65 years or till further orders whichever is earlier. Shri Arvind Saxena joined UPSC as a Member on Read More …

The valedictory ceremony for the 49th edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa got off to a glittering start at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium, in Taleigaon, Goa on November 28, 2018. Over the last nine days, more than 220 movies from 67 countries were screened at IFFI. While the festival opened with the world premiere of English film ‘The Aspern Papers’, the world premiere of German film Read More …

World famous Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci, whose films include Last Tango In Paris and 1900, died on November 26, 2018 aged 77. He was the only Italian ever to win the Oscar for best film, snapping up the award in 1988 for The Last Emperor. The film was a biographical masterpiece about the last Chinese emperor won nine Oscars, including best picture and best director. Mr. Bertolucci won an Read More …

Noted epigraphist and a former member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Iravatham Mahadevan, passed away on November 26. 88 years old Iravatham was one of the world’s leading scholars on the Indus Valley Script, the pre-eminent scholar on the Tamil Brahmi script, and a man of many accomplishments. Mr. Mahadevan was awarded the Padma Shri in April 2009. He was also awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship in 1970 for his research Read More …

Union Ministry of Women and Child Development was conferred with the SKOCH ‘Best performing Social Sector Ministry’. The ministry was awarded in delivering the promises made and for its significant achievements and initiatives from the last 4 years. The Women and Child Development Smt.Maneka Sanjay Gandhi received the award on behalf of the Ministry in an event held in New Delhi on June 22. 2018. As per the Union Minister, Read More …