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Noel Tata takes over as Chairman of Tata Trusts from Ratan Tata. They were half-brothers. New Delhi: Tatas, a brand that has for more than 150 years instilled a feeling of trust and reassurance, has always seen a line of succession where the people at the helm have set the very highest standards and ethics…
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Please send in your answers to dailyquiz@thehindu.co.in Daily Quiz | On Saturday Night Live 1 / 6 | The first person hired as an actor for SNL was the iconic comedian, Gilda Radner. She set the platform for many female comics. Who was the first woman head writer for SNL? 2 / 6 | Though…
Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay, Chief Justice of India Justice DY Chandrachud and others during a meeting, in Bhutan. File | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud, along with his Bhutanese counterpart Lyonpo Chogyal Dago Rigdzin, presided over the signing of four memoranda of understanding (MoUs) aimed at enhancing…
Nuclear weapons can be used by terrorists, Toshiyuki Mimaki said. (File) Tokyo: The idea that nuclear weapons bring peace is a fallacy, said the co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, a group of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki who won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. “It has been said that because of nuclear weapons,…
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Toshiyuki Mimaki, president of Nihon Hidankyo. File. | Photo Credit: AP The head of Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo said on Friday (September 11, 2024) that the group’s win of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize would give a major boost to its efforts to demonstrate that the abolition of nuclear weapons was possible. “It would be a…
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More than 100 Europeans were evacuated from Lebanon on a Belgian military plane on Thursday evening, most of them from Belgium, the Netherlands and France, the government in Brussels said. The aircraft, which landed at Melsbroek military base near the Belgian capital was carrying “58 Belgians and dependents, 41 Dutch citizens, 11 from France and…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech at the International Forum “The Interconnection of Times and Civilizations – the basis of peace and development” dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Turkmen poet and thinker Magtymguly Fragi in Ashgabat on October 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP President Vladimir Putin began…
The Nobel Peace Prize 2024 has been awarded to Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, the Swedish Academy announced on Friday (October 11, 2024). The Nobel Committee said that Nihon Hidankyo was receiving the Peace Prize for its efforts to achieve a…
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Delhi: Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo has been conferred with the Nobel Peace Prize 2024 for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons. The organisation is a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, which strives to “achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on the sidelines of East Asia Summit, in Vientiane, Laos. | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday ( October 11, 2024) met his Thai counterpart Paetongtarn Shinawatra and discussed ways to improve trade ties and boost cultural linkages between the two nations….
