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May 28, 2025 2:04 AM

President Murmu confers Padma Awards; PM Modi calls recipients’ journeys “deeply motivating”

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday presented the Padma Awards to 68 individuals across a diverse range of disciplines during the second Civil Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also attended the ceremony an...

May 25, 2025 5:12 PM

Mann Ki Baat: India among world’s leading honey-producing countries, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat on Sunday, highlighted the crucial role of bees, beekeeping, and honey production in connection with World Bee Day, observed annually on May 20. He stated that India has now em...

May 24, 2025 1:05 PM

Who will win the 2025 Cannes Film Festival’s top prize?

After nearly two weeks of exciting premieres, star-studded press conferences and beachside parties that go into the early hours, the Cannes Film Festival is ready to roll up the red carpet after one last task: crowning this year's Palme d'Or winner. ...

May 22, 2025 12:17 PM

Jitin Prasada urges innovation, new varieties to boost tea sales

Commerce Minister Jitin Prasada on Thursday called for a renewed push to brand and market Indian teas, aiming to reassert India’s leadership in tea exports. Speaking at a convention in New Delhi to mark International Tea Day, Prasada emphasized th...

May 21, 2025 12:05 PM

Banu Mushtaq becomes first Kannada author to win International Booker Prize for ‘Heart Lamp’

Indian writer and women’s rights activist Banu Mushtaq has scripted history by becoming the first Kannada author to win the prestigious International Booker Prize. Her acclaimed short story anthology Heart Lamp clinched the award in London on Tuesd...

May 18, 2025 3:36 PM

British climber makes 19th ascent of Everest, most by a non-Sherpa

A British climber beat his own record on Sunday for the most climbs of Mount Everest by a non-Sherpa, making his 19th ascent of the world's highest mountain, a hiking official said. Britain's Kenton Cool, 51, climbed the 8,849-m (29,032-foot) peak i...

May 16, 2025 7:45 PM

President Droupadi Murmu presents 58th Jnanpith award to Jagadguru Rambhadracharya

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday presented the 58th Jnanpith Award to renowned Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya at a ceremony held at Vigyan Bhavan in the national capital. In her address, the President congratulated Jagadguru Rambhadrac...

May 15, 2025 12:44 PM

Tom Cruise dazzles Cannes for ‘Mission: Impossible’ premiere

Tom Cruise hit the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet on Wednesday to a live band rendition of the "Mission: Impossible" theme song as organisers pulled out all the stops to celebrate what may be the action star's last appearance in the franchise. ...

May 14, 2025 8:48 PM

Ancient footprints from Australia reveal earliest-known reptile

Seventeen footprints preserved in a slab of sandstone discovered in southeastern Australia dating to about 355 million years ago are rewriting the history of the evolution of land vertebrates, showing that reptiles arose much earlier than previously ...

May 9, 2025 3:02 AM

Cardinal Prevost elected Pope Leo XIV, first US pontiff

American prelate Robert Francis Prevost was elected the new Pope on Thursday. The Chicago-born Prevost, 69, a member of the Augustinian order who had served extensively in Peru, was Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and President of the Pontifica...

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