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Clear filtersR.M. Nachammai has become the first woman to head a working nuclear power plant in India. She takes charge as Chief Superintendent of Units 3 and 4 of the Kaiga Generating Station in Karnataka from 15 March 2026. As Chie...
Former Chief Economic Adviser K.V. Subramanian has become the first Indian economist to receive the University of Chicago Alumni Award for Professional Achievement (2026). This is the first time in the award's 85-year hi...
TIME magazine has named three leaders of Indian origin, Reshma Kewalramani, Reshma Saujani and Safeena Husain, among its 16 Women of the Year for 2026. The three were recognised for their global leadership and for contri...
Meenambal Sivaraj, born on 12 December 1904 in Rangoon, Burma, was a leading voice for Scheduled Caste rights and women's empowerment. Her father, V.G. Vasudeva Pillai, became the first SC member of the Madras Legislativ...
At the 79th British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards 2026, held at London's Royal Festival Hall, the Manipuri-language film Boong won Best Children's and Family Film, the first time an Indian film has r...
Eminent sociologist T.K. Oommen passed away on 26 February 2026 in Gurugram at the age of 88. He was Professor Emeritus at JNU's Centre for the Study of Social Systems and a leading architect of modern Indian sociology,...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was awarded the Speaker of the Knesset Medal in Jerusalem. The medal is the highest parliamentary honour of Israel; the Knesset is Israel's national legislature. The award was presented durin...
Jatinder Mehra, a veteran of India's steel industry, passed away. He had served as Vice Chairman of the Metals and Mining Division of the Essar Group, one of the country's large industrial conglomerates. His long career...
B.V.R. Subrahmanyam finished his three-year term as Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog on 24 February 2026, and Nidhi Chhibber has taken additional charge of the post. NITI Aayog serves as the government's top policy...
Mumbai will host the Earthshot Prize 2026, founded by Prince William, during Mumbai Climate Week, the first time the event comes to the city. Every year the prize gives £1 million each to five innovators with solutions i...
David J. Farber, the American computer scientist often referred to as the 'Grandfather of the Internet', has passed away in Tokyo at the age of 91. Farber made contributions to the early development of computer networkin...
Ophthalmologist Mohan Rajan is this year's recipient of the Outstanding Service for Prevention of Blindness Award 2026, a recognition that honours a career spanning more than three decades, during which he has worked in...
