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‘Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism’ by Dinyar Patel wins NIF Book Prize 2021

Dinyar Patel has won The New India Foundation’s fourth Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2021 for Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism, a biography of one of modern India’s most significant figures. The bookmarked the life events and legacy of Dada Bhai Naoroji. It also contains the historical background of India’s National Movement during the 19th century. The winning book […]

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International Emmy Awards 2021

The 49th International Emmy Awards ceremony took place on November 22, 2021 at Casa Cipriani in New York City, recognizing excellence in television programs produced and aired originally outside the U.S., and non-English language US primetime program between the dates of January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. From India, Nawazuddin Siddiqui was nominated for Best Actor for his

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Mumbai-based NGO Pratham wins Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace for 2021

Pratham, the NGO working to expand the scope for education in India, has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for this year, the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust. Pratham is among India’s largest NGOs working to improve education quality for underprivileged children across the world. “The 2021 price is awarded to Pratham

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Anita Desai conferred with 2021 Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award

Anita Desai has been awarded the Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021 to recognize her long literary career which spans over 50 years. Meanwhile, the Poet Laureate award for 2021 has been conferred upon Indian poet Adil Jussawala. Anita Desai is India’s one of the best-selling authors. Both these awards are presented to recognize exceptional

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Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur confers SAI Institutional Awards to 246 athletes and coaches

Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Anurag Thakur conferred the first ever SAI Institutional Awards to 246 athletes and coaches on November 17, 2021, in New Delhi in the presence of the Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri NisithPramanik. Secretary of Department of Sports Smt. Sujata Chaturvedi, DG SAI Shri

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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 a prestigious global children’s award for tackling pollution from household waste in New Delhi. The duo received the prestigious award by Indian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi on November 14, 2021. Vihaan and Nav have developed an “One Step Greener” initiative for

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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 Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. He became the only second individual gold medalist from India at the Olympics and the first in athletics. The awards are given every

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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 their innovative research ideas and the potential of creating an impact on R&D. 1 Siddhesh Kamat 2 Mousomi Bhakta 3 Sakya Singha Sen 4 Sridharan Devarajan 5 Niti Kumar 6 Nitin Gupta 7 Modhu Sudan Maji 8 Chandramouli Subramaniam The

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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, who was born in Chennai on March 17, 1975, was an actor, playback singer, television presenter, and producer. Puneeth, son of Matinee Idol Rajkumar, was a lead actor in 29 films and as a child and appeared in many films.

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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 Shah, Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar were among the attendees. The Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian honors of India announced annually on the eve of Republic Day. The Awards are given in 3categories: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan,

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