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Gopal Guru appointed as Editor of Economic and Political Weekly (EPW)

Political scientist Gopal Guru has been appointed as the Editor of the Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) by the Sameeksha Trust for a period of five years. Urrently,...

January 5, 2018

Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate 2018 ASEAN-India Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD)

Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, will inaugurate the 2018 ASEAN-India Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD)...

January 5, 2018

Radha Vishwanathan, noted vocalist passes away

Radha Vishwanathan (83), Carnatic vocalist and former classical dancer, has passed away in Bengaluru, Karnataka on January 2, 2018. She was the daughter of legendary classical singer M...

January 3, 2018

Vinay Sahasrabuddhe appointed as new President of ICCR

Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, the BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra, has been appointed new President of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR). He will succeed Prof....

December 31, 2017

Anushka Sharma named as PETA’s Person of Year 2017

Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has been named PETA’s Person of the Year 2017 for her efforts to help protect dogs from fireworks. She was also against the use...

December 28, 2017

Book “The Way I See It: A Gauri Lankesh Reader”

The book “The Way I See It: A Gauri Lankesh Reader” has been edited by writer and sociologist Chandan Gowda. The book containing selected writings by late journalist...

December 26, 2017

Bengali film actor Partha Mukhopadhyay passes away

Partha Mukhopadhyay (70), the veteran Bengali film actor , has passed away in Kolkata, West Bengal. He had portrayed a number of roles in Bengali classics like Atithi,...

December 26, 2017

The 2017 Good Governance Day (GGD) celebrated

The Good Governance Day (GGD) is celebrated every year in India on December 25 to mark the birthday anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The day...

December 25, 2017

India hosts World Conference on Vedas

Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu has inaugurated the World conference on Vedas ” Vishwa Ved Sammelan” at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) in New Delhi on December...

December 15, 2017

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry signs agreement with German firm GIZ for technical cooperation in transport projects

The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry (MoHUA ) has signed an agreement with German firm GIZ for technical cooperation in the implementation of transport projects in Coimbatore,...

December 10, 2017

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