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AWARDS AND HONOURS - December 2018

Dec 2018

Feb 13, 2019

Queen Elizabeth Prize

This year's £1m QE Engineering Prize has been won by four Americans who played key roles in developing GPS.
The Americans Brad Parkinson, James Spilker Jr, Hugo Fruehauf, and Richard Schwartz were all present at the London ceremony held to announce the honour.
The Global Positioning System began as a military project but has since had a revolutionary impact on wider society, and now underpins hundreds of billions of dollars of economic activity.
GPS is made possible by a network of 24-plus spacecraft in orbit that transmit precise timing and positional information to receivers around the globe.

Feb 07, 2019

Kerala Fishermen Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has nominated Kerala fishermen for Nobel Peace Prize for their exemplary deeds of courage and rescue operations during the 2018 Kerala floods that claimed more than 480 lives.
The Thiruvananthapuram MP shared a copy of the letter he sent to Berit Reiss Andersen, Chairperson of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
As per Tharoor, fishermen groups across the country represent some of the most socio-economically underdeveloped segments.

Feb 04, 2019

Aribam Syam Sharma to Return Padma Shri Award

Internationally acclaimed film-maker from Manipur, Aribam Syam Sharma, on Sunday announced that he would return his 2006 Padma Shri award — India's fourth highest civilian award — to "show solidarity" with the ongoing public protest against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.
The bill, which seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, has sparked massive protests in Manipur and the rest of the north-east.
Agitating groups in the NE claim that the legislation, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on January 8 and is awaiting approval of the Upper House, would encourage migration from neighbouring Bangladesh, thereby posing a threat to indigenous communities of the region.

Feb 03, 2019

Union Bank of India wins Finnoviti Awards 2019

The Union Bank of India has been awarded the Finnoviti Award 2019 for 'Hyper Converged Private Cloud Security', i.e. for innovative processes and best practices in cyber security under BFSI sector.
The award was presented during the 7th International Trade Fair and Conference on Banking Technology, Equipment & Services, held at IBEX, MMRDA Grounds.
The Finnoviti Award is one of the most prestigious awards, organised by 'Banking Frontiers' in recognition of the efforts of institutions/organisations in the BFSI sector for their innovative fintech solutions or transformation.

Presidential Award for the assistant commissioner of Mumbai Customs Zone-I

The Assistant Commissioner of Mumbai Customs Zone-I, Bharat Laxmanrao Gade received the Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate recently, for his outstanding contribution and excellent service record.
Apart from the regular duty of confiscating valuables, foreign currency and contraband, his ability to promote the organisation to its stakeholders made a huge difference.
By enlisting honorary services from leading heritage architect Abha Lamba, Gade was instrumental in ensuring that the New Customs House retained its heritage tag.
This earned him the nomination for 'Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration' in 2008.
Gade is currently holding the charge of ICD Maliwada and ICD Waluj, both of which come under Aurangabad Customs Chapter and Nagpur Customs Commissionerate.

Feb 02, 2019

Detained Refugee Wins Top Australian Prize

A refugee held in a remote Pacific detention centre has won Australia's top literature prize with his debut book, which he wrote on his mobile phone and delivered one chapter at a time via WhatsApp.
Behrouz Boochani, an Iranian held in an Australian-run camp on a Papua New Guinea island, won the A$100,000 ($72,390) Victorian Prize for literature with his book "No Friends but the Mountains".

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