Indian music composer and santoor maestro Padma Vibhushan Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma passed away due to cardiac arrest. He was 84. He had been suffering from kidney-related issues for the last six months and was on dialysis. He gave the santoor, once a little known instrument from Jammu and Kashmir, a classical status and exalted it along with other, […]
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National Technology Day is celebrated on May 11 every year to honour the contributions of India’s scientific community including scientists, researchers and engineers. The significance of the date lies in the series of technological advancements the country achieved on the day decades earlier. This day is commemorated as an achievement of India’s technical advances, since
Redrawing the electoral map of Jammu and Kashmir, a three-member Delimitation Commission on Thursday earmarked 47 Assembly seats for Kashmir division and 43 for Jammu in its final order submitted just a day before its two-year tenure was to end. After the panel, led by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, approved the final verdict, giving Jammu six additional seats and
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The 106th class of Pulitzer Prize winners in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music were announced. The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher, and is administered by
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At the Coast Guard Air dominion at Nedumbassery in Kochi, the Coast Guard commissioned its second Air Squadron, 845 Squadron . The new Air Squadron was commissioned by Coast Guard Director General V S Pathania and is supplied with Advanced Mark III (ALH Mark III) helicopters created in-house. The commissioning represents a huge step forward
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The Indian Navy plans to purchase a specialised earth imaging satellite Geo Imaging Satellite-2 (GISAT-2), this fiscal year as part of its modernisation and network-centric combat and communications programme. The satellite, if operational, is likely to improve the navy’s operating capabilities in the Indian Ocean region, which is strategically and geopolitically crucial, especially given China’s growing influence. The
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India’s Avinash Sable smashed a 30-year-old record of Bahadur Prasad in 5000m and a new national record with a timing of 13:25.65 at the Sound Running Track meet in San Juan Capistrano, USA. The 27-year-old from Maharashtra broke the old record of 13:29.70 set by Bahadur Prasad in 1992. Sable’s growth in athletics has been extraordinary.
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Aprominent crossing in Ayodhya will be developed and named after legendary singer Bharat Ratna late Lata Mangeshkar who passed away on February 6. The Ayodhya administration has been instructed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to pick a significant crossing in the temple town and submit a proposal to the state government in the next 15 days to
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Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has launched the mascot ‘Dhakad’ along with the official logo and official jersey of the Fourth Khelo India Youth Games at Panchkula and lauded the effort of Haryana to host the games. The competition is being organized by the Sports Authority of India and the state government of Haryana. Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Thakur said largest
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Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced ‘Mukhyamantri Muft Sewer Connection Yojana’, under which the Delhi government will provide free sewer connections to households in the 787 colonies where sewer lines have been laid. The scheme will lapse after March 31, 2020 so residents who apply under the scheme before the deadline can avail free sewer connection.
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