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Clear filtersThe Union Government has chosen two teachers from Tamil Nadu for the National Teachers' Award 2026. They are M Thangaraj of Tenkasi and J Amudha, Headmistress of Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 2, Madurai. Thangaraj was recognise...
Sadbhavana Diwas is marked on 20 August, the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, to promote national integration, communal harmony and goodwill. Born in Bombay in 1944, he became India’s youngest PM...
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), a Maharatna PSU under the Ministry of Power, received the Prime Minister Internship Scheme (PMIS) Recognition of Partner Company Award for Innovation in Exit Pathways....
The National Anubhav Awards 2026 were presented to 15 awardees in New Delhi for contributions to nation-building, including work on Passport Seva Kendras, rule reforms, technology adoption and government accounting. The...
IntroductionIn a historic triumph for women in armed combat roles, Squadron Leader Bhawana Kanth created history on 17 August 2026 by becoming the first woman fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force (IAF) to qualify as a '...
IntroductionRenowned modern Indian historian, pioneer of subaltern and Marxist historiography, and former professor of history at Delhi University, Prof. Sumit Sarkar, passed away on 17 August 2026 at the age of 87, leav...
IntroductionThe Government of Tamil Nadu on 17 August 2026 announced that veteran political stalwart, former Member of Parliament, and former Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president M. Krishnasamy has been chosen...
IntroductionIn an inspiring feat of human endurance and determination, 58-year-old K. Jayalakshmi, a polio-affected woman from Chennai, created history on 16 August 2026 by becoming the first woman with a locomotor disab...
IntroductionPrime Minister Narendra Modi released the autobiography of the 14th President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, titled “Triumph of the Indian Republic: My Life, My Struggles” at a solemn ceremony held at Vigyan...
Indian physicist Deepak Dhar has been named a joint recipient of the 2026 Dirac Medal, among the most prestigious honours in theoretical physics. The medal was instituted in 1985 by the Abdus Salam International Centre f...
President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Sant Kabir Handloom Awards and National Handloom Awards 2025 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in New Delhi. Of the 22 awards, three were Sant Kabir Handloom Awards, given t...
Karthikeyan Lanka, Associate Professor at IIT Bombay, has been chosen for the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) Young Scientist Award 2026. The award will be handed over at the 96th NASI Annual Session, schedule...
