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AWARDS AND HONOURS - December 2018

Dec 2018

Sep 12, 2019

Geoffrey Boycott, Strauss Given Knighthoods

England cricket greats Geoffrey Boycott and Andrew Strauss have been given knighthoods by Theresa May in her resignation honours list.
Boycott and Strauss both received the honour for their services to sport after outstanding careers for England.
Former England and Middlesex batsman Strauss hit 7,037 runs in 100 Tests from 2004 to 2012.
Sir Geoffrey Boycott OBE is a retired cricketer, who formerly played cricket for Yorkshire and England.

Usha Khanna Confers with 'Lata Mangeshkar Award

Veteran music director Usha Khanna has been conferred the Maharashtra government's "Lata Mangeshkar Award" for the year 2019-20, Cultural Affairs Minister Vinod Tawde announced.
The award, instituted in 1993, has been given to senior musicians for their contribution to the industry.
The award, named after the legendary singer, consists of Rs 5,00,000 cash, a citation and a memento.
Khanna, 78, is one of the few women musicians in the Indian film industry who carved out a niche for herself in the otherwise male-dominated field.

Sep 11, 2019

UNESCO Confucious Prize

The 2019 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy, which is sponsored by the government of China, was awarded to:

'Camacol Antioquia' in Colombia for its 'Obras Escuala' programme
'BASAbali' in Indonesia for its 'BASAbali Wiki' programme
Nuovo Comitato il Nobel per I Disabili' in Italy for its 'TELL ME – Theatre for Education and Literacy Learning of Migrants in Europe' programme

UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize

The 2019 UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize, which is sponsored by the government of South Korea, was awarded to:

'National Office of Literacy and Education for Adults' in Algeria for its 'National Strategy for Multilingual Literacy' programme.
Textile Fibres and Development Company' (SODEFITEX) in Senegal for its 'Functional literacy and follow-up vocational training for farmers in southern Senegal in national languages' programme.

Sep 10, 2019

Visitor's Award 2019

Recipients of Visitor's Awards 2019 for research in various fields were announced by President's Secretariat. The award would be conferred by President Ram Nath Kovind at an event to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan later.
The Awards will be presented for Research in- Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences and Technology Development.
The following are the recipients of the 2019 Award: Professor Sibnath Deb, Professor Sanjay Puri, Professor Asad Ullah Khan, Dr. Pratima and Dr. Shaon Ray Chaudhuri.
The Visitor's Awards were instituted in 2014. Since 2014, President annually confers Visitor's Awards in various categories to the recipients.

Sep 09, 2019

PM Modi Congratulates 16-Year-Old Priyavrata, Youngest To Pass 'Mahapariksha'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded a 16-year-old boy Priyavrata for becoming the youngest person to pass the "Mahapariksha" examination.History was created yesterday by 16-year-old Priyavrata son of Smt Aparna and Sri Devadatta Patil.
While studying Veda and Nyaya from his father, he studied all Vyakarana Maha Granthas from Sri Mohana Sharma and passed 14 levels of Tenali Pariksha, Youngest to pass the MahaPariksha.
Tenali examination having 14 levels is taken twice a year by the students studying 'Shastras.'

Venice Film Festival

The 76th Venice Film Festival draws to a close with the winners announced from inside the Sala Grande on the Lido.
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS

Golden Lion: 'Joker' directed by Todd Phillips
Grand Jury Prize: 'An Officer and a Spy' by Roman Polanski
Silver Lion for Best Director: Roy Andersson for 'About Endlessness'
Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Ariane Ascaride in 'Gloria Mundi'
Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Luca Marinelli in 'Martin Eden'

Sep 08, 2019

Anil Agarwal Honoured With Lifetime Achievement Award

Chairman of Vedanta Resources Anil Agarwal has been given the lifetime achievement award at the 19th Annual Asian Achievers Awards.
- BBC News Economics Editor Faisal Islam was chosen for the media achievement award.
- Deputy Mayor of London Rajesh Agrawal received the editor's award for public service.
- Novelist Jeffrey Archer helped raise GBP 150,000 for India-based charity group Yuva Unstoppable in an auction at the awards night.

Swachh India Awards

President Ram Nath Kovind has said, construction of toilets across the country under Swachh Bharat Mission has helped in maintaining the dignity of women as well as their empowerment.
Mr Kovind was speaking after presenting awards in various categories for outstanding contribution to Swachh Bharat Mission at a special function in New Delhi. The President described cleanliness as the pathway to success.
Some of the important awards presented by the President are:

Swatch ionic places Award: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Temple
Swachhata Pakhwada Award: Department of Defense
Swachhata Action plan: Ministry of Railways
Swachh Bharat Kosh: Power Grid cooperation
Ganga Gram: Village Baghori, Uttarkashi
ODF and Behavior change: Gujarat, Sikkim
Swachh India Summer internship: Ranjitha S for NCC, Nainital for NSS, and Anantapuramu for NYKS

Team Behind First Black Hole Images Wins 'Oscars Of Science' Award

The team from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration project won the 'Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics' - an award considered the 'Oscars of Science'. The team won a prize of $3 million for their work.
The award was launched by a group of entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, California.
The picture is orange and blurry and relatively mundane, compared to some of the stunning images that other satellites and telescopes produce from space.
However, this was no ordinary picture. It is the first image of a black hole ever captured. Some 347 scientists worked over a decade to produce it.

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