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Dec 2018

Jul 29, 2022

Eminent Assamese Writer Atulananda Goswami Passes Away

Veteran Assamese litterateur and winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award, Atulananda Goswami, passed away. He was 87. Goswami was known as a short story writer, a litterateur and a novelist par excellence. He was awarded the Sahitya Academy award in 2006, for his novel 'Seneh Jorir Ganthi' in 2006.
Some of his other notable works include 'Namgharia' 'Hamdoi Pulor Jon', 'Rajpaat', 'Polatok' and 'Ashray'. He had translated many English, Bengali and Odia works into Assamese, and also Assamese texts into English.

Jul 28, 2022

Punjabi Singer Balwinder Safri Passes Away at 63

Popular UK-based Punjabi singer Balwinder Safri died at the age of 63, weeks after recovering from coma.
Punjab-born Safri, who was based in Birmingham, was part of the UK bhangra scene since 1980 and formed the Safri Boyz Band in 1990.
Safri, known for hit Punjabi tracks such as "Rahaye Rahaye" and "Chan Mere Makhna", slipped into coma in April after suffering brain damage following a heart surgery.

Jul 27, 2022

Bengal's 'One Rupee Doctor' Sushovan Bandyopadhyay Passes Away

Sushovan Bandyopadhyay famous as Bengal's 'one rupee doctor' passed away in Kolkata.
A doctor and a politician, Bandyopadhyay treated patients for close to 60 years. He had treated people for just one rupee and is fondly known as 'Ek Takar Daktar' (one rupee doctor).
He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2020. The same year his name was recorded in the Guinness World Records for treating the maximum number of patients.
He is an ex-MLA from Bolpur seat and had contested on Congress ticket in 1984. He was a member of Trinamool Congress in the past and was its Birbhum district president but had later quit the party.

Good Friday Agreement Architect David Trimble Dies

David Trimble, the Northern Irish leader who steered the region's Protestant majority into an historic peace deal with their Catholic rivals that earned him a Nobel Peace Prize, died aged 77.
Trimble, who became Northern Irish first minister in the power-sharing government that emerged from the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, was one of the chief architects of the accord that mostly ended three decades of bloodshed in the region.
Trimble and Irish nationalist John Hume jointly received the Nobel Prize in 1998 for their roles in helping end the violence between Catholic nationalists seeking Irish unity and pro-British Protestants wishing to stay in the United Kingdom that claimed some 3,600 lives.

Jul 26, 2022

Savita Kanswal First Woman in India to Successfully Climb Mt Everest and Mt Makalu in Just 16 Days

Savita Kanswal from Lonthru village in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi became the first woman in India who successfully climbed Mt. Everest and Mt. Makaluin, Asia, in just 16 days.
Her passion started in Class 11 when she got a chance for a 10-day Adventure Foundation Course. It was the course where her love for mountains began.
She started her mountaineering course in 2013 at the NIM (Nehru Mountaineering Institute), Uttarkashi.

Jul 22, 2022

Noted Scientist & ILS Director Dr. Ajay Parida Passes Away

Noted scientist and Director, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar Dr. Ajay Parida passed away. Parida, a Padma Shri awardee, was 58 year old.
Former DMET Prof CBK Mohanty who confirmed the death of Dr. Parida, hailed his contribution towards the people during COVID-19 pandemic. The ILS conducted genome sequencing to ascertain Covid variants, essential for proper treatment, under supervision of Dr. Parida.

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