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PM Modi names 21 Andaman islands after Param Vir Chakra awardees

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi named the 21 largest unnamed islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands after Param Vir Chakra awardees in a...

India

DBS CEO Piyush Gupta among 27 NRIs Pravasi Bharatiya Samman awardees

DBS Bank CEO Piyush Gupta was among 27 NRIs of the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards (PBSA).

India

RRR wins Golden Globe for Best Original Song for Naatu Naatu

RRR was awarded the prestigious Best Original Song for Naatu Naatu at the Golden Globes 2023. The song, created by composer-songwriter...

Movies

27 NRIs receive Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award

27 NRIs receive awards from President Droupadi Murmu at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Indore, Madhya Pradesh from 8-10 January.

India

'Qatil Haseenaon ke Naam' wins at Asian Academy Creative Awards

Adding another feather to its cap, Zindagi’s original desi-noir anthology Qatil Haseenaon Ke Naam bagged a prestigious Asian Academy...

Entertainment

Apsaras Arts' Aravinth Kumarasamy conferred Singapore President's Cultural Medallion

Apsaras Arts Director Aravinth Kumarasamy was conferred the prestigious Cultural Medallion for 2022 in a ceremony held at the Istana, the...

Singapore Spotlight - @work

My heart belongs everywhere and nowhere: Award-winning author Priyanka Pradhan

Catch up with Dubai-based author Priyanka Pradhan, who wrote the award-winning book 'Tales from the Himalayas', an illustrated collection of...

NRI Stories Spotlight - @work

Satya Nadella bags Padma Bhushan; eyes India visit

Microsoft head Satya Nadella formally received the Padma Bhushan - the third-highest civilian award in India - from India’s consul general...

NRI Stories Spotlight - @work

Young Indian Grandmasters Erigaisi, Gukesh beat world champion Magnus Carlsen in online chess tournament

Indian Grandmasters Arjun Erigaisi and D Gukesh have defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in the preliminaries of the Aimchess Rapid...

Other Sports

Nobel Prize list for 2022 out

You can view the full list of Nobel Prizes winners, Nobel Prize laureates, and Nobel Peace Prizes for 2022.

Global

ZEE5 Show 'Qatil Haseenaon Ke Naam' wins Asian Academy Creative Awards 2022

ZEE5 Global's content gained another feather in its cap with its Zindagi original show 'Qatil Haseenaon Ke Naam' wins Asian Academy Creative...

Entertainment

Know your awards: Indian civilian honours

Know your awards: India is one of the oldest civilisations in the world. The history of the nation reflects the rich culture and heritage of...

Festivals

Singapore's Goh Chok Tong Enable Awards to felicitate achievements of differently-abled

The Goh Chok Tong Enable Awards (GCTEA) to celebrate achievements of persons with disabilities has begun an open call for nominations in...

Singapore

Badminton: India scripts history with maiden Thomas Cup victory

Indian badminton men's team clinched a historic first-ever Thomas Cup title, beating 14-time champions Indonesia 3-0 in the final of the...

Other Sports

Gujarat-based architect Balkrishna Doshi bags prestigious UK medal

Ahmedabad-based Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi will be honoured with the prestigious UK medal, Royal Gold Medal 2022 by the Royal...

UK

Academy to take disciplinary action against Will Smith’s behaviour during Oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has said that it is “upset and outraged" over Will Smith’s slapped actor-comedian Chris...

Entertainment

Salman Khan, Ananya Pandey and Varun Dhawan announce IIFA Awards 2022

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, Varun Dhawan, Ananya Pandey and host Maniesh Paul attended the press conference hosted by IIFA yesterday...

Entertainment

Gearing up for golfing glory: Teen sensation Avani Prashanth

Avani Prashanth is part of a growing crop of teen sports stars and a pathbreaker in Indian women’s golf.

Other Sports Spotlight - @work

Late CDS Bipin Rawat, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella among list of Padma awardees

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were conferred with Padma Bhushan awards as the government announced Padma awards...

India

Nine-year-old yoga prodigy Indira Sharma following in her family's footsteps

Nine-year-old Indira Sharma is following in the footsteps of her father Dr Nanjundiah Vishwanath and elder brother Ishwar Sharma as a yoga...

NRI Stories Spotlight - @work

Amid Omicron fear, Grammys postponed for this year

Just weeks ahead of the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, the organisers have postponed the event for this year, fearing risks of...

Global

President Halimah Yacob confers eight artists with Singapore’s top arts accolades

President Halimah Yacob confers eight artists, two cultural medallions and six young artists awards, for their contribution to the...

Singapore

Singapore's Changi Airport drops to No 3 in World's Best Airports List 2021

United Kingdom-based consultancy company Skytrax released its latest ranking of the best airports in the world, with Singapore’s acclaimed...

Travel

Felicitations pour in for Bollywood filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 25th anniversary in industry

With nine magnum opuses like Black, Saawariya, Padmaavat, Ram Leela, Bajirao Mastani, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas to his name, he has...

Entertainment

Ravi Kumar Dahiya's silver medal takes India's Olympic tally to five

India won two medals to take their overall tally from Tokyo 2020 to five as the Olympics near the Games' conclusion.

Other Sports