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AWARDS AND HONOURS - December 2018

Dec 2018

Jun 29, 2020

Skipping Sikh Honoured For Raising Funds For UK's National Health

A British Sikh, who became a social media star as the "Skipping Sikh" after he took on skipping and fundraising for the state-funded National Health Service (NHS) during the coronavirus lockdown, has been awarded the 'Points of Light' honour by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Rajinder Singh from Harlington in west London, began filming exercise videos earlier this year, bringing together over 250,000 viewers on YouTube, encouraging people to remain active and raising over 12,000 pounds for NHS charities.
The award, in recognition of Mr Singh's fundraising efforts and spreading the simple message of "health is wealth" and "stay active and stay happy", marks the 1,410th such award.
Points of Light are outstanding individual volunteers and people making a change in their community, who are honoured every weekday by the UK prime minister to recognise their inspirational volunteer work.

Jun 25, 2020

Gulabbai Sangamnerkar and Madhuvanti Dandekar to get Lifetime Achievement Award

Maharashtra Culture Minister Amit Deshmukh announced that Vithabai Narayangaokar lifetime achievement award 2018-19 will be conferred upon the senior tamasha (folk art) artist, Gulabbai Sangamnerkar and Sangeetacharya Annasaheb Kirloskar musical theatre lifetime achievement award will be given to Veteran theatre actress-singer Madhuvanti Dandekar.
Both the awards carry a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh, a citation and a memento.
Gulabbai Sangamnerkar started to work in the field of Tamasha from the age of 9.
She has appeared in some Hindi films & has also performed some songs in the Lata Mangashekar's album, 'Ajolchi Gaani'.
Madhuvanti Dandekar's theatre career spans more than 5 decades. She has performed in 25 Marathi stage musicals.

Jun 20, 2020

Amartya Sen Wins 2020 Peace Prize of the German

Indian economist, philosopher and Nobel Laureate Amartya Kumar Sen (86) has been selected for 2020 Peace Prize by the Board of Trustees of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for his decades-long work around issues of global justice.
He will be presented with the award by German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, Borsenverein in a ceremony that will take place on October 18, 2020, in Paulskirche (Germany).
Every year since 1950, the German Book Trade Peace Prize has been given. I addition to the title, the winner is also given a cash prize of €25,000 euros ($28,000).
Its goal is to honour those individuals who, with their outstanding work in the fields of literature, science and art, make a big contribution in making the ideas of peace come true.
In 2019, the award was presented to famous Brazilian photographer and photo journalist Sebastiao Ribeiro Salgado.
Professor Amartya Sen, who teaches at Harvard University in the US, has also been awarded the Nobel Prize in 1998 for Economics.

Jun 18, 2020

Indian Startups Part of the World Economic Forum's List of Technology Pioneers of 2020

Two Indian startups Stellapps and Zestmoney were featured in the List of Technology Pioneers of 2020, released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) which consists of pioneers addressing the global issues with advanced technologies.
More than 25 industries in the list are led by females which is twice the industry average.

Jun 17, 2020

Deccan Development Society Wins Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Award

Hyderabad-based Deccan Development Society has won the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Award.
This honour is one of the most pined for natural honours on the planet for the year 2020.
The honour was declared by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Vice President and CEO, Olivier Wenden.
The honour of 40,000 Euros (roughly Rs 35 lakhs) has been given to the general public.

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