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Archive for September, 2010
Tagore Commemoration Grant Scheme started
Sep 26th
To celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, Government of India has constituted a National Committee under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister and a National Implementation Committee under the Finance Minister, to plan and take up commemorative programmes and projects at the national and international level. The National Committee has also advised…
Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students’ Finalized
Sep 10th
The process of selection of candidates for the ‘Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students’ has been finalized for the year 2009-10. Under it out of 756 scholarships, candidates for 755 have been selected. ‘Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students’ is a scheme launched by the Ministry of Minority Affairs during last Financial Year…
Ramanaidu gets Dada Saheb Phalke Award
Sep 10th
The Legendary and veteran film producer from Andhra Pradesh, Dr. D. Ramanaidu has been conferred the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2009. The award is conferred by the Government of India for outstanding contribution in the field of Indian Cinema. The award consists of a Swarn Kamal, a cash prize of Rs.10 lakhs…
Discussion on Libraries and the City
Sep 9th
Imagine Paradise, like Jorge Luis Borges did, as some kind of library. And this sprawling Paradise of great big wooden shelves sky high that you have to manoeuvre like a silverfish trapped in bookspines. The Library Space is a realm of imagined realities, the space of lore and learning and shared knowledge, where you can…
India and Poland Signed Cultural Cooperation Programme
Sep 8th
India and Poland have signed a cooperation programme in the field of culture for the years 2010-2013. The signing ceremony was held in New Delhi yesterday after the delegation level talks between the two countries led by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Prime Minister of Poland Shri Donald Tusk. The programme envisages among other…
Committee under Amit Mitra will be critical for TRP – Ambika Soni
Sep 7th
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ambika Soni has said that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is in the process of examining a proposal regarding launching of a multi-media campaign involving all stakeholders against the menace of piracy. For the proposed campaign, the Govt. and the private sector would work in tandem to make…
Poland Gifts India Sculptural Bust of Musician Fryderyk Chopin
Sep 7th
Malgorzata Tusk, wife of Prime Minister of Poland handed over the sculptural Bust of “Fryderyk Chopin” to National Gallery of Modern Art as a gift from Poland to India. The bust was received by Director, National Gallery of Modern Art, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India Shri Rajiv Lochan at a function in New Delhi.…
Empowerment of Teachers
Sep 7th
— Dr. Manmohan Singh I am indeed very happy to be with you today, on the eve of Teachers’ Day. We celebrate 5th September, the birth anniversary of Dr Radhakrishnan, our former President, as Teachers’ Day all over the country to honour and to express our nation’s gratitude to all teachers for their dedicated service…
Harsh Mander’s ‘Unsuni’ on 8th Sept
Sep 7th
Asmita theatre group will present ‘UNSUNI’ based on Harsh Mander’s book ‘Unheard Voices’ on 8th Sept on 11.30 AM. The script is written by Mallika Sarabhai & it is directed by Arvind Gaur. The place will be Kalyan Kendra 9, Paschimi Marg, Vasant Vihar in New Delhi. ‘Unsuni’ – Unsuni is a socially relevant and…
Radhakrishnan – The Philosopher President
Sep 5th
Dr.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born on September 5, 1888, in a middle class family in the pilgrim town of Tirutani. His father, it is said, did not want his son to learn English, instead wanted him to become a priest. However, the talents of the boy were so outstanding that he was sent to school at…
