Page-64 of Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Shahrukh becomes new Ambassador for Interpol

August 28, 2014

In a rare honor, superstar Shahrukh Khan, has become a part of the world’s biggest police organization to create awareness against crime. The crime in these days has taken obnoxious form and has also increased in numbers. The recent video ..

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Hindi Sevi Samman for 2010 and 2011 presented by President Pranab Mukherjee

August 26, 2014

The President of India Pranab Mukherjee presented the Hindi Sevi Samman for the years 2010 and 2011: Various Categories included:  Ganga Sharan Singh Award (For work in the field of promotion and training of Hindi) 2010: Janhu Barua Padma Sachdev ..

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Oscar-winning director and actor Richard Attenborough passed away

August 26, 2014

Eminent Oscar-winning British director and actor Richard Attenborough (90) passed away. In his six-decade long career, he appeared in movies including Brighton Rock, World War Two prisoner of war thriller The Great Escape and later in dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park. As ..

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General Prayuth Chan-ocha is new PM of Thailand

August 25, 2014

Thailand’s military’s top official, General Prayuth Chan-ocha (60), has been named the new Prime Minister of the country. Gen Prayuth was nominated in a legislature chosen by the junta and consisting mostly military and police figures. The general was the head ..

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All about Richard Attenborough

August 25, 2014

A well known actor-cum-director Richard Samuel Attenborough died at the age of 90 on August 24, 2014. Career He had served in Royal Air Force during WWII before taking on acting as a lifetime career. Acting started for him in ..

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Vinod Rai’s book “Not just an Accountant” puts UPA under scanner again

August 24, 2014

Former Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai has given UPA enough food for thought and reflection as it stands to challenge the ethical standards of UPA government. Rai, talking to media on sidelines of the launch event of ..

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Who was U.R. Ananthamurthy?

August 23, 2014

U.R. Ananthamurthy was one of the greatest writers of India who passed away due to renal failure on August 22, 2014. The sad demise has been widely condoled by eminent personalities in the literature field and also President Pranab Mukherjee. ..

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What is the buzz about Leader of Opposition?

August 23, 2014

Opposition is an essential organ of the democratic setup as it is said to keep suitable checks on the governmental policies and directions. The person who heads the party who is next in majority to the ruling party technically gets ..

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Noted Kanada writer U.R. Ananthamurthy passes away

August 22, 2014

Eminent Kannada writer and one of the most heralded public intellectuals in the country, U.R. Ananthamurthy (82) passed away. He was a contemporary writer and critic in the Kannada language and is considered as one of the path-breakers of the ..

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INS Kamorta: India's first domestically built stealth warship commissioned into Navy

August 22, 2014

India’s first indigenously-built stealth anti-submarine warfare INS Kamorta was commissioned into Indian Navy by Defence Minister Arun Jaitley at naval dockyard in Vishakhapatnam. The corvette has been built by the state-owned Gardenreach Shipbuilders (GRSE) in Kolkata and is the first ..

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