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Siddhalinga Pattanashetti Wins Gudleppa Hallikeri Award 2024

Poet and playwright Siddhalinga Pattanashetti has been announced as the recipient of the Gudleppa Hallikeri Award for 2024. This declaration was made by the Gudleppa Hallikeri Memorial Foundation based in Hosaritti, Haveri District. The award, set to be presented on ..

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NIMHANS Wins Nelson Mandela Health Promotion Award 2024

The World Health Organization (WHO) has given the Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion for 2024 to the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) in Bengaluru. NIMHANS is known as India’s top mental health center. This very ..

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Reliance, Tata, SII in TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies 2024

The Tata Group, Adar Poonawalla’s Serum Institute of India (SII), and Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) were named by TIME magazine as some of the most important companies in the world in 2024. This recognition shows how important these ..

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Indian Peacekeeper Wins 2023 UN Military Gender Advocate Award

Major Radhika Sen, an Indian peacekeeper in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), won the prestigious UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year award in 2023. This award was given to her because of her outstanding service and active ..

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India’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’ Wins Cannes Grand Prix

In May 2023, the Cannes Film Festival showed some of the best movies from around the world. Indian producers got a lot of attention. Notably, All We Imagine As Light, director Payal Kapadia’s first full-length movie, won the Grand Prix. ..

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Government Extends Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande’s Tenure

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has decided that Army Chief Gen. Manoj Pande will stay in his job until June 30. The news came out on May 26, just one day before Gen. Pande was set to retire on ..

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Anasuya Sengupta Wins Best Actress at Cannes

The 77th Cannes Film Festival gave Best Actress to Anasuya Sengupta for her part in “The Shameless.” She is a very good actress from Kolkata. This win is important because it shows that Indian filmmaking is present and growing in ..

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NTPC Ranks 3rd Globally at ATD BEST Awards 2024

India’s biggest energy company, NTPC Limited, won third place at the ATD BEST Awards 2024, making it the best-performing Indian company in this prestigious foreign event. Ms. Rachana Singh Bhal, CGM (Strategic HR & Talent Management), got the award on ..

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