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AWARDS AND HONOURS - December 2018

Dec 2018

Sep 15, 2021

Booker Prize Shortlist Unveiled

The 2021 Booker Prize shortlist, unveiled at a virtual event in London, includes six finalists for the prestigious award for works of fiction, with an equal male-female author split.
Indian-origin British novelist Sunjeev Sahota, who had made the longlist with his acclaimed immigrant tale 'China Room', missed out in the final running.
Sri Lankan Tamil author Anuk Arudpragasam made the cut with 'A Passage North'; South African author Damon Galgut for 'The Promise'; Americans Patricia Lockdwood for 'No One is Talking About this', Richard Powers for 'Bewilderment', and Maggie Shipstead for 'Great Circle'; and British-Somali author Nadifa Mohamed 'The Fortune Men'.
The shortlist was chosen from 158 novels published in the UK or Ireland between October 2020 and September 2021.

Sep 14, 2021

UN's World Tourism Organization Award

Three Indian villages have been nominated in the Best Tourism Village category for the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Award. Madhya Pradesh's Ladhpura Khas village that is situated near the town of Orchha, is one such village. The other two villages are Meghalaya's Kongthong village, and Telangana's Pochampally village.
Indian village tourism has taken off ever since the nation's Rural Tourism Project began across states. The idea behind such a project is to give shape to the concept of village tourism, which is not prevalent in the country.

Sep 13, 2021

French Abortion Drama 'Happening' Tops Venice Film Festival

Audrey Diwan's 1960s abortion drama 'L'Evenement' (Happening) won the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, while the runner up honour went to Paolo Sorrentino's semi-autobiographical 'The Hand of God'.
Ms. Diwan's film about a French college student who finds herself with an unwanted pregnancy was the unanimous choice from the prestigious jury that included Oscar winners Bong Joon Ho and Chloé Zhao.
The competition this year was robust, including well-received films like Jane Campion's 'The Power of the Dog', Pedro Almodóvar's 'Parallel Mothers', Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Lost Daughter' and 'The Hand of God'. Twenty-one films were vying for the prize, which has become a promising early indicator of a film's Oscars prospects.

Sep 12, 2021

Mumbai Teen Named 2021 International Young Eco-Hero for Environment Project

Twelve-year old Ayaan Shankta, an environment activist, has been named as the 2021 International Young Eco-Hero in recognition of his efforts to solve tough environmental problems.
Ayaan Shankta won the third place in the 8-14 age category for his project Conservation and Rehabilitation of Powai Lake.
He is one of the 25 young environmental activists from across the globe honoured by the Action for Nature (AFN) as a 2021 International Young Eco-Hero, an award that recognizes eco-conscious youth aged 8 to 16 who are taking crucial steps to solve tough environmental problems.

Sep 11, 2021

UNESCO Literacy Prizes

The UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize was awarded to:
Limitless Horizons Ixil in Guatemala for its 'Broadcasting Bilingual Stories: Promoting Interactive Literacy Programming in Rural Guatemala' programme.
National Institute of Open Schooling in India for its 'Enabling education of persons with disabilities through technology enabled inclusive learning material, with specific focus on Indian sign language-based content' programme.
Puku Children's Literature Foundation in South Africa for its 'Using digital technologies to promote children's literature in South Africa's indigenous languages' programme.
The UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy was awarded to:
ONG GA-TIC Côte d'Ivoire in Côte d'Ivoire for its 'Functional literacy for traders in Abidjan through the use of ICT' programme.
Ain-Shams University in Egypt for its 'Ain Shams University experience in organizing online literacy classes for rural areas in Egypt' programme.
Construyendo y Creciendo in Mexico for its 'Building & Growing' programme.

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