The Ministry of Railways has announced an award of ₹50,000 for Mayur Shelke, a Central Railway employee who saved a six-year-old boy by risking his own life.
The fifth batch of four Rafale fighter jets landed in India on Wednesday night flying non-stop from France after being flagged off from the Merignac air base by Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria who is there on a five-day visit.
Pallium India is running a national-level helpline — Sukh-Dukh Helpline (SDH) — to aid people cope with losses they suffer due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
SDH offers psychological first aid and grief and bereavement counselling to affected persons. It is operational in eight languages − Hindi, English, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Assamese, Bengali and Malayalam.
The Buildings and Factories business of Larsen & Toubro Construction has secured a contract from Oilfields Supply Company, Saudi, owned by the Dubai-based Oilfields Supply Centre Ltd, to design and build one of the world’s largest oil & gas supply bases at King Salman Energy Park, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Aishwarya Sridhar, a 23-year-old award-winning wildlife photographer, shared her tips and got talking to us about working on impactful environmental projects, pursuing her dreams, and filming tigers who often display uncanny levels of intelligence much like humans.
The death of the litterateur ends the generation of post-Independence Bengali poets.
Madhya Pradesh became the fourth state in India to announce that it would vaccinate all adults for free.
The Centre had announced on April 19 that everyone above 18 years of age will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination from May 1, and that private hospitals and state governments will have to procure doses from manufacturers at a price set by them.
She is the first civil rights lawyer to occupy any of the top three posts at the US Justice Department.
India was elected by acclamation to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice for a three-year term beginning January 1, 2022.
India was elected by acclamation to the Executive Board of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) for a three-year term beginning on January 1, 2022.
India was elected to the Executive Board of the World Food Programme, along with France, Ghana, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Sweden by acclamation for a three-year term beginning on 1 January 2022.
The list is annually compiled by The Ophthalmologist, a premier international publication dedicated to the field of ophthalmology and selection is based on national and international recognition.
After successfully carving out a niche for herself in the field of ophthalmology, Thana native Fairooz P Manjandavida, 41, practising in Bengaluru, has broken the glass ceiling to figure in the ‘Power List 2021’, which features 100 influential woman ophthalmologists across the globe.