World No Tobacco Day - May 31

World Health Organisation(WHO) has earmarked May 31 as 'World No Tobacco Day', to highlight the risks associated with tobacco usage and reduce its consumption . The theme of this year's 'World No...

International Everest Day - May 29

1953 may 29, 11:30:00 am, The New Zealander Edmund Hillary, and the Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, have become the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the Nepal-Tibet border. They reached...

Shashi Kant Sharma appointed as new CAG

Defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma was on Tuesday named as the new Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG), succeeding Vinod Rai who demitted office today after an eventful five-and-a-half...

Lydia Davis wins the Man Booker International Prize 2013

Lydia Davis, an American author best known for her short stories, has won this year's Man Booker International Prize. Davis, 65, has had six collections of short stories published. She has also...

International Day for Biological Diversity - 22 May

The United Nations has proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues.  When first created by the Second...

Anti-Terrorism Day – May 21

The death anniversary of ex-prime minister of India, Shri Rajiv Gandhi is also observed as Anti Terrorism Day all over the country on 21 May. The day is observed to generate awareness in the country...

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day - May 17

The purpose of  World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication...

International Day of Families - May 15

International Day of Families was brought about by the United Nations Programme on the Family and will stress the importance of having healthy and happy relationships with your relatives. Families...

World Red Cross Red Crescent Day – 8 May 2013

World Red Cross Day celebrates the work of those who volunteer with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). IFRC is the world's largest humanitarian organisation,...

World Asthma Day - May 7 "You Can Control Your Asthma"

World Asthma Day is an annual event organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to improve asthma awareness and care around the world. World Asthma Day takes place on the first Tuesday of...

Kerala PSC Notification: Gazette Date : 30.04.2013 Last Date : 05.06.2013 Cat Nos. 66/2013 - 120/2013

Kerala PSC Notification: Gazette Date : 30.04.2013 Last Date : 05.06.2013 Cat Nos. 66/2013 - 120/2013 PHARMACIST GR-11 - HOMOEO - HOMOEOPATHY Category No. 116/2013 to 120/2013 JUNIOR PUBLIC...

Celebrating 100 Years of Indian Cinema

Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of Indian Cinema, released his epochal feature film Raja Harishchandra on 3rd May 1913, it is unlikely that either the exhibitors or the pioneer film maker realized they...