Posts Tagged: Education

Emma Watson was named ‘Goodwill Ambassador of UN Women’

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Hollywood actress Emma Watson of ‘Hary Potter’ fame has been appointed a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador by UN Women, a specialized UN agency dedicated to gender equality and women empowerment. Watson, popularly known for her role of Hermione Granger in Harry Potter series recently completed her graduation from Brown University. She will dedicate her efforts […]

Jitu Rai Becomes World No. 1 Air Pistol Shooter

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India’s air pistol shooter Jitu Rai who clinched three medals in the ISSF World Cups in Munich and Slovenia this year achieved the world’s number one ranking in men’s air pistol event on July 1, 2014. He is the seventh Indian shooter to achieve this success. International Shooting Federation found Jitu’s recent performance in the […]

Expenditure Management Commission

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Expenditure Management Commission has been set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It will be headed by former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan. This commission will suggest the ways to reduce food, fertiliser and oil subsidies and narrow the fiscal deficit. The other members of this commission is former finance secretary Sumit Bose and former RBI […]

গণিতে পৃথিবীর শ্রেষ্ঠ শিরোপা পেলেন মঞ্জুল ভার্গব

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ভারতীয় বাংসতভুত মাঞ্জুল ভারগভ গনিতে পৃথিবীর শ্রেষ্ঠ শিরোপা ‘ফিল্ডস মেডেল’, পেলেন । যাকে গণিতের নোবেল প্রাইজ বলেই মনে করেন গবেষকরা। ভারতীয় বংশোদ্ভূত মঞ্জুল এখন আমেরিকার প্রিন্সটন বিশ্বদ্যালয়ের অধ্যাপক।  Manjul Bhargava, the Canadian-American number theorist from Princeton University, is one of the four who have been chosen for the highest award in mathematics, the Fields Medal, which is […]

Five new Governors has been appointed by the President of India

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The President has been pleased to appoint the following as Governors:- 1. Shri Ram Naik as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh 2. Shri Balramji Dass Tandon as the Governor of Chhattisgarh 3. Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi as the Governor of West Bengal 4. Shri Om Prakash Kohli as the Governor of Gujarat 5. Shri Padmanabha […]

Srinivasan becomes first ICC chairman

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সমস্ত জল্পনার অবসান ঘটিয়ে আইসিসি-র প্রথম চেয়ারম্যান হিসাবে এন শ্রীনিবাসনের নামেই সিলমোহর দিল বিসিসিআই। মেলবোর্নে অনুষ্ঠিত বিশ্ব ক্রিকেটের বার্ষিক সভায় ৫২ সদস্যের শ্রীনিকেই প্রথম চেয়ারম্যান হিসাবে স্বীকৃতি দিল। আইপিএল-এর স্পট ফিক্সিং-এ তাঁর নাম জড়িয়ে যাওয়ায় বোর্ড সভাপতির দৈনন্দিন কাজ থেকে তাঁকে সরিয়ে দেওয়ার সিদ্ধান্ত নেয় সুপ্রিম কোর্ট। কিন্তু শ্রীনিবাসনের আইসিসি-তে যাওয়ার উপর কোনওরকম নিষেধাজ্ঞা জারি […]

Global pat for Bengal’s girl child scheme

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Kanyashree Prakalpa, a West Bengal government scheme that provides scholarship to girls from economically-backward backgrounds, has been given international recognition by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and UNICEF. State representatives have been invited to the Girl Summit 2014 in London, in June, and to talk about the scheme to a global audience. […]

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Kedarnath Singh chosen for Jnanpith Award 2013

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Noted Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh has been chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award for 2013. He is the 10th Hindi writer to receive the honour and joins the likes of Sumitra Nandan Pant, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar among others. Eighty-year-old Singh, who has also written essays and stories, was born in Balia, Uttar Pradesh. ‘Abhi bilkul […]