Daniil Medvedev defeated Novak Djokovic in dominant fashion, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, to win the men's singles title at the 2021 US Open. With the win, Medvedev played spoiler to Djokovic's bid to become the first man in 52 years to win all four majors -- the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US ...

Nuakhai is the harvest festival of Western Odisha. ‘Nua’ means new, and ‘Khai’ means to eat. The occasion marks the consumption of the first harvested crops and falls on the Bhadraba Shuklapakhya Panchami tithi, which is the day following Ganesh Chaturthi. It is the most important ...

Raipur, 10 September 2021 / Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel has said that Chhattisgarh will become the millet hub of the country in the coming times. He said that under Millet Mission,an initiative has been taken to give the farmers right price for small cereal crops, provide input assistance, ...

Justice M Venugopal has been appointed as the Acting Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), as the key appellate tribunal continues to be without a permanent head now for more than one-and-a-half years. This is the third time in a row that an Acting Chairperson is at ...

Aziz Akhannouch has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Morocco by the country’s King Mohammed VI. A statement from the royal palace said the King tasked Akhannouch with forming a new government. The announcement came after Akhannouch's National Rally of ...

Hindi Diwas was celebrated on September 14 to spread awareness about the importance of the Hindi language in the country. The Hindi language is one of the oldest languages that obtains much of its academic terminology from the Sanskrit language written in the Devanagari script. Let us have a look ...

Author Susanna Clarke won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 for her novel ‘Piranesi’ on September 8, 2021. Novelist and Booker-winner Bernardine Evaristo chaired the Women’s Prize judging panel this year. ‘Piranesi’ is narrated by a man living in a labyrinthine, statue-filled house — alone except ...

US tech giant Adobe has announced the appointment of Prativa Mohapatra as vice president and managing director for Adobe India. In this role, Mohapatra will lead Adobe’s India business across Adobe Experience Cloud, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Adobe Document Cloud, reporting to Simon Tate, Adobe’s ...

Star Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh has several firsts to his name for Indian and Asian golf. He now has a first in world golf too. Singh, the torchbearer of Indian golf, was recognized for his outstanding achievements and granted the prestigious 10-year Dubai Golden Visa — becoming the first ...

The announcement to launch IN-SPACe under the Department of Space was made in June 2020 to serve as the bridge between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and other government agencies and the private sector to develop a commercially viable and vibrant space ecosystem in India. Its ...

Senior BJP leader and former Union minister Vijay Goel has been appointed the vice-chairman of the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who chairs the society.It is the site of the Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation. Gandhi Smriti and ...

The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu today called upon states to promote the setting up of manufacturing plants for solar PV cells and modules to accelerate their production in India. Observing that India still relies heavily on imported components such as solar cells and modules, he ...