General Awareness

AWARDS AND HONOURS - January 2019

Jan 2019

Sep 01, 2021

Bangladeshi Vaccine Scientist Wins Ramon Magsaysay Award

A Bangladeshi vaccine scientist and a microfinance pioneer from Pakistan were among the five recipients of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award, regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize.
Apart from Dr. Firdausi Qadri from Bangladesh and Muhammad Amjad Saqib from Pakistan, the other winners are Filipino fisher and community environmentalist Roberto Ballon, American Steven Muncy for humanitarian work and refugee assistance and Indonesian torch bearer for investigative journalism, Watchdoc.
Dr. Qadri who has a doctorate from Liverpool University, U.K., joined International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, (an international health research institute based in Dhaka) in 1988. She was recognised for her passion and life-long devotion to the scientific profession.
The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. The prize was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund based in New York City with the concurrence of the Philippine government.
The award is named after Ramon Magsaysay, the third president of the Republic of the Philippines after World War II. The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation gives the prize to Asian individuals achieving excellence in their respective fields.

Goutam Ghose's 'Raahgir' Wins Four Awards at Washington DC South Asian Film Festival

Filmmaker Goutam Ghose's film "Raahgir", starring Adil Hussain and Tillotama Shome, has bagged four awards at the Washington DC South Asian Film Festival.
According to the film's producers, the movie won awards for the best feature film, best director for Ghose, best female actor for Shome and the best male actor for Hussain.
The festival, which showcases alternative and independent cinema from South Asia, was held from August 28 to August 29, 2021.

Aug 29, 2021

Sri Basava International Award for Seer of Bhalki Hiremath

Karnataka government has selected Basavalinga Pattaddevaru, senior seer of Bhalki Hiremath, for the prestigious Basava International Award. Minister for Kannada and Culture V. Sunil Kumar will present the award at Ravindra Kalakshetra in Bengaluru. The septuagenarian seer has spent over five decades in the Lingayat religious institution in the Bidar district.
The centre was set up in 2003 when an abandoned baby from Ujani village near Aurad in Bidar district was adopted. The seer moved the court to adopt the child. The Central and State governments later recognised the centre as an authorised Central adoption resource agency.

Aug 28, 2021

Finance Ministers Awards Best Performing PSBs

Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the fourth edition of the Public Sector Bank (PSB) Reforms Agenda 'EASE 4.0' for 2021-22 – tech-enabled, simplified, and collaborative banking.
She unveiled the annual report for the PSB Reforms Agenda EASE 3.0 for 2020-21 and participated in the awards ceremony to felicitate best performing banks on EASE 3.0 Banking Reforms Index.
Pankaj Jain, Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Amit Agrawal, Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services & Chairman IBA, Rajkiran Rai G. were also present at the event.
State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda and Union Bank of India won the awards for best performing banks for PSB Reforms EASE 3.0 based on the EASE index.
Indian Bank won the award for the best improvement from the baseline performance. SBI, BoB, Union Bank of India, Punjab National Bank and Canara Bank won the top awards in different themes of the PSB Reforms Agenda EASE 3.0.

Aug 27, 2021

Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell: Awarded Royal Society's Highest Prize

A leading astrophysicist from Northern Ireland has been awarded the world's oldest scientific prize for her work on the discovery of pulsars.
Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell is only the second woman to be awarded the Royal Society's highest prize, the Copley Medal.
The medal is awarded for outstanding achievements in scientific research.
In 1967, when she was a 24-year-old student, she was part of a team that discovered the new type of star.
Pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars, so named because they appear to pulsate when viewed from Earth.
At the time she was overlooked for a Nobel Prize in favour of her male collaborators, although she has argued the prize was awarded appropriately at the time due to her student status.

Aug 26, 2021

Maharashtra Teacher Awarded For Introducing "Jungle Batches"

A Maharashtra instructor, Khurshid Sheikh, has been conferred with the Nationwide Academics Award 2021 for going past his name of obligation and making studying enjoyable and simple. When Covid and its related lockdown have made instructing and studying go browsing, this Maharashtra instructor took training to the remotest hamlet of Gadchiroli. Mr. Sheikh is an instructor at Asaralli ZP Higher Main College Sironcha.
The Maharashtra instructor travelled difficult terrains, used loud audio system, projectors and puppet exhibits to storify training. Mr Sheikh additionally launched "Jungle Batches" and Jollywood — making quick movies to make studying fascinating.

Share on

TCY Analytics (View Subscription Plans)

Subscribe to GK Updates

I want to receive

GK Tags

August GK, July GK, June GK, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ENVIRONMENT, BUSINESS AND ECONOMY, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, SPORTS, NATIONAL AFFAIRS, DEFENCE, PERSONS IN NEWS, DAYS AND EVENTS, AWARDS AND HONOURS, GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES, GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION, ART AND CULTURE, BOOKS AND AUTHORS, TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS, ART AND CULTURE, LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

Start Discussion

On any topic

Take Tests

Compiled from GK updates

Login

Sign Up

Forgot Password

Download TCY App

Unlock All Services And Enjoy The Premium Benefits

US$ 10

US$ 13

US$ 15

US$ 17

US$ 19

US$ 20

US$ 21

US$ 22

US$ 23

US$ 24

US$ 25

US$ 26