by Amrita Priya | Dec 11, 2022
(December 11, 2022) “When my programme came on air, there weren’t any Indian cookery shows, it was an immediate hit,” Madhur Jaffrey told the BBC, talking about her ground breaking cookery programme that premiered in the United Kingdom 40 years ago. The Padma...
by Amrita Priya | Dec 7, 2022
(December 7, 2022) “When I was leaving India, I knew I would do something for Manipur one day. I just didn’t know what and when.” Dr Shachi Gurumayum’s determination only grew over the years and in 2017, he started the MaolKeki Foundation. Named after his...
by Vikram Sharma | Dec 6, 2022
(December 6, 2022) On June 19 this year, when one of the engines of the Delhi-bound Boeing 737 SpiceJet aircraft caught fire mid-air, moments after take-off from Patna airport, the top most priority before Captain Monicaa Khanna, the Pilot-in-Command of the aircraft,...
by Amrita Priya | Dec 4, 2022
(December 4, 2022) “India is a part of me and I carry it with me wherever I go,” Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said after receiving the Padma Bhushan award from the Indian envoy to the US. The Indian-origin CEO is among the 17 others who have been bestowed...
by Amrita Priya | Dec 1, 2022
(December 1, 2022) King Charles III has appointed six new members to the British Order of Merit. They are the final Officers of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBEs) chosen by Queen Elizabeth II. Among them is the world-renowned structural biologist...