by Team Spectrum Books | Jan 2, 2023 | Persons in the News
The well-known French author, Dominique Lapierre, died of old age on December 2, 2022. He was 91. He had a passion for writing, travelling, and automobiles. He also had a passion for India. Two of his books about India are particularly worth-mentioning: Five Past...
by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 25, 2022 | Persons in the News
After the landslide victory in the general elections, Giorgia Meloni of the Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d’Italia) party is set to become the first female prime minister of Italy. On September 25, 2022, elections were held in Italy in which the right alliance, the left...
by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 25, 2022 | Persons in the News
On September 28, 2022, retired Lt General Anil Chauhan was appointed as India’s second Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), the first being late General Bipin Rawat, who had passed away in a helicopter crash in December 2021. For the first time in the history of India’s...
by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 25, 2022 | Persons in the News
On September 30, 2022, the veteran film actress, director, and producer, Asha Parekh, was conferred the 52nd Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2020 for her exemplary lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. The five-member jury, comprising Asha Bhosle, Hema Malini,...
by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 21, 2022 | Persons in the News
The British novelist, Dame Hilary Mary Mantel, passed away on September 22, 2022. Mantel was regarded as one of the greatest English-language novelists of this century, winning the Booker Prize twice—one for Wolf Hall in 2009 and the other for its sequel, Bring Up...
by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 21, 2022 | Persons in the News
On September 8, 2022, the longest-reigning and the longest-lived monarch in the British history, Queen Elizabeth II, passed away peacefully at her Scottish estate due to old age ailments, after reigning for 70 years. Queen Elizabeth II was ascended to the throne at...
