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Who is Vinod Kumar Shukla, Hindi writer selected for 59th Jnanpith award?Vinod Kumar Shukla has been named the recipient of the 59th Jnanpith Award, becoming the first writer from Chhattisgarh to receive the hono...22 Mar, 2025, 06.08 PM IST- George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Denzel Washington to receive the highest US civilian honorOn Saturday, President Joe Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 individuals, including Hillary Clinton, George Soros, D...04 Jan, 2025, 07.20 PM IST
- Chiranjeevi touches Amitabh Bachchan’s feet at awards ceremony, netizens rejoice seeing 'ABC' of Indian cinema togetherA video from the event showcased the moment when 82-year-old Amitabh presented a shawl and trophy to 69-year-old Chiranjeevi. Overwhelmed w...30 Oct, 2024, 03.51 PM IST
- Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Bindeshwar Pathak conferred Padma Vibhushan; Here's a complete list of winnersFormer Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu was honored with the Padma Vibhushan award by President Droupadi Murmu at a ceremony held at Rashtra...22 Apr, 2024, 09.33 PM IST
- India should tap into the NRI brain trustIndian scientists Ashok Gadgil and Subra Suresh were awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation and the National Medal of Scie...26 Oct, 2023, 12.57 AM IST
- Renaming of islands in Andamans done to gain popularity: Mamata BanerjeeNotably, Neil and Havelock islands in Andamans were, in 2018, renamed as 'Shahid' Dweep and 'Swaraj' Dweep by the Centre. Ross Island was a...23 Jan, 2023, 03.47 PM IST
- Adnan Sami's 'Alvida' post on Instagram has fans worried after he deletes all picturesSoon after his post, worried fans flooded the comments section with messages.20 Jul, 2022, 05.14 PM IST
- Bengali film-maker Tarun Majumdar 'very critical', say doctorsA team of doctors is closely monitoring his condition.23 Jun, 2022, 02.27 PM IST
- India's one million all-women ASHA volunteers honoured by WHOAccredited Social Health Activists -- or ASHA volunteers -- are Indian government's affiliated health-care workers who are the first point ...22 May, 2022, 10.15 PM IST
- Mathematician Nikhil Srivastava, 2 colleagues selected for inaugural Ciprian Foias PrizeThe prize will be presented next year on January 5.04 Dec, 2021, 09.37 AM IST
- Homen Borgohain, a veteran journalist and Sahitya Akademi awardee, passes away at 88He was acting as chief editor of Assamese daily 'Niyomiya Barta' at the time of his passing.12 May, 2021, 01.03 PM IST
- President confers Padma awards on 47 'inspiring' personalitiesForty-seven prominent personalities were conferred the Padma awards by President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday.11 Mar, 2019, 11.03 PM IST
- Cricket captain Virat Kohli, lifter Mirabai Chanu bask in Khel Ratna gloryThe ceremony, which is traditionally held on August 29 to commemorate the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, was pushed ...25 Sep, 2018, 08.47 PM IST
- SAIL major supplier for Sardar Patel's statue in GujaratThe over 182-meter statue of India's first Deputy Prime Minister -- Statue of Unity -- is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project and is...01 Nov, 2016, 05.36 PM IST
- PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik and Dipa Karmakar conferred Khel Ratna along with Jitu RaiFor the first time in the history of National Sports Awards, four athletes were chosen for the Khel Ratna honour.29 Aug, 2016, 01.56 PM IST
- In a first, Govt to confer Khel Ratna to four athletesDronacharya Award has been conferred upon six coaches, the most notable being Dipa's coach Bishweshwar Nandi and India Test team captain Vi...22 Aug, 2016, 06.33 PM IST
- Railway infrastructure to be disabled-friendly: Suresh PrabhuRailways is planning to augment its infrastructure to cater to more people including differently-abled persons.14 Aug, 2015, 07.51 PM IST
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