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AWARDS AND HONOURS - December 2018

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May 25, 2021

Kerala Farmer Bags India Biodiversity Award 2021

Shaji .N.M. fondly called as 'Tuber Man' of Kerala has been awarded the India Biodiversity Award 2021 in the individual category of 'Conservation of domesticated species'.
Mr. Shaji, who conserves a wide array of around 200 tuber crops including greater yam, lesser yam, elephant foot yam, arrow root, colocasia, sweet potato, cassava and Chinese potato in his farm has received State awards seven times for his efforts. He has also received the Plant Genome Savior Reward 2015, instituted by PPV&FR Authority, New Delhi.
He makes efforts to travel even to interior forests to get new types of tubers, which are known and used only by the tribal community, and even such special tubers are conserved in his field including six wild species. His farm has 40-odd varieties of turmeric and 30 varieties of ginger. He is also conserving many paddy varieties, which are on the verge of extinction.

Naturalist Jane Goodall Wins 2021 Templeton Prize for Life's Work

The naturalist Jane Goodall has been announced as the 2021 winner of the Templeton Prize in recognition of her life's work on animal intelligence and humanity.
Goodall built her global reputation on her groundbreaking studies of chimpanzees in Tanzania in the 1960s. Her foundation, the Jane Goodall Institute, works with local communities as well as providing safe habitats for chimpanzees and gorillas, and its educational branch, Roots and Shoots, operates in 67 countries.

May 23, 2021

Six Research Scholars Get Prime Minister's Research Fellowship

It is a matter of great pride for the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University that six of its researchers have been awarded the prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF) under the Lateral Entry Scheme of the December 2020 drive.
They are: Fozia Tabassum - Civil Engineering Department, Momina - Civil Engineering Department, Azra Malik - Electrical Engineering Department, Firoz Khan - Center for Nanology and Nanotechnology, Alia Tayeb - Center for Basic Interdisciplinary Research abd Aashi Saif - Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Science Center.
PMRF-JMI Coordinator Professor Abdul Qayyum Ansari said the six researchers will personally receive a fellowship of Rs. 70,000 per month for the first two years, Rs. 75,000 per month for the third year, Rs. 80,000 per month for the fourth and fifth year respectively.
In addition, each of them will get a research grant of Rs 2 lakh per year (a total of Rs. 10 lakh for five years) under the PMRF.

May 21, 2021

DNA Sequencing Pioneers from Cambridge Win 1 Million Euro Tech Nobel Prize

Two British chemists who developed a super-fast DNA sequencing technique that paved the way for revolutionary healthcare advances were awarded Finland's version of the Nobel science prizes. Cambridge University professors Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman took home the 1 million euro ($1.22 million) Millennium Technology Prize for their work over 27 years creating ever faster and cheaper ways to sequence the human genome.
The pair's Next-Generation DNA Sequencing technology (NGS) "means huge benefits to society, from helping the fight against killer diseases such as Covid-19 or cancer to better understanding crop diseases and enhancing food production," the Technology Academy Finland, which awards the biennial prize.
The Finnish Millennium Technology Prize, founded in 2004, singles out innovations that have practical applications and which "enhance the quality of people's lives." It aims to be a technology equivalent of the Nobel science prizes, which have been criticised by some for focusing too much on traditional, decades-old scientific research.

May 18, 2021

Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank Receives 'International Invincible Gold Medal'

The "International Invincible Gold Medal" of this year has been conferred on Union Education Minister Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
Dr. Tony Nader, president of Maharshi Organisation worldwide, said that Nishank has been recognised for his extraordinary commitment and outstanding service to humanity through his writings, social and illustrious public life. The decision was made after due deliberations by a high-powered committee duly constituted under the leadership of Dr. Tony Nader who is the global head of the organisation.
The honour was announced at a two-day virtual session which was attended by representatives from over 110 countries. The award will be formally presented to the union minister on Guru Purnima this year (2021).

Kobe Bryant Inducted Posthumously Into Basketball Hall of Fame

Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant was inducted posthumously into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday part of a star-studded group that also included Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett. Bryant was inducted as part of the Class of 2020, almost 16 months after he and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were killed in a helicopter crash along with seven others in southern California. Bryant's wife, Vanessa Bryant, took the podium.
Bryant and the others were voted into the Hall of Fame as part of the 2020 class, but the formal induction ceremony was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Los Angeles Lakers great Bryant retired in 2016; he was the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2008 and a five-time NBA champion.

May 17, 2021

Marina Abramovic Wins Spanish Arts Prize

A Spanish foundation awarded Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic one of the European nation's most prestigious awards for the fine arts.
The jury that decides the Princess of Asturias Awards said that the work of the 74-year-old Abramovic revealed "a sensorial and spiritual component hitherto unknown."
The 50,000-euro ($56,700) award is one of eight prizes, ranging from the arts, social sciences and sports, handed out annually by a foundation named for Spanish Crown Princess Leonor.

Andrea Meza of Mexico Crowned 69th Miss Universe

Andrea Meza from Mexico was crowned as the 69th Miss Universe. The pageant was held on May 16, in the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Hotel or famously known as the Guitar hotel in Florida. Meza was preceded by Miss Universe Zozobini Tunzi of South Africa.
Andrea had to compete with 73 other gorgeous women from all over the world for the coveted title out of which Miss India Adeline Castelino was also being considered as a strong contender. Castelino made it to the top five along with Miss Brazil, Miss Peru and Miss Dominican Republic. Andrea made history with her win as she became the third Mexican woman to be crowned as Miss Universe.

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