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Nobel Prize 2025 Awarded for Immune System Discovery

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi. Their work revealed how the immune system decides what...

October 7, 2025

Andhra Pradesh Wins Global Tourism Award 2025

The Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department received the prestigious Global Tourism Award 2025. The honour marks the State’s rapid progress as a top tourist destination in India. The award...

October 3, 2025

Ramon Magsaysay Award

The Foundation to Educate Girls Globally, known as Educate Girls, received the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2025. It is the first Indian organisation to be honoured with...

September 1, 2025

Meghnad Desai

Lord Meghnad Desai, a towering figure in economics and public policy, passed away in London on 29 July 2025 at the age of 85. His death marks the...

July 30, 2025

Meri Panchayat App

The Meri Panchayat mobile application gained international acclaim by winning the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2025 Champion Award. This recognition came under the Action...

July 23, 2025

Narendra Modi’s Global Honours

On July 4, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with “The Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago”, the highest civilian award of the Caribbean island...

July 5, 2025

The Future of the Dalai Lama Institution

The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. His recent statements have sparked discussions about the future of the institution of the Dalai Lamas....

July 1, 2025

India-Cyprus Relations

Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III from Cyprus. This is the highest civilian honour awarded by Cyprus. The award...

June 17, 2025

Tenure of ‘Superspy’ Tapan Kumar Deka Extended as Intelligence Bureau Chief

Tapan Kumar Deka, a veteran Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, has been granted a one-year extension as Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), India’s premier domestic intelligence agency....

May 20, 2025

Dr M. R. Srinivasan, Pioneering Nuclear Scientist Passes Away

Dr M. R. Srinivasan, a pioneering Indian nuclear scientist and mechanical engineer, passed away on 20 May 2025 in Udhagamandalam, Tamil Nadu, at the age of 95. Renowned...

May 20, 2025

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