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An Indian exhibition shown at the ITB- Berlin World Tourist Meet was awarded the “Best Exhibitor Award ” on March 10. ‘ Ministry of Tourism’s Incredible India programme presented a short film named “Yogi of the Racetrack ” in the meet. The said short film has got 3.2 million hits in 60 hours. ITB- Berlin World Tourist Meet’ was convened at Berlin, Germany from 7th March to 10th March, 2018. Read More …
Legendary theatre personality Joy Michael passed away at 90 on March 9 in New Delhi. She was used to be called pioneer of Delhi’s theatre movement and among the first to start English theatre in the Capital. She has post-graduated in English literature from St. Stephen’s College. She was the first woman secretary of its Shakespeare Society. She studied speech and drama at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Read More …
Ustad Pyarelal Wadali, younger brother of Ustad Puran Chand Wadali died in Amritsar on March 9 2018. He was 75. Wadali Brothers – comprising of Puranchand and Pyarelal Wadali – hail from a village near Amritsar are famous for their Punjabi Sufi music. They are adept in various styles of singing including Kaafian, ghazal and bhajan. They started as bhajan singers, but they also gave popular Bollywood blockbuster songs such Read More …
Photo Courtesy: Sadhguru Twitter page The first copy of the book ‘Fulfilling Bapu’s Dreams – Prime Minister Modi’s Tribute to Gandhiji’ from Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev was presented to The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind. The book was formally released at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan March 9, 2018. This book underscores an important aspect of India’s developmental process – linking sanitation with broad mass participation, making it Read More …
The four-day biennial event ‘WINGS INDIA 2018 ‘, jointly organized by Ministry of Civil Aviation and Airport Authority of India and FICCI got underway in Hyderabad on March 8. Theme: The theme of the four-day biennial event this year is ‘India-Global Aviation Hub’. WINGS INDIA 2018 is a platform for interactions, forging alliances, investments and air connectivity between the States and the global aviation players & stakeholders. The four-day event will Read More …
Balkrishna Doshi became the first Indian architect to win the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize 2018 since the prize was first awarded in 1979. The 90 years old Doshi will be presented the prize at Aga Khan Museum Toronto in Canada. About Balkrishna Doshi Pune based Doshi is an alumnus of the JJ School of Architecture in Mumbai. He has worked with the legendary Le Corbusier in Paris in the 1950. He Read More …
The 90th Academy Awards, popularly known as Oscar were presented on March 5, 2018 (March 4, USA time) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Here are the winners: Best Picture: The Shape of Water BestDirector: Guillermo del Toro, (The Shape of Water) Best Actor: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour” Best Actress: Frances McDormand, (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Best Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell, (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Read More …
The 29th International Yoga Festival was inaugurated by the Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on 1 March 2018 at Rishikesh in Uttarakhand. The festival will be officially inaugurated by the Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiya Naidu on March 3. The International Yoga Festival is organised by Parmarth Niketan Ashram in association with the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board & GMVN. The International Read More …
National Science Day (NSD) is celebrated every year on 28 February 2018. This year the Department of Science & Technology (DST) is organizing a function to commemorate NSD in Technology Bhavan. Theme: The theme of NSD-2018 is “Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future”, which has been chosen for the purpose of raising public appreciation of the scientific issues involved. About the Natonal Science Day NSD is celebrated on 28th February to commemorate Read More …
Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu on 26 February honored 338 workers with Prime Minister’s Shram Awards in the presence of Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Union Minister of State (I/C) for Labour & Employment. 194 prestigious Awards for the Year 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 were given away by the Vice President at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The Awardees are employed in Public Sector Undertakings of the Central and Read More …
Former Cabinet secretary TSR Subramanian has passed away on 26 February 2018. He was 79. Mr Subramanian was the Cabinet Secretary from August 1996, to March 1998. He was a 1961 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre. He was part of a group of bureaucrats that filed a PIL seeking directions from the Supreme Court for insulating bureaucracy from political interference following which the Supreme Court Read More …
The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Government of India, along with the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India in association with Government of Telangana is organizing the 21stNational Conference on e-Governance on February 26- 27, 2018 in Hyderabad, Telangana. Inaugaration: Union Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Y.S. Chowdary presided over the inaugural session of the conference on 26 Read More …
The 68th Berlin International Film Festival was held in Berlin, Germany on February 24, 2018. The film , ‘Touch Me Not”, directed by Romanian Adina Pintilie won the Golden Bear prize for best film which surpized everyday. The film talks about intimacy and explicit sex and nobody, even director was not expecting to win the best award at the prestigious film festival like Berlin. The ‘Berlin Film Festival’ is one Read More …
The Civil Services Day is celebrated on the 21st of April, every year, where civil servants rededicate themselves to public service and awards for excellence in Public Administration are also conferred. This is preceded by one day event on 20th April where discussions are held on relevant topics of public administration and it is attended by large cross section of civil servants. The Awards are given to acknowledge the exemplary Read More …
One of the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, Billy Graham,passed away at the age of 99 at his home in North Carolina, USA. He is credited for transforming American religious life through his preaching and activism. His leadership summits and crusades in more than 185 countries and territories forged powerful global links among conservative Christians, and threw a lifeline to believers in the communist-controlled Eastern bloc. He was Read More …