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2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners

 “The Orphan Master’s Son” – a novel based on North Korea by author Adam Johnson won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. List of 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners Letters,...

April 20, 2013

Nicolas Maduro declared president-elect Venezuela

Nicolás Maduro Moros, the acting President of Venezuela after the death of late leader Hugo Chavez has been declared as the winner of a special election held in...

April 20, 2013

India's first and ONLY Women Chief Election Commissioner Ramadevi passed away

Ms. V.S. Ramadevi (79), former Governor of Karnataka and former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away. Ms. V.S. Ramadevi First woman to became Chief Election Commissioner of...

April 18, 2013

Fact Box: K. Kasturirangan High-Level Working Group

K. Kasturirangan-led 10-member panel High-Level Working Group (HLWG) Presented its report on Western Ghats to MoEF (Ministry of Environment and Forests) K. Kasturirangan-led 10-member panel High-Level Working Group...

April 18, 2013

'Baby Nobel' or Won John Bates Clark Medal for Delhi-born US economist Raj Chetty

33 year old Delhi-born Raj Chetty, a professor in the Department of Economy at the Harvard University whose ground-breaking work was quoted by US President Barack Obama in...

April 17, 2013

Pioneering Polio Vaccine Developer Hilary Koprowski passes away

Dr. Hilary Koprowski (96), the Polish-born virologist who developed the first successful oral vaccination for polio. Albeit not as famous as his companion researchers Jonas Salk and Albert...

April 17, 2013

Fact Box: "SNOW LION" Flag of Tibet

China allows the showcase of banned Tibetan “snow lion” flag in film “Rockstar” screened in China Surprisingly, Chinese censors have permitted the blackballed Tibetan “Snow Lion” flag which...

April 17, 2013

President appoints two new judges to Supreme Court

The President elevated PUNJAB and Haryana HC Chief Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri and Madhya Pradesh HC Chief Justice Arvind Bobde as judges of the Supreme Court. Thus, total strength...

April 16, 2013

Vice President Releases Book ‘Religion, Law & Society-Across the Globe’

“Religion, Law & Society- Across the Globe”, a book authored by Prof. Tahir Mahmood was released by The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari. The book...

April 15, 2013

Dadasaheb Phalke award for legendary actor Pran

Pran Krishan Sikand, popularly known as Pran, will be conferred with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Pran is the 60th film personality to receive this honour.  In 2011,...

April 15, 2013

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