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Vijay Pandurang Bhatkar is the new Vice Chancellor of Nalanda University

Vijay Pandurang Bhatkar, the father of the Indian Supercomputer and a technocrat has recently appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Nalanda University. He was born on 11th October 1946 in Pune. He has also been honored with the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan earlier.

Protesters slapped Sanjay Leela Bhansali on Padmavati set in Jaipur

Film Producer and the Indian famous director, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has faced the difficulties by the Rajput Protesters. The protestors slapped the Bhansali on the set of film Padmavati in Jaipur. Protesters gathered in large numbers and started getting violent before the cast and crew of Padmavati. Padmavati Movie Actors Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh have opposed this tragedy. Even Karan Johar, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor have raised their voice too.

Brahmaputra Literary Festival will end today

The three-day long Brahmaputra Literary festival will end today in Guwahati. National Book Trust and state government have organized this festival. It was the three-day long festival which was started on 28th January and with full of Seminars, discussions, film show, book fair, music concert.

Serena Williams win the Australian Open

Famous Tennis player Serena Williams has won the Australian Open Tournament. She beats Sister Venus Williams by 6-4, 6-4 to claim the record. Serena breaks Open era record and reclaims No.1 ranking with the victory.

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Inheritance Court for Non-Muslims to be Set up in Abu Dhabi

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a resolution to set up a Personal Status and Inheritance Court for non-Muslims in Abu Dhabi. The main aim of this status is to serve all services for all segment of the society and promote the culture of tolerance.

Nitin Gadkari Announces to Develop 1,253 km road in Assam as National Highways

The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping, Nitin Jairam Gadkari has inaugurated the 3 lane Brahmaputra Bridge at Sasaighat in Guwahati. Nitin Gadkari has also announced that the government would spend Rs 15,000 crores to develop 1,253 kilometers of roads in Assam into National Highways.

India’s largest startup incubator at Hubballi

Indian-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist Gururaj Deshpande has decided to launch India’s largest startup incubation center at Hubballi in Karnataka. Based on the idea of expansion of the Deshpande Foundation’s initial incubation center, this decision was taken.

Australian Open tournament 2017 Details

Men’s Singles Winner: Roger Federer
Women’s Singles winner: Serena Williams
Men’s Doubles Winner: Henri Kontinen /John Peers
Women’s Doubles Winner: BethanieMattek-Sands/ Lucie Safarova
Mixed Doubles Winner: Abigail Spears/Juan Sebastián Cabal

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Abul Hossain Wins 2017 Kolkata Marathon

Siliguri-based Abul Hossain has recently won the Kolkata Full Marathon by completing the race in 02:34:02. He defeated Kolkata lad Biswanath Pal. Paritosh Roy in the race.

Hollywood Legend & Harry Porter actor John is no more

The British actor, Sir John Hurt who starred in The Elephant Man and Harry Potter has recently passed away at the age of 77 years. He was 77. He won two Oscar nominations for The Elephant Man and Midnight Express.