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Jan 14, 2021

PEDA Bags National Energy Conservation Award

Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has been awarded certificate of merit by the Ministry of Power for its achievements in energy conservation. It was received by Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa, CEO, and MP Singh, director, from RK Singh, MoS (Power) through video conferencing.

Jan 13, 2021

Trump Awards Medal of Freedom to Ally Jim Jordan

US President Donald Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Republican representative from Ohio Jim Jordan -- who is also regarded as one of the president's 'staunchest loyalists' in Congress -- citing his defences of the outgoing President against impeachment earlier last year and the Russia investigation.
Trump awarded the medal to Jim Jordan at a closed-door ceremony at the White House.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is usually awarded to figures who have made significant contributions to their field or defended the interests of the United States. But Trump has awarded the medal to political allies, particularly in his final weeks in office.

Jan 12, 2021

Indian Railways Bags 13 Prizes at National Energy Conservation Awards 2020

The Indian Railways bagged 13 prizes at the National Energy Conservation Awards, 2020, which are given by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency to those organisations that put in special efforts to reduce energy consumption.
The 13 prizes were awarded to multiple zones and workshops of the national transporter.
As per reports, relentless and continuous efforts to provide clean and green transportation to all its stakeholders and commuters has resulted in Indian Railways bagging 13 awards in three prestigious categories of the National Energy Conservation Awards (NECA) for the year 2020.
In the 'transport category', the Western Railway got the first prize, the Eastern Railway received the second prize, and the North Eastern Railway and the South Central Railway received Certificate of Merit, it said.
In the 'building category', Divisional Railway Manager's offices at Bhavnagar and Rajkot won the first and second prize, respectively.
The electrical department of Divisional Railway Manager office in the North Eastern Railway received Certificate of Merit in the building category.

Jan 11, 2021

Suriname President, Curacao PM, NZ Minister among 30 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awardees

Suriname President Chandrikapersad Santokhi, Curacao Prime Minister Eugene Rhuggenaath and New Zealand minister Priyanca Radhakrishnan were among 30 NRIs, and Indian-origin people and organisations who were conferred the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award.
President Ram Nath Kovind, who delivered the valedictory address on the third and final day of the 16^th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations, presented the awards at a virtual event.
The award is the highest honour conferred by the President of India as part of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Conventions on a Non-Resident Indian (NRI), Person of Indian Origin (PIO), and organisation or institution established and run by NRIs or PIOs.

Jan 08, 2021

Enactus Jamia Millia Islamia Wins Confluence on Entrepreneurship 2020

Team Enactus Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) was declared the winner at Confluence on Entrepreneurship 2020 organised by Tata Institute Of Social Sciences, Tuljapur on 30th December, 2020.
The confluence had witnessed participation of teams from all over India. The primary objective of the event was to promote enterprise development as an opportunity of livelihood in post-pandemic conditions with the emergence of business models/ approaches to mitigate/ alternatives to counter the ongoing political and economic changes.
The team, awarded with a Certificate of Excellence and mentorship sessions, had proposed its project Shrimati which had managed to garner wide appreciation by the members of the confluence board as well as the participants of the event.
Through Shrimati, Enactus JMI endeavours to tackle the issues of unemployment, domestic abuse, plastic pollution as well as sanitary waste disposal. For the same project, the team had earlier secured first runner-up position in another similar event hosted by Azim Premji University on 19th December, 2020.

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