Prime Minister Narendra Modi was today conferred the “Global Goalkeeper” award by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by his government.
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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tributes to Bharatiya Jana Sangh co-founder Deen Dayal Upadhyay on his 103rd birth anniversary and recalled his efforts to uplift the weaker sections of the society.
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan today said he was short of words to express his gratitude after he was named Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient for 2018.
Technology has taken a “dangerous turn”, the Supreme Court observed today and asked the Centre to apprise it within three weeks about the time-frame needed to come up with guidelines to curb misuse of social media in the country.
A political slugfest has erupted between former Chief Ministers Siddaramaiah and H D Kumaraswamy with the two leaders blaming each other for the collapse of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka.
India gets maximum foreign students from Nepal followed by Afghanistan while Karnataka is the favourite State for foreigners to pursue higher education in India, according to HRD Ministry data.
President Ram Nath Kovind today emphasised on the need to reduce water foot print and said farmers, corporate leaders and government bodies need to actively consider it. Inaugurating the 6th India Water Week, Kovind said there has been negligence in preserving water and steps must be taken to ensure that future generations get cleaning drinking water.
Former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar today claimed that the CBI was ‘hounding’ him, while seeking anticipatory bail before the Calcutta High Court in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund case.
The chief of Army staff, General Bipin Rawat inaugurated the ”Young Leaders Training Wing” at the Officers Training Academy here yesterday.