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INS Tanaji Naval Base Station commissioned by Indian Navy
Indian Navy commissioned a Naval Base Station – INS Tanaji in Mumbai’s Eastern suburb of Mankhurd. The base depot ship INS Tanaji will look after berthing and ship lift facilities of the Indian Navy. INS Tanaji is named after Maratha ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
Panel for clearance of film shootings soon
The Government has planned to up a Film Cmmission to aid speedy clearance of all film shooting-related permissions. The commission will help to make the country an attractive shooting destination to the foreign as well as local film makers. Rs ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
Soumitra Chatterjee conferred Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Soumitra Chatterjee , veteran actor of Bengali cinema honoured with the esteemed Dadasaheb Phalke Award by Vice-President Hamid Ansari at the 59th National Awards for 2011 for his exceptional contribution to the growth of Indian cinema. The award carries Swarna ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Govt plans to set up Film Commission in a year’s time
The government is planning to set up a Film Commission in a year’s time which will be a single window mechanism to facilitate film making by both Indian and Foreign film makers. The Information and Broadcasting Minister Ms. Ambika Soni ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Madhuri Dixit gets Master Dinanath Vishesh award
Actor Madhuri Dixit awarded the prestigious “Master Dinanath Vishesh award for her contribution to cinema. The award comprises a memento and Rs 1,00,000 cash.
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2012
Dalai Lama to be awarded ‘Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace’
Dalai Lama to receive the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace . Ela Gandhi, granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi declared the Award in Johannesburg on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti and requested the South African Government to grant a visa to ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Current Affairs: December 4, 2011
Australia decides to sell Uranium to India Australia’s ruling Labor Party Okayed the decision to sell uranium to India. Bilateral cooperation in energy sector was one of the important facets of India s multi-faceted ties with Australia. Australia has so ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Jnanpith Award 2008 presented to Urdu poet Shaheryar
Legendary Urdu poet and academician Prof Shaheryar was presented India’s highest literary honour — the Jnanpith Award — for the year 2008. Shahryar was born in 1936 in a Muslim Rajput family in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district. His poetry strongly ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Obituary: Shammi Kapoor
Beloved hero Shammi Kapoor passed away at Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital recently at age of 79. Here are a few notes: Shammi changed the template of the Indian Cinema 50 year ago in 1961, by screaming Yahoo and making the ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Current Affairs : September 10, 2011
58th National Film Awards 58th National Film Awards presented to the best of Indian Cinema released during the year 2010 President Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil today presented the 58th National Film Awards for the year 2010 at a function in ..