Month: December 2020
** PM Modi lights ‘Swarnim Vijay Mashaal’ to start 50th anniversary year celebrations of 1971 war win
** Indian movies ‘Fire in the Mountains’, ‘Writing with Fire’ heading to Sundance Film Festival 2021
** Kochi tech firm wins four prizes in global app contest
A Kochi-based tech company, Riafy Technologies, founded by a few engineering friends is making waves in a global contest. It has won four prizes in a global app contest conducted by Huawei …
** Businessman and community leader Ameerali R. Jumabhoy dies at age 94
Singapore
** Largest Display of hand-coloured Happy Deepavali cards enters Singapore Book of Records
** Indian-American Maju Varghese named in Biden’s Presidential Inauguration Committee
** 15-year-old Indian-American Gitanjali Rao is TIME magazine’s first-ever ‘Kid of the Year’
** Indian-American Dr Vivek Murthy nominated by Biden as US Surgeon-General once again
** Carnatic singer Sushma Soma receives Young Artist Award
The internationally recognised Carnatic (South Indian classical) vocalist has under her belt an impressive repertoire of performances at several prestigious venues – such as the Indian Embassy Brussels, The Bhavan London, and The Madras Music Academy in Chennai