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Gauri Lankesh become first person from India to win Anna Politkovskaya Award
Kannada journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead in Bengaluru on September 5, 2017, has been awarded a prestigious global Anna Politkovskaya Award, which is given in the memory of a slain Russian reporter and political activist. With this, she ..
British writer Kazuo Ishiguro wins 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature
British writer Kazuo Ishiguro has won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature. The novelist was praised by the Swedish Academy as a writer “who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection ..
Lillian Ross, noted journalist passes away
Lillian Ross (99), a pioneer of literary journalism, has passed away in New York, United States. She was a staff writer at The New Yorker from 1945 until she retired. Her close narrative style defined a memorable and influential 70-year ..
Vijay Nambisan (54), well-known poet, writer and journalist of India writing in English passes away
Vijay Nambisan (54), the well-known poet, writer and journalist of India writing in English, has passed away on August 10, 2017. He was the first-ever All India Poetry Champion in 1988 for his poem Madras Central. He co-authored a book ..
Pakistan confers Nisan-i-Imtiaz on Saadat Hasan Manto
Pakistan Govt has conferred its highest civilian honor Nisan-i-Imtiaz on famous Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto. Manto is popular for his Urdu short stories, especially those that explored the impact of the partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2012
Eminent journalist Fareed Zakaria suspended for plagiarism
Well-known Indian-American journalist Fareed Zakaria suspended by Time Magazine and CNN as their columnist and show host after he confessed the charges of plagiarism. Zakaria was accused of writing copied text in his column the case for gun control in the August ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2012
India, Bangladesh to jointly celebrate 90th anniversary of legendary poem, “Bidrohi”
India and Bangladesh will conjointly lionize the 90th Anniversary of the publication of the legendary poem, “Bidrohi”, by Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam for 3 days beginning from Wednesday July 4, 2012 in Kolkata and Burdwan in India. Before in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore
A yearlong Joint Indo-Bangla Celebrations to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore concluded in New Delhi on May 7, 2012. Bangladesh held that it will celebrate the 100th year of Tagore getting the Nobel Prize for Gitanjali in ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore
A yearlong Joint Indo-Bangla Celebrations to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore concluded in New Delhi on May 7, 2012. Bangladesh held that it will celebrate the 100th year of Tagore getting the Nobel Prize for Gitanjali in ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
O N V Bags Vagbhadananda award
Eminent poet and film personality O N V Kurup has been chosen for the “Guru Vagbhadananda Puraskaram” for enriching literature. He had won many coveted awards, including Jnanapeeth earlier. ONV Ottaplavil Neelakandan Velu Kurup or simply ONV is the 2007 ..