Pakistan has proposed two Mumbai-based Parsi doctors for the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, which is the country’s highest civilian award. The proposed honourees are Dr. Jal Ratanji Patel, a physician, and...
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), a Maharatna public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Power, received the PMIS Recognition of Partner Company Award in the category...
The 9th National Anubhav Awards Ceremony and the 60th Pre-Retirement Counselling Workshop were organised by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi...
The Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 2025 was conferred on Odissi exponent Shubhada Varadkar at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on 13 August 2026. The award included a...
Professor Sumit Sarkar, a Marxist historian of modern Indian history, died in New Delhi on 13 August 2026 at the age of 87 after prolonged age-related illness. He...
The Gaj Gaurav Awards 2026 were conferred on 13 August 2026 during the national celebrations of World Elephant Day in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The ceremony was hosted by...
Zhu Rongji, China’s fifth premier, died in Beijing on 12 August 2026 at 11:06 a.m. local time after an unspecified illness. He served as premier from 17 March...
N. Chandrasekaran has decided not to seek reappointment as Chairman of Tata Sons and will complete his current term ending on 20 February 2027. He joined the Tata...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the autobiography of Ram Nath Kovind, the 14th President of India, at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on 12 August 2026. The book...
M.P. Parameswaran, an Indian nuclear scientist, science communicator and Marxist theorist, died on 11 August 2026 at his residence in Thrissur, Kerala. He was born on 18 January...
President Droupadi Murmu presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the 2024 and 2025 cycles at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 13 August...
Indian physicist Deepak Dhar was named a recipient of the 2026 Dirac Medal on 8 August 2026 by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in...
