12/9/2019 Current Affairs - November 2019
Current Affairs - November 2019
Month November 2019 Type Awards
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Awards 1. 13th Asia Pacific Screen Awards awarded in Brisbane (Australia), considered Asia Pacific’s highest accolade - Best Feature Film: ‘Parasite’, directed by South Korea’s Bong Joon-Ho Best Actress - Max Eigenmann in ‘Verdict’ Best Actor - Manoj Bajpayee in ‘Bhonsle’ 2. 2019 International Film Festival of India Held in Goa, as 50th edition of IFFI. In this edition, Russia is country of focus with eight Russian language films screened. Opening Film was Despite the Fog (Italy) and Closing Film was Marghe and Her Mother (Italy). Awards (International Jury headed by American Cinematographer John Bailey) - Best Film (Golden Peacock Award) - Particles (French-Swiss) by Blaise Harrison Best Director - Lijo Jose Pellissery for Jallikattu (Malayalam) Best Debut Film of a Director - Amin Sidi Boumediene for Abou Leila AND Marius Olteanu for Monsters Best Actor (Male): Seu Jorge for Marighella (Brazil) Best Actor (Female): Usha Jadhav for Mai Ghat : Crime No 103/2015 Lifetime Achievement Award - Isabelle Hupert (France) ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal - Riccardo Salvetti for Rwanda Movie Special Jury Award : Pema Tseden for Balloon Special Mention Jury Award - Hellaro by Abhishek Shah Special mention under ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi medal - Bahattar Hoorain Government constituted a special award titled ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI’, which was conferred upon Noted Actor S Rajinikanth. 3. 2019 Mother Teresa Memorial Awards for Social Justice (MTMA) have been conferred, established by Harmony Foundation and is endorsed by Missionaries of Charities. 2019 theme is ‘Combating Contemporary Forms of Slavery’. 2019 Awardees - Kailash Satyarthi, India - Fighting child labour and trafficking in India and Southeast Asia. Robert Bilheimer, United States - For using his skills as a filmmaker to raise awareness about modern forms of slavery. Junior Nzita Nsuami - For leading an international campaign through United Nations (UN) against use of child soldiers in war. Ajeet Singh: For his efforts in creating the first red-light area in India free of commercial sexual exploitation of children. Alezandra Russell - For helping neglected and ignored young boys in red-light districts of Thailand. Hasina Kharbhih - For rescuing and empowering over 72,000 vulnerable victims from fate of human trafficking. Rob Williams - For persistently protecting and supporting children in armed conflicts in some of the world’s most hostile regions. Priti Patkar and Prerana - For trying to abolish intergenerational prostitution. Four Associations also received awards - Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH)– USA, Free A Girl, JEEVIKA (Jeeta Vimukti Karnataka), Office for Rescue of Yazidis. 4. 5th Edition of ‘Miss Asia Global Title 2019’ organized in Kochi (Kerala). https://linkingsky.com/government-exams/Preparation/Current-Affairs/Quizzes/PDF_Nov.html?Month=Nov2019&&Type=Awards 1/6 12/9/2019 Current Affairs - November 2019 Sara Damnjanovic from Serbia won Title given to winner from Asian region. Nguyen Thi Yen Trang from Vietnam was awarded the Miss Asia title given to winner from rest of world. Next ‘Miss Asia Global Title 2020’ will be held in Malaysia. 5. A documentary on Real Kashmir Football Club won British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) and Scotland Awards, in Glasgow, Scotland. Documentary narrates journey of former Rangers ace David Robertson as the coach of Real Kashmir FC. The film won in 'Single Documentary' category. 6. Actors Sridevi and Rekha have been conferred with Akkineni Nageswara Rao National Award for 2018 and 2019 respectively, instituted by Akkineni International Foundation to honor those who have made a lasting impact on Indian cinema. 7. American Actress Jennifer Aniston received People's Icon Award at 2019 People's Choice Awards, as 2nd recipient of the title. First winner was Melissa McCarthy. 8. American-Italian actor Robert De Niro has been named winner of SAG-AFTRA's highest honor: the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. It given annually to actor who fosters "finest ideals of the acting profession." 9. Asia Society announced 2019 Asia Game Changers awards. 2019 marks first time that all of the honorees are women. Winners are - Hoor Al Qasimi (UAE) - President of Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) Sana Mir (Pakistani Cricketer) Faiza Saeed (American Businesswoman) Chhaya Sharma - Indian IPS officer Who Led Nirbhaya Murder Case Jane Jie Sun (Chinese businesswoman) Kung Fu Nuns - For empowering young girls and dismantling gender stereotypes 10. Author Madhuri Vijay won JCB Prize for Literature 2019 for her debut novel ‘The Far Field’. JCB Prize for LiteratureIt is an annual Indian literary award founded in 2018. Award consists of cash prize of Rs.25 lakh (US$38400), funded by English construction manufacturing group JCB. Madhuri Vijay is also a recipient of Henfield Prize and the Pushcart Prize. 11. Croatia Footballer Luka Modric has been awarded 2019 Golden Foot award, given to players who stand out for their athletic achievements. The award is only given to active players of at least 28 years of age, and can only be won once. Out of 10 Nominees, winner is selected by an online public poll. Winner leaves a permanent mould of his footprints on "The Champions Promenade", on seafront of the Principality of Monaco. 12. Floating school project in Bangladesh won Aga Khan Architecture Award. Large part of bangladesh landscape remains submerged under water during monsoon. Razia Alam wanted to build a school for children which is spacious, modern and healthy for learning. She contacted noted architect of Bangladesh Saif Ul Haque to design the school. It is a floating school named ‘The Arcadia Education Project’, in South Kanarchor of Bangladesh. It is an amphibious school built with local material and expertise near the capital city Dhaka. It remains on ground during dry season and floats on water when the area is submerged in water during monsoon. 13. Four Indian authors are shortlisted for $25,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2018. Writers are - Jayant Kaikini for No Presents Please (translated from Kannada by Tejaswini Niranjana) Manu Joseph for Miss Laila Armed And Dangerous Neel Mukherjee for A State Of Freedom Sujit Saraf for Harilal & Sons. 8th year of DSC Prize have shortlisted 88 entries for the final prize. 2 Pakistani Authors are also named - Mohsin Hamid for Exit West and Kamila Shamsie for Home Fire. 14. In a first, Government has constituted a special award titled ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI’, which will be conferred upon Noted Actor Shri S Rajinikanth. Also, Noted French actor Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert will be conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Jubilee (50th) edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2019. 50th IFFI is to be held in Goa during November 20 - 28, 2019. 15. Indian Journalist Neha Dixit has been honoured with International Press Freedom Award 2019 for her groundbreaking and bold reporting. The award has been given by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). https://linkingsky.com/government-exams/Preparation/Current-Affairs/Quizzes/PDF_Nov.html?Month=Nov2019&&Type=Awards 2/6 12/9/2019 Current Affairs - November 2019 Apart from Neha, other awardees are Patricia Mello (Brazil), Lucia Ubau and Miguel Mora of Nicaragua and Maxence Mubyazi (Tanzania). 16. Indian Origin Neeraj Sharma from University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia), has won ‘Early Career Researcher of the Year (Physical Sciences)‘. It was given for his work in lithium-ion batteries found in electronic devices, electric vehicles and the grid. 17. Indian movie Bhonsle won awards at Asian Film Festival Barcelona (Spain). It won 2 awards in ‘Best Screenplay’ and ‘Best Director’ categories at the festival. The film is directed by Devashish Makhija. 18. Indian news channel NDTV has been awarded International Press Institute India award for excellence in journalism by India chapter of the Vienna-based International Press Institute, for its ‘expose of the conspiracy to scuttle’ the Kathua rape and murder case probe. Award was instituted by IPI India in 2003. 19. Industrial Awards (November 2019) - US Govt. presented Award for Corporate Excellence to Pepsico India for its efforts to save more than 17 billions of litres of water through community water programs and positively impacting thousands of community members. Singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam has been selected for the Chetana Silver Jubilee National Award. It carries cash prize of one lakh. Also, Sound Engineer Resul Pookutty won National Audio Excellence Award instituted in memory of Fr. Paul Alengattukaran, founder of Chetana Sound Studio. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) India unit RBS India announced winners of 9th RBS Earth Heroes Awards (REHA) - Bholu Abrar Khan of Bharatpur (Rajasthan): Green Warrior Dimbeshwar Das of Assam: Green Warrior Ela Foundation (Pune): Earth Guardian Aishwarya Maheshwari (Uttar Pradesh): Save the Species Sathish (Tamil Nadu): Save the Species Jalal Ud Din Baba (Jammu & Kashmir): Inspire Pramila Bisoyi (Odisha): Lifetime Achievement Indian Industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla (Chairman of Aditya Birla Group) received UAE Government backed ABLF Global Asian Award. Indian chamber of food and agriculture conferred ‘global agriculture award’ on Tamil Nadu for its excellence in agriculture sector. Indian content broadcast app JioTV has been conferred award for IPTV Innovation at World Communication Awards 2019 in London. Haryana in UK Association conferred Haryana Gaurav Award on World Championship Silver medallist and Arjuna awardee Amit Panghal and International Sports Curator Sunil Yash Kalra. Tobacco Board of India has been awarded Golden Leaf Award in Most Impressive Public Service Initiative category for 2019, for its efforts to initiate various sustainability (green) initiatives in Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco cultivation in India. It was announced at Tab Expo 2019 event in Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Noted Rabindra Sangeet exponent from Bangladesh Rezwana Choudhury Bannya has been conferred ICCR distinguished alumni award in Dhaka, given away by High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das. J&K Grameen Bank ranked first from among 56 RRBs across country in terms of achievement of Rupay Card transaction targets (POS and eCOM). As per National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), It achieved 94.95% target for POS/ eCOM transactions. Uttar Pradesh Police awarded third prize in emergency response category during an international call centre event organised by the Dubai Police. First prize won by Singapore Police and second by Sharjah Police. NTPC has been bestowed with the ‘Golden Peacock Award for Sustainability’ 2019, during the 19th International Conference on Corporate Governance & Sustainability held in London (U.K). Suresh Krishna, former Confederation of Indian Industry received India’s First ‘Quality Ratna’ award by CII Institute of Quality. American-Italian filmmaker Martin Scorsese selected by 31st Palm Springs International Film Festival as the recipient of Sonny Bono Visionary Award for the film ‘The Irishman’. Film is based on a book titled, ‘I Heard You Paint Houses’. 20. Italian journalist Paolo Borrometi won 2019 Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism. 21. Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) has been recognised as world's top public business accelerator by UBI Global, the Stockholm- based intelligence company. It was announced at World Incubation Summit for Best Programmes in Doha (Qatar). https://linkingsky.com/government-exams/Preparation/Current-Affairs/Quizzes/PDF_Nov.html?Month=Nov2019&&Type=Awards 3/6 12/9/2019 Current Affairs - November 2019 22. Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri has been chosen as the recipient of 55th Jnanpith Award, as 6th Malayalam writer to be conferred with this prestigious honour. Jnanpith Award was instituted in 1961, as India's highest literary honour. It contains cash prize of INR 11 Lakh. 23. NASSCOM Foundation and software firm Mphasis announced winners of 11th edition of NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum (NSIF) awards - In 2019, 7 organisations are declared winners who will receive INR 10 lakh each as catalytic grants and a 12-month Support to Scale industry mentorship from experts, worth more than Rs.20 lakh. Winners - Meraki Foundation (Education) Inali Foundation - For Accessibility for developing an ‘affordable’ myoelectric prosthetic arm. PadCare Labs Pvt. Ltd - For Healthcare for developing ‘Sanicure’, a smokeless sanitary napkin disposal system. MHS City Lab - won Financial Inclusion award for ‘NEEV’ digital tool for affordable low-income housing. Watsan Envirotech Pvt. Ltd - Environment award. NotOnMap (NoM) - for Other Social issues for creating livelihood for culturally hidden communities Bombay Bijlee 24. Noted Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has been selected for Italian Golden Sand Art Award 2019, to be honoured during the International Scorrana Sand Nativity in Italy in November 2019. 25. Noted writer Anand has been announced winner of Ezhuthachan award 2019, highest literary award given by Kerala government. It carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh and a citation. 26. Noted writer from Rajasthan, Manisha Kulshreshtha has been awarded 28th Bihari Puraskar for 2018 for her novel ‘Swapnapash’. Award is presented by KK Birla Foundation and is for writers of Rajasthani origin. It cash prize of 2.5 lakh. Bihari Puraskar is one of the literary awards instituted by K K Birla Foundation in 1991. Awards Institited by K K Birla Foundation in 1991 - Saraswati Samman - For literary work in any Indian language Vyas Samman - For prose/poetry work in Hindi Bihari Puraskar - For prose/poetry work in Hindi/Rajasthani, only authors from Rajasthan are eligible Shankar Puraskar - For a work in Hindi concerning Indian philosophy, culture and/or art. Vachaspati Puraskar - For any work in Sanskrit. G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research 27. Odia women weightlifter Jhilli Dalabehera will receive 27th Ekalabya Award for 2019, given by Indian Metals Public Charitable Trust (IMPaCT). It comprises cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. 28. On the occasion of World Toilet Day (Nov 19), Govt conferred Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019 awards to top ranked states / UTs and districts in various categories. Ranking - Top 3 States – Tamil Nadu, Haryana, 3) Gujarat Top 3 Districts – Peddapalli (Telangana), Faridabad (Haryana), Rewari (Haryana) State with maximum citizen participation – Uttar Pradesh 29. President Ram Nath Kovind awarded President’s Colour to Indian Naval Academy (INA). President’s Colour is the highest honour that is bestowed upon a military unit. 2019 also marks 50th year of establishment of Naval Academy. 30. Press Council of India (PCI) announced 2019’s winners of National Awards for Excellence in Journalism. Awards will be presented on the occasion of National Press Day on 16 November. Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Award for Excellence in Journalism given to Rajasthan Patrika group chairman Gulab Kothari. For Raja Ram Mohan Roy award for excellence in journalism, cash prize is worth 1 Lakh. Other Categories Winners rceve cash prize of 50000. Other Winners - Gender Based Reporting - Anuradha Mascarenhas (Indian Express) and Ruby Sarkar of Deshbandhu. Rural Journalism - Sanjay Saini (Dainik Bhaskar) and Raj Chengappa (India Today) Developmental Reporting - Shiva Swarup Awasthi (Dainik Jagran) and Anu Abrahim (Matrubhumi) Financial Reporting - Sandeep Singh (Indian Express) and Krishn Kaushik Photo Journalism (Single News Picture) - P G Unnikrishnan and Akhil E S Photo Journalism (Photo Feature) - Sipra Das Sports Reporting - Saurabh Duggal (Hindustan Times)
https://linkingsky.com/government-exams/Preparation/Current-Affairs/Quizzes/PDF_Nov.html?Month=Nov2019&&Type=Awards 4/6 12/9/2019 Current Affairs - November 2019 31. Singer Billie Eilish will be honoured as Billboard's 2019 Woman of the Year. Pop star Taylor Swift will also be honoured at Billboard's event, receiving inaugural Woman of the Decade award. Eilish is the youngest artist ever to be named Billboard's Woman of the Year. 32. Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg has been awarded international children's peace prize awarded by Dutch KidsRight organisation, for her work in struggle against climate change which has resonated with schoolchildren across world. Cameroonian peace activist Divina Maloum was also honored with International Children’s Peace Prize 2019. 33. Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 has been conferred on writer and film critic Shanta Gokhale. She received Sangeet Natak Academy Award in 2015. 34. UK's Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) London conferred Honorary Fellowship of Society for 2019 to DRDO Chairman G Satheesh Reddy. Reddy is first Indian recipient of this prestigious award in over 100 years, bestowed in recognition of Reddy’s pioneering technological contributions over past three decades. It is considered as equivalent to the Nobel Prize in the aerospace domain, being awarded since 1917. 35. Venu Srinivasan, Chairman of TVS Motor Company and Sundaram Clayton, has been conferred with Deming ‘Distinguished Service Award For Dissemination and Promotion Overseas’, in Tokyo (Japan). He became first Indian industrialist to be bestowed with this award, named as top award in world in Total Quality Management (TQM). 36. West Bengal-based writer Abhishek Sarkar and Bangladeshi poet Rofiquzzaman Rony were given Gemcon Young Literature Award and Gemcon Young Poetry Award at At 9th edition of Dhaka Literature festival (Bangladesh). Abhishek and Rofiquzzaman won for their manuscripts, “Nishiddho” and “Dhoashar Tamate Rong,” respectively. 37. Wheelchair-bound Hridayeshwar Singh Bhati has been selected for National Award for Empowerment of Person with Disabilities 2019 under category- Outstanding Creative Child (Male)-2019, declared by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MSJE). He became youngest patent holder and also youngest differently-abled patent holder in world. He achieved this feat for inventing six-player circular chess at the age of nine in 2013. He also created 12 and 60 players’ circular chess and also got the patent for it. 38. Wildlife biologist K. Ullas Karanth has been awarded Wildlife Conservation Society’s George Schaller Lifetime Award in Wildlife Conservation Science. He is the first recipient of this award. Award is instituted by New York based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), named after WCS’s Dr. George Schaller, considered to be one of the greatest wildlife scientists and conservationists globally. 39. Winners of Infosys Prize 2019 announced by Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) Engineering & Computer Sciences - Sunita Sarawagi, for her research in data mining, machine learning and natural language processing. Humanities - Manu V. Devadevan, for his original and wide-ranging work on pre-modern South India. Life Sciences - Manjula Reddy, for her groundbreaking discoveries concerning the structure of cell walls in bacteria Mathematical Sciences - Siddhartha Mishra, for his outstanding contributions to Applied Mathematics. Physical Sciences - Mugesh, for his seminal work in chemical synthesis of small molecules and nanomaterials for biomedical applications. Social Science - Anand Pandian, for his imaginative work on ethics, selfhood and the creative process. Infosys Prize is an annual award given by the Infosys Science Foundation, being conferred since 2008. Prize includes prize money of $100,000 (around 70 lakh Indian Rupees) and prize purse is given tax free. 40. World Athletics Awards 2019 (in Monaco, Europe) - Male Athlete of the year - Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya. He won a highly competitive London marathon in April for the fourth time and also became first man to run a marathon in less than two hours. Female Male Athlete of year - Muhammad Dalilah of US. Other Awards -
Name Award Selemon Barega (Ethiopia) Male Rising Star Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) Female Rising Star Vikki Orvice (United Kingdom-UK) President’s Award
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