Julian Assange led WikiLeaks has launched a new platform called the “Freedom of the Press Foundation” to overcome banking blockade against it, and to promote aggressive, public-interest journalism...
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma retained his position as he was re-elected for the presidency of Africa’s ruling African National Congress. He will remain at the position until 2017 if...
December 18 was celebrated as Minority Rights Day by the National Commission for Minorities which is headed by Justice Mohammed Shamim. On this day in 1992 that the...
Queen Elizabeth-II became the first peacetime British ruler since 1781 to attend a cabinet meeting. This was the first time a monarch had attended a cabinet meeting since...
Following the pressure from the European court of human rights, which ruled that abortions should be allowed in the republic in cases where a woman’s life was at...
Bhanu Athaiya, the costume designer who won the first Oscar for India at the 55th Annual Academy Awards in 1983 for her work in Lord Richard Attenborough‘s ‘Gandhi’,...
Malaysia-based Asia Pacific Brands Foundation honored Bollywood Actor Shah Rukh Khan with the BrandLaureate Legendary Award. Malaysia had conferred the actor with the prestigious title of Datuk in...
For her extraordinary contributions to the field of art and culture, renowned film actress and Bharatanatyam exponent Hema Malini has been selected for the prestigious Bharat Muni Samman...
The first chief minister of Uttarakhand, Nityanand Swami (85) passed away. He was chief minister a BJP led government from November 2000 to October 2001.
