- Waheeda Rehman to be honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award
- veteran actor Waheeda Rehman will be honored with this year's Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award
- the legendary actor has worked in films such as Guide and Reshma aur Shera
- Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur today shared the decision by the I and B ministries on his social media handle...Read more
2. India's Neha Thakur bags silver medal in sailing
- in the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou India's Neha Thakur bagged a silver medal in the girls's dinghy sailing event
- this is India's 1st medal in sailing in this edition
- the 17-year-old finished with a net score of 27
- earlier women's squash team beat Pakistan by 3-0 while the men's squash team won by 3-0 against Singapore in their opening group match...Read more
3. Rajeev Chandrasekhar attends south-south knowledge-sharing series
- Rajeev Chandrashekhar participated in a virtual conference organized by the World Bank known as the South-South Knowledge Sharing Series
- this event centered around India's digital public infrastructure and its potential to serve as an inspiring model for African nations.
- the conference's theme was Digital Public Infrastructure the India story...Read more
4. India's equestrian dressage team wins gold after 41 years
- India won equestrian dressage team gold at the Asian Games 2023
- this is India's maiden podium finish in the event at the Asiads
- the Indian team comprising Sudipti Hajela Divyakriti Singh Hriday Chheda and Anush Agrwalla clinched the gold in equestrian after 41 years...Read more
5. Max Verstappen returns to take pole ahead of McLaren drivers
- Max Verstappen takes a pole position at the Japanese Grand Prix 2023 beating McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastre
- The Dutch racer failed to make the podium for the first time in 2023 when he finished fifth in the previous race at the Singapore Grand Prix last Sunday but dominated the qualifying session in Japan to make a sensational return...Read more
6. Uttarakhand CM to hold global investors summit roadshow in London
- Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami received a traditional welcome from members of the diaspora from the state ahead of an investor's roadshow in London to pitch the global investors summit scheduled in Dehradun in December
- Dhami is leading a four-day delegation to the UK and was received at the airport in London on Monday evening by India's deputy high commissioner Sujit Ghosh...Read more
7. ONGC signed an agreement with HPCL for the sale of oil from Mumbai offshore
- ONGC and HPCL are the Maharashtra central public sector undertakings (CPSUs) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) HPCL is a subsidiary of ONGC...Read more
8. agri scientist Swati Nayak becomes 3rd Indian to be honored with Norman E. Borlaug award
- she received recognition for her innovative approach to engaging farmers in demand-driven rice seed systems from testing and deployment to access and adoption of climate-resilient and nutritious rice varieties
- Nayak joined IRRI in 2013 as a specialist in agriculture research & development (Gender climate change)
- this was the first ever such dedicated initiative approved by the Indian cabinet for women farmers...Read more
9. National Award winner veteran Malayalam filmmaker KG George passed away
- he won the national film award for best feature film in Malayalam for his debut movie Swapnadanam in 1976
- the film also won 2 Kerala state film awards for best film and best screenplay.
- JD Daniel Award is the highest award for contribution to Malayalam cinema...Read more
10. LSAM 9 (Yard 77 ); Indian navy's 3rd MCA barge launched at Vishakhapatnam
- the availability of MCA barges is set to significantly enhance the operational commitments of the Indian Navy (IN) making the transportation embarkation and disembarkation of articles and ammunition for IN ships more efficient
- the MSME shipyard had already delivered the first barge of the series LSAM 7 (Yard &%) on 18th July 2023 and the 2nd barge yard 76 (LSAM 8) on 18th August 2023...Read more
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