President Pranab Mukherjee presented five Padma Vibhushan, eight Padma Bhushan and forty-three Padma Shri awards at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
Speaking at the function, Nath asked exporters to provide inputs for a mechanism for refund of local taxes to them. "We are in the process of formulating the scheme and will incorporate valid suggestions from exporters," he said.
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Nobel Laureate Wangari Mathai was on Monday awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan where a call was made to the developed world to join hands in adopting eco-friendly practices and tackle climate change and greenhouse gas emissions.
Despite a steady trickle of patients throughout the night of November 26 the staff of Bombay Hospital did a great job of saving precious lives.
"The need is to strengthen the judiciary as a consequence of which the justice delivery system becomes fast, qualitatively responsive and serve the purpose of justice," he said.
Sachin Tendulkar says the ICC award is a reflection of what he has contributed to the Indian team.
'Kapil Sharma is a son of the soil and he represents the common man.' 'He is much more than a comedian.'
Telly folk step out for a glamorous night.
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has been working on the draft for the last several months. The areas coming up for review may include sports goods and airport ground handling services, besides gas and petroleum.
The star has still not forgotten Vivek's press conference, four years ago.
2012 Olympic gold medallist swimmer Missy Franklin was so inspired by the girls from Yuwa and the work done by the organisation that she kept in touch with the organisation and has recently accepted the invitation to join its board.
Megan Rapinoe earlier won the women's Ballon d'Or after leading the United States to a record-extending fourth World Cup title in France this year as they retained the trophy.
Bolstering its chances for the Oscars scheduled later this month, the film based on India's diplomat-turned author Vikas Swarup's novel went into the ceremony with 11 nominations and won prizes for best film, best director, original screenplay, music, cinematography, editing and sound.
An Indian-origin man, who founded a humanitarian aid organisation that has provided relief to people worldwide, has received one of South Africa's highest honours.
'In the 1971 War my battalion suffered 4 casualties after fighting for 14 days.' 'In Operation Blue Star, I lost 19 men in just one hour.'
Kiren Rijiju's exit from the coveted law ministry came in the midst of his frequent criticism of the judiciary, particularly on the system of appointment of judges to high courts and the Supreme Court.
According to sources, Gadkari, who is close to Uddhav Thackeray, arranged a meeting between the Sena leader and Goyal at his Worli residence. The meeting that lasted for nearly an hour, ended up with both sorting out the issue.
"I want to prove my fitness and get a chance to play against Australia in the third Test. If not, I am still confident that I will be back in the one-dayers (tri-series in Australia)," Sreesanth told reporters in Coimbatore.
Ahead of the state assembly elections due this year-end, Baghel made as many as 15 announcements in his address during the state-level Independence Day function at the Police Parade ground in Raipur.
Union IT and Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran has sought fiscal incentives from the finance minister to increase broadband penetration in the country.
Feroz Abbas Khan on his directorial debut, Gandhi My Father
India succefully test-fired a 3,000-km Agni-III missile on April 12 this year.
The Delhi batsman recently became the most successful India captain in Test cricket, surpassing Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
40-year-old Sharath showed that age was just a number.
Close on the heels of announcing sops for special economic zones, the government on Friday assured exporters that it will take more steps to enable them to compete globally.
Abdullah faced an embarrassing situation at the annual day function of the Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences in Jammu, as an awardee refused to accept an award from him. Not only this, the awardee then used the platform to air the grievances of student community, much to the chagrin of CM.
'The first two years of the Jal Jeevan Mission were wasted in UP.' 'But after a push from the Centre, work has picked up pace in the state.'
A television channel devoted to the agriculture sector would be launched before October 2 this year, Union Agriculture Minister Rajnath Singh said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Salim Durani, who passed away on Sunday, an institution in himself who contributed immensely to India's rise in the world of cricket.
'After pack-up, Sridevi took a shower in the studio itself, changed, and returned to the set with a wad of notes.' 'She distributed it amongst every technician who had worked on the song Na Jaane Kahan Se Aaye Hai.'
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly steered clear of giving an opinion on the Lodha Committee's reforms, which have been made binding by the Supreme Court, saying it is for the Board of Control for Cricket in India to decide.
"I did not say that," Chandurkar told this correspondent during a brief conversation. "What I said was those supporting communal parties should be stripped of national awards given to them by the government. I respect Lata Mangeshkar."
'Every day, after 'pack-up', Khansaab and Deepika would come for dance practice and rehearse till around 1-1.30 am.' 'The weather was a challenge because while on screen, it looks warm and sunny, it was actually bitterly cold, with a sharp, stinging wind which had the actors and dancers shivering in their summer clothing.'
Accusing the Congress of also abusing the dominant Lingayat community in poll-bound Karnataka, the prime minister further said the grand old party had even abused Babasaheb Ambedkar and were engaged in abusing Veer Savarkar.
India will test fire its long-range surface-to-surface missile, Agni-III, by the year end and has started induction of the Agni-I and Agni-II versions in a newly raised strategic command, Dr M Natrajan, scientist claimed on Tuesday.
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