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AWARDS AND HONOURS - December 2018

Dec 2018

Jun 09, 2020

Hindu Group Wins Two International Media Awards

The Hindu Group has won two awards at the International News Media Association (INMA) Global Media Awards 2020. This year, the competition received 922 entries for 16 categories from 262 news brands in 44 countries. The winners were announced in a global broadcast recently. The awards were given under Group 1 representing regional/local brands and Group 2 representing global/national brands.
In Group 1, The Hindu secured the first place for its campaign 'Cadbury Sweet Kondattam' for Client Mondelez India for 'Best Idea to Acquire or Retain Advertising Clients'. In Group 2, The Hindu Group secured the second place for its 'Stay home. Stay vigilant.' campaign for 'Best Initiative in Response to Covid-19'.

Jun 08, 2020

Javed Akhtar Wins 2020 Richard Dawkins Award

Veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar won the 2020 Richard Dawkins Award for critical thinking, holding religious dogma up to scrutiny, advancing human progress and humanist values.
Akhtar has become the first Indian to be given the honour, which recognises distinguished individual from the field of science, scholarship, education, or entertainment, who publicly proclaims the values of secularism and rationalism and upholding scientific truth.
The award is named after world-renowned English evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. Actor-comedian Ricky Gervais received the honour last year.

Jun 07, 2020

Forbes 100 World's Highest-paid Celebrities 2020

According to the Forbes 100 world's highest-paid celebrities 2020, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar ranked 52nd with estimated earnings of USD 48.5 million (M) and is the only Indian featured on the list.
The list is topped by Kylie Jenner, model who earned USD 590M and also topped in the women category, followed by American rapper Kanye West (2nd rank, USD 170M), tennis player Roger Federer (3rd rank, USD 106 M) and football player Cristiano Ronaldo (4th rank , USD 105 M).
The youngest on the list is the 18 year old American Pop musician Billie Eilish(43rd rank, USD 53 M) who is also a newcomer in 2020.
The oldest on the list is 77 years old Musician Paul McCartney (91st rank, USD 37 M.

Jun 06, 2020

Platinum Recognition in ACI Asia-Pacific Green Airports Recognition 2020

In Asia-Pacific Annual Green Airport Recognition 2020 Airports Council International (ACI) awarded the highest Platinum Recognition to GMR led Rajiv Gandhi Hyderabad International Airport (RGHIA) for their effective water management under the 15-35 Million Passengers per annum (MPPA) category.
The Green Airport Recognition Programme of ACI promotes the environmental practices that minimise the impacts of the aviation sector on the environment and recognises a member of the ACI Asia-Pacific for their achievement in the projects related to the environment.
The focus of Green Airport Recognition 2020 is Water Management.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Wins EY World Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 Award

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, executive chairperson of Biocon Ltd, was named the EY World Entrepreneur of The Year at a virtual award ceremony.
Mazumdar-Shaw was picked from among 46 award winners from 41 countries and territories vying for the world title. In the 20-year history of the award, she became the third EY World Entrepreneur of The Year Award winner from India, after Uday Kotak of Kotak Mahindra Bank (2014) and Narayana Murthy of Infosys Technologies Ltd (2005).

May 27, 2020

Major Suman Gawani to be Honoured with UN Military Gender Advocate Award

Major Suman Gawani, an Indian Army officer and woman peacekeeper who has served with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), has been selected for the prestigious United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award (2019).
She has been awarded for her outstanding contribution to peacekeeping efforts in the UNMISS.
This is the first time that an Indian peacekeeper is being given the UN Military Gender Advocate award.

Indian-American IBM Scientist Bags Inventor of the Year Award

Prolific Indian-American inventor Rajiv Joshi has bagged the prestigious Inventor of the Year award in recognition of his pioneering work in advancing the electronic industry and improving artificial intelligence capabilities.
Dr Joshi, who is a master inventor with more than 250 patented inventions in the US, works at the IBM Thomson Watson Research Center in New York.
He was presented with the prestigious annual award by the New York Intellectual Property Law Association during a virtual award ceremony.

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