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AWARDS AND HONOURS - December 2018

Dec 2018

Jan 17, 2019

Gandhi Peace Prize

The Centre announced the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Vivekanand Kendra, Kanyakumari was awarded for 2015 for its contribution in rural development education and development of natural resources.
For 2016, the award has been conferred jointly to Akshaya Patra Foundation for its contribution in providing mid-day meals to millions of children across India and Sulabh International for its contribution in improving the condition of sanitation in India and emancipation of manual scavengers.
Ekal Abhiyan Trust has been awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2017 for their contribution in providing education for rural and tribal children in remote areas across India, rural empowerment, gender and social equality.
The award for 2018 has been given to Yohei Sasakawa for the 2018 for his contribution in leprosy eradication in India and across the world.
The annual award was instituted by the government of India in 1995 during the commemoration of 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The award carries an amount of Rs 1 crore and a citation.
In 2014, the award went to the Indian Space Research Organisation. The first to receive the award was Dr Julius K Nyerere, former President of Tanzania, in 1995.
In the past also, there have been gap years. No awards were announced between 2005 (Desmond Tutu) and 2013 (Chandi Prasad Bhatt).
The award is given to individuals and institutions for social, economic and political transformation through non- violence and is open to all persons regardless of nationality, race, creed or sex. Only recent work, in the 10 years immediately preceding the nomination, is considered for the award.

Jan 14, 2019

Nobel- Winning Scientist Stripped of Honorary Titles

Nobel Laureate James Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA helix and father of the Human Genome Project, has been stripped of honours by laboratory following "reprehensible" remarks on race and ethnicity.
The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory said it was acting in response to his remarks made in a television documentary aired this month.
The 90-year old geneticist resigned under fire from his laboratory in 2007 after telling a British newspaper that people of African descent tend to have lower intelligence.

Jan 12, 2019

PFC Receives CBIP Award 2019

Rajeev Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director, Power Finance Corporation (PFC) received the prestigious CBIP Award 2019 for 'Best Power Finance Company' from Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New and Renewable Energy (NRE) RK Singh, at a function organised at SCOPE Convention Centre, New Delhi.

Jan 05, 2019

Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award

S. Vijay Kumar, Senior Deputy Editor with The Hindu in Chennai was presented the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for Investigative Reporting (Print category).
The award for Investigative Reporting in the broadcast category was won by Anand Kumar Patel of India Today TV.
The awards for Political Reporting went to Brajesh Rajput of ABP News Network and Sushant Kumar Singh of the Indian Express.
M. Gunasekaran with News18 Tamil Nadu (broadcast) and Nishant Dattaram Sarwankar and Sandeep Ashok Acharya both with Loksatta (print) bagged the awards in the Regional Languages category.
The awards in the Environmental Reporting category were presented to Sushil Chandra Bahuguna of NDTV and Sandhya Ravishankar of the online magazine The Wire.
Awards were presented to 29 journalists across India in various categories.

Jan 03, 2019

Manoj Das Honoured

Eminent English and Odia writer Manoj Das received the Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja National Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature, instituted by the Berhampur University.
During the 53rd foundation day ceremony, the university also honoured noted folk dance guru Nabaghana Parida with Dakshin Odisha Loksanakruti Samman.

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