Recently Saraswati Samman has been announced for the year 2022.This award for the year 2022 has been given to writer Shivshankari.Sivashankari is a Tamil writer.Shivshankari has been given this award for his autobiography ‘Surya Vamsam’.Surya Vamsam provides a deep glimpse into the life of an innocent child who grew into an acclaimed writer.The award was presented to him by M. Veerappa Moily.Saraswati Award. Of. Provided by Birla Foundation.An amount of Rs 15 lakh is given in this award.
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The ‘President’s Collar’ award is given to a military unit in recognition of exceptional service rendered to the nation in both war and peace.Recently the 3rd battalion of the Naga Regiment has been awarded the ‘President’s Collar’.Army Chief General Manoj Pandey presented the award to the Naga Regiment.This award was given at Kumaon Regimental Center in Uttarakhand.The President Callers Award was instituted in the year 1951 by the then President Rajendra Prasad.The Indian Navy was the first to be honored with this award.
In October, 2023, V.J. Kurien has been appointed the new chairman of South Indian Bank.He will replace Salim Gangadharan on this post.V.J. Kurien’s tenure will begin from November 2, 2023.His tenure will last till March 2026.South Indian Bank is a private sector bank.South Indian Bank was established in January 1929.The headquarters of this bank is located in Thrissur, Kerala.
The Asian Women’s Hockey Championship is proposed to be organized in India in the year 2023.It will be organized in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand from 27 October to 14 November.Recently the trophy and mascot of this championship have been unveiled.The mascot has been named Juhi.The trophy and mascot were unveiled by Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in Ranchi.The mascot ‘Juhi’ symbolizes the rich heritage of Jharkhand and is inspired by the iconic elephant of Betla National Park.The seventh edition of the Asian Women’s Hockey Championship will be held in India.
RITES Limited is a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Railways.Recently RITES Limited has been given the status of Navratna company.It has become the 15th company in the country to get Navratna status.It provides services in various sectors of transportation, railways, export of rolling stock, highways, airports, metros, urban engineering and sustainability, ports and waterways and energy management.The Navratna status will help RITES to further enhance its brand, compete more effectively in the global market and move forward more powerfully into new frontiers for growth.RITES Limited was established in the year 1974 AD.
IRCON International Limited is a public sector company.It is working under the Ministry of Railways.Recently IRCON International Limited has been given the status of Navratna company by the Union Finance Ministry.It has become the 16th Navratna company of the country.The main work of IRCON is to work in the field of railway, highway and extra high tension substation engineering sector.IRCON International Limited achieved turnover of Rs 10750 crore and earned profit of Rs 765 crore in the year 2022 – 23.IRCON International Limited was established in the year 1976.The scheme to declare Central Public Enterprises as Navratna companies was started…
The ferry trade service between India and Sri Lanka has recently been launched by the Indian Prime Minister.This ferry trade service has been started from Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu to Kankesanthurai in Sri Lanka.This ferry service is being operated by ‘Shipping Corporation of India’.Ferry service has been started between India and Sri Lanka after almost four decades.This service was discontinued by the Sri Lankan Navy during the Sri Lankan Civil War.The ferry service is expected to boost travel and trade with the Sri Lankan port of Kankesanthurai, which is the nearest port to the ports on India’s western coast.The service…
Christopher Luxon has been elected as the new Prime Minister of New Zealand in October, 2023.He will be the 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand.Christopher Luxon will succeed Chris Hipkins as Prime Minister.Christopher Luxon is a member of the Conservative Party.New Zealand is an island country located in the southern Pacific Ocean.It is divided into the North Island and the South Island.Its capital is Wellington.
Louise Gluck was an American writer.He passed away recently.Lewis Gluck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in the year 2020.He was given this award for his work focusing on childhood, family life, close relationships with parents and siblings.She was the 16th woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize.In 2016, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama.She was a professor of English at Yale University.
World Standards Day is celebrated every year on 14 October.This day is celebrated every year to express gratitude for the combined efforts of thousands of experts around the world who voluntarily develop technical consensuses, which are published as international standards.This day is organized every year by three institutions international standardization bodies, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU).The Indian Standards Institute was established in January, 1947.The Bureau of Indian Standards came into existence in the year 1987 after an Act passed by the Parliament.The International Organization for Standardization was established in February, 1947.The…