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Jimmy Carter is longest- living US president now

Jimmy Carter — the 39th president of the United States — has reached a new milestone and become the longest-living President in U.S. history at the age of...

March 23, 2019

Kazakhstan officially renames its capital as ‘Nursultan’

Kazakhstan has officially renamed its capital Astana to Nursultan to honour outgoing leader Nursultan Nazarbayev who stepped down as President after three decades in office. The change was...

March 22, 2019

Karen Uhlenbeck conferred with ‘Nobel prize of Mathematics’

Karen Uhlenbeck, a famous mathematician has become the first woman to receive the “Abel prize”, also known as the Nobel prize of mathematics. She has been awarded 6...

March 21, 2019

Karen Uhlenbeck recipient of 2019 Abel Prize for mathematics

Prof. Karen Uhlenbeck of the University of Texas at Austin has become first woman to win the Abel Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious international mathematics awards....

March 20, 2019

16 year old Irfan claimed ‘Shaurya Chakra’

President Ram Nath Kovind on 19th March awarded Shaurya Chakra to 16 year old Irfan Ramzan Sheikh. He has been awarded this for fighting terrorists who attacked his...

March 20, 2019

PM Modi receives 2018 Seoul Peace Prize

Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation has announced to confer the prestigious Seoul Peace Prize for 2018 on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22nd February, 2019, for his contribution...

March 18, 2019

Yohei Sasakawa conferred with International Gandhi Peace Prize for 2018

On 26th Feb 2019, President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the International Gandhi Peace Prize for 2015, 16, 17 and 18 at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan. For 2018,...

February 26, 2019

PM Modi honored with 2018 Seoul Peace Prize recently

On 22nd February, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been honored with the prestigious Seoul Peace Prize – 2018 for his contribution to international cooperation and fostering global economic...

February 22, 2019

Novak Djokovic wins World Sportsman of Year award at 2019 Laureus World Sports Honours

Gymnast Simone Biles and tennis player Novak Djokovic won the top prizes at the 2019 Laureus World Sports Awards in Monaco. Djokovic won the Sportsman of the Year...

February 20, 2019

Faizel Ismail appointed as director of South Africa’s Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance

Professor Faizel Ismail, an Indian-origin global negotiator, has been appointed as the director of a renowned academic institution in South Africa. He will take charge as the director...

February 16, 2019

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