President Pranab Mukherjee gives the Best Actor award to Akshay Kumar at the 64th National Film Awards. Akshay won the award for Rustom. Present alongside are Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mr M Venkaiah Naidu (left) and Minister of State (I and B) Mr Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Actress Sonam Kapoor receives a Special Mention from President Mukherjee for her role as Neerja in the eponymous movie that won the National Award for Best Hindi Film
India’s relation with the African continent goes back a long way to the Bronze Age, some 4,000 years and more. Millet originally farmed in Africa was later discovered in the Indian subcontinent during the Indus Valley civilization. Incidentally, millet (Shree Anna) became the overriding theme at the G20 dinner served to heads of states on September 9, 2023 in New Delhi. At India’s initiative, the UNGA adopted an initiative to declare 2023 as the International Year of Millets.
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