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British-Ghanaian rapper Sway DaSafo dies at 44
British-Ghanaian rapper Sway DaSafo, born Derek Andrew Safo, died at the age of 44 on 17 September 2026. He died at his home in Ghana, and the official...
Marathi film Gondhal becomes India’s Oscars 2027 entry
The Film Federation of India selected the Marathi-language film Gondhal as India’s official entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards. The announcement...
N. Chandrasekaran Reappointed as Tata Sons Chairman
N. Chandrasekaran was reappointed as the Executive Chairman of Tata Sons on 17 September 2026 for another five-year term. The new term extends his leadership until 2032 and...
Sethuraman Panchanathan Wins 2026 Arthur M. Bueche Award
Sethuraman Panchanathan has been named the recipient of the 2026 Arthur M. Bueche Award by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). The award will be presented on 4...
Michael Kremer to Become World Bank Chief Economist
The World Bank Group announced on 16 September 2026 the appointment of Michael Kremer as Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics. The appointment takes effect...
Anant Nag to Receive Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Anant Nag, a veteran Indian actor with a film career spanning more than five decades, will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024. The Government of India announced...
Punjab Names New Chandigarh Road After Colonel Manpreet Singh
Punjab named a 200-foot-wide road and a park in New Chandigarh after Shaheed Colonel Manpreet Singh on 13 September 2026. The road was earlier known as the HR-2...
Solomon Pappaiah, Tamil Scholar and Orator, Dies at 90
Solomon Pappaiah, born Sundaram Solomon Pappaiah on 22 February 1936, died on 11 September 2026 in Madurai at the age of 90. He was a Tamil scholar, orator,...
Rani Mukerji Gets Maharashtra’s Raj Kapoor Award
Rani Mukerji received the Raj Kapoor Special Contribution Award at the 62nd Maharashtra State Film Awards ceremony held at Ravindra Natya Mandir in Prabhadevi, Mumbai, on 9 September...
SriLankan Airlines Names Vipul Misra as Acting CEO
SriLankan Airlines appointed Vipul Misra as its Acting Chief Executive Officer on 9 September 2026, and the change took effect immediately. Misra continued to head the airline’s engineering...
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s First Post-Colonial Leader, Dies
Tung Chee-hwa, the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), died in Hong Kong at the age of 89. He served from 1 July...
