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AWARDS AND HONOURS - June 2019

Jun 2019

Jan 02, 2021

Mother Teresa Memorial Awards for Social Justice 2020

Harmony Foundation hosted the Mother Teresa Memorial Awards for Social Justice. The Awards in its 16th year is the only award endorsed by Sister Prema, the Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity, the organisation started by Mother Teresa. The theme for this year's awards was, 'Celebrating Compassion In Times Of Covid'.
Following are the awardees: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Father Fabio Stevenazzi, Dr Pradeep Kumar, IPS Sanjay Pandey, Vikas Khanna and K. K. Shailaja.
Harmony Foundation is an international NGO that works in the realm of Social Justice. It was founded in October of 2005, with its raison d'etre, being the establishment, and strengthening, of social cohesion among various communities, and to work towards the benefit of all, without discriminating against any religion, creed, sex, or their origins. Instituted in 2005, these Awards, celebrate and commemorate the memory and legacy of Mother Teresa, canonised a Saint by Pope Francis in the Vatican.

Jan 01, 2021

Indian Railways Awards 'Regular Supplier' Status to JSPL for Special Grade Rails

Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) received the 'regular rail supplier' status from the Indian Railways.
JSPL became the first private company in India to be awarded the 'regular supplier' status from the national transporter.
JSPL becomes India's first private company to get 'regular supplier' status from Indian Railways to supply 60 kg 880 grade (90UTS) rails.
The Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), which works under the ambit of the Railway board, has approved field performance of 60 kg 880 Grade (90 UTS) rails made by JSPL at its Raigarh plant.

Dec 31, 2020

President Confers Digital India Awards

President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Digital India 2020 awards via video conferencing. He stated that the Digital India Awards reflect the overall vision of the government to empower citizens to achieve their aspirations and make India a digital superpower.
While appreciating the digital inclusion during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the country, he said that due to proactive digital interventions, people have been able to ensure operational continuity of important government services during and after the lockdown, equally importantly, they have helped in pandemic management too.

Dec 30, 2020

Srinagar's Amar Singh College Recognised with UNESCO Award

Srinagar based Amar Singh College has been recognized with the 'Award of Merit' in the 2020 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. The restoration of the Amar Singh College brought back one of the most prominent institutional buildings in Kashmir to its former glory.
The college building is 80 years old and INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage) chapter in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir had carried out the conservation work at the Amar Singh College.

Dec 29, 2020

ICC Awards of Decade

India skipper Virat Kohli won the ICC men's ODI Player of the Decade award for his superb performance with the bat in the 50-over format. Kohli also walked home with the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Decade. Kohli was nominated for the player of the decade award across all three formats.
Former Australia skipper Steve Smith won the ICC men's Test Player of the Decade award, while Afghanistan's Rashid Khan was awarded the ICC men's T20I Player of the Decade award.
Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni got the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade for calling back England batsman Ian Bell back to the crease after he was ruled out by the umpire.
Among women's cricketers, Australia's Ellyse Perry won ICC Women's Player of the Decade, ODI Player of the Decade and T20I Player of the Decade award.

Digital India Awards 2020

The Chief Minister of Bihar, National Informatics Centre and the Disaster Management Department have been jointly chosen as winners in "Pandemic Category" in Digital India Awards, 2020.
Earlier the Uttar Pradesh Food and Civil Supplies Department won the Digital India Award, 2020 under the "Excellence in Digital Governance" category. It was selected for its Points of Sale based food distribution, online billing and payment for food grains purchased from farmers, GPS tracking of vehicles transporting food grains.
Bihar was selected under the Pandemic Category for its financial assistance to more than 21 lakhs of stranded workers outside Bihar. The assistance was provided through "Bihar Sahayata Mobile App".
The Bihar Government provided Rs 1000 to workers coming from outside to Bihar and also to persons stuck in other states. The State government also provided financial assistance to the workers of other states, who got stuck in Bihar due to COVID-19. The Bihar Corona Sahayata Mobile App was used to implement the initiative. The workers will have to simply register on the mobile app. Once the verification of the workers was complete, the amount will be directly added to their account.
The Digital India Awards are presented by President Ram Nath Kovind every year.

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