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Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC)

In News Ratings by Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) for the news channels will resume, after the organization revised its procedures and protocols. About Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC): is a Joint Industry Body founded by stakeholder bodies that represent Broadcasters, Advertisers, and Advertising and Media Agencies. Aim: BARC India owns and manages a transparent, […]

Khoisans

In News  King Khoisan, the leader of one of South Africa’s oldest inhabitant communities, was arrested for growing cannabis near South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s office in Pretoria.  The Khoisans have been protesting near the president’s office for the past three years for recognition of the community and their language( Khoekhoe)among other things.  Who are […]

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2022

In News The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is observed and celebrated on 9 January across the country.  It is a day to acknowledge and mark the contribution of the Indian community staying abroad in the development of the country. About Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) The theme of 16th PBD Convention 2021 is: “Contributing to Atma […]

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

In News  Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a veteran of South Africa’s struggle against apartheid died aged 90. Image Courtesy: theguardian.com About Archbishop Desmond Tutu Early Life:  He was born in 1931 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal. His father was a teacher, and he himself was educated at Johannesburg Bantu High School and in 1954 he graduated from the […]

Ramnath Goenka Awards

In News  The 2019 award winners will be celebrated in print and online over the next 15 days. About Ramnath Goenka Awards           Indian Express Group instituted the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards as part of the centenary year celebrations of its founder, Ramnath Goenka. It is the most prestigious annual event in the […]

Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope

In News  Recently, NASA has announced the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) It will succeed NASA’s flagship Hubble Space Telescope that has been in service for more than three decades now. About James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) It will be a large infrared telescope with an approximately 6.5-meter primary mirror.   The telescope […]

Order of the Druk Gyalpo

In News PM Narendra Modi was honoured with Bhutan’s highest civilian award “Order of the Druk Gyalpo”. About It was conferred with the award on the occasion of Bhutan’s National Day (December 17). It marks the crowning of Ugyen Wangchuck as the first Druk Gyalpo of modern Bhutan. Druk Gyalpo He is the head of […]

Manohari Gold Tea of Assam

In News A rare variety of tea from Assam called Manohari Gold has been sold at a record-breaking price of Rs 99,999 per kg. Earlier, a rare variety of handmade Assam tea called the Golden Butterfly Tea of Dikom Tea Estate of Rossell Tea Industries fetched Rs 75,000 per kg. About the Manohari Gold Tea: […]

Ramanujan Prize

In News  Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, has been awarded the 2021 DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from developing countries for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra. She is the third woman to receive the Ramanujan Prize. About Ramanujan Prize Ramanujan Prize was […]

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace for 2021

In News Pratham, a pioneering civil society organisation has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2021. It is awarded for its pioneering work over more than a quarter-century in seeking to ensure that every child has access to quality education, for its innovative use of digital technology to deliver education, for its programmes to […]