Renowned social worker Sindhutai Sapkal, fondly known as 'orphan children's mother', died following a heart attack at a private hospital here, doctors said. Sapkal, who had received the Padma Shri last year, had completed 74 years in November. Sindhutai Sapkal was awarded the Padma ...

Richard Leakey, a world-renowned Kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter has died aged 77. His groundbreaking work contributed to the recognition of Africa as the birthplace of humankind. Turkana boy is the most complete fossil Skelton of a human ancestor ever found. Paleoanthropology is the ...

Hindi film producer Vijay Galani passed away in London due to organ failure. He was suffering from blood cancer and was seeking treatment in London. He was in his late 50s. Vijay Galani was suffering from blood cancer and was in London for seeking treatment. He is known for producing ...

E.O. Wilson, Known as ‘Father of Biodiversity,’ passes away – E.O. Wilson has passed away at the age of 92. He was the former Harvard University biologist and Pulitzer Prize winner whose study of ants and humans behaviour made him one of the world’s most influential scientists. To protect ...

Ray Illingworth, a former England cricket captain who went on to coach the team, has died. He was 89. Illingworth, who led England to a 2-0 series victory in Australia in the 1970-71 Ashes, had been undergoing radiotherapy for esophageal cancer. Yorkshire, the English county ...

Seven-term Rajya Sabha MP from the Janata Dal (United) and industrialist Mahendra Prasad passed away in New Delhi. Prasad was a seven-term Rajya Sabha MP from Bihar and was also elected to the Lok Sabha once. Prasad was first elected to the Lok Sabha on ...

Mark Taylor, artist and toy designer for the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe franchise as well as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles passed away. He-man was the muscled front man for toy manufacturer Mattel’s Masters of the Universe franchise. He-Man was ...

Legendary Malayalam filmmaker  K S Sethumadhavan, who created many classic movies based on established literary works passed away at his residence at Kodambakam Directors' Colony on December 24, 2021, at the age of 90. He directed over 60 movies in five languages including Tamil, ...

Richard Rogers, a British-Italian Pritzker Prize-winning architect of Jewish descent, passed away in his home in London at the age of 88. Rogers received the Pritzker Prize, also known as the Nobel Prize of Architecture, in 2007. He was also awarded the Royal Gold Medal in 1985 and ...

Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Girish Thakorlal Nanavati who headed two inquiry commissions formed to probe into the 2002 Godhra Riots & 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots, passed away. Justice Girish Thakorlal Nanavati was 86. He was born on 17th February 1935 and he enrolled as an Advocate in the ...