President Ram Nath Kovind presents ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’

On the occasion of International Women’s day, President Ram Nath Kovind recently presented the ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’ to IAF’s first women fighter pilots, Mohana Jitarwal, Avani Chaturvedi and Bhawana Kanth, among the 15 total wardees. After the Government of India decided to open fighter stream in the Air force for women on an experimental basis, ..

Topics: Fighter pilot • International Women's Day • Nari Shakti Puraskar • Ram Nath Kovind

Nari Shakti: Hindi Word of the Year 2018

The word Nari Shakti is chosen as the word of the Year 2018 by the Oxford dictionaries. The announcement regarding this was made in the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF). Why Nari Shakti was chosen as word of the year? The Oxford dictionaries have cited following reasons for choosing Nari Shakti as word of the year: ..

Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs

Topics: Aadhaar • Hindi Word of the Year 2018 • International Women's Day • Jaipur Literature Festival • Nari Shakti • Nari Shakti Puraskar • Sabarimala temple • Triple Talaq

INSV Tarini team awarded Nari Shakti Puraskar 2017

India’s Navy all six women crew of INSV Tarini who completed India’s first all-women circumnavigation expedition of the globe was conferred prestigious Nari Shakti Puraskar 2017. The crew included Lt Commander Vartika Joshi, Lt Commander Swathi Patarpalli, Lt Commander Pratibha Jamwal, Lt Aishwarya Bodapatti, Lt SH Vijaya Devi and Lt Payal Gupta. These six women ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2018

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: Awards • INSV Tarini • Nari Shakti Puraskar • Women Empowerment

Gita Mittal becomes first Indian woman from field of law and justice to be conferred ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’

Gita Mittal, the Delhi High Court Acting Chief Justice, has become the first woman from the field of law and justice to be conferred the ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’, India’s highest civilian honour for women. Justice Mittal, who took over as Acting Chief Justice after the retirement of Justice G Rohini in April 2017, has introduced ..

Topics: Awards • Delhi High Court • Gita Mittal • Government of India • Judiciary of India • Nari Shakti Puraskar