National Museum of Indian Cinema that will have detailed information about the history of Indian entertainment industry, along with tales of struggles of various film personalities, besides 30-hour-long digitised footage of World War II, depicting valour of 1.5 lakh Indian soldiers who died in that war, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mumbai on Saturday 19 January 2019 and on ...
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Bogibeel Bridge having Significance for India’s Defence Dedicated to the Nation
Bogibeel, India’s Longest Rail-Road Bridge, which spans the River Brahmaputra between Dibrugarh and Dhemaji districts of Assam and is of immense economic and strategic significance for the nation was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 December 2018, the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister, Bharat Ratna Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and is also celebrated as "Sushaa...
Bharat Ratna Conferred to Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh & Bhupen Hazarika
Bharat Ratna, nation’s highest civilian honour, has been conferred on former President Pranab Mukherjee, along with social activist Nanaji Deshmukh (posthumous), and Assamese musician Bhupen Hazarika (posthumous) by President Ramnath Kovind on Friday 25 January 2019. With these three recipients, 48 eminent people have been conferred the award so far.
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Tax Inspectors Without Borders
Signing of Terms of Reference (TOR) governing engagement of designated Indian Expert to provide tax assistance to Swaziland (now known as ESwatini) under Tax Inspectors Without Borders Programme between India and ESwatini was approved by theUnion Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 January 2019.
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Philip Kotler Presidential Award to India’s PM Narendra Modi
First-everPhilip Kotler Presidential Award by World Marketing Summit (WMS), Award that focuses ontriple bottom-line of Profits, People and the Planetand will be offered annually to the leader of a Nation, was presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modiby Dr.JagdishSheth of EMORY University, Georgia, USA, deputed by Prof. Philip Kotler to confer the award owing to his ill-health, on Monday 14 January 2019 at 7 Lo...
Kumbh Mela and Shahi Snan at Prayagraj
KumbhMela, the largest human congregation in the world, with over 12 crore pilgrims expected to participate in the 55-day long festival between MakarSankranti on 15 January and MahaShivratri on 4 March 2019, with the belief that taking a dip in the holy water of Ganges River will pave the way for their salv...
Fourth Raisina Dialogue
"A World Reorder: New Geometries; Fluid Partnerships; Uncertain Outcomes” was thetheme of the 4thRaisina Dialogue organised by Ministry of External Affairs in partnership with Observer Research Foundation from 8 to 10 January 2019 in New Delhi and inaugurated by Prime Minister of Norway Ms Erna Solberg in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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English Author Amitav Ghosh Honoured with Jnanpith Award 2018
54th Jnanpith Award has been conferred on Amitav Ghosh, one of the most prominent English contemporary Indian writers, known for a series of novels such as “Shadow Lines”, “The Glass Palace”, “The Hungry Tide”, and Ibis Trilogy: “Sea of Poppies”, “River of Smoke”, and “Flood of Fire”; as per the decision taken in a meeting of the Jnanpith Selection Board chaired by eminent novelist, scholar and ...
Sentinelese is the most Reclusive Community in the World Represent Diversity of Human Heritage
Sentinelese, an isolated tribe, is believed to have hit with a volley of arrows and killed John Allen Chau, 26, an American man, on Friday 16 November 2018, shortly after landing on North Sentinel Island - part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India - which is off-limits to visitors without permission. In his diary, Chau wrote to his Parents hours before his death that he w...
Election Commission of India reaffirms EVMs cannot be tampered
Although there has barely been any shred of evidence to show that any election held recently was subject to electoral fraud through a manipulation of EVMs, Election Commission of India(ECI) has to give repeated assurances by of the robustness of the administrative and technical safeguards in place to prevent EVM tampering.
Universal implementation of the Voter Verifiable Pape...