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Two Indians have received high foreign honours:Jawed Ashraf: The former Ambassador has been conferred the rank of Commandeur in the Legion of Honour, France's highest order of merit.N. Chandrasekaran: The Chairman of the...
The Sahitya Akademi has announced its awards for outstanding literary works in 24 Indian languages, covering poetry, novels, short stories, essays, memoirs and criticism. In Tamil, Sa. Tamilselvan won for Thamiz Sirukath...
The Government has highlighted the progress made under the "Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat" campaign, which seeks to make India free of child marriage through joint action by government and communities. The campaign began on 27 N...
In Pavini Shukla v. Union of India, the Supreme Court suggested implementing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to remove gender bias in personal laws. A UCC would replace religion-based personal laws with one common law for all...
A multilingual Hoysala inscription from the 12th century, during the reign of Narasimha I, was found at the Sri Mahalakshmi Temple in K. Bettahalli village, Pandavapura taluk, Mandya district, Karnataka. Carved in nine l...
Tea tribes and Adivasi communities in Assam will now get 3% reservation in Class I and II State government posts, including the State civil services and professor positions, after a Cabinet decision. Until now, this quot...
Cricketer Smriti Mandhana won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2025 award at a ceremony in New Delhi. Chess player Divya Deshmukh was named Emerging Player of the Year for winning the FIDE Women's World Cup, and Pr...
The Assam Rifles plans to add the indigenous Tangkhul Hui and Kombai breeds to its dog squad and phase out foreign breeds by 2050, following a 2025 Home Ministry directive to promote Indian breeds. The Kombai, native to...
The Assam government launched the Mukhya Mantrir Eti Koli Duti Paat Scheme in Tinsukia district, providing a one-time grant of Rs 5,000 to more than six lakh tea garden workers. It covers workers in 836 tea gardens acros...
On Republic Day 2026, IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla received the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award. It recognised his role as mission pilot of Axiom Mission-4 to the International Space Stati...
Archaeologists of the ASI digging at the Kote Veerabhadreshwar Temple in Lakkundi, Gadag district, Karnataka, have found objects from the Neolithic (New Stone Age) period. The finds include pieces of a grey clay pot, a s...
In January 2026, the state-of-the-art Porunai Museum located in Tirunelveli rapidly cemented its formidable reputation as a highly premier central hub for intimately documenting, researching, and flawlessly preserving th...
