Eminent Hindi authors Amar Kant and Shrilal Shukla was chosen for India’s highest literary honour Jnanpith Award for 2009, while renowned Kannada litterateur Chandrasekhar Kambar won it for...
Tit-Bits New albino spider species found Scientists claim to have found a new species of trap-door spider — the albino spider — near Northam in Australia. US giant...
Malaysia’s ENMAC launches Quran Mobile in India Malaysian firm ENMAC Engineering Ltd today launched a dual-sim mobile handset MQ 3500 , an innovative product catering to the Islamic...
Gandhian Jharna Jhara honoured with Peace and Harmony Award Veteran Gandhian of Bangladesh Ms Jharna Jhara honoured with Chaudhary Ranbir Singh International Peace and Harmony Award. The award...
Numerous functions were organized in Assam, to mark the 86th birthday of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award winning multifaceted genius, legendary singer, poet and cultural icon Dr. Bhupen Hazarika...
Kapil Sibal, Minister for Communications & IT and HRD, released a commemorative Postage Stamp on Surendra Nath Jauhar Surendra Nath Jauhar was a noted freedom fighter social worker,...
P C Alexander, former Maharashtra governor recently died at 90. An IAS officer of the 1948 batch, Alexander was in the running for president in 2002 after K...
Recently, Mohammed Rizwan of India, a graduate in Chinese language from Jawaharlal Nehru University, has been given a visa for five years instead of the one-year visa given...
Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award is conferred on three individuals who make outstanding contribution in the field of Child Protection, Child Development or Child Welfare for over ten...
The 6 winners of Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2011 are: Nileema Mishra (India): a lender to the poorest in Maharashtra, was recognised for her purpose-driven zeal to work...
