Before Mukundan, Benyamin won the prize in 2018 for Jasmine Days (Juggernaut) and S Hareesh got the prize for his book Moustache (Harper Perennial), in 2020.
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** Falguni Nayar: The Nykaa among Nayaks
With a worth of Rs 58,635 cr following her beauty business’s market debut, Falguni Nayar has joined India’s billionaire club.
No one who knows the middle-class Gujarati girl who aced IIM, had a long successful banking career, and then took a giant leap into a new, unknown field at 50 is surprised.
** Habibganj is now Rani Kamlapati station: Changing a railway station name, explained
It is a common misconception that Indian Railways can change the name of its stations. That is not the case.
The name of Bhopal’s Habibganj railway station has been changed to Rani Kamlapati station. The BJP government of Madhya Pradesh proposed this to the Centre last week, which gave the clearance without any delay.
This is to coincide with the inauguration of the station, which has been redeveloped at a cost of around Rs 100 crore with private participation — a first such large-scale PPP model in station redevelopment in India, in the works for the past few years.
** West Bengal’s education, tourism departments win gold at Skoch award
“School Education Department and Higher Education Department of GoWB – both have won the prestigious SKOCH GOLD awards. Heartiest congratulations to all officials and members for this remarkable achievement,” Banerjee wrote on Twitter.
The Skoch Award covers the best of efforts in digital, financial and social inclusion.
** In post-poaching era, Bodo wives become role model with culinary skills at Manas National Park in Assam
These women in and around Basbari range used their traditional culinary skills by offering Bodo dishes to tourists coming to the famed Manas National Park, known for one-horned rhino and Royal Bengal Tiger, but the endeavour initially floundered due to absence of entrepreneurial skills.
Mitali G Dutta, a culinary entrepreneur, came to know about their attempts and came forward to help these poor women in association with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) by skilling them and helping them market
** Indian-origin vicar from Bangalore appointed Bishop in central England
According to ‘The Church Times’, Reverend Malayil Lukose Varghese Muthalaly will be the youngest bishop in the Church of England when he is consecrated next year at the age of 42.
** Sr Fabiola Fabbri, an Italian nun who stayed in Kerala for her ‘children’
Sr Fabiola Fabbri has been caring for the abandoned and the destitute for nearly two decades, reports Anuja Susan Varghese
** Swachh Amrit Mahotsav: Chhattisgarh wins in cleanest state category third year in a row
** Rajnath Singh to open revamped Rezang La war memorial
It now includes names of Army personnel who lost their lives in Galwan clash last year
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the revamped war memorial at Rezang La in Eastern Ladakh next week, a defence source said.
The memorial, dedicated to those who laid down their lives in the Battle of Rezang La during the 1962 war, now includes the names of Army personnel who lost their lives in the violent clash at Galwan last year.
** Professor Bimal Patel elected to International Law Commission for 5-year term
Prof. Patel has served in various roles such as the Director at the Gujarat National Law University and member of the 21st Law Commission of India
Professor Bimal Patel, Vice-Chancellor, Rashtriya Raksha University and Member of National Security Advisory Board of India, has been elected to the International Law Commission for a five-year term starting January 1, 2023 in a hard-fought election at the United Nations.