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Dr Arvind Virmani appointed full-time member of NITI Aayog
Senior economist Dr Arvind Virmani has been appointed as a full-time member of the NITI Read More …
L Ganesh receives Deming Award
Rane Group’s Chairman, L Ganesh has been recently conferred with the prestigious Deming Award. About Read More …
Shefali Juneja elected as chairperson of UN’s Air Transport Committee
Dr Shefali Juneja was named the chairperson of the Air Transport Committee (ATC) of the Read More …
The Ukrainian people awarded the European Parliament’s 2022 Sakharov Prize
The European Parliament awarded the people of Ukraine, represented by their president, elected leaders and Read More …
Sri Lanka’s Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize 2022
The Booker Prize 2022 has gone to a The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Read More …
Dilip Mahalanabis, who pioneered ORS therapy, dies at the age of 88
Eminent paediatrician Dr Dilip Mahalanabis, who pioneered the use of Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) during Read More …
Nobel Peace Prize 2022
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2022 has been awarded to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski Read More …
Angela Merkel to receive UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced that Dr. Angela Merkel, the former Federal Chancellor of Read More …
Yunqing Tang wins SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2022
The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2022 will be awarded to Yunqing Tang, Assistant Professor with Read More …
Ayushman Utkrishtata Puraskaar 2022
On the closing day of the two-day Arogya Manthan 2022, Union Health Minister awarded the Read More …
Breakthrough Prizes 2023
The 2023 winners of the Breakthrough Prizes were announced on September 22 and will split Read More …
Booker prize winning author Hilary Mantel dies aged 70
Dame Hilary Mantel, author of the best-selling Wolf Hall trilogy, has died aged 70. Key Read More …
India wins UN award for India Hypertension Control Initiative
India has won a UN award for its “India Hypertension Control Initiative, IHCI which is Read More …
64th Ramon Magsaysay Award winners
The Ramon Magsaysay Award is presented in formal ceremonies in Manila, Philippines on August 31st, Read More …
Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2022
Annabelle M Rayson -a student from Canada has received the prestigious 2022 Stockholm Junior Water Prize Read More …
Nagaland gets its second Railway station ‘Shokhuvi’
North-Eastern state Nagaland got its second Railway station on Dhansari-Shokhuvi railway line after a gap Read More …
Samir Kamat is new Chairman of DRDO
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on August 25, 2022 appointed Samir V. Kamat as Read More …
Angela Merkel win 2022 Felix Houphouet-Boigny Unesco Peace Prize
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has been awarded the 2022 Felix Houphouet-Boigny Unesco Peace Prize Read More …
National CSR Awards 2020
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, instituted the annual National Corporate Social Responsibility Read More …
Marina becomes first South Asian to win Lisbon Triennale Lifetime Achievement Award
Marina Tabassum- a renowned Bangladeshi architect, researcher and educator has become the first person from Read More …
Shri Justice Uday Umesh Lalit appointed as 49th Chief Justice of India
In exercise of the power conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution Read More …
Dr N. Kalaiselvi appointed first woman Director General of CSIR
The Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet has cleared the name of N. Kalaiselvi, as Read More …
Indermit Gill appointed Chief Economist of World Bank
Indian national Indermit Gill has been appointed as World Bank’s Chief Economist and Senior Vice Read More …
Gita Gopinath becomes first woman on IMF’s ‘wall of former chief economists’
Indian-origin Gita Gopinath became the first woman and second Indian to feature on the ‘wall Read More …