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Bharat Ratna 2019 Awards presented by President of India
President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, presented Bharat Ratna Awards to Nanaji Deshmukh (posthumously), Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika (posthumously) and Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Bharat Ratna 2019 Award Winners Pranab Mukherjee: His life-long political career spanned about five decades. He was 13th President of India (from 2012 until 2017). He has also served as the ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Bharat Ratna • Bharat Ratna 2019 Awardees • Bhupen Hazarika • Nanaji Deshmukh • Pranab Mukherjee • President of India • Sudhakantha
Bharat Ratna Awards 2019
The 2019 Bharat Ratna award has been bestowed upon former President Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh and singer Bhupen Hazarika. Nanaji Deshmukh and singer Bhupen Hazarika were awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously. Pranab Mukherjee Pranab Mukherjee served as the 13th President of India from 2012 until 2017. A veteran congressman, Pranab Mukherjee had held various key portfolios like ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Assamese • Bharat Ratna • Bhupen Hazarika • Nanaji Deshmukh • Pranab Mukherjee • President • Sudhakantha
Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh awarded Bharat Ratna
On 26th January 2019, President Ramnath Kovind conferred the Bharat Ratna, the nation’s highest civilian honour, on former President Pranab Mukherjee, along with social activist Nanaji Deshmukh (posthumous), and Assamese musician Bhupen Hazarika (posthumous). Nanaji Deshmukh was a senior RSS leader who also worked for rural development and welfare of farmers, and was considered a ..
Topics: Atal Bihari Vajpayee • Bharat Ratna • Bharatiya Janata Party • Bhupen Hazarika • Deshmukh • Indian people • Members of the Lok Sabha • Nanaji Deshmukh • Parliament of India • Pranab Mukherjee • Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh • Sangh Parivar
Neta App launched to rate and review elected representatives
Former President Pranab Mukherjee launched National Electoral Transformation (NETA) mobile application that allows voters to rate and review their political representatives. The app is brainchild of 27-year-old entrepreneur Pratham Mittal. It is first of its kind platform in India that allows voters to rate and review the political representatives in their constituencies. NETA app The app ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
Topics: National • National Electoral Transformation • NETA app • Pranab Mukherjee • Pratham Mittal • Science and Technology
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 15, 2017. The 3-day conference will have in-depth discussions on the universal message of the ancient scriptures to bring world peace, ensure human rights and work towards ..
Topics: Bengali Hindus • Defence Ministers of India • Finance Ministers of India • Government of India • Gujarati people • Indian Hindus • Indian people • Indira Gandhi • Mahatma Gandhi • Members of the Lok Sabha • Pranab Mukherjee • Vedas