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Indian Teenage brothers win 2021 International Children’s Peace Prize for waste project

Two teenage brothers from India urged world leaders to act against climate change after winning…

Neeraj Chopra receives Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award

Tokyo Olympics gold medal-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, along with eleven other athletes, received the…

Swarna Jayanti Fellowships Award 2020-21 conferred on 17 scientist

Dept of Science & Technology (DST) has selected 17 scientists for the prestigious Swarnajayanti Fellowships 2020-21 award for…

Puneeth Rajkumar honoured posthumously with Basavashree Award 2021

Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar will be posthumously conferred the Basavashree award 2021 by the Bruhanmutt. Fondly called Appu, Puneeth,…

President Ram Nath Kovind confers Padma awards in Rashtrapati Bhawan

President Ram Nath Kovind presents the Padma Awards in the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit…

Priyanka Mohite to Receive 2020’s Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award

Maharashtra-based mountaineer Priyanka Mohite will be bestowed with the prestigious 'Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2020' for her…

Damon Galgut wins 2021 Booker Prize for “The Promise”

South African writer Damon Galgut has been awarded the prestigious 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction…

Harbhajan Singh & Javagal Srinath awarded MCC life membership

India’s Harbhajan Singh and Javagal Srinath have been awarded life membership of the Marylebone Cricket…

Rajinikanth conferred with 51st Dada Saheb Phalke Award

Actor Rajinikanth has been conferred with the 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2019 edition) for his stupendous contribution to Indian…

Former NIO Scientist Dr. Rajiv Nigam Selected for 2022 Joseph A. Cushman Award

Dr. Rajiv Nigam, the former Chief Scientist at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa, has been…