New York, May 18 (ANI): A Massachusetts brewing company is creating a beer in the honour of a hero cop, Sean Collier, who was allegedly gunned down by the Boston Marathon bombers.

Washington, May 17 (ANI): A scientist has named an ancient extinct creature with 'scissor hand-like' claws, which he discovered in fossil records, in honour of his favourite movie star Johnny Depp.

New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): Internationally acclaimed director Mira Nair will be felicitated with the prestigious German Film Award for Peace - The Bridge 2013 for her upcoming film 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'.

Washington, May 11 (ANI): US Vice President Joe Biden cracked a joke thanking the firefighters for saving his Corvette, while honouring them at the 25th Annual National Fire and Emergency Services Dinner of the Congressional Fire Services Institute.

Mumbai, May 10 (ANI): Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari, who presented the Dadasaheb Phalke award to veteran Bollywood actor Pran, on Friday said his contribution to Indian cinema has been huge and added that the greatness of the award gets bigger after honouring Pran.

New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will honour 35 nursing professionals with the National Florence Nightingale Award on the occasion of International Nurses Day on May 12.

London, May 8 (ANI): As a mark of honour, Google paid tribute to Hollywood graphic designer and filmmaker Saul Bass through its Video Doodle.

Islamabad, May 6 (ANI): Family members and relatives of the victims of the bomb blast, said to have been carried out allegedly by Sarabjit Singh, have strongly condemned the act of the Indian government through which it honoured and called the murdered death-row convict a "hero".

London, May 05 (ANI): Kylie Minogue has been honoured by the Entertainment Industry Foundation's Women's Cancer Research Fund for her battle with breast cancer, in America on Thursday.

Bhikhiwind (Punjab), May 3 (ANI): A sea of humanity that included political leaders like Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the state's Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and other dignitaries stood witness as the mortal remains of Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner who died in a Pakistan hospital yesterday, was consigned to flames in his native village Bhikhiwind on Friday afternoon with full state honours.

Bikhiwind, May 3 (ANI): Sarabjit Singh, an Indian death row prisoner who died in Pakistan on Thursday a week after a brutal assault by other inmates of a high-security jail, will be accorded state funeral in his Punjab hometown of Bhikhiwind this afternoon.

New Delhi, May 1 (ANI): International Labour Day is being celebrated today across the world to honour the contribution and sacrifices made by the working class.

New Delhi, May 1 (ANI): Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal honoured noted social worker Dharampal Saini with The Week's "Man of The Year" award at a function held here yesterday evening.

New York, April 27 (ANI): Expressing his annoyance over one of minister's being subjected to a search and questioning at Boston Airport, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has cancelled a reception that was to be hosted in his honour by New York Consul General Dnyaneshwar Mulay.

Amritsar, April 27 (ANI): A memorial built in honour of those killed during Operation Blue Star in the first week of June 1984, is set to be opened to the public at the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar on Saturday.

London, April 24 (ANI): US singer Barbra Streisand has been honoured for her six decade film career with the 40th annual Chaplin Award Gala from the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York on Monday.

London, Apr. 22 (ANI): Google brought out their new doodle on Sunday to celebrate iconic fashion photographer Sir Norman Parkinson's 100th birth anniversary.

London, April 19 (ANI): A tortoise, who has been named after Adolf Hitler in honour of surviving the Blitz, is back from the dead -71 years after he survived a Nazi bomb attack in the Second World War.

London, Apr. 16 (ANI): The bells of Big Ben will be silenced during the funeral of Margaret Thatcher as a mark of respect from Parliament -- an honour that was not even accorded to Princess Diana.

London, Apr. 14 (ANI): A new museum and library has been planned in London to honour late Margaret Thatcher.

London, Apr. 12 (ANI): Argentina has reacted furiously at calls for the capital of the Falkland Islands to be renamed Port Margaret in honour of its liberator.

New Delhi, April 11(ANI): Hindu devotees converged at a temple in New Delhi on Thursday to mark the beginning of the nine-day long Hindu festival of Navratri, which is held in honour of nine forms of Mother Goddess, popularly known as Shakti.

Johannesburg, Apr 11 (ANI): South African players Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis and Dale Steyn, who were honoured as three of the prestigious Wisden Cricketer's Almanack's five 'Cricketers of the Year', have been congratulated by Cricket South Africa (CSA).

Imphal, Apr 9 (ANI): A young Manipuri youth serving as a Lieutenant in the British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS), Special Forces, has been chosen for a prestigious gallantry award for his bravery during a fierce gunfight with Al-Qaeda insurgents in Afghanistan in 2011.

London, Apr 5 (ANI): Famous English comedian and TV host Alan Carr will be removing his famous drinks globe from the set before interviewing booze-battling football idol Paul Gascoigne.