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AWARDS AND HONOURS - January 2023

Jan 2023

Jan 09, 2023

S. S. Rajamouli Wins Best Director for RRR at New York Film Critics Circle

S. S. Rajamouli made history by winning several awards in the West for his pet project, RRR, starring Jr NTR and Ram Charan. The filmmaker won the Best Director award at the New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) in the US. When his name was announced, a section of the attendees gave him a standing ovation and encouraged him. The filmmaker accepted the award and said that the West reacted to RRR the same way Indians did.
S. S. Rajamouli's RRR is a fictional story based on the lives of Telugu freedom fighters, Alluri Seetharama Raju and Komaram Bheem, played by Ram Charan and Jr NTR, respectively. The film's story is written by Vijayendra Prasad. For the uninitiated, RRR was submitted in 14 categories at the Oscars 2023 and won two nominations at the Golden Globes 2023.

CJI D. Y. Chandrachud to be Conferred With "Award for Global Leadership" By Harvard Law School Ce...

The Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession (HLS CLP) announced Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud as the 2022 recipient of its "Award for Global Leadership" in recognition of his lifetime service to the legal profession in India and across the world. The award will be presented to him in a virtual event on January 11, 2023.
The "Award for Global Leadership" is the Centre's highest professional honour.
The Centre brings together leading academics, legal practitioners, and thought leaders to honour and recognise individuals whose achievements have been impactful to the legal profession.

Jalna and Nagpur Police Win 'Best Police Units' Award

Jalna district police and Nagpur city police in Maharashtra bagged the 'Best Police Unit' awards for 2021 in the state under different classes for maintaining law and order, use of modern technology, evolving community policing and administration.
The Jalna police got the award in 'Class A' and the Nagpur police in 'Class B', as per the winners announced by Additional Director General of Police (law and order) Kulwant Sarangal.
Police units with less than 6,100 Indian Penal Code cases are grouped in 'Class A', while those with more than 6,100 IPC cases are grouped in 'Class B', according to a police circular.
The police units were evaluated on the basis of their performance on 45 pre-selected parameters.

Jan 07, 2023

Odisha Wins World Habitat Award 2023 for its Jaga Mission

Odisha won the UN-Habitat's World Habitat Awards 2023 for Jaga Mission, a 5T initiative of the state.
The Jaga Mission is the land titling and slum upgrading program that aims at empowering the lives of slum dwellers.
Under the leadership of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the Government of Odisha has set itself the ambitious target of becoming the first slum-free state in India and is leading the Jaga Mission programme to upgrade all of the state's 2,919 slums.
In 2019, Odisha's Jaga mission had received World Habitat Awards for its success in providing land tenure security to the slum dwellers.

Jan 06, 2023

Dr. Tapan Saikia to Receive Assam Highest Civilian Award 'Assam Baibhav'

The Assam government announced that it will confer the highest state civilian award 'Assam Baibhav' on Mumbai-based medical practitioner Dr. Tapan Saikia for his contribution towards cancer treatment. As per Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Saikia is one of the patrons of Deepshikha Foundation and has rendered immense contribution towards generating awareness and early detection of cancer in Assam and north-east.
Sarma also announced the recipients' names for the second highest civilian award 'Assam Saurav' and 'Assam Gaurav'. All the awards will be given at a function around the middle of this year.
Krishna Roy for art and culture, Gilbert Sangma and Nayanmoni Saikia for sports, Dr Binoy Kumar Saikia for science and Dr Sashidhar Phukan for healthcare and public service will receive the 'Assam Saurav' award.
A total of 15 eminent personalities have been selected for conferring the 'Assam Gaurav' award this year.

Jan 03, 2023

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award: Guyana President, among Awardees

Guyana's President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, US-based businessman Darshan Singh Dhaliwal, and DSB Group CEO Piyush Gupta are among 21 recipients of the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA).
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award is the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians during the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention, which will be held this time between January 8 and 10 in Indore.
The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award is conferred by the President of India as part of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention.
The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award was constituted by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India in conjunction with the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Non-Resident Indian Day). Since 2016, the Government of India doubled the number of awardees each year to 30 after a decision to grant the award once every two years.
It was awarded for the first time in 2003.

César Film Awards Ban Nominees Investigated for Sexual Violence

France's version of the Oscars announced it will ban anyone facing a potential prison sentence for sexual assault from its 2023 ceremony.
The César Awards are due to be held next month.
It means the ceremony will exclude French actor Sofiane Bennacer, who is under investigation for allegations of rape which he denies.
The César Academy, which distributes the awards, removed Mr. Bennacer from the list of nominations in November 2022, and is considering a rule change around eligibility.
Now it has announced that anyone being investigated for violent crimes punishable by imprisonment, especially those of a sexual nature - will be barred from attending this year's ceremony on 25th February.

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