Takehiko Nakao, Japan’s former vice finance minister, who was elected president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) by its Board of Governors, ahead of the bank’s annual meet...
Anil Goswami, a senior IAS officer from J&K cadre, has been appointed as the new Home Secretary and will have two-year tenure. He is the first bureaucrat from J&K...
President Pranab Mukherjee gave away 54 Padma awards at a function in the Darbar hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan. President awarded two Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 42...
Narasimhan Ravi has been unanimously elected as the president of Editors Guild of India. Mr. Ravi is the director of Kasturi and Sons Limited , publisher of “The...
Ajay Devgn (Bollywood actor), Runa Laila (Bangladeshi singer) and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy ( Oscar-winning Pakistani filmmaker) have been named as SAARC Goodwill Ambassadors for HIV/AIDS ‘ for advocacy and awareness...
Justice JS Verma (80), former Chief Justice of India, passed away. He was in news recently for heading a committee set up by the Government of India to suggest changes...
Mahatma Gandhi figures among the top three most admired leaders of the world as per a global survey of CEOs conducted by accountancy firm PwC. As part of...
World-renowned Indian prodigy mental calculator and astrologer Shakuntala Devi (83) passed away. She was known as “Human Computer”. Shakuntala Devi was born in Bangalore, India and in her...
Famous playback singer of Hindi film industry Shamshad Begum (94) passed away. Some of her popular Hindi songs to her name include Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar, Kajra Mohabbat Wala and Mere Piya...
Aruna Bahuguna, Senior IPS Officer (1979-batch Andhra Pradesh cadre officer) appointed Special Director General of CRPF, India’s largest paramilitary force. She became the first women officer to be...
