The 2024 Laureus Sports Awards ceremony held in Madrid. The event was a grand celebration of the world's best athletes and their achievements. List of winners: World Sportswoman of the Year: Aitana Bonmati World Sportsman of the Year: Novak Djokovic World Team of the Year: Spain Women’s Football Team World Breakthrough of the Year: Jude Bellingham World Comeback of the Year: Simone Biles World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability: Diede de Groot World Action Sportsperson of the Year: Arisa Trew Laureus Sport for Good: Rafael Nadal Foundation ABOUT THE AWARDS: The Laureus World Sports Awards is an annual....Read More

Ananth Technologies Founder, CEO and Chairman Pavuluri Subba Rao has been conferred with the ‘Aryabhatta Award’ instituted by the Aeronautical Society of India (ASI). He was also presented with ASI’s ‘Distinguished Fellow’ title. He received the award recognition of Rao’s “tremendous lifetime contribution to the promotion of astronautics in India.” A former ISRO scientist, Rao incorporated Ananth Technologies Limited in 1992 to indigenously design and develop some of the country’s most sophisticated avionics for ISRO and the Defence sector. The Hyderabad-based company employs over 1,600 people across its three Centres of Excellence in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Thiruvananthapuram. ATL has supplied....Read More

“Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know” a film by Chidanand Naik, a student of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), has been selected in the ‘La Cinef” Competitive section of 77th Cannes Film Festival, France. The festival is to be held from 15th to 24th May 2024. The section is an official section of the festival aimed at encouraging new talents and recognises films from film schools across the world. The film is among 18 shorts (14 live-action and 4 animated films) selected from a total of 2,263 films submitted by film schools all over the world.....Read More

Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem won the prestigious 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award for his image of a Palestinian woman cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in the Gaza Strip. The picture was taken on Oct. 17, 2023, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, where families were searching for relatives killed during Israeli bombing of the Palestinian enclave. Salem's winning image portrays Inas Abu Maamar, 36, sobbing while holding Saly's sheet-clad body in the hospital morgue. Salem, a Palestinian aged 39, has worked for Reuters since 2003. He also won an award in the....Read More

Recently, Strasbourg, France, was designated the World Book Capital for 2024, while Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will hold the title in 2025. A city designated as UNESCO World Book Capital must promote books and reading across national borders and organize activities for all ages and groups. LIST OF UNESCO WORLD BOOK CAPITAL CITIES: Tbilisi (Georgia) in 2021 Guadalajara (Mexico) in 2022 Accra (Ghana) in 2023 Strasbourg (France) in 2024Read More

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced the 20th edition of its Young Global Leaders Community: The Class of 2024. The list includes nearly 90 individuals under the age of 40 from diverse fields, including politics, business, civil society, the arts, and academia. This year, five Indians have been selected for the Young Global Leaders program. They are: Bhumi Pednekar (Art and Culture) – Bollywood actress known for films like “Dum Laga Ke Haisha”, “Toilet: Ek Prem Katha”, and “Badhaai Do” Adwaita Nayar (Business) – Chief Executive Officer, Nyka Fashion Arjun Bhartia (Business) – Director, Jubilant Group Priya Aggarwal Hebbar....Read More

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) has won the prestigious 'Best Airport Staff in India & South Asia 2024' award by Skytrax. The award was announced at a glittering ceremony held on 17th April at the Passenger Terminal EXPO 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany. Hyderabad Airport emerged as the number one airport among all participating airports in India and South Asia. About Skytrax: Skytrax is a global air transport rating organisation, having evaluated airports and airlines worldwide since 1989. It assigns star ratings from 1 to 5 stars based on diverse assessments that significantly impact the passenger experience.  Read More

Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan will be honoured with the prestigious third Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar award for his remarkable dedication to the nation, its people, and society. Music maestro A R Rahman will receive the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar for contribution to Indian music. The award will also be presented to non-profit organisation Deepstambh Foundation Manobal for services in the field of social service. The Ashtavinayak Prakashit's "Galib", produced by Malhar and Vajreshwari, will be recognised as the best drama of the year. Marathi writer Manjiri Phadke will receive Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar (Vagvilasini Puraskar) for contribution to literature, while actor....Read More

Mamta G. Sagar, a Bengaluru-based Kannada poet, writer, academic and activist, has recently won the World Literary Prize from the World Organization of Writers (WOW) for her contributions to the world of literature. Dr Sagar, a facilitator at Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design, and Technology, known for her involvement in diverse forms of transdisciplinary creative writing and cultural industries, received the award at a ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria. NOTABLE WORKS BY MAMTA G. SAGAR: Authored four poetry collections, including "Footsteps of the Wild Peacock" (1992) and "Hide & Seek" (2014). Notable works also include the musical play for children....Read More

India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission team given 2024 John L. ‘Jack’ Swigert Jr. Award. The award, presented by the Space Foundation during the annual Space Symposium in Colorado, acknowledges the extraordinary achievements of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Chandrayaan-3 team in the realm of space exploration and discovery About Chandrayan-3 mission: Chandrayaan-3, launched by ISRO in July 2023, comprised a lander named Vikram and a rover called Pragyan. On August 23, 2023, the mission made history when Vikram successfully touched down on the lunar surface at the South Pole, an area that had remained unexplored by previous missions. By....Read More