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AWARDS AND HONOURS - December 2018

Dec 2018

Aug 19, 2019

National Sports Awards 2019

List of All the winners:

Khel Ratna: Deepa Malik (para-athletics), Bajrang Punia (wrestling)
Arjuna Award: Ravindra Jadeja (cricket), Mohammed Anas Yahiya (athletics), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (football), Sonia Lather (boxing), Chinglensana Singh Kangujam (hockey), S Bhaskaran (bodybuilding), Ajay Thakur (kabaddi), Anjum Moudgil (shooting), Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth (badminton), Tajinder Pal Singh Toor (athletics), Pramod Bhagat (para sports-badminton), Harmeet Rajul Desai (table tennis), Pooja Dhanda (wrestling), Fouaad Mirza (equestrian), Simran Singh Shergill (polo), Poonam Yadav (cricket), Swapna Burman (athletics), Sundar Singh Gurjar (para sports-athletics) and Gaurav Singh Gill (motorsports).
Dronacharya Award (regular category): Mohinder Singh Dhillon (athletics), Sandeep Gupta (table tennis) and Vimal Kumar (badminton).
Dronacharya Award (lifetime category): Sanjay Bhardwaj (cricket), Rambir Singh Khokar (kabaddi) and Mezban Patel (hockey).
Dhyan Chand Award: Manoj Kumar (wrestling), C Lalremsanga (archery), Arup Basak (table tennis), Nitten Kirrtane (tennis) and Manuel Fredricks (hockey).

Aug 18, 2019

Deepa Joins Bajrang For Khel Ratna

Rio Paralympics silver medallist Deepa Malik was nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour, joining Asian and Commonwealth Games champion wrestler Bajrang Punia.
The name of 48-year-old Deepa, who won a silver in shot put F53 category in 2016 Rio Paralympics, was added for the Khel Ratna by a 12-member selection committee on the second day of the two-day meeting.

Aug 17, 2019

19 ITBP Officials Conferred With Medals On Independence Day

19 Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officials have been conferred with Police Medals on the occasion of 73rd Independence Day, 2019.
Five of them were conferred with Police Medal for Gallantry, four with President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service while 10 were conferred with Police Medal for Meritorious service.
Five ITBP men of 44th Battalion ITBP have been awarded with Police Medal for Gallantry for displaying exemplary valour and extra ordinary courage in a naxal encounter that took place on October 25, 2017 in the jungles of Kamkasur and Kopankarka in Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh.

CRPF Personnel Honoured With 75 Gallantry Medals

CRPF has been awarded with as many as 75 Medals for Gallantry (one Kirti Chakra, two Shaurya Chakra, two President's Police Medals for Gallantry and 70 Police Medals for Gallantry).
With this, the total number of Gallantry Medals won by the deserving force personnel till now has totalled to 1,900 - the highest ever among all the CAPFs in the country.

Awards To Four For AN-32 Search Ops

Four of the mountaineers, including two Everesters who were closely involved in search of the ill-fated Indian Air Force's AN32 transport aircraft, will be awarded Arunachal Pradesh's highest annual award.
The AN-32 crashed in Arunachal Pradesh's Siang district on June 3, 2019 on its way from Jorhat in Assam to the advance landing ground in Mechuka with 13 crew members on board.
Taka Tamut from Siang and Kishon Tekseng from Upper Siang district, both of whom climbed Mount Everest in 2018 and Ongkengmang Mize and Talik Durung, both from Siang feature in the list of ten persons who will be awarded the gold medal.

Aug 16, 2019

ISRO Chairman K Sivan Conferred With A P J Abdul Kalam Award

In recognition of K Sivan's stellar work in promotion of science and technology, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman is conferred with APJ Abdul Kalam Award.
The award carries 8 gm gold medal, Rs five lakh in cash and a citation.

Rajasthan Gets Award At World Education Summit

Rajasthan has bagged the "best innovation and initiative leadership award" for its achievements in higher education in the World Education Summit-2019 held in New Delhi.
Minister of State for Higher Education Bhanwar Singh Bhati received the award at the 14th summit organised .
Mr. Bhati threw light on the initiatives taken in the State for promoting higher education with the emphasis on inculcating ethical values among the students, improving their personality through extra-curricular activities and developing their skills to face competitive exams.

Aug 15, 2019

Balakot: Woman Flight Controller Wins Medal

Squadron Leader Minty Aggarwal, the fighter controller who played a significant role in intercepting the Pakistan Air Force's attempt to launch retaliatory air attacks after the Indian Air Force's (IAF) Balakot air strikes, was awarded the Yudh Seva Medal on the eve of Independence Day.
She is the first woman in the India's military history to be awarded the YSM, a medal that recognises distinguished service of a high order during war, conflict or hostilities.
YSM is not a gallantry award.

Medal Of Excellence In Investigation Awarded To 96 Police Personnel

Ninety-six police personnel, including 15 Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers, have been awarded the "Union Home Minister's Medal for Excellence in Investigation."
Among the personnel receiving these awards, 11 are from Maharashtra Police, 10 are from Uttar Pradesh Police, 9 are from Kerala Police, 8 are from Madhya Pradesh Police, 6 are from Delhi Police and Karnataka Police and the remaining from the other States/UT and Central Investigating Agencies
The recipients include 13 women officers.
The award was instituted in 2018 with the objective of promoting high professional standards of investigation of crime and to recognise such excellence in investigation by officers.

Awardees On 73rd India's Independence Day 2019

President Ram Nath Kovind, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, has approved 132 Awards to Armed Forces Personnel and members of Paramilitary Forces.
The awards include two Kirti Chakras, one Vir Chakra, 14 Shaurya Chakras, eight Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 90 Sena Medals (Gallantry), five Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry), seven Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry) and five Yudh Seva Medals.
The complete list of awardees is as follows:

Kirti Chakra

1. Sapper Prakash Jadhav, The Corps Of Engineers/First Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) - Army

2. Shri Harshpal Singh, Dy Commandant - CRPF.

Vir Chakra

1. Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, Flying (Pilot) - Air Force.

Shaurya Chakra

1. Lieutenant Colonel Ajay Singh Kushwah, The Jammu And Kashmir Rifles/3rd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles - Army.

2. Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal, The Corps Of Electronic And Mechanical Engineers/55th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) - Army.

3. Captain Maheshkumar Bhure, The Corps Of Engineers/34th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles Army

4. Lance Naik Sandeep Singh, 4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (special Forces) (posthumous)- Army

5. Sepoy Brajesh Kumar, The Punjab Regiment/22nd Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) - Army.

6. Sepoy Hari Singh, The Grenadiers/55th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) - Army.

7. Rifleman Ajveer Singh Chauhan, 6th Battalion The Garhwal Rifles - Army.

8. Rifleman Shive Kumar, The Jammu And Kashmir Light Infantry/31st Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) - Army.

9. Amit Singh Rana - Navy.

10. Shri Sable Dnyaneshwar Shriram, Constable - CRPF.

11. Shri Zaker Hussain, Constable - CRPF.

12. Shri Ashiq Hussain Malik, Special Police Official (posthumous) - MHA.

13. Shri Subash Chander, Head Constable - J&K MHA.

14. Shri Imran Hussain Tak, Sub Inspector (posthumous) - MHA.

Wing Commander ABHINANDAN VARTHAMAN was awarded the third-highest wartime gallantry award for shooting down a Pakistani F-16 combat jet on February 27 – a day after the Balakot operation – before he was shot down and captured on the other side of Line of Control. This is the IAF's first Vir Chakra since the Kargil war.
In addition, President Ram Nath Kovind has also awarded one President's Tatrakshak Medal (Distinguished Service), five Tatrakshak Medals (Gallantry) and two Tatrakshak Medal (Meritorious Service) to Indian Coast Guard personnels for their act of conspicuous gallantry and distinguished/meritorious service.

SP Mishra To Be Conferred With Award

SP Mishra, Deputy Director (Media), M/o Social Justice & Empowerment, will be conferred with 'Rashtriya Media Ratna 2018' by Media Press Club.
The award will be given to those personalities whose contribution is commendable at ground zero for making news and posting it through proper channel of media for their organisation.
The work of SP Mishra is commendable so his name has been selected for the award.

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