The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) named Meghalaya Environment and Forest Minister James Sangma as the winner of the Progressive Business Concept Award for promoting vegan pineapple leather.
Apart from encouraging farmers in the State to go for pineapple leather production, Mr. Sangma also had plans to open a climate change museum and introduce climate change in the school curricula.
According to the International Society for Horticultural Science, Meghalaya contributed to about 8% of the total pineapple produced in India.
Oct 15, 2021
Nadella Gets C. K. Prahalad Award for Business Sustainability Leadership
Indian American Satya Nadella, the Microsoft CEO, is among the corporate leaders to receive this year's prestigious C. K. Prahlad Award for Global Business Sustainability Leadership.
Created in 2010 the prestigious award recognises exceptional, globally significant private-sector action that exemplifies the fundamental connection between sustainability, innovation and long-term business success in a globalizing world.
Oct 14, 2021
Dr. Randeep Guleria Bags 22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award
AIIMS Delhi Director Dr. Randeep Guleria was honoured with the 22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence for his pioneer and sustained contribution in the field of medicine and pandemic awareness.
Dr. Guleria was conferred the prestigious award by Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu who called him "commander-in-chief" of India's dedicated army of frontline warriors who have been selflessly waging a tireless battle against COVID-19.
Oct 13, 2021
Astronautical Society of India Confers Aryabhata Award to G. Satheesh Reddy
Secretary DDR&D and Chairman DRDO G. Satheesh Reddy was conferred the prestigious Aryabhata Award by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI) for his outstanding lifetime contribution to the promotion of astronautics in India. Reddy is a pioneer in the area of R&D of advanced avionics, navigation, and missile technologies.
He has contributed immensely to strategic and tactical missile systems and helped the country become self-reliant in critical defence technologies. He is an institution builder and has set up mechanisms to establish robust defence development and production ecosystem.
The ASI is engaged in the dissemination of technical and other information related to astronautics by conducting technical meetings, bringing out technical publications and organising exhibitions.
Oct 12, 2021
Three US-based Economists Win 2021 Nobel Prize for Economics
Three US-based economists won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Economics for pioneering research on the labour market impacts of minimum wage, immigration and education, and for creating the scientific framework to allow conclusions to be drawn from such studies that can't use traditional methodology.
Canadian-born David Card of the University of California at Berkeley was awarded one half of the prize, while the other half was shared by Joshua Angrist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Dutch-born Guido Imbens from Stanford University.
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