Azhikode Smaraka Award 2024 winner announced

Azhikode Smaraka Award 2024 winner announced

Former Chief Secretary and writer K. Jayakumar has been selected for the Azhikode Smaraka Award 2024 instituted by Dr. Sukumar Azhikode Vichara Vedi. In a statement issued here, Dr. Sukumar Azhikode Vichara Vedi office-bearers said that Jayakumar had been chosen for the prize for his contributions to art and literature. The award carries a purse … Read more

Odakkuzhal Award for K. Aravindakshan’s novel

Odakkuzhal Award for K. Aravindakshan’s novel

Gopa, a novel authored by K. Aravindakshan, has won the Odakkuzhal Award for 2024, instituted by Guruvayoorappan Trust. The award, which carries a cash prize of ₹30,000 and a citation, will be presented on February 2, 2025 at a function to be held at the Mahakavi G. Auditorium, according to a communication here. Samastha Kerala … Read more

Thirumavalavan, Ravikumar thank Stalin for Dr. Ambedkar Award

Thirumavalavan, Ravikumar thank Stalin for Dr. Ambedkar Award

VCK founder Thol. Thirumavalavan and general secretary D. Ravikumar with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at the Secretariat on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement VCK founder Thol. Thirumavalavan, general secretary D. Ravikumar, and party functionaries called on Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in the Secretariat in Chennai on Monday and thanked him for announcing Mr. Ravikumar … Read more

A.R. Rahman honoured with ‘XTIC Award 2024 for Innovation’ for VR film Le Musk

A.R. Rahman honoured with ‘XTIC Award 2024 for Innovation’ for VR film Le Musk

Professor Steven La Valle and Prof Anna La Valle presenting XTIC Award 2024 for Innovation to A.R. Rahman, Music Composer at IIT-Madras on Sunday. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ Oscar-winning music composer, A.R. Rahman, on Sunday received the ‘XTIC Award 2024 for Innovation’, instituted by Experiential Technology Innovation Centre (XTIC), an IIT Madras Institute … Read more

Udatham Award for Kalamandalam Balasubramanian

Udatham Award for Kalamandalam Balasubramanian

Kalamandalam Balasubramanian Kalamandalam Balasubramanian, Kathakali artiste and former Principal of Kerala Kalamandalam, has been chosen for the maiden Udatham Award instituted in the memory of Kathakali maestro Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharodi. The award will be given away at a function to mark the second death anniversary of Vasu Pisharodi at Kongad on November 30. The award … Read more

J&K Police declares cash award for information on LeT commander

J&K Police declares cash award for information on LeT commander

Image for representation purposes only. File | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday (August 24, 2024) announced a cash reward of ₹3 lakh for information about a wanted Lashkar-e-Taiba militant. Pakistan-based terrorist Sumama alias Illyas alias Babar, a commander in the proscribed outfit LeT, is wanted by CI Kashmir in a … Read more

President Droupadi Murmu receives Fiji’s highest civilian award

President Droupadi Murmu receives Fiji’s highest civilian award

President Droupadi Murmu being accorded a traditional ceremonial welcome on her arrival, in Suva, Fiji, on August 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI President Droupadi Murmu was conferred the Companion of the Order of Fiji, the country’s highest civilian award on August 6, as she hailed the ties between the two countries and said India … Read more

Tracking design in remote regions

Tracking design in remote regions

Casa Feliz in Alibaug: received WA Awards in the category Architecture – Realised | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Even as I write this, the World Architecture Community Awards have introduced their next cycle — the 48th. The WA Awards have three categories in both Architecture and Interior Design — Realised (projects that are actually built), … Read more