2012 Galantry Awardee List : Republic Day

On the 63rd Republic day celebrations the President has approved awards of 368 gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others.  This includes 01 Ashoka Chakra, 03 Kirti Chakra, 16 Shaurya Chakra, 03 Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry), 73 Sena Medal (Gallantry), 03 Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry), 02 Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry), 28 Param Vishisht [...]

2012 Padma Awardee List : Republic Day

On the 63rd Republic day celebrations the Padma Awards will be given to several Indians for their contribution towards the country. President Smt. Pratibha Patil has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2012 today. This year the she has approved 109 awards including one duo case (counted as one) which includes 14 awards in the category of [...]

I have an Einstein number as well!

Einstein number is something I was not really aware till long back. However, having your name to get associated with Albert Einstein is something any budding science student, for the matter of fact any student in the world would aspire to have. And I am no exception to this. Well having got to know that [...]

2011 Galantry Awardee List : Independence Day

On the 65th Independence Day celebrations the President approved awards of 137 gallantry awards to Armed Forces, Paramillitary, and Police personnels.  This includes 14 Shaurya Chakra, 03 Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry), 114 Sena Medal (Gallantry), 03 Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry), 03 Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry). The list of the recipients of gallantry awards to Armed Forces personnel and others is as follows:- [...]

New Achievement- Erdős Number

Erdős number is something that as a high school student I have always aspired to have. In fact why me, it is something any science student must have dreamt of, especially a mathematics or a physics student, since these are the two fields one is likely to get a lower Erdős number (lower the better). [...]

2011 Galantry Awardee List : Republic Day

The President has approved awards of 440 gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others on the eve of the 62nd  Republic Day Celebrations.  This includes 05 Kirti Chakra, 21 Shaurya Chakra, 05 Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry), 135 Sena Medal (Gallantry), 02 Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry), 03 Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry), [...]

2011 Padma Awardee List : Republic Day

On the 62nd Republic day celebrations the Padma Awards were given to several Indians for their contribution towards the country. Overall 13 Padma Vibhushans, 31 Padma Bhushans and  85 Padmashree were awarded. Padma Vibhushans: 1. Kapila Vatsyayan (Art ) 2. Homai Vyarawalla (Art ) 3. Nageswara Rao (Art ) 4. Parasaran Kesava Iyengar (Public Affairs ) 5. Akhlaq-ur-Rehman Kidwai (Public [...]

Sachin Tendulkar Wins the ICC Cricketer of the Year Award!

Sachin Tendulkar today won his first ever ICC award bagging the cricketer of the year award (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy). I must say he has added yet another feather in his cap. His form in the past year has been outstanding and has also achieved great heights in cricket history in the past year. If [...]

2010 Galantry Awardee List : Independence Day

On the 64th Independence day celebrations the President has approved awards of 144 gallantry awards to Armed Forces, Paramilitary and police personnel. This includes one Ashoka Chakra, two Kirti Chakras, two Bar to Shaurya Chakras, 19 Shaurya Chakras, two Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 80 Sena Medals (Gallantry), three Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry), and five Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry). ASHOKA CHAKRA: 1. [...]

Sachin Tendulkar to Join the Indian Air Force Soon!

Sachin Tendulkar soon will be conferred the honorary rank of Group Captain. Yes he is all set to join the Indian Air Force. This is very good news for all Sachin’s fans. I must say this is another feather in his cap. As a fan of Sachin I am very happy for the honour he [...]

Chennai Super Kings win IPL 3!!!

Chennai are the champions of IPL third edition. They defeated the favorites Mumbai Indians comprehensively in the finals.  As I had written in my previous post that I was supporting both teams (Mumbai Indians a little more), so this loss for Mumbai Indians has not hurt much. Though I would have loved to have seen [...]

82nd Academy Awards (Oscars) – Nominations

The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will honor the best films of 2009 and will take place March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. The nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced live on Tuesday February 2, 2010. They are [...]

2010 Galantry Awardee List : Republic Day

On the 61st Republic day celebrations the President has approved awards of 442 gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others. This includes one Ashoka Chakra, six Kirti Chakras, 26 Shaurya Chakras, three Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 118 Sena Medals (Gallantry), three Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry),three Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry), 28 [...]

2010 Padma Awardee List : Republic Day

On the 61st Republic day celebrations the Padma Awards were given to several Indians for their contribution towards the country. Overall 6 Padma Vibhushans, 43 Padma Bhushans and  81 Padmashree were awarded. Padma Vibhushans: 1. Shree Ibrahim Alkazi(Art) 2. Shree Umayalpuram Sivaraman(Art) 3. Zohra Segal(Art) 4. Yaga Venugopal Reddy(Public Affairs) 5. Venkatraman Ramkrishnan(Science and Engineering) [...]