Noted surgeon and population expert Dr Ilias Ali and Science and Engineering-Grassroots Innovator, Uddhab Kumar Bharali, both from Assam, have been awarded with Padma Shri. Dr Ilias Ali, who is also the chairman of North East Population Foundation is a reputed surgeon credited with conducting ‘vasectomy’ on 3 lakh male
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Legendary singer and composer Dr Bhupen Hazarika was today honoured with the Bharat Ratna. The highest civilian award of the country, announced on the eve of Republic Day (posthumously)
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The Centre on Friday conferred former President Pranab Mukherjee the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award. Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader Nanaji Deshmukh and singer and musician Bhupen Hazarika have also been awarded posthumously. Mukherjee said he accepted the honour with “deep sense of humility and gratitude”. “ I have
Following intense pressure from civil society and tourism industry stakeholders, the Goa cabinet, which met on Thursday evening, approved amendments to the Tourist Trade Act, imposing a fine of Rs 2,000 on errant tourists who cause ‘public nuisance’. Announcing this, minister for tourism Manohar Ajgaonkar said that the tourists defying