On the occasion of Republic Day, Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar and 82 other police officers were awarded the President’s Medal. The medals include two for gallantry, seven for distinguished services and 74 for meritorious service. Prashant Kumar, who received the President’s Medal for Gallantry, received …

The government on Thursday announced the award of Padma Awards to 132 eminent personalities. One name in this is that of Saseendran Muthuvel, the first person of Indian origin elected to the Parliament of Papua New Guinea. Earlier on Tuesday, the government had already announced that it will posthumously honor …

Date 26 January 1950. Time 10.18 am. This was the historic moment when the country’s first Indian Governor General Chakravarti Rajagopalachari declared India a sovereign democratic republic. In the year 1947, India became independent from the slavery of the British. At the same time, after the implementation of the Indian …