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AWARDS AND HONOURS - January 2020

Jan 2020

Jun 17, 2020

Deccan Development Society Wins Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Award

Hyderabad-based Deccan Development Society has won the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Award.
This honour is one of the most pined for natural honours on the planet for the year 2020.
The honour was declared by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Vice President and CEO, Olivier Wenden.
The honour of 40,000 Euros (roughly Rs 35 lakhs) has been given to the general public.

Jun 16, 2020

Film Made in Odisha Wins Award in COVID-19 Film Festival

Martyapura Re Jamaraj ('Yamaraj on earth'), a short film produced by a group from the Ankushpur village of Odisha's Ganjam district has won a special jury award at the COVID-19 International Film Festival 2020. The 13-minute short film in Odia seeks to spread awareness in rural areas on preventive measures to check the spread of the coronavirus through humour. The online festival of short films focused on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jun 13, 2020

Rattan Lal Wins 2020 World Food Prize

Renowned Indian-American soil scientist Dr. Rattan Lal was awarded the 2020 World Food Prize for developing and mainstreaming a soil-centric approach to increase food production that conserves natural resources and mitigates climate change.
US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, praised Lal, and said that Mr. Lal is helping nearly 500 million small farmers through improved management, less soil degradation, and recycling of nutrients.
Lal He received the $250,000 award for promoting soils for sustainable development.

Jun 12, 2020

Shobha Sekhar Receives "The Medal of the Order of Australia"

Indian Musician Shobha Sekhar, the founder of Kalakruthi a music organisation in Australia received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on the Queen's Birthday 2020 for her service to Indian music and dance.
Shobha Sekhar is a management graduate and an artist based in Montreal. She works as a lecturer at the University of Melbourne. She was trained by DKP, DK Jayaraman and K V Narayanaswamy.
She started the Kalakruthi in 1994 affiliated with The Music Academy, Chennai and has been training many aspirants of Carnatic music. She has conducted several concerts in Australia and all around the world.
The Medal of the Order of Australia is awarded to the individuals contributing to their community or to Australia globally or domestically.

Jun 11, 2020

Sony World Photography Awards 2020

Sony World Photography Awards announced its winners for the year 2020. The Sony World Photography Awards received more than 345,000 images from 203 countries and territories, submitted for its four competition categories: Professional, Open, Youth and Student.
Photographer Pablo Albarenga from Uruguay was declared the grand prize winner of the Photographer of the Year title for his series 'Seeds of Resistance'.
In the Open competition, UK's Tom Oldham won the first place for Black Francis - a black and white portrait of Pixies frontman Charles Thompson.
Greek Student Ioanna Sakellaraki was chosen as Student Photographer of the Year 2020 for her series Aeiforia, which captures solar panels, wind turbines and battery farms on the Greek island of Tilos - the first in the Mediterranean to run almost entirely on renewable energy.
Hsien-Pang Hsieh emerged as the overall winner in the Youth competition for his image 'Hurry', which appears to show a street performer walking in a hurry while he is, in fact, standing still.

Grammys Rename "Urban Contemporary" Category

The organisation behind the Grammy Awards announced a number of changes to its category names, including changing "urban contemporary" to "progressive R&B."
The Recording Academy's move comes amid growing criticism in the music industry over the term "urban" that has long generalised genres including hip-hop and R&B but which many believe belittles the innovation of black music.
The renamed category "is intended to highlight albums that include the more progressive elements of R&B.
In its rechristening announcement, the academy also said it would change Best Rap/Sung Performance to Best Melodic Rap Performance.
The academy did not completely drop "urban:" it remains in categories including the newly titled field "Best Latin Pop or Urban Album."
The Recording Academy also changed its controversial but prestigious "Best New Artist" award, removing the eligibility requirement that capped a specified number of releases.

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