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Jnanpith Award 2013 to Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh

Renowned Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh (80) has been named the recipient of the prestigious Jnanpith Award for 2013....

📅 June 20, 2014

Immunotherapists from US and Japan win the inaugural 'Tang Prize'

Immunologists Dr James Allison of the US and Dr Tasuku Honjo of Japan were named joint recipients of...

📅 June 20, 2014

Rajeev Topno appointed Private Secretary to PM Narendra Modi

Senior IAS officer Rajeev Topno has been appointed Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Topno, a 1996...

📅 June 19, 2014

World Food Prize 2014 to India-born scientist Sanjaya Rajaram

Sanjaya Rajaram, an India-born plant scientist, has been chosen for the World Food Prize 2014 for scientific research...

📅 June 19, 2014

Government appoints Shaktikanta Das as Revenue Secretary

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the appointment of Shaktikanta Das, a 1980 batch Indian Administrative...

📅 June 18, 2014

Jordanian envoy first Muslim to be elected UN human rights chief

T​he nomination of Prince Zeid al Hussein of Jordan of as the new High Commissioner for Human Rights  was...

📅 June 17, 2014

Juan Manuel Santos gets another term as President of Colombia

Juan Manuel Santos has secured another term as the President of Colombia as he has won the recently...

📅 June 16, 2014

Miss Marwadi Nepal 2014: Indian-origin Dakshina Agrawal wins the title

Indian-origin Dakshnia Agrawal (24) has bagged the ‘Miss Marwadi Nepal 2014’ title during the second edition of the...

📅 June 15, 2014

Lt Gen Amit Sharma appointed Commander-in-Chief of SFC

Lt Gen Amit Sharma (58) has been appointed as the new Commander-in-Chief of Strategic Forces Command (SFC) which...

📅 June 14, 2014

Vice-President presented with Book titled "Warrior State" authored by T V Paul

Vice President Hamid Ansari was presented with the book titled Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World written...

📅 June 14, 2014

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