5th September: National Teachers Day
Every year in India 5th September is being observed as National Teachers Day. Significance of Day: This day commemorates the birthday of India’s first Vice President and second President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. This year’s celebration: On occasion of National Teachers Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi releasesed commemorative coins of 125 rupees and 10 rupees denomination in honour of former President S Radhakrishnan.
Every year in India 5th September is being observed as National Teachers Day. Significance of Day: This day commemorates the birthday of India’s first Vice President and second President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. This year’s celebration: On occasion of National Teachers Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi releasesed commemorative coins of 125 rupees and 10 rupees denomination in honour of former President S Radhakrishnan.
- Important Posts: First Vice President of India (in office from 1952–1962),
- Ø Second President of India (in office from 1962 to 1967).
- Ø Awards: He was honoured with Bharat Ratna (1954), British Royal Order of Merit (1963) etc.
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Jhumpa Lahiri selected for 2014 National Humanities Medal
Indian-American Pulitzer Prize winner
Jhumpa Lahiri has been selected for the prestigious 2014 National Humanities
Medal of White House. She has been selected for this award for enlarging the
human story and will be presented with it by US President Barack Obama. The
award also recognizes her fictional works which have illuminated the
Indian-American experience in beautifully wrought narratives of estrangement
and belonging.
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