Current Affairs - February 2021

Month February 2021 Type Awards

8 Current Affairs were found in Month - February 2021 for Type - Awards

Awards 1. 2021 Australian Awards - Award (Best Female Cricketer) - Medal (Best Male Cricketer) - . Men’s Test Player of the Year - . Women’s ODI Player of the Year - Rachel Haynes. Male ODI Player of the Year - Steve Smith. Young Cricketer of the Year: . Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year: . Hall of Fame inductions: , , . 2. American film director Steven Spielberg has been awarded Israel's 2021 Genesis Prize, in recognition of his contribution to cinema and efforts to preserve memory of the Holocaust. This $1 million award is granted each year to a person for their professional achievements, contributions to humanity and commitment to Jewish values. 3. Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival 2021 Awardees -

Category Winners

Deepika Padukone Best Actor (Female) (Chhapaak)

Best Actor (Male) Akshay Kumar (Laxmii)

Sushant Singh Rajput (Dil Critic’s Best Actor Bechara)

Critic’s Best Actress Kiara Advani (Guilty)

Best Film Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior

Best International Feature Parasite Film

Best Director Anurag Basu (Ludo)

Best Actor in Supporting Role Vikrant Messy (Chhapaak)

Best Actress in Supporting Radhika Madan (Angrezi Role Medium)

Outstanding Contribution to Dharmendra the Indian Film Industry

4. Historian and writer S. Theodore Baskaran won Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020, by Sanctuary Nature Foundation. 5. Indian social activist Anjali Bhardwaj has been named among 12 awardees of International Anti-corruption Champions Award by US. 6. Industrial / Misc. Awards (February 2021) - Musician AR Rahman and social activist Hari Krishnan are among 14 awardees in 4th edition of Alert Being Awards 2020 by NGO ALERT. Indian documentary film Writing with Fire, chronicling rise of Khabar Lahariya, ’s only newspaper by Dalit women, has won the audience award in the World Cinema Documentary category at Sundance Film Festival 2021 (US). Tamil film ‘Koozhangal’, directed by PS Vinothraj, won Tiger Award at 50th International Film Festival of Rotterdam (The Netherlands). Indian short film 'Bittu' has been shortlisted for the 93rd Academy Awards (Oscars) in Live Action Category. Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence 2020 - Lifetime Achievement - HDFC Bank Founder Aditya Puri. Businesswoman of the year - Preetha Reddy and Suneeta Reddy (Apollo Hospitals). Business reformer of the year - RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das. Global Indian award - Piyush Gupta (CEO of DBS Group). Entrepreneur of the year - Adar Poonawalla (Serum Institute of India). Business Leader of The Year - Pawan Munjal (Hero MotoCorp). Bangalore's Kempegowda International Airport Limited (BIAL) won global recognition from Airports Council International World’s ‘Voice of the Customer’ award. Australian wildlife photographer Robert Irwin won Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award 2020, for his picture of the devastating Australian Bushfire in 2020. Andhra Pradesh CM Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has been conferred Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award. Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) received Asia Environmental Enforcement Award 2020 awarded by UN Environment Programme (UNEP). WCCB has received this award twice in last 3 years. Technology Development Board selected 12 companies for National Technology Awards 2020 for commercialization of successful commercialization of innovative indigenous technologies, under 3 categories - indigenous technologies, MSME, and startups. Union Bank of India has been awarded Best Service Provider in Human Resources and also best institution for Excellence in Learning & Development at 29th Global HRD Congress awards. 7. Tamil translation of French novel Le mariage de plaisir' won Romain Rolland Book Prize at Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival. Rolland Book Prize was started in 2017, to honor best translation of a French title into any Indian language. 8. Telangana-based Manasa Varanasi won VLCC Femina Miss India World 2020. She will now represent India at 70th Miss World pageant in December 2021. Top

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