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“A Boy and His Atom” – World’s smallest movie by IBM

May 4, 2013

Researchers from IBM have made the world’s smallest movie, made with one of the smallest particles of any element in the universe: atoms. The movie named “A Boy and His Atom” has been verified by the Guinness World Records. To ..

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Indian Guinness record holder Sailendra Nath Roy passed away

April 30, 2013

Indian Stuntman Sailendra Nath Roy (48) passed away due to heart failure during his record try at Teesta River in Siliguri, West Bengal. He is registered in the Guinness Book of World Records by the farthest distance travelled on a ..

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Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards 2013

April 29, 2013

Following renowned and legendary personalities will be honored with Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards for 2013:  Yash Chopra: For his services to the Indian film industry as the iconic filmmaker Rajesh Khanna: First Superstar of Indian cinema Award Asha Bhosale: Phalke Ratna Award Pamela, ..

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Renowned singer Shamshad Begum passed away

April 24, 2013

Famous playback singer of Hindi film industry Shamshad Begum (94) passed away. Some of her popular Hindi songs to her name include Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar, Kajra Mohabbat Wala and Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon, Saiyan Dil Mein Aana Re, Chod Babul Ka Ghar, Leke ..

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“Twitter #music” – a music app service launched by Twitter

April 20, 2013

Twitter has brought out a new music app “Twitter #music” which will suggest tracks based on who you follow on the social network. Songs can be played straight in the application via services such as Rdio, Spotify and iTunes. Twitter ..

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Fact Box: "SNOW LION" Flag of Tibet

April 17, 2013

China allows the showcase of banned Tibetan “snow lion” flag in film “Rockstar” screened in China Surprisingly, Chinese censors have permitted the blackballed Tibetan “Snow Lion” flag which is a representation for the Tibet independence movement to be showcased in ..

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India Bangladesh to collaborate on a film on 1971 Liberation War

April 16, 2013

India and Bangladesh mutually agreed to work on a proposal for jointly producing a mega film depicting depicting the ‘War of Liberatio i.e. Bangladesh’s struggle for independence which will also limelight the sacrifices made by Indian soldiers. Government of Bangladesh is also interested ..

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Dadasaheb Phalke award for legendary actor Pran

April 15, 2013

Pran Krishan Sikand, popularly known as Pran, will be conferred with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Pran is the 60th film personality to receive this honour.  In 2011, Soumitra Chatterjee was honored with this award and then in the year ..

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60th National Film Awards for 2012

March 20, 2013

  As per the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, following films have been selected for awards across various categories: Best Feature Film Award : Paan Singh Tomar directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia Best Actor Award : Shared b/w Irrfan Khan for his ..

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Sugata Mitra wins TED Prize for Extraordinary Creativity

March 1, 2013

Educational researcher Sugata Mitra has been awarded the million-dollar TED Prize for pursuing his idea for building the schools in the Internet. Mitra is Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, ..

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