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Abanindranath Tagore

December 17, 2013

Abanindranath Tagore (1871-1951) was a nephew of Rabindranath Tagore. He was born at Jorasanko and was educated at the Sanskrit College, Calcutta. He learnt painting privately under English and Italian instructors. He led the revivalist movement in Bengal in the ..

Gulzar honored with Indira Gandhi National Integration award

November 2, 2012

Famous lyricist, poet and film director, Gulzar has been conferred with the Indira Gandhi National Integration Award. The award was given to mark the 28th death anniversary of the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

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India, Britain ink pact on urban regeneration & development

September 24, 2012

An MoU was signed b/w India and Britain focusing on urban regeneration and development. The pact envisages promotion of cooperation in areas including sustainable master planning, transport planning and land economics. It also visualizes promotion of cooperation in areas of ..

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Raghuram Rajan to be new CEA

August 9, 2012

Raghuram Rajan will take the place of Kaushik basu as the Chief Economic Adviser.  The selection was made by Prime Minister’s Economic advisory council headed by C.Rangarajan. Mr. Rajan has been former Chief Economist of International Monetary Fund. Currently Rajan ..

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Hamid Ansari re-elected as Vice-President

August 9, 2012

Hamid Ansari, who was nominated by the UPA for the Vice Presidential election, has emerged a winner again. He defeated BJP candidate Jaswant Singh.

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“Naresh Chandra Committee” submits National Security Report

August 9, 2012

Why Naresh Chandra committee was consituted? The committee was constituted by the Union Govt to contemporarize the Kargil Review Committee’s recommendations. It was also asked to suggest ways to revamp defence management by examining the state of country’s border management ..

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Eminent Kuchipudi dance guru Vempati Chinna Satyam passes away

August 2, 2012

Vempati Chinna Satyam (82), an acclaimed Kuchipudi Dance Guru passed away.   He was decorated with Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in the year 1998.

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Japan to confer Fukuoka Prize 2012 upon Vandana Shiva

July 25, 2012

Japanese Govt has adjudicated to honor Indian Environmental philosopher Vandana Shiva with Fukuoka Prize 2012 at an award ceremony in September 2012. Vandana Shiva is the 7th Indian who will receive this prestigious award.  Vandana Shiva: A philosopher, environmental activist, ..

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Captain Lakshmi Sehgal passes away

July 25, 2012

Captain Lakshmi Sehgal (97), a great revolutionist in the Indian National Army and very close aide of Netaji Subhash Chandra died at Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. She was born as Lakshmi Swaminathan, in Chennai. In 1938, she did MMBS and ..

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P.N.Dhar passes away

July 23, 2012

Professor of Economics Prithvi Nath Dhar (94), the first Principal Secretary of Indira Gandhi in 1970, passed away in New Delhi. He was the professor of Economics in the University of Delhi. He was the only person who had joined ..

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