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Years Because of a #Metoo Scandal 1 CHAPTERS 1 AWARDS & HONOURS 2 FAMOUS BOOKS 3 APPOINTMENTS 4 INDIAN ECONOMY 5 BUSINESS & CORPORATE WORLD 6 BRAND AMBASSADORS 7 AGREEMENTS & MoU 8 SUMMITS 9 INDEX, RANKINGS & DISTINCTIONS 10 SPORTS 11 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 11 YOJANAS & SCHEMES 12 MISCELLANEOUS 2 AWARDS & HONOURS 2018 Nobel Laureates 2018 2018 Nobel Prize were announced in 5 different fields viz. Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Peace, & Economic Sciences. This is for the first time that Nobel Prize for Literature was not given in 70 years because of a #MeToo scandal. Field Winners Key Points “for their discovery of cancer James P Allison (USA) therapy by inhibition of negative Physiology or Medicine & Tasaku Honjo(Japan) immune regulation” Arthur Ashkin (USA), Gerard Mourou (France) and Donna Strickland "for groundbreaking inventions Physics (Canada) in the field of laser physics" (a) one half to Frances H. Arnold (USA) (a) "for the directed evolution of (b) Other half jointly to George P. enzymes" Chemistry Smith (USA) & Sir Gregory P. (b) "for the phage display of peptides & antibodies" Winter (UK) “for their efforts to end the use of Denis Mukwege (Congo) & sexual violence as a weapon of war Peace Nadia Murad (Iraq) & armed conflict” (a) “for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis” (a) William D.Nordhaus (USA) Economic Sciences (b) “for integratingtechnological (b) Paul M. Romer (USA) innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis.” 3 Ramon Magsaysay Award Winners 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, & pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. Two Indians, Bharat Vatwani (for Restoring Health & Dignity to troubled lives) & Sonam Wangchuk (for Harnessing nature, culture & education) made the country proud as their names figured in the list of 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award winners. Winner Country 1. Bharat Vatwani India 2. Sonam Wangchuk India 3. Youk Chhang Cambodia 4. Maria de Lourdes Martins Cruz East Timor 5. Howard Dee Philippines 6. Vo Thi Hoang Yen Vietnam 4 90th OSCAR AWARDS 2018 No Awards Winner 1 BEST PICTURE THE Shape of Water DIRECTED BY: Guillermo del Toro 2 ACTOR IN THE LEADING Gary Oldman MOVIE: ROLE Darkest Hour 3 ACTRESS IN THE Frances Mc MOVIE : Three LEADING ROLE Dormand Billboards outsideEbbing, Missouri 4 ACTOR IN SUPPORTING Sam Rockwell MOVIE : Three ROLE Billboards outsideEbbing, Missouri 5 ACTRESS IN Allison Janney MOVIE : I, Tonya SUPPORTING ROLE 6 BEST DIRECTOR Guillermo del Toro MOVIE: THE SHAPE OF WATER IIFA Awards 2018 At the Indian International Film Awards (IIFA), late star Sridevi won Best Actress (posthumously) for MOM while Irrfan Khan was given the Best Actor Award for Hindi Medium. The award ceremony was held in Bangkok. Vidya Balan's Tumhari Sulu was awarded the Best Film trophy. Category Winners Best Film Tumhari Sulu Best Actor in a leading role (Female) Sridevi (MOM) Best Actor in a leading role (Male) Irrfan Khan (Hindi Medium) Best Director Saket Chaudhary (Hindi Medium) Best Debut Director Konkona Sensharma (A Death in the Gunj) Outstanding Achievement by an Actor Anupam Kher in Indian Cinema Best Story Amit V Masurkar (Newton) 5 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2018 Name of the Discipline Sportsperson 1. Ms. S. Mirabai Chanu Weightlifting 2. Shri Virat Kohli Cricket Dronacharya Awards 2018 Name of the Coach Discipline 1. SubedarChenanda Boxing AchaiahKuttappa 2. Shri Vijay Sharma Weightlifting 3. Shri A. Srinivasa Rao Table Tennis 4. Shri Sukhdev Singh Athletics Pannu 5. Shri Clarence Lobo Hockey (Life Time) 6. Shri Tarak Sinha Cricket (Life Time) 7. Shri Jiwan Kumar Judo (Life Time) Sharma 8. Shri V.R. Beedu Athletics (Life Time) Dhyan Chand Award 2018 Name of the Discipline Sportsperson 1. Shri Satyadev Prasad Archery Shri Bharat Kumar 2. Hockey Chetri 3. Ms. Bobby Aloysius Athletics Shri Chougale Dadu 4. Wrestling Dattatray 6 Highest HonoursGiven 1. PM Modi conferred with the Seoul Peace Prize for 2018for his contribution to international cooperationand fostering global economicgrowth. 2. Chairman& MD, JK Tyre & IndustriesLtd.,Dr Raghupati Singhania conferred with 'Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle', the highest honour accorded to non-nationals by Govt. of Mexico 3. US govt. awarded theLegion of Merit (Degreeof Commander)to General Dalbir Singh Suhag (Retired), of the Indian Army, for exceptionally meritorious service as chief of the Army staff, Indian Army. 4. Gopalkrishna Gandhi chosen for 24th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award for his contribution in promoting communal harmony, peace & goodwill. 5.Three US scientists James Allison, Carl June & Steven Rosenberg declared winners of 2018 Albany Medical CenterPrize in Medicine & BiomedicalResearch. 6.President & Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces approved 131 Gallantry Awards to Armed Forces Personnel & members of Paramilitary Forces which include one Kirti Chakra, 20 Shaurya Chakras, three Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 93 Sena Medals (Gallantry), 11 Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry) & three Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry). 7.Akshay Venkatesh, a renowned Indian-Australian mathematician, is one of four winners of mathematics’ prestigious Fields medal, known as the Nobel prize for math. Film/Music Awards 1.Hridaynath Award forLifetime Achievement Music directorMohammedZahur (KhayyamHashmi (Khayyam) 2.Rima Das’ National Award-winning feature Village Rockstars chosen to represent India in the Best Foreign Language categoryat the91st Academy Awardsnext year. 3.Oscar-winning director Ang Lee will be one of the recipients of the annual Directors Guild of America (DGA) honours . 4. 3rd BRICS FilmFestivaltook place in Durban, South Africa, along with the International Durban Film Festival (DIFF). The last day was celebrated as India Country Day. Awards won by Indian films in the 3rd BRICS FilmFestival, Durban,South Africa: 1. Best Actress: Bhanita Das, Village Rockstars, 2. Best Film: Newton by Amit Masurkar 5. Meryl Streep Award for Excellence at the Actress Women in Film & Television (WIFT) India Aishwarya Rai Award. 7 Other AwardsConferred 1.Pakistan’s human rights activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir posthumously awarded the UN Prize along with three other winners. Rebeca Gyumi of Tanzania, Brazil’s first indigenous lawyer Joenia Wapichana and Ireland’s human rights organisation Front Line Defenders are the other winners of the prize. 2. BharatEarthMovers Limited(BEML),aMini RatnaPSUreceived ‘Top Challengers Award 2018’for excellent performance during the financial year 2017-18 andBestSeller in Crawler Equipment. 3.Roopam Sharma, Indian scientist, won World Health Summit Startup award, 2018 for his invention, Manovue –the world’s first intelligent personal assisting system for the visually impaired. 4.Indiawon Commonwealth AssociationforPublic Administration andManagement (CAPAM) Award,2018. 5. ProfAshis Mukherjee awarded theIndian National Science Academy (INSA) Teachers Award (2018). 6. Prof. MS Swaminathan, chief architect of India’s Green Revolution awarded WorldAgriculturePrizefor2018. 7.Tagore Award forCultural Harmony conferred.Doyen of Manipuri danceSh. RajkumarSinghajit Singh (For 2014); Chhayanaut (cultural organization of Bangladesh, for 2015) & one of India’s greatest sculptors, Sh. Ram Vanji Sutar(for 2016). 8. North-eastern stateSikkim won UN Food& AgricultureOrganisation's(FAO) FuturePolicy Award 2018 for being the world's first 100% organic state. 9.PM Modi gave awards to top Ranked State, District & State based on the National Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018 commissioned by Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation. Haryana ranked as the best State while Satara District of Maharashtrarankedas bestdistrict as perthe rankings. 10.Minal Patel Davis wontheUS' Presidential Medal for her work against sex slavery and laborexploitation. 11.Delhi government’s additional director of health, SK Arora awarded prestigious WHO World No Tobacco Day 2017Award for his extraordinary contribution towards tobaccocontrol. 12.PepsiCo's India-born CEO Indra Nooyi to be honoured with the Game Changer of the Year award by a global cultural organisation Asia Society in recognition of her business achievements. 13.Indian-American high school student Avi Goel won the world championship at the International Geography Bee’sjunior varsitydivision which was held in Berlin, Germany. 14. Tenzing Norgay National Adventure award - All-women crew of INSV Tarini 15.Mohun Bagan ‘Ratna’, the highest honour - Former Indian player Pradip Chowdhury of Mohun Bagan club 16. INFRA Icon Award in the ‘Global Energy’ Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(ONGC) category at the mid-day INFRA Icons Awards 2018 17. National Kalidas Samman for visual arts18. - Noted artist Anjolie Ela Menon 18. Nabard 2018 award for its service to SHG - Repco Micro Finance Ltd linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal year 2017-18 8 1.Northern Irish author Anna Burns won 2018 Man Booker Prize for her novel 'Milkman'. 2.Biography of late Anumolu Ramakrishna, a pioneer in the application of innovative systems & construction techniques titled 'Building a Legacy' is authored by Chartered Accountant V Pattabhi Ram. 3.Stephen Hawking’s final work “Brief Answers to the Big Questions” was launched. 4. “Maharana Pratap: The Invincible Warrior” authored by historian Rima Hooja released. 5.Spin legend Shane Warne autobiography titled 'No Spin'. 6.Veteran cricketer VVS Laxman autobiography titled, "281 & Beyond". 7."Atal Ji Ne Kaha" authored & compiled by Brijendra
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