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"The Real Prize Was...": Anand Mahindra On India's Historic Badminton Win

"The Real Prize Was...": Anand Mahindra On India's Historic Badminton Win The Mahindra Group chairman has shared what the ace Indian shuttler had said about team spirit and urged everyone to "remember that: in business and in all of life." New Delhi:  Industrial ...

Government notifies top sporting events

Sporting Events of National Importance: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has notified several sporting events as that of national importance under the Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Act. Key Details: The notification, which supersedes the earlier o ...

Madrid Open: Teenager Carlos Alcaraz becomes first player to beat Nadal and Djokovic at same clay-court event

Madrid Open: Teenager Carlos Alcaraz has become the first tennis player to consecutive victories over tennis legends at the Madrid Open final on May 7th. Key Highlights: The 19-year-old Spaniard clinched a stirring 6-7(5), 7-5, 7-6(5) win over Novak Djokovic at the ATP Masters 1000 event. ...

Rishabh Pant Leads Protest, Asks Batters To Come Off Over No-Ball Controversy

Rishabh Pant Leads Protest, Asks Batters To Come Off Over No-Ball Controversy IPL 2022: The match between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals made headlines for all the wrong reasons after umpires didn't give what Delhi Capitals players and support staff thought was a waist-high no-ball. I ...

Om Finishaya Namaha, Twitter Goes Berserk After MS Dhoni's Batting Heroics Against Mumbai Indians In IPL 2022

"Om Finishaya Namaha": Twitter Goes Berserk After MS Dhoni's Batting Heroics Against Mumbai Indians In IPL 2022 IPL 2022, MI vs CSK: MS Dhoni produced yet another fairytale finish as Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians in a nail-biting clash. MS Dhoni turned back the clo ...

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc wins Formula 1 Australian GP

Australian Grand Prix 2022: Charles Leclerc claimed his second win of the Formula One season for Ferrari with a pole-to-flag victory at the Australian Grand Prix on 10 April 2022. Key Highlights: Leclerc became the first Ferrari driver since Fernando Alonso in Singapore in 2010 to complete ...

BWF Rankings: Lakshya Sen breaks into top-10, Treesa-Gayatri reach career-best ranking in doubles

Badminton world rankings: For the first time, the All England Badminton Championship runner-up Lakshya Sen has broken into the top 10 of the men's singles badminton world rankings. Key Highlights: The 20-year-old from Uttarakhand climbed two spots to reach ninth in the latest standings. ...

Women's World Cup 2022: Jhulan Goswami creates world record by claiming 250 wickets in Women's ODIs

Women's World Cup 2022: Veteran team India pacer Jhulan Goswami made history in their ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 match against England on March 16, 2022 by becoming the first ever female pacer to claim 250 wickets in ODI cricket. Key Highlights: Jhulan has become the first-ever wo ...

Neeraj Chopra, Lovlina Borgohain, Ravi Dahiya among among 12 to be awarded Khel Ratna

Key Points• Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award will be given to 12 sportspersons including Tokyo Olympics gold medal winner Neeraj Chopra.• Indian women's cricket legend Mithali Raj and Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri will also achieve Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. ...

WTT Contender Lasko: Manika Batra, Archana Kamath Clinch Doubles Title

Indian Table Tennis pair of Manika Batra and Archana Girish Kamath clinched the women’s doubles title at the World Table Tennis Contender Lasko 2021 event, beating Puerto Rico’s Diaz sisters, Adriana and Melanie, in straight sets by 11-3, 11-8, 12-10. The world number 36 pairi ...

Srinagar is the latest from India to join UNESCO Network of Creative Cities

Srinagar city of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network 2021, under the Crafts and Folk Arts category on November 8, 2021. The result was announced on the official website of UNESCO wherein 49 cities have joined this coveted list. The exercise ...

Ministry of Culture launches Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav mobile app

Minister of State for Culture and External Affairs, Meenakashi Lekhi has launched the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav mobile App to enable all single point access to all information related to the 75th anniversary celebrations of India’s independence. The app available in android and iOS has ...

15 films to vie for golden peacock award at 52nd IFFI in Goa

The 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held from November 20 to November 28, 2021. The IFFI is organized by the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India in collaboration with the State Government o ...

PM Condoles demise of eminent historian Shivshahir Babasaheb Purandare

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has expressed deep sorrow on demise of writer, historian and theatre personality, Shivshahir Babasaheb Purandare. He recalled Shivshahir Babasaheb Purandare’s contribution in connecting coming generations to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The PM also poste ...

India gets re-elected to UNESCO Executive Board for 2021-25 term

India has won re-election to the executive board of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) for the term of 2021-2025 at the UNESCO's 41st General Conference held in Paris, France on November 17, 2021. With 164 votes, India was elected to the UNESCO’s ...

Amit Shah lays foundation for ‘Rani Gaidinliu Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum’

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has laid the foundation for ‘Rani Gaidinliu Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum’ in Manipur through video conferencing. The museum is to be set up at Luangkao village, Tamenglong district, the birthplace of freedom fighter Rani Gaidinliu, at an estimated ...

Saurav Ghosal clinches Malaysian Open squash tournament

India's Saurav Ghosal has clinched the 2021 Malaysian Open Squash Championships after beating Colombia's Miguel Rodriguez in the men's singles final on 27th November, 2021. This was his first PSA title in three years. The last time he clinched a title on the PSA Tour was in 2018 when he won ...

Cherry Blossom Festival 2021 celebrated in Meghalaya

Shillong’s famous Cherry Blossom Festival 2021 was held from November 25 to 27, 2021 in Meghalaya. The three-day festival was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Conrad K Sangma, and Ambassador of Japan to India, Satoshi Suzuki. Key PointsThe event was held in two venues, W ...

PM Modi condoles demise of renowned Telugu lyricist Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the passing away of renowned Telugu lyricist and Padma Shri awardee Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry. Chembolu Seetharama Sastry, popularly known as Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, passed away on 30th November due to lung cancer-related ...

Pilot project launched in J&K to revive Namda craft

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has launched a pilot project to revive and promote the traditional Namda craft in Jammu and Kashmir. The objective of the project is to boost and preserve this unique craft in Kashmir. Key Features of Pilot Project for Namda Craft ...

Hornbill Festival being celebrated in Nagaland

Hornbill Festival of Nagaland / Wikimedia Commons These days Hornbill Festival is being celebrated in Nagaland. The Hornbill Festival is widely hailed as the “festival of festivals”. The festival is named after the endangered bird – Hornbill which is the most revered and admir ...

Delhi’s Nizamuddin Basti conservation project wins two Unesco awards

The UNESCO has conferred two awards for conservation efforts at Nizamuddin Basti in Delhi. The Nizamuddin Basti has received two awards at the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation this year. The conservation initiative at Nizamuddin bagged the prestigious Award of Ex ...

56th and 57th Jnanpith Awards Announced: Assamese Poet Nilmani Phookan Jr. and Konkani Novelist Damodar Mauzo win the Award

Key Points• Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan Jr. and Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo have been chosen for the 56th and 57th Jnanpith Award for their contribution to Indian literature.• While 56th Jnanpith Award for 2021 has been bagged by Nilmani Phookan Jr., well known Konkani writer D ...

2021 Asian Rowing Championships: India wrap up campaign with six medals

Indian rowers have won a total of six medals in the 20th Asian Rowing Championships in Thailand. India’s overall tally of six medals including two gold and 4 silver medals in this continental meet was one better than in the last edition in 2019. Senior Indian rower Arvind Singh bagged ...

Kolkata’s Durga Puja gets UNESCO heritage status

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added Kolkata's Durga Puja to its 'Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.' The decision was taken during the sixteenth session of the of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguardin ...

Kidambi Srikanth Wins Silver In Badminton World Championships

Kidambi Srikanth is the first Indian man to win silver medal in the Badminton World Championships Kidambi Srikanth has won the historic silver medal in the World Badminton Championships after he lost the men's singles summit clash to Singapore's Loh Kean Yew in straight games in Huelva in Sp ...

Hindi translation of Tolkāppiyam released

Union Minister of State for Education, Dr. Subhas Sarkar has released the Hindi translation of Tolkāppiyam, a unique work on grammar and poetics, and the Kannada translations of 9 books Classical Tamil literature. A part of the corpus of Sangam literature, Tolkappiyam is the most ancient ...

AYUSH Ministry celebrates Fifth Siddha Day

Fifth Siddha Day was celebrated by AYUSH Ministry on 23rd December. Siddha system of medicine is one of the oldest codified traditions of healthcare originated in the Indian sub-continent with many intricate, novel therapeutic interventions and treatment modalities. Siddha system of medic ...

World Sangeet Tansen festival being held in Madhya Pradesh

The 97th edition of the World Sangeet Tansen Festival is underway in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The five-day World Sangeet Tansen festival began on December 25, 2021 and will conclude on December 30, 2021. Key Points• World Sangeet Tansen Festival is being held in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh ...

Captain Harpreet Chandi becomes the first Indian origin woman to trek solo to the South Pole

Captain Harpreet Chandi: Captain Harpreet Chandi has created history by becoming the first woman of colour to complete a solo unsupported trek to the South Pole. Key Facts: She is a 32-year-old Indian-origin British Sikh Army officer and physiotherapist also known as Polar Preet.She compl ...