25 days ago
Salim Ghouse, a film and television actor, died in Mumbai after having a heart arrest.
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Salim Ghouse, a film and television actor, died in Mumbai after having a heart arrest.
His acting career began in 1978 with the film Swarg Narak, and he went on to appear in films such as Chakra (1981), Saaransh (1984), and Mohan Joshi ....
27 days ago
James Dringwell Rymbai, the former Chief Minister of Meghalaya, died at 88. On October 26th, 1934, he was born in Meghalaya.
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As a gesture of respect for his tragic and unexpected death, the Meghalaya government declared three days of state mourning from April 21st to 23, 2022.
He first entered electoral politics in ....
28 days ago
M. Vijayan, the DAE Homi Bhabha Professor of structural biology at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), died in Bengaluru.
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M. Vijayan, the DAE Homi Bhabha Professor of structural biology at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), died in Bengaluru.
Vijayan, who was a pioneer in macromolecular crystallography in India, ....
28 days ago
Binapani Mohanty, an eminent Odisha writer and Padma Shri awardee (2020), died at 85.
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Binapani Mohanty, an eminent Odisha writer and Padma Shri awardee (2020), died at 85.
She was born in Berhampur and began her teaching career in 1960 as an Economics lecturer. Her numerous short stories have been translated into several ....
29 days ago
Binapani Mohanty, an eminent Odisha writer and Padma Shri awardee (2020), died at 85.
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Binapani Mohanty, an eminent Odisha writer and Padma Shri awardee (2020), died at 85.
She was born in Berhampur and began her teaching career in 1960 as an Economics lecturer. Her numerous short stories have been translated into several ....
29 days ago
Mwai Kibaki, Kenya's former president, died at 90.
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Mwai Kibaki, Kenya's former president, died at 90.
From 2002 to 2013, he was the country's leader. After disputed 2007 polls, more than 1,100 people died in deadly ethnic clashes during his administration, but he adopted a new constitution with changes to ....
37 days ago
Prafulla Kar, a well-known Odia vocalist, and music director, died of age-related diseases. Kar was a renowned musician, singer, songwriter, columnist, and writer.
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Prafulla Kar, a well-known Odia vocalist, and music director, died of age-related diseases. Kar was a famous musician, singer, songwriter, columnist, and writer.
In ....
44 days ago
Shiv Kumar Subramaniam, an actor, and screenwriter, best known for his roles in the serials Mukti Bandhan and Meenakshi Sundareshwar, has passed away.
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Shiv Kumar Subramaniam, an actor, and screenwriter, best known for his roles in the serials Mukti Bandhan and Meenakshi Sundareshwar, has passed away.
He began his career ....
50 days ago
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize, Richard Howard, an American poet, died at 92.
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Richard Howard, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, died at 92.
Richard Joseph Howard was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 13, 1929. (US).
He was a poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator from the United States.
"Untitled ....
55 days ago
Bhim Bahadur Gurung, the 3rd Chief Minister of Sikkim, died at his home in Lumsui, Gangtok, Sikkim.
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Bhim Bahadur Gurung, the 3rd Chief Minister of Sikkim, died at his home in Lumsui, Gangtok, Sikkim.
B. Gurung worked as a teacher and a staff reporter for the Amrita Bazar Patrika, a Calcutta (Kolkata) daily. He also edited ....
56 days ago
Veteran Belgian footballer Miguel Van Damme has passed away aged 28 after a long battle with leukemia.
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Veteran Belgian footballer Miguel Van Damme has died aged 28 after a long battle with leukemia.
Van Damme had leukemia since 2016 and had been undergoing treatment for cancer for over five years.
During his eight-year professional ....
61 days ago
Stephen Wilhite, the creator of the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) format died at the age of 74 years because of Covid-19 related issues.
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Stephen Wilhite, the creator of the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) format died at the age of 74 years thanks to Covid-19 related issues.
Stephen Earl Wilhite was an American computer scientist ....
62 days ago
The former chief justice of India Ramesh Chandra Lahoti passed away at the age of 81 years.
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The former chief justice of India Ramesh Chandra Lahoti passed away at the age of 81 years. Justice Lahoti was appointed as the 35th chief justice of India on June 1, 2004. He retired on November 1, 2005.
Born on November 1, 1940, he joined ....
63 days ago
The former President of Bangladesh, Shahabuddin Ahmed, died in Dhaka, Bangladesh, at 92.
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Shahabuddin Ahmed, the previous President of Bangladesh, died in Dhaka, Bangladesh, at 92.
He was the interim head of state as the nominee of all parties midst of a mass upsurge in 1990 to topple ex-military dictator HM Ershad.
Shahabuddin ....
63 days ago
Soumeylou Boubèye Maga, the former Prime Minister of Mali, has died of sickness.
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Soumeylou Boubèye Maga, the former Prime Minister of Mali, has died of sickness. From 2017 to 2019, Maiga was the Prime Minister of Mali.
He had been incarcerated since the country was taken over by a military coup in August ....
69 days ago
Shankarrao Kolhe, Former Minister of Maharashtra, passed away at 92 on 16 March 2022.
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Shankarrao Kolhe, a former Maharashtra minister, died in Nashik of old age-related diseases.
He was 93 years old when he died.
Between 1989 through 1993, Kolhe was the minister of agriculture, cooperatives, revenue, and transportation.
He ....
70 days ago
The former Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Kumudben Manishankar Joshi has passed away. She was 88.
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The former Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Kumudben Manishankar Joshi has died. She was 88.
She died in Changa Dhanori village near Gandevi on 14 March 2022 at the age of 88.
Ms. Joshi served as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 26 November ....
71 days ago
The former President of Zambia, Rupiah Banda, has passed away after a two-year battle with cancer.
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The former President of Zambia, Rupiah Banda, has passed away after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 85. Banda had served as the fourth president of Zambia from 2008 and 2011.
Banda had held senior diplomatic posts under first ....
90 days ago
Andhra Pradesh Industries Minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy has passed away. The 50 years old Minister returned to India from Dubai Expo.
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Andhra Pradesh Industries Minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy has died. The 50 years old Minister returned to India from Dubai Expo.
Reddy was a two-time MLA from the Atmakur Assembly constituency ....
92 days ago
Noted insurgent and Gandhian social worker Shakuntala Choudhary have passed away.
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Noted freedom fighter and Gandhian social worker Shakuntala Choudhary has died. She was 102-year-old. She was popularly referred to as 'Shakuntala Baideo.' She was felicitated with the Padma Shri award in 2022 by the govt. Of India.
She hailed ....
104 days ago
Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Chandupatla Janga Reddy has given up the ghost in Hyderabad following health issues.
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Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Chandupatla Janga Reddy has given up the ghost in Hyderabad following health issues.
He was a native of Warangal and a former MLA in Andhra Pradesh.
He's ....
107 days ago
The Former President of Greece, Christos Sartzetakis, passed away 92 0n February 3.
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Former Greek President Christos Sartzetakis died in Athens, Greece, from respiratory failure at the age of 92.
During the Colonels' Rule of 1967-1974, he was a Greek jurist and Supreme Court judge who stood up to the militants.
After being ....
107 days ago
Lata Mangeshkar, a legendary singer, died at the age of 92.
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Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary vocalist, died at the age of 92 after suffering from multi-organ failure.
After being diagnosed with pneumonia and testing positive for the coronavirus disease in January, the Bharat Ratna awardee was hospitalized.
Her three sisters, ....
112 days ago
Rupinder Singh Suri, a senior counsel and Additional Solicitor General (ASG), has died on 31 January.
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Rupinder Singh Suri, a senior counsel and Additional Solicitor General (ASG), has died. In June 2020, he was named the ASG.
In 2009, he was named a senior advocate, and he was also President of the Supreme Court Bar Association ....
114 days ago
Baba Iqbal Singh, the founder of Akal Academies and a Padma Shri awardee, died on January 29th at the age of 96 in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur region.
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Iqbal Singh passed away in the Sirmaur district's Baru Sahib. Iqbal Singh Kingra was an educationalist and a socio-spiritual leader of the Sikh community in India.
On January ....
117 days ago
Former Hockey mid-fielder Charanjit Singh has died On 27 January.
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Former Hockey mid-fielder Charanjit Singh has passed away after suffering asystole and prolonged age-related illnesses.
Charanjit Singh was born in Mairi in Amb subdivision of Una in Himachal Pradesh, then a part of undivided Punjab, on 3 February 1931.
He was ....
120 days ago
Thiru R. Nagaswamy, a renowned archaeologist, has perished on 23 January.
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Ramachandran Nagaswamy, a well-known Indian historian, archaeologist, and epigraphist from Tamil Nadu, has died.
He was 91 years old. He was the first director of the Department of Archaeology of the Tamil Nadu government.
Nagaswamy was well-known for ....
123 days ago
Saturnino de la Fuente Garca (Spain), the Guinness World Records bearer for the oldest living person (male), died unexpectedly at 112 years and 341 days.
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Saturnino de la Fuente Garca (Spain), the Guinness World Records keeper for the oldest living person (male), died at the age of 112 years and 341 days.
Saturnino set the record ....
124 days ago
Major Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia, the founder of the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, a professional mountaineer, and a Padma Shri laureate, passed suddenly.
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Major Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia, a well-known professional mountaineer, passed away on 14 January 2022.
Major Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia received the Arjuna Award in 1965, the ....
125 days ago
Saoli Mitra, a well-known Bengali theatre personality, has perished on January 16.
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Shaoli Mitra was an Indian Bengali theatre and film actress, director, and playwright born in 1948.
In Ritwik Ghatak's Jukti Takko Aar Gappo, she played Bangabala. She is the daughter of theatre personalities Sombhu Mitra and Tripti Mitra.
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126 days ago
Narayan Debnath, an iconic Bengali comics artist, writer, and illustrator, has passed away.
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Narayan Debnath, a famed Bengali comics artist, writer, and illustrator, has died after a long illness.
He was 97 years old. He died while undergoing treatment at the hospital last week, died at 10.15 am On 18 January.
The celebrated ....
128 days ago
Shanti Devi, a social crusader who won the Padma Shri award, has perished.
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Shanti Devi died on January 17 in Rayagada, Odisha. She was 88 years old.
Shanti Devi, an Odisha social worker and Padma Shri awardee known as the "Voice of the Poor."
Lugdi Devi was another name for her. She was well-known for her commitment ....
129 days ago
Pandit Birju Maharaj, a legendary Kathak dancer, has perished on 17 January.
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Pandit Birju Maharaj, a legendary Kathak dancer, died at the age of 83.
He was affectionately known as Pandit-Ji or Maharaj-Ji by his pupils and millions of followers were one of India's best-known artists.
He was a winner of the country's ....
137 days ago
Neil Nongkynrih, the founder of the Shillong Chamber Choir (SCC) and a renowned Indian concert pianist, has died.
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During former US President Barack Obama's and Michelle Obama's visit to India in 2010, SCC performed for them.
Neil Nongkynrih, or Uncle Neil, was the founder of the Shillong Chamber Choir and a renowned ....
139 days ago
Vice Admiral S H Sarma, a veteran of the Indian Navy's 1971 war, has died on 3 January.
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Vice Admiral S.H. Sarma, a veteran of the Indian Navy's 1971 Indo-Pak war, has died at the age of 100.
During the war in 1971, he was the Flag Officer Commanding the Eastern Fleet. In the 1971 war, India defeated Pakistan, resulting ....
140 days ago
Richard Leaky, a renowned Kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter, has died on 2 January 2022.
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Richard Leakey, a well-known Kenyan politician, conservationist, and fossil hunter, has died. The discovery of 'Turkana Boy' in 1984 is credited to the legendary paleoanthropologist, and it led to able to introduce of proving ....
145 days ago
Mahendra Prasad, a seven-term Rajya Sabha MP, and industrialist has died at 81 Years Of Age On 27 December.
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Mahendra Prasad, a seven-time Rajya Sabha MP, and industrialist from the Janata Dal (United) has died.
He served in the Rajya Sabha for seven terms and was elected to the Lok Sabha once. In 1980, he was elected to the Lok ....
148 days ago
Ray Illingworth, a former England captain, has Passed Away on 25 December.
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Raymond Illingworth CBE was an English cricketer, cricket commentator, and administrator who was born on June 8, 1932.
On June 8, 1932, Illingworth was born in Pudsey, West Riding of Yorkshire. He was a member of the Farsley Cricket Club as a teenager.
He ....
149 days ago
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, died on December 27, 2021, at the age of 90.
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Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in South Africa to end racial discrimination. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1997 and had surgery.
Tutu was subsequently admitted to the hospital several times ....
149 days ago
KS Sethumadhavan, a legendary Malayalam filmmaker, has died at the age of 90.
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K. S. Sethumadhavan passed away on 24 December at the age of 90.
K. S. Sethumadhavan was born on May 29, 1927, in Palghat, Madras Presidency, British India, to Subrahmanyam and Lakshmiyamma.
He is the youngest of four siblings, with three sisters and ....
152 days ago
Richard Rogers, the Pritzker Prize-winning architect, has passed away on 18 December.
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Richard Rogers, a Pritzker Prize-winning British-Italian architect, died at his home in London, United Kingdom.
In 2007, he was awarded the Pritzker Prize, also known as the Nobel Prize for Architecture. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II ....
154 days ago
Former Supreme Court Judge Justice GT Nanavati, who oversaw the 2002 Godhra riots, has Passed Away.
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Justice Girish Thakorlal Nanavati, a former Supreme Court judge who oversaw two inquiry panels into the 2002 Godhra Riots and the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots, has died.
Justice Girish Thakorlal Nanavati died at the age of 86.
In March ....
155 days ago
Former Union Minister R L Jalappa passed away at 96 on 17 December.
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RL Jalapa, a former Union Minister of Textiles and a veteran leader of the Indian National Congress (INC), has died.
Devaraj Urs Medical College in Kolar and RL Jalappa Institute of Technology in Doddaballapur were founded and chaired by RL Jalapa.
He left ....
160 days ago
Group Captain Varun Singh, rescued after the helicopter crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others, has died recently.
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After moving from Wellington to Tamil Nadu's Coonoor, he was being treated for severe burns at a Bengaluru hospital.
Within a previous couple of days, his condition continued ....
162 days ago
American gothic-fiction author Anne Rice, known for The Vampire Chronicles novel series, passed on to the great beyond.
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She passed away at the age of 80 on 11 December.
She was born in New Orleans on 4 October 1941.
Anne Rice's debut novel, issued in 1976, Interview with the Vampire, circles a vampire named Louis de Pointe ....
166 days ago
Dr. Suresh Jadhav, the Executive Director of the Serum Institute of India, has died.
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He contributed significantly to the creation of the Covishield vaccination.
He was a member of a number of national and international organizations and bodies.
India's Serum Institute is the world's largest vaccine manufacturer.
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167 days ago
Padmashri, Nanda Kishore Prustry passed away on 7 December in odisha.
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Nanda Kishore Prusty (Nanda Sir), a Padma Shri awardee and well-known Odisha teacher, passed away at 98.
He received the Padma Shri award for his achievements in the field of education on November 9, 2021.
He was from Kantira village in Odisha's Jajpur ....
168 days ago
World’s Oldest Test Cricketer, Eileen Ash passed Away. She was 110 years old.
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World’s oldest Test Cricketer, former English legend Eileen Ash passed away at 110.
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced Eileen Ash, the oldest living Test cricketer, died on December 4.
The right-arm seamer made her debut for ....
168 days ago
General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff, died in a helicopter crash close to Coonoor in Tamil Nadu.
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He was with the 14 people on board, his wife and staff members.
Thirteen people died in the crash, including CDS Rawat, Madhulika Rawat and 11 others.
An IAF Mi 17 V5 helicopter with a squad of 4 members bearing the CDS ....
168 days ago
Padma Bhushan Dr Mamballaikalathil Sarada Menon Passed away at 98 on 5 December
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India’s 1st woman Psychiatrist and the long-term head of the Institute of Mental Health, Padma Bhushan Dr Mamballaikalathil Sarada Menon, has passed away.
She was born on 5 April 1923 in a Malayali family in Mangalore, Karnataka. She was bestowed ....
