Category Archives: Arts, Culture & Entertainment

Nokia’s Launches First Device in India with Urdu Language Capability. September 2013 .

Nokia launched the Nokia 114 model, the first ever device with Urdu language capability / option in India.

It was launched at an event by Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Minister of Communications & Information Technology in the presence of P.Balaji, MD Nokia India in New Delhi. The Hon’ble Minister handed over the first Nokia 114 to Muzaffer Ali, noted filmmaker, poet, a revivalist and a social worker.

The launch is a part of Nokia’s strategy for democratising the reach of mobile telephones. India has over 15 crore urdu speaking people  making it one of the largest urdu speaking populations in the world.

 

First Indian to Receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. 1913 .

Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to receive the Nobel prize for Literature . He was also the first Asian and simultaneously the first non-European to be awarded the Nobel for Literature. December 19th, 1913.

He was awarded the prize for Gitanjali, a collection of songs and poems. Tagore himself had translated the poems into English in 1912 with an introduction by W.B.Yeats who won the Nobel for literature a decade after his Indian friend in 1923.

This year (2013) marks the 100th anniversary of Tagore winning the Nobel prize in 1913.

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India’s First ‘Miss Diva’ 2013 . September 2013

Manasi Moghe was adjudged the Winner of the 1st edition of Miss.Indian Diva 2013, at a star studded gala evening held at the Westin Mumbai Garden City, Mumbai on Thursday – September 05th, 2013.

The Winner, Manasi Moghe will now represent India at the Miss Universe pageant to be held in Moscow, later on in November 2013. The 21-year old was born in Indore (Madhya Pradesh) and is pursuing a degree in Engineering – in Electronics & Telecommunications from Nagpur.

The contestants were judged by a Panel comprising Zeenat Aman, Raveena Tandon, Atul Kasbekar, Malaika Arora Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Kunal Kapoor and Miss. Universe Canada 2012 Sahar Biniaz.

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First Indian Woman Recipient of the ‘ Jnanapith Award ‘. 1976

Ashapurna Devi was the first woman to win the Jnanapith Award in 1976 for her work ‘Pratham Pratisruti’ in Bengali. This prominent Bengali novelist and poet was also known as Ashapurna Debi or also as Asha Purna Devi.

She was also awarded the ‘Padma Shri’ by the Government of India in the same year 1976.

Ashapurna Devi was born on January 08th, 1909 in Potoldanga, Calcutta (now Kolkata). She passed away aged 86 in 1995.

The Jnanapith Award is a literary award in India. Alongwith the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship it is one of the 2 most prestigious literary honours in the country. The Jnanapith award was instituted in 1961.

The name of the award is taken from the Sanskrit words ‘jnana’ and ‘pitha’ (knowledge-seat). It carries a cheque for Rupees 11 lakhs, a citation plaque and a bronze replica of Saraswati, the Indian Goddess of knowledge, music and the arts.

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India’s First Recipient of the ‘ Jnanapith Award ‘. 1965 .

G. Shankara Kurup was the first winner of the Jnanapith Award in 1965. He won the prize for his collection of poems in Malayalam ‘Odakkuzhal’ (The Bamboo flute, 1950).

Born June 03rd, 1901 in Nayathode, Kingdom of Cochin(now in Ernakulam district, Kerala). Shankara Kurup is better known as Mahakavi G (The great poet).

The Jnanapith Award is a literary award in India. Alongwith the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship it is one of the 2 most prestigious literary honours in the country. The Jnanapith award was instituted in 1961.

The name of the award is taken from the Sanskrit words ‘jnana’ and ‘pitha’ (knowledge-seat). It carries a cheque for Rupees 11 lakhs, a citation plaque and a bronze replica of Saraswati, the Indian Goddess of knowledge, music and the arts.

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First edition of ‘ Premia India Runaway Week ‘ (PIRW) 2013 . September 2013 .

The first edition of  ‘Premia Runaway Week ‘ (PIRW) was launched at a grand opening at the Mapple Exotica, Chattarpuri, New Delhi.

The Premia Runaway Week is a gateway and a new platform that showcased young designers of the future, to-day. The event which showcased 24 designers was hosted by Tarun Shienh and the Main Title Sponsors are Premia Group, represented by Tarun Shienh, CMD .

An initiative of ‘The Indian Federation for Fashion Development’ (IFFD) to discover new talent to present themselves to the Industry at large. Present were both the Founders Avinash Pathanian and Kiran Kheva.

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Vodafone India launches its First All Women ‘ Vodafone Angel Store ‘ in Haryana . September 2013 .

Vodafone India, in a unique initiative for women empowerment, launched the First ‘ Vodafone Angel Store ‘ at Yamuna Nagar in Haryana on Wednesday -September 03rd, 2013.

Vodafone Angel Stores are Vodafone retail outlets managed and run entirely by women employees.

Vodafone also launched three Vodafone Mini Angel Stores in Ambala Cant, Jagadhvi, Ambala city, providing more employment opportunities for Women.

India’s First ‘ National Media Centre ‘ inaugrated in New Delhi . August 2013 .

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi jointly inaugrated the Information & Broadcasting Ministry’s new ‘ National Media Centre ‘ on Saturday – August 24th, 2013.

Set up at a cost of Rs. 60 crore, the National Media Centre is located on Raisina Road in New Delhi.

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