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Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Anil Kakodkar, who played a key role in finalising the India-U.S. civil nuclear cooperation agreement; Indian Space Research Organisation chief G. Madhavan Nair, involved in the first Chandrayaan mission; Sister Nirmala, Superior General of Mother Teresa’s Kolkata-based Missionaries of Charities; and noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna are among the 10 distinguished personalities honoured with Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second highest civilian award, on the 60th Republic Day.

Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully tested the third biggest solid rocket motor in the world after the booster rocket of Nasa's space shuttle and Arianespace's Ariane-5 launch vehicle.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Friday as he would be undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery early tomorrow morning.

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni lost his number one spot but opening batsman Virender Sehwag gained eight places to return to the top- 10 at eighth in the ICC ODI rankings issued on Sunday.

Choreographer-turned-filmmaker Prabhu Deva is back in action, overcoming a personal tragedy (he lost his 13-year-old son Vishal to cancer a few months back). A man of few words, the shy dancer-actor-director was in Mumbai to participate in a shoot for Zee TV's reality show Dance India Dance.

Stars who hardly get roles or heroines who have lost glamour switchover to Television. That is quite common feature. But imagine a star who is still in much demand and directors and producers are waiting to get a nod for their projects from him moving to TV.

Contract killing seems to be Bobby Deol's favourite screen profession. Soldier, Badal, Bichoo, Kismat, Chamku…I have actually lost count of how many times this reasonably watchable actor has reprised the role.

It has indeed been a sad week for the film fraternity. While on Sunday (May 17), prolific filmmaker Prakash Mehra passed away, a day earlier actor Rahul Dev also lost his wife to cancer.

Teja is back. Once regarded as top director, Teja is currently going through lean phase. All his recent films are duds at box-office, so he lost the zing. After nearly two years of sabbatical, he is making comeback with another big film.