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UPSC Current Affairs - 22-Aug-20 TABLE of CONTENTS A BrainBuzz Academy UPSC Current Affairs - 22-Aug-20 TABLE OF CONTENTS A.. Awards 1.. Natiionall Sports Awards 2020 announced:: Here''s fullll lliist of awardees Awards National Sports Awards 2020 announced: Here's full list of awardees Context: The Indian Sports Ministry on August 21 announced the list of athletes who will be conferred with the National Sports Awards 2020. Hiighlliights: Rohit Sharma is among five recipients who will be awarded India’s highest sporting honour — the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for 2020. He will be the fourth cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, and Virat Kohli to be honoured with the award. The list was approved by the Sports Ministry, where Rohit, along with para-athlete Mariappan Thangavelu, table tennis champion Manika Batra, wrestler Vinesh Phogat and hockey player Rani Rampal were finalised to get the prestigious award. In a first, the awards will be held virtually on August 29, the National Sports Day, instead of the Rashtrapati Bhavan this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Natiionall Sports Awards 2020 sellectiion panell: Retiired Justiice of Supreme Court Justiice Mukundakam Sharma is the Chairperson of the Committee. The Members include eminent names from the field of Indian Sports including Virender Sehwag (Cricket), Sardar Singh (Hockey), Monalisa Baruah Mehta (Table Tennis), Deepa Malik (Para-athletics), Venkatesan Devarajan (Boxing) as well as well-known media persons including Sports Commentator Manish Batavia and Sports Journalists Alok Sinha and Neeru Bhatia. Officials from the Sports Ministry on the committee include Director General, SAI, Shri Sandip Pradhan, LS Singh, Joint Secretary (Sports Development) and Commander Rajesh Rajagopalan, CEO Target Olympic Podium Scheme. The fullll lliist of Natiionall Sports Awards 2020 wiinners iis as follllows: RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD (5) Name of the SportspersonDiisciiplliine Rohit Sharma Cricket Mariyappan T. Para Athletics Manika Batra Table Tennis Mariyappan T. Para Athletics NMaamnikea o Bfa tthrae SportspersonDTaiisbcleiip Tlleiinnenis Vinesh Wrestling Rani Hockey DRONACHARYA AWARD (13) Liife- Tiime Category: (8) Name of coach Diisciiplliine Dharmendra Tiwary Archery Purushotham Rai Athletics Shiv Singh Boxing Romesh Pathania Hockey Krishan Kumar Hooda Kabaddi Vijay Bhalchandra MunishwarPara Powerlifting Naresh Kumar Tennis Om Parkash Dahiya Wrestling Regullar Category (5) Name of the coach Diisciiplliine Jude Felix Sebastian Hockey Yogesh Malviya Mallakhamb Jaspal Rana Shooting Kuldeep Kumar HandooWushu Gaurav Khanna Para Badminton ARJUNA AWARD (27) Name Diisciiplliine Atanu Das Archery Dutee Chand Athletics Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy Badminton Chirag Chandrasekhar ShettyBadminton Vishesh Bhriguvanshi Basketball Subedar Manish Kaushik Boxing Lovlina Borgohain Boxing Ishant Sharma Cricket Deepti Sharma Cricket Sawant Ajay Anant Equestrian Sandesh Jhingan Football Aditi Ashok Golf Akashdeep Singh Hockey Deepika Hockey Deepak Kabaddi Kale Sarika Sudhakar Kho Kho Dattu Baban Bhokanal Rowing Dattu Baban Bhokanal Rowing NMaamnue Bhaker DShiisocoiitpinlliigne Saurabh Chaudhary Shooting Madhurika Suhas Patkar Table Tennis Divij Sharan Tennis Shiva Keshavan Winter Sports Divya Kakran Wrestling Rahul Aware Wrestling Suyash Narayan Jadhav Para Swimming Sandeep Para Athletics Manish Narwal Para Shooting DHYAN CHAND AWARD (15) Name of the SportspersonDiisciiplliine Kuldip Singh Bhullar Athletics Jincy Philips Athletics Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe Badminton Trupti Murgunde Badminton N. Usha Boxing Lakha Singh Boxing Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu Football Ajit Singh Hockey Manpreet Singh Kabaddi J. Ranjith Kumar Para Athletics Satyaprakash Tiwari Para Badminton Manjeet Singh Rowing Shri Sachin Nag Swimming Nandan P Bal Tennis Netarpal Hooda Wrestling RASHTRIYA KHEL PROTSAHAN PURUSKAR: (4) S. No. Category Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2020 1. Identification and Nurturing of Budding and 1. Lakshya Institute Young Talent 2. Army Sports Institute 2. Encouragement to sports through Corporate Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Social Responsibility (ONGC) Ltd. 3. Employment of sportspersons and sports Air Force Sports Control Board welfare measures 4. Sports for Development International Institute of Sports Management (IISM) MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD (MAKA) TROPHY: This award is being conferred to the overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments. 1. Panjjab Uniiversiity, Chandiigarh TENZING NORGAY NATIONAL ADVENTURE AWARDS 2019: It is being awarded to recognize the spirit of adventure among the people of the country. S.No. Name of the Sportsperson Category 1 Ms. Anita Devi Land Adventure 2 Col. Sarfraz Singh Land Adventure 3 Shri Taka Tamut Land Adventure 4 Shri Narender Singh Land Adventure 5 Shri Keval Hiren Kakka Land Adventure 6 Shri Satendra Singh Water Adventure 7 Shri Gajanand Yadava Air Adventure 8 Late Shri Magan Bissa Life Time Achievement The awardees will receive their awards from President Ram Nath Kovind at a specially organized function through virtual mode from Rashtrapati Bhawan on August 29, 2020. Usefull iinformatiion for allll competiitiive exams: About Rajjiiv Gandhii Khell Ratna Award: It is the highest sporting honor of India. The recipient(s) is/are honored for their outstanding performance in the field of sports over a period of four years at international level. It was instituted in 1991–92. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The winner of the Khel Ratna Award gets a reward of 7.5 lac rupees. The first recipient of the award was Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand. About Dronacharya Award: Constituted in 1985 to honour eminent coaches who have successfully trained sportspersons or teams and enabled them to achieve outstanding results in international competitions. The awardee is given a statuette of Guru Dronacharya, a certificate, ceremonial dress and a cash award of five lakh. Not more than five awards are given every year. Elliigiibiilliity: The award is given to those who impart coaching temporarily or permanently to the teams or players. He should also have good achievement during the three years previous to the year of award. About Arjjuna Award: The award was instituted in 1961 to recognize outstanding achievement in National Sports. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakhs, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll having certificate and a ceremonial dress. Over the years the scope of the award has been expanded and a large number of sportspersons who belonged to the pre-Arjuna Award era were also included in the list. Further the number of disciplines for which the award is given was increased to include indigenous games and the physically handicapped category. Further the number of disciplines for which the award is given was increased to include indigenous games and the physically handicapped category. Not more than fifteen awards are given every year. Elliigiibiilliity: As per the revised guidelines, to be eligible for the award, a sportsperson should not only have had good performance consistently for the previous three years at the international level with excellence for the year for which the award is recommended, but should also have shown qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline. Any sports person tested positive for the use of drugs banned by the international Olympic committee in any laboratory accredited by international Olympic committee will not be eligible for Arjuna award. About Dhyan Chand Award for Liife Tiime Achiievements: Instituted in 2002, the award is given to honour those sportsperson who have contributed to sports by their performance and continue to contribute to promotion of sports even after their retirement from active sporting career. The awardee is given a statuette, a certificate, ceremonial dress and a cash award of 5 Lakh. Not more than three awards are given every year. About Dronacharya Award: Constituted in 1985 to honour eminent coaches who have successfully trained sports persons or teams and enabled them to achieve outstanding results in international competitions. The awardee is given a statuette of Guru Dronacharya, a certificate, ceremonial dress and a cash award of five lakh. Not more than five awards are given every year. Elliigiibiilliity: The award is given to those who impart coaching temporarily or permanently to the teams or players. He should also have good achievement during the three years previous to the year of award. About Rashtriiya Khell Protsahan Puruskar: The award is given with a view to recognize the contribution made to sports development by entities other than sportspersons and coaches since 2009. It has four categories namely: • Identification and nurturing of budding/young talent; • Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility; • Employment of sprotspersons and • Sports Welfare Measures and Sports for Development The award consists of a citation and a trophy in each .
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