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<p><b><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><amp-img src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/media2/indiatoday/images/stories/1997December/signpost%20(1)_090612100559.jpg" alt="" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img></div></div>Died:</b> Kota Shivarama Karanth, 96, noted Kannada writer and Jnanpith award winner (1978), after a brief illness. He was a multi-faceted personality with a concern for the environment, education, literature, art, film and music. Active in politics during the 1977 elections, he even returned the Padma Bhushan to protest against the Emergency.<br><br><b>Selected:</b> Professor D. Balasubramanian, for the 1997 Kalinga Award. Currently director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, Balasubramanian is also a science columnist and presenter of science programmes on television. First instituted in 1952, the Kalinga Award is presented annually by the UNESCO.<br><b><br>Honoured:</b> Zubin Mehta, India-born maestro, with Austria's Great Silver Medal for service to the country. President Thomas Klestil presented the medal to the 61-yearold conductor. Mehta studied music in Vienna before embarking on his four decade-long music career.<br><br><b><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><amp-img src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/media2/indiatoday/images/stories/1997December/signpost_090612100559.jpg" alt="" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img></div></div>Appointed:</b> Salman Haidar, former foreign secretary, as the next high commissioner to the United Kingdom. He succeeds L.M. Singhvi. Many believe this appointment by the caretaker Gujral Government to be an inappropriate one.<br><b><br>Died:</b> Professor Khaliq Ahmad Nizami, 72, former Aligarh Muslim University vice-chancellor and eminent historian, following a cardiac arrest. One of the leading experts on medieval history in the country, he had also served as ambassador to Syria.</p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">AtMigration </div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Dec 22, 1997 00:00 IST</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div>

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<p><b style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/media2/indiatoday/images/stories/1997December/signpost%20(1)_090612100559.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div></div>Died:</b> Kota Shivarama Karanth, 96, noted Kannada writer and Jnanpith award winner (1978), after a brief illness. He was a multi-faceted personality with a concern for the environment, education, literature, art, film and music. Active in politics during the 1977 elections, he even returned the Padma Bhushan to protest against the Emergency.<br><br><b style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Selected:</b> Professor D. Balasubramanian, for the 1997 Kalinga Award. Currently director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, Balasubramanian is also a science columnist and presenter of science programmes on television. First instituted in 1952, the Kalinga Award is presented annually by the UNESCO.<br><b style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br>Honoured:</b> Zubin Mehta, India-born maestro, with Austria's Great Silver Medal for service to the country. President Thomas Klestil presented the medal to the 61-yearold conductor. Mehta studied music in Vienna before embarking on his four decade-long music career.<br><br><b style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/media2/indiatoday/images/stories/1997December/signpost_090612100559.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div></div>Appointed:</b> Salman Haidar, former foreign secretary, as the next high commissioner to the United Kingdom. He succeeds L.M. Singhvi. Many believe this appointment by the caretaker Gujral Government to be an inappropriate one.<br><b style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br>Died:</b> Professor Khaliq Ahmad Nizami, 72, former Aligarh Muslim University vice-chancellor and eminent historian, following a cardiac arrest. One of the leading experts on medieval history in the country, he had also served as ambassador to Syria.</p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">AtMigration </div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Dec 22, 1997 00:00 IST</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div>

Zubin Mehta, India-born maestro, honoured with Austria's Great Silver Medal for service to the country. President Thomas Klestil presented the medal to the 61-yearold conductor.

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Zubin Mehta honoured with Austria's Great Silver Medal for service to the country

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