15-3-2019
y Writer Raghu Karnad wins the Windham-Campbell prize under non-fiction category for the work Farthest Afield: An Indian story of the Second World War. He is among eight writers who have been chosen for this award this year and will get a cash prize of $1,65,000.
y Beto O’ Rourke, a skate boarding former punk rocker feted as one of the Democratic Party’s rising stars, announces that he is running for President. “The only way for us to live up to the promise of America is to give it our all and to give it for all of us,” the 46-year old said.
16-3-2019
y In a fillip to free speech the Supreme Court stays the conviction and punishment of Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim and publisher Shobha Chaudhuri by the Meghalaya High Court in a contempt case.
y Airbus begins trials of drones delivering parcels to ships anchored offshore in Singapore. A drone carried a 1.5 kg parcel to a vessel anchored....
