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PM Narendra Modi presents 2014-15 Krishi Karman Awards

March 21, 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had conferred 2014-15 Krishi Karman Awards to various states in a ceremony held at New Delhi. The awards were presented in two different categories viz. Total foodgrain production and Individual Crops. Winner of Krishi Karman Awards ..

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Tikka Shatrujit Singh knighted with Knight of the Legion of Honour

March 21, 2016

Tikka Shatrujit Singh (54), the royal scion of Kapurthala’s Ahluwalia dynasty, has been conferred with the prestigious Knight of the Legion of Honour by the French Government. He was presented with this honour by the French ambassador to India Francois ..

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Geetakshi Arora wins inaugural Noor Inayat Khan Prize

March 19, 2016

An Indian student Geetakshi Arora has been awarded the inaugural Noor Inayat Khan Prize for her excellent dissertation on “Goddess Myths in Graphic Novels: Reimagining Indian Feminity”. Currently, Geetakshi is a post-graduate student of the South Asia Institute at the ..

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Venkaiah Naidu conferred with Skoch Lifetime Achievement Award

March 19, 2016

Union urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has been conferred with the Skoch Lifetime Achievement Award. He was bestowed with this award at 43rd SKOCH summit held in New Delhi for his ..

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10th Asian Film Awards

March 18, 2016

The 10th edition of Asian film Awards, one of the Asia’s leading film awards was held in the Venetian Casino and Hotel in Macau, China. The Assassin has bagged 8 awards in different categories in the 2016 Asian film Awards. ..

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British mathematician Andrew Wiles wins 2016 Abel Prize

March 17, 2016

British mathematician Andrew Wiles (62) was named as the winner of the prestigious 2016 Abel Prize. He was selected by the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters for solving a centuries old hypothesis (equation), Fermat’s Last Theorem. Academy has described ..

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Mother Teresa to be canonised as Saint

March 15, 2016

Mother Teresa, a Roman Catholic religious sister and missionary will be elevated to Sainthood i.e. will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on September 4, 2016. In this regard, Pope Francis has approved a decree recognising a ..

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Palestinian Hanan Al Hroub wins 2016 Global Teacher Prize

March 14, 2016

Palestinian teacher Hanan Al Hroub from a refugee camp has been awarded prestigious one million dollar 2016 Global Teacher Prize. She was presented with the award at a ceremony held in Dubai for her outstanding contribution to the profession. She ..

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Kerala Tourism campaign wins Golden City Gate Award

March 12, 2016

Kerala Tourism’s campaign titled ‘New Worlds’ has won the prestigious ‘Golden City Gate Award’ at the at the Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin (ITB-Berlin) 2016. The multimedia campaign contains three short films directed by reputed Malayalam filmmaker Anwar Rasheed. It has won ..

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Anand Mahindra conferred with France's Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur

March 12, 2016

Mahindra & Mahindra Chairman and Managing Director (MD) Anand Mahindra was conferred with Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by French Government. He was presented with this award by Francois Richier, Ambassador of France to ..

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