Mathematician Anand Kumar was Monday conferred with the Swami Brahmanand Award 2021 for his contribution in the field of education through his 'Super 30' initiative, which prepares underprivileged students for the IIT entrance exam. He received the award from professor Roop Kishore Shastri, the ...

The World Lymphoma Awareness Day (WLAD) is observed globally on September 15 every year. The day is dedicated to raising awareness about lymphoma and the particular emotional and psychosocial challenges facing patients and caregivers suffering from different forms of lymphoma. ...

India celebrates Engineer's Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of the greatest Indian Engineer, Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, on September 15 every year. Engineer's Day is celebrated to pay rich tributes to Bharat Ratna Visvesvaraya who was regarded as the 'Father of Modern Mysore'. In ...

September 15 is celebrated as International Day of Democracy after being established in 2007 through a resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). In the words of the United Nations, “International Day of Democracy provides an opportunity to review the state of democracy in ...

Former Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor on Sunday announced his retirement from international cricket and stated that his final match in the national colours will the ODI against Ireland on Monday. He made the announcement while playing third final ODI match on September 13, 2021, against ...

England captain Joe Root was voted the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for August 2021 for his consistent performances in the first three Tests against India which were part of the ICC World Test Championship series.  Among women, Ireland’s Eimear Richardson has bagged the ICC ...

Former managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra Pawan Kumar Goenka has been appointed as the chairperson of Indian National Space Promotion Authorization Centre (In-SPACe) the regulator for India’s space industry. The IN-SPACe is an independent nodal agency under the Department of Space ...

British author Susanna Clarke has won the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction for her second novel Piranesi.The fantasy work is the long-awaited follow-up to her acclaimed 2004 debut Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.The Women’s Prize for Fiction is one of the United Kingdom’s most prestigious literary ...

BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has launched his new book titled ”Human Rights and Terrorism in India”. He has come out with a book “Human Rights and Terrorism in India” which traces how the combating of terrorism can be harmonized with human and fundamental rights within reasonable restrictions that are ...

Paytm Payments Bank on Monday said it has launched the country’s first FASTag-based Metro parking facility, in partnership with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). Paytm Payments Bank will be the acquiring bank to facilitate the processing of all FASTag-based ...

DBS has launched real-time online tracking for cross-border collections for businesses in India in partnership with SWIFT Global Payments Innovation (gpi), the bank said on Monday. DBS said it is the first bank in India and Asia-Pacific to offer this service to clients, which is expected to ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Tuesday announced a project to link their respective fast payment systems — Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and PayNow — to facilitate instant, low-cost, cross-border fund transfer. The linkage will enable users ...