Oscars 2019: Full List of Winners at the 91st Academy Awards Academy Awards 2019: Green Book won Best Film Oscar while Alfonso Cuaron collected Best Director Prize The 91st Academy Awards concluded in Los Angeles with Regina King …
India shines at Oscars, ‘Period. End of Sentence’ wins Documentary Short Subject The documentary feature is set in Hapur village outside Delhi, where women lead a quiet revolution as they …
Ace shuttler P.V. Sindhu first woman athlete to co-pilot the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas India’s top-ranked badminton player and Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu became the first sportswoman to fly in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft, LCA Tejas at the Aero …
PM Modi receives Seoul Peace prize 2018, donates prize money to Namami Gange Programme Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the prestigious Seoul Peace Prize for 2018 for his contribution to international cooperation and encouraging global economic growth. The award was …
Single emergency helpline number 112 launched in India for women safety Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) in 16 states and Union territories for women safety. – Persons in distress can dial a pan-India number: 112. – …
Indian Air Force gets its first woman flight engineer Flight Lieutenant Hina Jaiswal has created history by becoming the first Indian Woman Flight Engineer. – She achieved the feat after completing the prestigious Flight Engineers’ course 112 Helicopter Unit, Air …
Gujarat emerges as best performing state in start-up ranking 2018 Gujarat has emerged as the best performing state in the Startup Ranking 2018. The National Report on States’ Startup Ranking was unveiled by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry …
Noted English writer Amitav Ghosh has been honoured with this year’s Jnanpith Award, which is in its 54th edition . The decision was taken in a meeting of Jnanpith Selection Board chaired by eminent novelist, scholar and Jnanpith laureate Pratibha Ray. …
Jamal Khashoggi, other journalists named Time Person of the Year A group of journalists whose work has landed them in jail – or cost them their lives – four journalists and one news organization has been named TIME’s Person of …
India’s heaviest satellite GSAT-11 successfully launched by Ariane-5 rocket to provide better broadband services The ISRO launched GSAT-11 satellite and put it successfully in earth orbit from Kourou Launch Zone, French Guiana in South America. ISRO used the Ariane-5 VA246 …