Senior Congress leader Oscar Fernandes received the prestigious Nelson Mandela Award from the International Foundation of Minority Empowerment at the United Nation Church on Saturday.
The United States House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously passed a legislation to erase the government-imposed stigma against membership in the African National Congress of South Africa, the party of Nobel Laureate and former South African President Nelson Mandela. The bill, authored by Congressman and California Democrat Howard Berman would remove any notation that would characterise the ANC and its leaders, as terrorists.
Cricket South Africa did its bit to honour Nelson Mandela on Friday, naming the ongoing ODI series against India as 'dedication to late Nelson Mandela'.
US President Biden was invited to the Republic Day celebrations by Prime Minister Modi during the bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit, Garcetti said.
For the anti-apartheid icon, all life and struggle were occasions to be relished with joy, says Shreekant Sambrani
The 25th Laureus World Sports Awards will take place in Madrid, Spain on April 22, it was announced on Wednesday.
'If someone leaves you with a feeling of being diminished, it means he is a small man. 'It's only a big man who makes you feel big. He gives you what he has -- his greatness. 'It's like the light that falls evenly on the dog and the king. Nelson Mandela made everybody in the room feel wonderful.' Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt recalls his meeting with South Africa's apostle of non-violence.
Mohammad Shahabuddin, the dreaded criminal-turned-politician sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case, has sought refuge in books by Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela in Siwan jail.
I can actually say I know what it's like to be around someone who was literally a living legend, says film director Kabir Khan.
United States President Barack Obama will travel to South Africa next week to pay respects to the memory of Nelson Mandela and to participate in memorial events, his spokesperson said on Friday.
Describing himself as one of the countless millions who drew inspiration from Nelson Mandela, United States President Barack Obama mourned the death of the South African anti-apartheid icon and said that the world was unlikely to see a leader like him again.
The British Broadcasting Corporation has come under fire after one of its editors allegedly compared a British Muslim radical preacher to Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Winston Churchill.
US President Barack Obama, who won the Nobel Prize for 2009 "recognises" he is not in the same category of other recipients of this coveted award like Nelson Mandela from South Africa and Mother Teresa of India.
'Do you remember me?' the Nobel Peace Prize winner asked the Indian superstar.
South Africa's much-loved former president Nelson Mandela had to be admitted to a hospital for what was described as a "longstanding" problem, but officials tried to calm any concerns over the 93-year- old's health, saying he was in "good spirits".
The last Bharat Ratna award was conferred upon Pranab Mukherjee in 2019 and was posthumously awarded to Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika and Nanaji Deshmukh. The award was not given to anyone between 2020 and 2023.
The Delhi high court on Monday granted bail to four convicts serving life imprisonment in the murder case of TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan.
A surprise visit to world icon Nelson Mandela at his home and advice for 75 young African leaders at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg were the highlights of the first day of a three-day visit to South Africa by United States First Lady Michelle Obama.
Indian golfer Shiv Kapur opened with a one-over 71 in the weather-affected first round of the Nelson Mandela Championship, presented by ISPA Handa, in Durban, on Wednesday.
Till now, the maximum Bharat Ratnas were awarded in 1999 when four recipients were given the coveted award.
An eagle and two birdies in the closing stretch allowed South African Dawie van der Walt to shoot a 66 and secure an emotional two shot victory at the curtailed Nelson Mandela Championship on Saturday.
South Africa's revered anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was "responding well to treatment" following a "difficult few days" after being readmitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection.
One of the last surviving freedom fighters from that era, Isu Laloo Chiba, shared this in a message to support the Indian missions' plan to celebrate the second United Nations-sanctioned International Day of Yoga on 21 June in South Africa.
In a special offer, South Africa's main Afrikaan language newspaper Beeld has invited him to be its editor for a day.
A Rest of the World XI will take on an Africa XI in Cape Town's Newlands Stadium on July 18.
Nearly 100 world leaders including President Pranab Mukherjee and US President Barack Obama came together in an unprecedented act of homage to Nelson Mandela describing him as a "giant of history".
Religion is but one trait where intolerance manifests itself. We come across 'chosen' races, communities, political ideologies, economic systems, all lending themselves to discriminatory arrangements, which trample the rights of those considered beyond the pale of whatever is the favoured calling.
Ailing Nelson Mandela's wife on Monday thanked people from across the world for their love that helped lighten the "burden of anxiety", as the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon spent his tenth day in hospital.
Modi spoke to the BJP's longest serving president, who is credited with crafting the party's rise through the 90s when it came to power for the first time as the head of coalition governments under Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and congratulated him.
A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted four people for the murder of television journalist Soumya Vishwanathan, who was shot dead 15 years ago while she was returning home from work.
The court also ordered that of the total fine amount imposed on the convicts, Rs 12 lakh will be paid to the victim's family.
False and acrimonious debates such as Modi versus Manmohan might allow for victories that are political and partisan. But the real loser is the nation, India and Bharat, notes Arvind Subramanian, former chief economic advisor to the Modi government in its first term.
The Eternal Gandhi Museum is the only Gandhi-related museum in the United States, dedicated to Gandhi, to preserve and promote his ever-lasting legacy of nonviolent conflict resolution.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South Africa's anti-apartheid icon who won the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting racial discrimination in the country, died on Sunday. He was 90.
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We must heed what the CJI has said. Challenging every judgment of the central government is inviting chaos, asserts Shreekant Sambrani.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a joint session of the US Congress on June 22 during his official state visit to the country, top congressional leaders announced on Friday.
The Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour given by France is another in a series of top international awards and honours bestowed by various countries on Prime Minister Modi.
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