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AWARDS AND HONOURS - June 2019

Jun 2019

Nov 09, 2021

Maharashtra Bags Climate Action Award in UK for Regional Leadership

Maharashtra bagged the Inspiring Regional Leadership award for its climate action efforts at the Leadership Awards by the Under2 Coalition of the international non-profit Climate Group on the sidelines of the COP26 summit in Scotland.
Aaditya Thackeray, the state's Environment Minister, collected the award at Stirling Castle in Scotland, where he highlighted Maharashtra's policies and campaigns that prioritise sustainable development.
The Under2 Coalition is among the largest global network of states and regions committed to climate action, with the inaugural awards held to coincide with the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow.
While British Columbia, Canada, was awarded for Creative Climate Solutions, Qubec, Canada, won in the Climate Partnerships category.

TVS Motor Chairman Venu Srinivasan Receives Padma Bhushan from President

TVS Motor Company Chairman Venu Srinivasan received the third highest civilian honour Padma Bhushan award from Ram Nath Kovind, the President of India.
Srinivasan is credited for the transformation of TVS from a 50cc moped maker in the 1980s to the third largest two-wheeler manufacturer in India, competing with the likes of Hero, Bajaj and Honda over a span of 21 years at the helm of the company.
Apart from TVS group companies, he has also served as a board member at Tata Sons, Tata Coffee and Oriental Hotels. He was conferred with Padma Shri back in 2010.
President Ram Nath Kovind also posthumously honoured former Union Ministers George Fernandes, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj with Padma Vibhushan, the country's second-highest civilian award.

Nov 08, 2021

Brazil: Scientists Reject Prestigious Medals in Row with Bolsonaro

Twenty-one scientists awarded one of Brazil's highest honors, the National Order of Scientific Merit, rejected their medals after President Jair Bolsonaro withdrew two colleagues whose work apparently discomfited his government from the list of honorees.
The far-right President had named 25 people to receive the honor, which Brazil created in 1992 to recognize the most important contributions to science and technology.
However, two days later, he withdrew the names of two prominent scientists from the list.
One was Dr. Marcus Lacerda, who published one of the first studies finding the drug chloroquine is ineffective against Covid-19 -- rebutting Bolsonaro's pet strategy for fighting the pandemic.
The other was Dr. Adele Benzaken, who was fired as director of the Brazilian health ministry's HIV/AIDS department when Bolsonaro took office in 2019 after her department published a pamphlet aimed at transgender men.
In protest, all 20 of the other scientists and one of the three "national personalities" named by Bolsonaro to receive the honor rejected their medals in an open letter.

Mountaineer Mohite Gets Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award

Maharashtra-based mountaineer Priyanka Mohite was bestowed with the prestigious 'Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2020' for her outstanding contribution in the field of land adventure.
Mohite, who hails from Satara district, received the award from President Ram Nath Kovind at a function in the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.
Mohite, who started out by trekking in Sahyadri ranges in western Maharashtra and rock-climbing, began summiting mountains from 2010.

Nov 07, 2021

Ayodhya's 'Deepotsav' Enters Guinness World Records

Uttar Pradesh's Department of Tourism and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University jointly entered in Guinness World Records for the largest display of oil lamps during Deepotsava at Ram ki Paidi ghats in Ayodhya.
"Today we have lit up 9 lakh earthen lamps. I want to extend my greetings to everyone on this Deepotsav program," Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said at an event of Deepotsava celebrations in Ayodhya.
The 'Deepotsav' celebrations in Ayodhya last year had set the Guinness World records for 'the largest display of oil lamps' after 5,84,572 earthen lamps were lit on the banks of River Saryu.

Nov 06, 2021

South African Author Damon Galgut Wins Booker Prize

South African playwright and novelist, Damon Galgut won the 2021 Booker Prize for "The Promise", his third shortlisted novel which chronicles a family in his homeland from the late apartheid era through to Jacob Zuma's presidency. Spanning several decades, the book shows the family's growing disintegration as the country emerges into democracy.
Mr. Galgut took the prize on his third time as a finalist, for a book the judges called a "tour de force." He was previously shortlisted for "The Good Doctor" in 2003 and "In a Strange Room" in 2010, but lost both times.

Nov 05, 2021

New Zealand's Annual Bird of The Year Award

An independent conservation organisation in New Zealand, Forest & Bird, organised its annual Bird of The Year Award.
In the year 2021, the annual bird of the year award was won by Pekapeka-tou-roa, which is a native bat species of New Zealand.
The species was made the winner in competition, despite not being a bird.
Pekapeka-tou-roa is also known as long-tailed bat. It is one among New Zealand's two land mammals. This species of bat was added to the Bird of the Year list by Forest and Bird as these species of bat as well as native birds are threatened by the same problems like habitat loss, predators and climate change. Thus, the first time in 2021, the organisation has let a native mammal to enter the competition.

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