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Bharathiraja Dies at 84 in Chennai
Veteran Tamil filmmaker Bharathiraja died on 10 June 2026 in Chennai at the age of 84, with some reports placing his age at 85. He was admitted to...
Lt Commander Suraj Prashar Gets Shaurya Chakra
Lieutenant Commander Suraj Prashar of the Indian Navy received the Shaurya Chakra from President Droupadi Murmu at the Defence Investiture Ceremony 2026 (Phase-I) held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on...
Kumar Shanker Appointed Managing Director of Indraprastha Gas Limited
Kumar Shanker was appointed Managing Director of Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) with effect from 5 June 2026. He succeeded Kamal Kishore Chatiwal, who returned to GAIL (India) Limited...
President Murmu Confers Kirti Chakras at Defence Ceremony
President Droupadi Murmu conferred seven Kirti Chakras, 15 Vir Chakras and 29 Shaurya Chakras during Phase-I of the Defence Investiture Ceremony 2026 at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi...
President Murmu to Confer Padma Awards on June 23
President Droupadi Murmu will confer the Padma Awards on 23 June 2026 at the second Civil Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. The ceremony will honour...
Banwarilal Purohit Elected President of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Banwarilal Purohit was unanimously elected President of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan on 7 June 2026. The election took place at a joint meeting of the Executive Committee and the...
Congress leader Suraj Hegde dies at 55
Congress leader Suraj Hegde died at the age of 55 on 7 June 2026 at a private hospital in Bengaluru, Karnataka. He died of cardiac arrest. At the...
Richard Scolyer Dies at 59
Professor Richard Scolyer, an Australian cancer researcher and pathologist, died at the age of 59 on 7 June 2026. He was known for research on melanoma and for...
Sriram Krishnan to Leave White House AI Role
Sriram Krishnan, the Senior White House Policy Adviser on Artificial Intelligence, is set to leave his post at the end of June 2026 after an 18-month tenure in...
Salim Kumar, Malayalam Actor and National Award Winner, Dies
Malayalam actor Salim Kumar died on 6 June 2026 in Kochi at the age of 56. He had a career of more than three decades in Malayalam cinema...
Malayalam poet A.C. Sreehari passes away
Malayalam poet and academic A.C. Sreehari died at the age of 56 after a heart attack. He served as the former head of the Department of English at...
