INDIA POISED FOR A LEAP IN ELECTRIC MOBILITY In a bid to go green, the government is targeting the year 2030 by which it plans to go all-electric in terms…
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The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for pursuing a deal to end 52 years of conflict with a leftist rebel group, the longest-running…
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The 63rd National Film Awards, presented by President Pranab Mukherjee, ceremony got a dash of glitz and glamour of Bollywood with Amitabh Bachchan and Kangana Ranaut getting Best Actor and…
Read MoreJustice Permod Kohli, who was appointed as the new chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), took charge. He has been appointed to the post for five years. The Central…
Read MoreFaustin-Archange Touadéra took the oath of office in the capital, Bangui. The swearing-in ushers in the country’s first elected leader since Muslim rebels overthrew Francois Bozize’s government more than three…
Read MoreIndia ranked 118th out of 156 countries in a global list of the happiest nations, down one slot from last year on the index and coming behind China, Pakistan and…
Read MoreVeteran Bollywood star Manoj Kumar, best known for his patriotic films Purab Aur Paschim, Upkar and Kranti, was chosen for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award, the highest official recognition in…
Read MoreThe Chettinad cotton saree, which inherited the intricacies of now out-of-vogue and over a century-old‘Kandangi’ pure silk sarees, has won the ‘India Handloom’ tag for its unique designs and identity….
Read MoreFor the first time, the government appointed a woman IPS officer as the chief of a paramilitary force that guards the country’s borders. Tamil Nadu cadre IPS officer Archana Ramasundram…
Read MoreIndian film-maker Kanu Behl’s directorial Titli bagged the Best First Foreign Film Award on 1 February 2016 conferred by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 2016 (FSCC). Titli has earlier…
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