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Current Affairs - December 2019 to May 2020

Month May 2020 Type Awards

114 Current Affairs were found in Last Six Months for Type - Awards

Awards 1. International Changemaker Olympiad, an annual international competition program founded by Rahul Adhikari from IIT Roorkee, has won Wharton-QS Stars Reimagine Education Award 2019, popularly known as the “Oscars” of education under “Sustainability” category at 2019 Reimagine Education Conference & Awards in London. 2. American actor Joaquin Rafael Phoenix, best known for his Act in ‘Joker’ Movie, has been bestowed with the PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) ‘Person of the Year’ Award 2019. 3. 13th ESPN Cricinfo Awards -

Category Winner Country Test batting performance Kusal Perera Sri Lanka Test bowling performance Kemar Roach West Indies ODI batting performance Ben Stokes England ODI bowling performance Matt Henry New Zealand T20I batting performance Gleen Maxwell Australia T20I bowling performance Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka Captain Eoin Morgan England Women’s batting performance Meg Lanning Australia Women’s bowling performance Ellyse Perry Australia 4. 17 journalists from 14 countries named for Deutsche Welle Freedom of Speech Award 2020 for showing “outstanding commitment to human rights and freedom of expression in the media”. Indian journalist Siddharth Varadarajan is among the 17 recipients. Awards were announced on World Press Freedom Day on May 03, 2020. 5. 17th edition of Crossword Book Awards Winners -

Category Winners Fiction Twinkle Khanna for ‘Pyjamas Are Forgiving’. Non Fiction Gaur Gopal Das for ‘Life’s Amazing Secrets’. Health & Fitness Dr Jaishree Sharad for ‘Skin Rules’. Children’s books for ‘The Upside Down King’. Biography Trilok for ‘Notes of a Dream: The Authorized Biography of A.R. Rahman’. Business & Management Anju Sharma for ‘Corporate Monk’. 6. 2019 ICC Women's Cricket Awards - Women's Cricketer of the Year - Ellyse Perry (Aus). She is also named for Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year AND Rachael Heyhoe- Flint Award. Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year - Alyssa Healy (Aus) Women's Emerging Cricketer of the Year - Chanida Sutthiruang (Thailand) 7. 20th Laureus World Sports Awards 2020 (Berlin, Germany) Winners -

Award Winner

Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Lewis Hamilton (UK Racer) and Lionel Messi (Argentina Footballer) Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Simone Biles (American artistic gymnast) Laureus World Team of the Year South Africa Men’s Rugby Team Laureus Best Sporting Moment Carried on the shoulders of a nation’ – Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Egan Bernal (Colombian cyclist) Laureus World Comeback of the Year Sophia Flörsch (German racing driver) Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award Dirk Nowitzki (German basketball player) Laureus Academy Exceptional Achievement Award Spanish Basketball Federation Laureus Sport for Good Award South Bronx United 8. 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (US) Winners -

Category Award Winner

Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries Sam Rockwell, (Fosse/Verdon) Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries Michelle Williams, (Fosse/Verdon)

Male Actor in a Drama Series Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)

Female Actor in a Drama Series Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show) Male Actor in a Comedy Series Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel) Female Actor in a Comedy Series Phoebe Waller-Bridg (Fleabag) Male Actor in a Leading Role Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) Female Actor in a Leading Role Renee Zellweger (Judy) Male Actor in a Supporting Role Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood) Female Actor in a Supporting Role Laura Dern (Marriage Story) 9. 4 Indian-Americans have been awarded with Guggenheim fellowships 2020 for their exceptional creative ability in arts - Pradeep Sharma (University of Houston) Kavita Ramanan (Brown University) Dilip Da Cunha (Harvard University and Columbia University) Mukul Sharma (Dartmouth College) About 175 such fellowships are awarded each year, established in 1925. 10. 4 diplomats have been honoured with The Diwali – Power of One award at UN Headquarter in New York (US). Awardees - Kairat Abdrakhmanov (Representative of Kazakhstan to UN) Nicholas Emiliou (Representative of Cyprus to UN) Frantisek Ruzicka (Representative of Slovakia to UN) Volodymyr Yelchenko (Representative of Ukraine to UN) ‘Diwali – Power of One Award’ was established by Diwali Foundation in 2017, given to diplomats for selfless work in creating a peaceful and secure world for all. 11. 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony - Grammy Awards (originally called Gramophone Award) are presented by US Based The Recording Academy to recognize achievements in music industry. Notable Winners in 2020 Edition -

Category Winner Album of the Year When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Record of the Year Bad Guy – Billie Eilish Song of The Year Bad Guy – Billie Eilish Best New Artist Billie Eilish Albums R&B Ventura – Anderson Paak Rap Igor – Tyler, the Creator Country While I'm Livin' – Tanya Tucker Rock Social Cues – Cage the Elephant Dance/Electronic No Geography – The Chemical Brothers Folk Patty Griffin Pop When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish New age Wings – Peter Kater Jazz 12 Little Spells – Esperanza Spalding World music Celia – Angélique Kidjo Children's Ageless: Songs for the Child Archetype – Jon Samson Historical Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection Others Producer of the Year Finneas (Non-Classical), Blanton Alspaugh (Classical) Best Music Video "Old Town Road" (Official Movie) – Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyru Best Music Film Homecoming – Beyoncé 12. 65th Amazon 2020 (hosted in ) - Best Film- ‘’ Best Director - for ‘Gully Boy’ Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)- for ‘Gully Boy’ Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)- for ‘Gully Boy’ Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)- Amruta Subhash for ‘Gully Boy’ Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male)- for ‘Gully Boy’ Best Music Album- ‘Gully Boy’: Zoya Akhtar-Ankur Tewari and ‘ Singh’: , , , Sachet– Parampara and Best Lyrics- and Ankur Tewari for “Apna Time Aayega” (Gully Boy) Best Playback Singer (Male)- for “ Nahi Ishq Hai Kajal Piya” (Kalank) Best Playback Singer (Female)- for Ke Ghungroo Toot Gaye (War) Best Debut Director- for ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’ Best Debut Actor- Abhimanyu Dassani for ‘Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota’ Best Debut Actress- Ananya Pandey for ‘’ and ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh’ Lifetime Achievement Award- Excellence In Cinema- Govinda RD Burman Award For Upcoming Music Talent- Sashwat Sachdev for URI 13. 73rd British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) Winners - Best Film - 1917 Best Director - Sam Mendes (1917) Best Actor - Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) Best Actress - Renée Zellweger (Judy) Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Laura Dern (Marriage Story) Outstanding British Film - 1917 Best Original Score - Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker) Best Sound - 1917 Best Film Not (Other than English) - Parasite (South Korean) Best Documentary - For Sama Best Animated Film - Klaus EE Rising Star - Micheal Ward Facts - Joker received most nominations (11 categories). A new award category was introduced - Best Casting. 1917 won most awards (7), including Best Film, Best British Film and Best Director. English actor Andy Serkis received BAFTA award for outstanding British contribution to cinema. 14. 77th Golden Globe Awards (Hosted in California (US)) - Best Motion Picture - 1917 (Drama), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Musical or Comedy) Best Performance in a Motion Picture (Drama) - Actor - Joaquin Phoenix for Joker Actress - Renée Zellweger for Judy Best Performance in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) - Actor - Taron Egerton for Rocketman Actress - Awkwafina for The Farewell Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture - Supporting Actor - Brad Pitt for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Supporting Actress - Laura Dern for Marriage Story Best Director - Sam Mendes for 1917 Best Foreign Language Film - Parasite (South Korea) Best Animated Feature Film - Missing Link Best Television Series - Drama - Succession Musical or Comedy - Fleabag 15. 92nd Academy Awards (Oscars) - Awardees -

Category Winner Best Picture Parasite – Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-hodouble Best Actress in a Leading Role Renée Zellweger for Judy Best Actor in a Leading Role Joaquin Phoenix for Joker Best Direction Bong Joon-ho (Parasite) Best Supporting Actor Brad Pitt for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Best Supporting Actress Laura Dern for Marriage Story Best Original Score Joker Best Original Song "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from Rocketman Best Animated Feature Film Toy Story 4 Best Intrnational Feature Film / Foreign Language Film Parasite (South Korea) Best Animated Short Film Hair Love Best Documentary Feature American Factory Best Documentary Short Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) Best Cinematography 1917 Best Film editing Ford v Ferrari Facts - Oscars are most prestigious honour in Film Industry globally. Hosted in Los Angles (California), US. Most awards - Parasite (4) Most nominations - Joker (11) Governors Awards - Honorary Academy Awards - David Lynch, Wes Studi, Lian Wertmüller Jean Hersholt Humanitarian - Geena Davis 16. HealthSetGo Founder Priya Prakash won Global citizen prize - Cisco Youth Leadership award for 2019, for her school health program that provides healthcare support to children. It honours individuals aged 18-30 years who solve some global challenges. It includes Cash prize of $250,000. 17. The Banker Magazine named Reserve Bank of (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das as ‘Central Banker of the Year 2020’ in Asia-Pacific region. He has been honored for bringing in measures to regulate shadow banking through a restrained approach. 18. Vinay Badhwar, India's National Hydrographer has been honoured with 2019 Alexander Dalrymple Award by UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO), for his contribution to Indian hydrography. 19. Abdelouahab Aissaoui became 1st Algerian Novelist to win International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) 2020 (13th edition) for his novel ‘The Spartan Court’. He will receive grant of USD 50000, for English translation. The novel relates power struggle between Ottoman and French colonial powers in Algeria. It is shortlisted from 6 novels, where the other 5 authors will each receive USD 10,000. 20. Actor Sharad Ponkshe has been awarded Janakavi P Sawlaram Memorial Award 2019 in , for his contribution in field of cinema and theatre. It carries cash prize worth of Rs. 25,000. Marathi Actress Usha Naik was also awarded Ganga-Jamuna Award 2019. 21. Adam Higginbotham's Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster, won William E. Colby Award. It includes $5,000 monetary prize. 22. Aditya K. from Kerala became first child from Kerala State to win Bharat Award for bravery, the most prestigious of National Bravery Awards, given by Indian Council for Child Welfare. He rescued 20 people from a bus carrying members of the Calicut University Pensioners’ Forum and their families when it caught fire coming down a steep mountain road. 23. Agricultural Scientist M S Swaminathan and social worker Gutta Muniratnam are chosen as first recipients of ‘Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu National Award for Excellence’ and ‘Muppavarapu National Award for Social Service’’. National Award for Excellence was instituted by Muppavarapu Foundation, while one for Social Service was launched by Swarna Bharat Trust. Each award carries a cash prize of Rupees Five Lakh and citation. 24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani of The Wire and Bengaluru-based freelancer Rohini Mohan jointly conferred Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding woman journalism. It was instituted by the Media Foundation in 1980, named after Chameli Devi Jain, a legendary freedom fighter. 25. Argentine footballer Lionel Messi won prestigious football honor Ballon d'Or for record 6th time. Megan Rapinoe won this award in the women category. Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal has won this award five times. Kopa Trophy (for best player in world under age of 21) (1st time awarded in 2018) - Matthijs de Ligt of Netherlands. Yashin Trophy (for best goalkeeper in the world) (1st time awarded in 2019) - Alisson Becker of . Ballon d'Or is an annual football award presented by Football, being awarded since 1956. Although between 2010 and 2015, an agreement was made with FIFA, and the award was merged with FIFA World Player of the Year and known as FIFA Ballon d'Or. However , partnership ended in 2016. 26. Assam based Environmental activist Jadav Payeng (popularly called Forest Man) is named winner of 128th Commonwealth Points of Light Award, conferred by British Queen Elizabeth II. Payeng has transformed a treeless sandbar along the Brahmaputra river into a 1,360-acre vibrant wildlife haven. Points of Light Award recognises people across 53 Commonwealth nations for the difference they are making in their communities and beyond. 27. BBC Sports Awards 2019 -

Award Awardee Country Sports Sports Personality of the Year 2019 Ben Stokes England Cricket Rollason Award George Wilson Doddie Weir Scotland Rugby Lifetime Achievement Tanni Grey-Thompson United Kingdom Wheelchair racing Coach of the Year John Blackie England Athletics Team of the Year England’s Cricket World Cup team – – 28. BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) topped list of top 500 Global Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), for 5th consecutive year. List is released by Geneva-based organization NGO Adviser. BRAC was found in 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed to facilitate the returning war refugees with small-scale relief and rehabilitation project. Currently, It has presence in 11 countries of Asia and Africa, working in various fields including poverty alleviation. 29. Player P V Sindhu won BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) Indian Sportswoman of the year award 2019 and former sprinter Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha won Lifetime Achievement award. PV Sindhu also named brand ambassador for government’s anti-graft helpline or anti-corruption helpline 14400. 30. Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has been conferred with Australia's highest civilian honour, the Order of Australia honour, for her significant service to advancing Australia's bilateral relationship with India. 31. BusinessLine Changemaker Awards 2020 organized by Hindu Business Line in New Delhi - Social Transformation - Shanti Raghavan. Digital Transformation - Government e-Marketplace (GeM). Changemaker – (Financial Transformation)– India Stack. Young Changemaker - Pradeep Mewada, for using innovative ways to end open defecation in villages. Iconic Changemaker– Arunachalam Muruganandam, for creating low-cost sanitary pad for women. Changemaker of the Year– Dutee Chand - for winning India’s first medal in 20 years, in 100-metre race at Asian Games in 2018. Changemaker of the year– ISRO - for making India the first Asian nation to reach Martian orbit. 32. Chairman of Group, N. Ram has been selected as outstanding media person in a national award instituted by Kerala Media Academy, carrying a cash prize of INR 1 lakh. 33. Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival 2020 Awardees -

Category Winners Best Film Super 30 Best Actor Hrithik Best Playback Singer Male Best Playback Singer (Female) Decade Star 2020 34. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh conferred awards related to Republic Day 2020 Parade - Among States /UTs - Assam Tableau was adjudged best, based on the theme 'Land of Unique Craftsmanship and Culture'. Tableaux of Odisha and were named joint second best. Among different ministries/departments - Ministry of Jal and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) won joint best Tableaux award. Ministry of Jal Shakti tableau had showcased Government's new initiative 'Jal Jeevan Mission'. Tableau of Central Public Works Department (CPWD), with theme 'Kashmir se Kanyakumari', won special prize. CISF declared as 'best marching contingent' amongst CAPFs and other auxiliary squads. 35. Director and producer conferred with Madhya Pradesh government's National Samman for 2018-19 and Noted Actress has been honored as awardee for 2017-18. The award, instituted by MP Department of Culture, carries a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh. 36. Dr Niti Kumar, Senior Scientist at CSIR-CDRI Lucknow received SERB Women Excellence Award 2020. Award will be conferred by President of India during National Science Day Celebrations on February 28 in Vigyan Bhawan (New Delhi). This award is given to women scientist below 40 years of age who have received recognition from national academies. It comprises research grant of 5 lakhs per annum for 3 years. 37. Duncan Hamilton (UK) won 31st William Hill Sports Book of the Year award, becoming the only author to have won it 3 times. He won it for his biography of Guardian’s late cricket correspondent Neville Cardus, titled The Great Romantic: Cricket and the Golden Age of Neville Cardus. Award carries £30,000 cash prize. Football is most successful topic (7 awards), followed by cricket (6) and boxing (5). William Hill Sports Book of Year prize awarded annually since 1989. 38. ESPN India Awards -

S. No. Award Name Winner

1 Sportsperson of the Year (Female) PV Sindhu (Badminton) 2 Sportsperson of the Year (Male) Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooter) 3 Emerging Sportsperson of the Year Deepak Punia (Freestyle wrestler) 4 Coach of the Year (Badminton) 5 Team of the Year Manu Bhaker-Saurabh Chaudhary (10m air pistol) 6 Lifetime Achievement award Balbir Singh Sr (Hockey) 39. English author Tony Joseph won 12th ‘Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize’ 2019 for his book, ‘Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came’. This award was instituted in 2008 and carries a trophy and a cash prize of Rs.2 lakh. 40. Ernst & Young Awards 2019 -

Category Awardee EY Entrepreneur of the year Kiran-Mazumdar Shaw (Biocon) Lifetime Achievement (Godrej Group) Start-up Falguni Nayar (Nykaa E-retail) Manufacturing Arun Bharat Ram (SRF) Services Sridhar Vembu (ZOHO Corporation) Financial Services Yashish Dahiya (Policy Bazaar) 41. FIH Awards 2019 by International Hockey Federation - Men's Player of the Year - Manpreet Singh (India). He is first indian to win FIH Men's Player of the year. Women's Player of the Year - Eva de Goede (Netherlands) Men's Rising Star of the Year - Sagar (India) Women’s Rising Star of the Year - Lalremsiami (India) 42. Filmmaker Martin Scorsese has been honored by 31st Palm Springs International Film Festival as recipient of Sonny Bono Visionary Award for film ‘The Irishman’, in California (US). 43. Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar received IIFTC Tourism Impact Award 2020 for her contribution to world tourism through cinema. She has honored during 8th India International Film Tourism Conclave (IIFTC) in (Maharashtra). 44. Forest Man of India Jadav Payeng will be awarded Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award 2020 by My Home India, for his consistent efforts in creating a real man-made forest through massive reforestation. It comprises reward of Rs 1 lakh. He is an environmental activist and forest worker from Jorhat, Assam. In the past several years, he has planted and tended trees on a sandbar of river Brahmaputra turning it into a forest reserve. 45. Former British film actress of Indo-British descent, Sanjna Kapoor has been awarded French honour of ‘Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) for her outstanding contribution to the field of theater. 46. Former Cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Former Female Cricketer will be recipients of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)’s CK Nayudu Lifetime Award for 2019. 47. Government Conferred 66th National Film Awards 2019. Awards were announced in Aug 2019, in 31 categories. Jury Heads - Rahul Rawail (Feature Film Category), AS Kanal (Non-Feature Film Category) and Utpal Borpujari (Best Writing on Cinema). named winner of newly created Film friendly state Awards. Awardees -

Category Winner Best Feature Film Hellaro (Gujarati) directed by Abhishek Shah Best Direction Aditya Dhar for Uri: The Surgical Strike Best Actor (Male) for Andhadhun AND for Uri: the Surgical Strike Best Actor (Female) Keerthy Suresh (Mahanati) Best Supporting Actor (Male) Swanand Kirkire (Chumbak) Best Supporting Actor (Female) Surekha Sikri () Best Hindi Film Andhadhun Best Film on Social Issues Padman Best Music Direction (Padmaavat) Best Background Score Shashwat Sachdev (Uri: The Surgical Strike) Best Female Playback Singer Bindu Malini (Maayavi Manave – Nathicharami, Kannada) Best Male Playback Singer Arjit Singh (Binte Dil – Padmaavat) Best Lyrics Nathicharami (Kannada) Best Cinematography MJ Radhakrishnan for Olu (Malayalam) Dutt Award for Best Film on National Integration Ondalla Eradalla (Kannada) Best Child Artist PV Rohit (Kannada), Sahib Singh (Punjabi), Talha Arshad Reshi (Urdu) and Shrinivas Pokale (Marathi) Best Film on Environment Conservation Paani Best Children’s Film Sarkari Area Prathamika Shaale Kasaragod (Kannada) Best Regional Films Malayalam Sudani from Nigeria Marathi Bhonga Urdu Hamid Tamil Baaram Rajasthani Turtle Telugu Mahanati Assamese Bulbul Can Sing Punjabi Harjeeta Bengali Ek Je Chhilo Raja Garo Anna Kannada Nathicharami Konkani Amori Gujarati Reva Sherdukpan Mishing Panchanga In The Land Of Poisonous Women Non Feature Films Educational Sarala Virala Sports Swimming through the Darkness Investigative Film Amoli Environment Film The World’s Most Famous Tiger Promotional Film Rediscovering Jalam Science & Technology Film G.D Naidu: The Edison of India Arts and Culture Film Bunkar: The Last of The Weavers 48. Gurugram-based startup blue Sky Analytics's application ‘Zuri’ won Copernicus Masters Award also called Space Oscars, under Social Entrepreneurship category. Award was given by Earth observation program managed by European Commission (EU) and European Space Agency (ESA). Application uses satellite data to provide improved monitoring, supply chain and pricing analysis and allocation of crop waste to be used as raw materials in other industries. 49. Hindi poet-novelist Vinod Kumar Shukla won inaugural Book of the Year award for his translated book Blue Is Like Blue. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. Stories in "Blue Is Like Blue", translated into English by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra and Sara Rai, deal with common people and their daily struggles. 50. Hockey India 3rd annual awards 2019 -

S.No. Award/Category Winners 1 Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 Mr. Harbinder Singh 2 Player of the Year 2019 (Male) Mr. Manpreet Singh 3 Player of the Year 2019 (Female) Ms. 4 Upcoming Player of the Year 2019 (Men – Under 21) Mr. Vivek Sagar Prasad 5 Upcoming Player of the Year 2019 (Women – Under 21) Ms. Lalremsiami 6 President’s Award for Outstanding Achievement 2019 Department of Sports & Youth Services, Government of Odisha 51. IIT Madras Professor Thalappil Pradeep has been selected for Nikkei Asia Prize 2020, in category of ‘Science and Technology’. He would be honoured for his pioneering work in nanotechnology-based water purification. Other Winners - Science and Technology - Thalappil Pradeep (India) Culture and Community - Ram Prasad Kadel () Economic and Business Innovation - Anthony Tan () & Tan Hooi Ling (Malaysia) Nikkei Asia Prize recognizes individuals who have contributed to region’s sustainable development, in three areas - Economic and Business Innovation, Science and Technology, Culture and Community. 52. Inaugural edition of Siu-Ka-Pha Award presented to noted educationist, Botanist and folklore researcher Padmeswar Gogoi, instituted by central committee of different ethnic groups and organizations of Golaghat district (Assam). 53. India' Adline Castelino won Miss Diva Universe 2020 title, in Mumbai. She will represent India at Miss Universe pageant 2020. 54. India's Aayushi Dholakia won title of Miss Teen International 2019, hosted in Gurugram (Haryana), becoming the first Asian to do so in last 27 years. Yessenia Garcia from Paraguay and Anicia Gaothusi from Botswana became First and second Runners-Up respectively. 55. Indian Actress has been awarded Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award from UNICEF. Priyanka Chopra is associated with UNICEF for 15 years as a Goodwill Ambassador. Award is named after actor Danny Kaye, an American actor, dancer, and singer. He became first goodwill ambassador of UNICEF in 1954. He was awarded Honorary Oscar for the film about his work with UNICEF. Priyanka Chopra was also awarded at Festival International Du Film De Marrakech (FILM) 2019 in Marrakesh (Morocco) for completing 20 years in Cinema. Priyanka Chopra also topped IMDb (Internet Movies Database) 2019 top 10 list of Indian Celebrities, followed by Disha Patani and . 56. Indian Army's Major Suman Gawani will be awarded UN Military Gender Advocate of 2019, as first time an Indian peacekeeper will be honored by this award. Major Suman was stationed in South Sudan under the United Nations Mission. Recently she has completed her mission. UN Military Gender Advocate Award began In 2016. 57. Indian Author Amitabha Bagchi won $25000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019, for his novel ‘Half the Night is Gone’. Novel is largely based in old-forgotten world of scheming zamindars, dubious morals and a man lamenting lost opportunities. Winner was announced during IME Nepal Literature Festival in Nepal. International jury panel was chaired by Harish Trivedi. 58. Indian Origin Author Ruchika Tomar won 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award for her Debut Novel A Prayer for Travelers. This award is given annually to an American author who has not previously published a full-length book of fiction. 59. Indian Origin businessman Rajesh Chaplot honoured with Highest Civilian Award (Golden Jubilee Medal-Civilians) of Uganda, for his excellence in field of Business & Commerce, Social Service and for fostering India - Uganda ties. 60. Indian Women's Hockey Captain Rani Rampal became first hockey player in world to win the prestigious ‘World Games Athlete of the Year’ Award, based on public votes. 61. Indian Writer Jasbinder Bilan won UK based Costa Children’s Award 2019, for her debut novel ‘Asha and the Spirit Bird’. It Includes 5,000 pounds as prize money. Costa Children’s Award is awarded annually in 5 categories - First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children’s Book. 62. Indian environmental economist Pavan Sukhdev has ben awarded 2020 Tyler Prize, jointly with biologist Gretchen C Daily. Pavan Sukhdev was honoured for his outstanding work in sphere of the green economy. Sukhdev was head and special adviser of UNEP’s 'Green Economy Initiative'. Tyler prize is one of the first international premier environmental awards, often described as the ‘Nobel Prize for Environment’. It was constituted in 1973 by the late John and Alice Tyler. 63. Indian feminist and activist Gita Sen won prestigious Dan David Prize 2020 under “present” category, for Gender Equality. She is director of Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health at the Public Health Foundation of India. Dan David Prize is given by Dan David Foundation (headquartered at Tel Aviv University, Israel), carrying prize of US$ 1 million for exemplary research. Categories are Past, Present and Future. Other Awardees of Dan David Prize 2020 - Past - Lonnie G. Bunch III, Barbara (US) (Cultural Preservation and Revival) Future - Demis Hassabis (UK), Amnon Shashua (Israel) (Artificial Intelligence) 64. Indian freelance reporter Ahmer Khan named winner of Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize, for his coverage in Kashmir during lockdown of the region after India's decision to abrogate article 370 that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Kate Webb was a New Zealand-born Australian war correspondent for UPI and Agence France-Presse (AFP). She earned a reputation for dogged and fearless reporting throughout the Vietnam War. 65. Indian singer has been chosen for 2017 National Award of state govt. of Madhya Pradesh, and composer Kuldeep Singh chosen for same award for 2018. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh. 66. Indian-American IBM Inventor Rajiv Joshi won NYIPLA “Inventor of the Year award” for 2020, for his contribution to advancing the electronic industry and improving artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. This award is presented by the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA), carrying $5,000. 67. Industrial Awards (April 2020) - Animal rights body People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has conferred Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik with ‘Hero to Animals Award’ for allocating funds to feed community animals in Odisha during lockdown. India-based non-profit organization (NPO) ARMMAN has been awarded Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2020 in recognition of its exceptional work in the maternal and child health space in India, along with 4 other awardees. Tata Power company’s Club Enerji #Switchoff2SwitchOn’ campaign, which is India’s 1st, energy & resource conservation club has won silver in Edison Award 2020 under Social innovation’s subcategory, social energy solution. 68. Industrial Awards (Dec 2019) - Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) instituted first ever National Startup Awards, to be open till 31 December 2019. Startups will be awarded in 35 areas, classified into 12 broad sectors. Cash prize of 5 lakh each will be awarded to winning startup in each area. Prize of 15 lakh each will be awarded to 1 winning Incubator and 1 winning Accelerator as well. Ruby Ahluwalia, Founder of Sanjeevani - Life Beyond Cancer has been conferred with Change Maker award at Grant Thornton SABERA Awards 2019, for her dedication for underprivileged cancer patients. Former Finance Minister Late has been bestowed with Economic Times (ET) Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Service 2019. Ministry of Information & Broadcasting invited entries for 8th National Photography Awards, conferred under 3 categories - Lifetime Achievement, Award for Professional Photographers, and Award for Amateur Photographers. Abu Dhabi (UAE) has been selected as world’s leading Sports tourism Destination at 26th edition of World Travel Awards (WTA) held in Muscat (Oman), for 7th time in a row. Gulu Mirchandani (founder chairman of Mirc Electronics Ltd. (Onida)) has been conferred with “Lifetime Achievement Award” by Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers Association. UT of Jammu and Kashmir has been selected for national award by Rural Development Ministry for best performance in implementation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer B P Raju has been awarded ‘India Cyber Cop of the Year 2019’ during Annual Information Security Summit at Gurgaon (Haryana). He won for investigating a fraud case in an online entrance exam conducted by an engineering college in Rajasthan. Noted Indian archaeologist R. Nagaswamy honoured at Silver Jubilee International Conference of Art in Dhaka by Bangladesh. India’s Noted ophthalmologist Santosh G Honavar is conferred with American Academy of Ophthalmology’s (AAO) highest award Life Achievement honour. He is the first Indian to rceive this honour. 69. Industrial Awards (Feb 2020) - Maharashtra Govt presented lifetime achievement award instituted by Mantralaya and Vidhimandal Vartahar Sangh, to senior journalist Dinkar Keshav Raikar. Defence Startup Big Bang Boom Solutions has been awarded SKOCH Award for “Boron Nitrate Based Personal Hybrid Combat Armour ”. Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has been awarded with Transport Minister’s Road Safety Award 2018-19, for its lowest accident rate. Nagaland road transport won under Hill category. SCCL CMD N. Sridhar received Bharatiya Mahantam Puraskar 2019-20, at 13th Asian Business and Social Forum conference at Bangkok (Thailand). Indian Achievers Awards 2020 - Rajendra Indraman Singh (Chairperson of Priyadarshini Group of Schools & Colleges) has been awarded Indian Achievers Award (IAA) in recognition of his Outstanding Contribution to Indian Education. Renowned astrologer Sohini Sastri won Best Astrologer of the year. Numaligarh Refinery Ltd MD SK Barua conferred with PSU Leadership Award by Heavy Industries Ministry. 70. Industrial Awards (Jan 2020) - Piyush Jaiswal has been awarded Global B`ihar Excellence Award 2019, for his work in promoting women empowerment. Ministry of Science and Technology have awarded Swarna Jayanti Fellowships to 14 scientists to pursue basic research in frontier areas of science and technology. The fellowship includes a fellowship of 25 thousand rupees per month and research grant of five lakh rupees for five years is also being provided in addition to salary. HDFC Bank hass been adjudged best in 'Innovation and Inclusiveness in Priority Sector Lending' category at '11th Inclusive Finance India Awards' in '16th Inclusive Finance Summit' in New Delhi. Award of Excellence for 2019 given by Computer Society of India (CSI) and Special Interest Group on e-Governance (CSI SIG e-Gov) to 2 applications developed by Election Commission of India - cVIGIL’ and ‘Voter Helpline App’, in Bhubaneswar (Odisha). Using cVIGIL (Vigilant Citizen), citizens can report Violations during elections. Every cVIGIL case is replied back with action taken in 100-minute timeline after evidentiary proof of violation. Gujarat topped SKOCH State of Governance 2019 ranking, replacing West Bengal. Top 5 are Gujarat, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. CM Hemant Soren conferred with the "Champion of Change Award-2019" for his work in the Barhait and Dumka assembly constituencies in state, by Former president . Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, N Kumar honoured with Harit Ratna Award 2019 by All India Agricultural Students Association (AIASA). Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee has been conferred honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) by Calcutta University. Indian Ayurvedic Telemedicine Pioneer Partap Chauhan Conferred with Ayurveda Ratan Award 2020 in Brussels (Belgium), during 2nd Ayurveda Day Celebration at European Parliament. In November 2018, Ayurveda Day was 1st celebrated at European Parliament. 71. Industrial Awards (Mar 2020) - Professor Jayashankar State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) VC V Praveen Rao won 7th Dr MS Swaminathan Award for 2017-2019, instituted by Retired ICAR Employees Association (RICAREA) and Nuziveedu Seeds Limited (NSL). It carries prize of 2 lakh. PGIMER Faculty Jaimanti Bakshi won Best Citizens of India award by Global Economic Progress and Research Association. Prachi Salve of IndiaSpend and Pradeep Dwivedi of DainikJagran jointly won top prize in Road Safety Media Fellowship 2019, by Centre for Media Studies (CMS). 72. Industrial Awards (May 2020) - Travel services company Thomas Cook (India) won silver award for Asia's Best Integrated Report (First Time) at the 5th Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards (ASRA). Bengaluru-based doctor Hema Divakar honoured with the 'Global Asian of the Year 2018-19' award in Dubai, for her contribution to women's healthcare ecosystem. Indian IT Major TCS won 2 Steviesin 2020 American Business Awards, for 2019 TCS New York City Marathon app. 73. Irish Architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara are named as winners of Pritzker Architecture prize 2020. Awardees co- founded Grafton Architects in 1978 at dublin. It is an annual award sponsored by Hyatt foundation, consisting USD 100000 and a bronze medallion. It is often referred to as “architecture’s Nobel” & “the profession’s highest honor.” 74. Jagran Group editor-in-chief Sanjay Gupta will be honored with Lokmanya Tilak National Journalism Award for his contribution in field of Journalism. Award was instituted by Kesari-Maratha Trust. 75. Joseph J Landsberg, Richard H Waring and Nicholas C Coops won 2020 Marcus Wallenberg Prize for forest sector’ for 3-PG (Physiological Principles Predicting Growth), a model to predict forest growth in a changing climate. Prize will be presented by King Carl Gustaf XVI of Sweden, with prize money of 2 million Kronor. 76. Kamareddy district of Telangana won United Nations International Children’s and Education Fund (Unicef) 2019 Award, for effective implementation of in water sanitation and hygiene sectors. 77. Kerala Govt announced sports awards 2020 - Sprinter Muhammad Anas won GV Raja award (Male) for athletics. In female category, PC Thulasi adjudged winner. TP Ouseph, athletics coach will be conferred with Olympian Suresh Babu lifetime achievement award. Award for best sports trainer won by football coach Satheevan Balan. 78. Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowships and awards 2018 - Novelist Maniyambath Mukundan and Poet K G Sankara Pillai selected for Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowships 2018, carrying cash prize of INR 50000. Skaria Zakkaria, O.M. Anujan, S. Rajasekharan, Manamubur Rajan Babu and Nalini Bekal are given Lifetime Achievement Awards, carrying 30000. Other Winners -

V M Girija Best Poem for Budhha Pournami K V Mohankumar Best Novel (Ushna Rashi) K Best Short Story (Mananchira) Rajmohan Neeleswaram Best Drama (Choottum Koottum) 79. Kerala Tourism's Barrier-Free Tourism Project won global mention with United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), as an ‘Emerging Global Destination’ in Accessible Destination Awards 2019. In 2019, Kerala announced to make entire state, especially tourist destinations, disabled-friendly by 2021. Kerala has also been the first state to work as per the guidelines of UNWTO to make tourist destinations disabled-friendly. 80. Manipuri doctor Thangjam Dhabali Singh has been conferred Order of Rising Sun by , for promoting better ties. He is founder of Manipur Tourism Forum (MTF). He had organised 70th anniversary of Battle of of Second World War. 81. Musician Ilaiyaraja has been selected for Harivarasanam Award 2019, instituted by Kerala government and Travancore Devaswom Board in 2012. Each year, Harivarasanam Award is announced ahead of Makaravilakku festival in . It consists of a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh. 82. New Zealand cricket team has been awarded Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket award 2019, for their sporting conduct following a dramatic defeat by England in ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 final at Lord’s (England). Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket award was created in 2013, in memory of Martin-Jenkins, former MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) president. 83. Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters named Hillel Furstenberg of Israel and Gregory Margulis of USA as winners of Abel Prize 2020 for their pioneering use of methods from probability & dynamics in group theory, number theory and combinatorics - Abel Prize is a Norwegian prize awarded annually by of Norway to outstanding mathematicians, named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. It comes with a monetary award of 7.5 million Norwegian Kroner (NOK) (.7 Million USD - Approx 5 Crores INR). 84. Noted Hindi poet Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari will be honoured with Gangadhar National Award. It includes cash prize of 50000 and is bestowed in remembrance of renowned poet Gangadhar Meher from Odisha. 85. Noted Marathi litterateur and Hindi writer Gynanranjan have been conferred 'Akashdeep Sanman', instituted by media house Amar Ujala and comprising a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. 86. Noted Sindhi writer Vasdev Mohi will be conferred with 29th Saraswati Samman, for his short stories collection - Chequebook. Saraswati Samman carries cash award of 15 lakh rupees. Mr Mohi has authored 25 books of poetry, stories and translations, and also has received Sahitya Akademi Award. 87. Noted writer Paramananda Majumder has been presented 10th Moghai Ojah Award, for his significant role in raising issues of public interest. Moghai Ojah award was instituted in 2011 by Jorhat district unit of the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP). It is annually presented on 15 March, carrying cash prize of 21000. 88. Odia and English writer received Mystic Kalinga Literary Award (Indian and Global Languages) at Mystic Kalinga Festival (MKF). He was recently conferred award in field of literature and education. 89. Odisha received World Habitat Award, a global recognition for its ambitious initiative - Jaga Mission. It is given by World Habitat, a UK- based organization, in partnership with United Nation - Habitat. Jaga Mission is a slum land titling project, benefiting a million urban- poor living in the slums. 90. Padma Awards 2020 Announced - This year, President approved conferment of 141 Padma Awards - It includes 4 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) List comprises 7 , 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Awards. 33 awardees are women, 18 are persons from category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 12 Posthumous awardees. Padma Vibhushan (7) -

SN Name Field State/Country

1. Public Affairs (Posthumous)

Arun Jaitley 2. Public Affairs Delhi (Posthumous)

3. Sir Public Affairs

4. M. C. Sports (Boxing) Manipur

5. Art Uttar Pradesh

Sushma Swaraj 6. Public Affairs Delhi (Posthumous)

Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri 7. Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha Udupi Others-Spiritualism Karnataka (Posthumous) Padma Bhushan (16) -

SN Name Field State/Country

8. M. Mumtaz Ali () Others-Spiritualism Kerala

Syed Muazzem Ali 9. Public Affairs Bangladesh (Posthumous)

Jammu and 10. Public Affairs Kashmir

11. Ajoy Chakravorty Art West Bengal

Literature and 12. Manoj Das Puducherry Education

13. Balkrishna Doshi Others-Architecture Gujarat

14. Social Work Tamil Nadu

15. S. C. Jamir Public Affairs Nagaland

16. Social Work Uttarakhand

17. Dr. Tsering Landol Medicine Ladakh

18. Trade and Industry Maharashtra

Neelakanta Ramakrishna 19. Public Affairs Kerala Madhava Menon (Posthumous)

20. (Posthumous) Public Affairs Goa

Literature and 21. Prof. USA Education

22. P. V. Sindhu Sports (Badminton) Telangana

23. Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu

Padma Shri (118) -

SN Name Field State/Country

24. Guru Art Jharkhand

25. Dr. Medicine Uttarakhand

26. Jai Prakash Agarwal Trade and Industry Delhi

27. Jagdish Lal Ahuja Social Work Punjab

28. Kazi Masum Akhtar Literature and Education West Bengal 29. Ms. Gloria Arieira Literature and Education Brazil

30. Sports (Cricket) Maharashtra

31. Dr. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay Medicine Uttar Pradesh

32. Dr. Sushovan Banerjee Medicine West Bengal

33. Dr. Medicine Chandigarh

34. Dr. Literature and Education Odisha

35. Pawar Popatrao Bhaguji Social Work Maharashtra

36. Himmata Ram Bhambhu Social Work Rajasthan

37. Sanjeev Bikhchandani Trade and Industry Uttar Pradesh

38. Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia Trade and Industry Gujarat

39. Bob Blackman Public Affairs United Kingdom

40. Indira P. P. Bora Art Assam

41. Madan Singh Chauhan Art Chhattisgarh

42. Usha Chaumar Social Work Rajasthan

43. Lil Bahadur Chettri Literature and Education Assam

Lalitha & Ms. Saroja 44. Art Tamil Nadu Chidambaram (Duo)*

45. Dr. Art Sri Lanka

46. Dr. Purushottam Dadheech Art Madhya Pradesh

47. Utsav Charan Das Art Odisha

Prof. Indra Dassanayake 48. Literature and Education Sri Lanka (Posthumous)

49. H. M. Desai Literature and Education Gujarat

50. Manohar Devadoss Art Tamil Nadu

51. Sports (Football) Manipur

52. Social Work Brazil

53. M. P. Ganesh Sports (Hockey) Karnataka

54. Dr. Gangadhar Medicine Karnataka

55. Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar Science and Engineering Maharashtra

56. Barry Gardiner Public Affairs United Kingdom

57. Chewang Motup Goba Trade and Industry Ladakh

58. Bharat Goenka Trade and Industry Karnataka

59. Yadla Gopalarao Art Andhra Pradesh

60. Mitrabhanu Gountia Art Odisha

61. Tulasi Gowda Social Work Karnataka

62. Sujoy K. Guha Science and Engineering Bihar

63. Harekala Hajabba Social Work Karnataka

64. Enamul Haque Others-Archaeology Bangladesh

65. Mansuri Hasmukh Art Jharkhand

Social Work Madhya Pradesh 66. Abdul Jabbar (Posthumous)

67. Bimal Kumar Jain Social Work Bihar

68. Literature and Education Delhi

69. Nemnath Jain Trade and Industry Madhya Pradesh

70. Shanti Jain Art Bihar

71. Sudhir Jain Science and Engineering Gujarat

72. Benichandra Jamatia Literature and Education Tripura

K. V. Sampath Kumar & Ms. Literature and Education- 73. Vidushi Jayalakshmi K.S. Karnataka Journalism (Duo)*

74. Karan Johar Art Maharashtra

75. Dr. Leela Joshi Medicine Madhya Pradesh

76. Art Maharashtra

77. C. Kamlova Literature and Education Mizoram

78. Dr. Kannan R. Medicine Assam

79. Ekta Kapoor Art Maharashtra

80. Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia Art Gujarat

81. Narayan J. Joshi Karayal Literature and Education Gujarat

82. Dr. Narindar Nath Khanna Medicine Uttar Pradesh

83. Naveen Khanna Science and Engineering Delhi

84. S. P. Kothari Literature and Education USA

V. K. Munusamy 85. Art Puducherry Krishnapakthar

86. M. K. Kunjol Social Work Kerala

Manmohan Mahapatra 87. Art Odisha (Posthumous)

88. Ustad Anwar Khan Mangniyar Art Rajasthan

Kattungal Subramaniam 89. Science and Engineering Kerala Manilal

90. Munna Master Art Rajasthan

91. Prof. Literature and Education Himachal Pradesh

92. Binapani Mohanty Literature and Education Odisha

93. Dr. Medicine West Bengal

94. Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee Literature and Education France

95. Sathyanarayan Mundayoor Social Work Arunachal Pradesh

96. Art West Bengal

97. N. Chandrasekharan Nair Literature and Education Kerala

Dr. Tetsu Nakamura 98. Social Work Afghanistan (Posthumous) 99. Shiv Datt Nirmohi Literature and Education Jammu and Kashmir

Literature and 100. Pu Lalbiakthanga Pachuau Mizoram Education-Journalism

101. Moozhikkal Pankajakshi Art Kerala

102. Dr. Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik Literature and Education USA

103. Jogendra Nath Phukan Literature and Education Assam

104. Rahibai Soma Popere Others-Agriculture Maharashtra

105. Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh

106. Sports (Shooting) Uttar Pradesh

107. Sports (Archery) Sikkim

108. S. Ramakrishnan Social Work Tamil Nadu

109. Rani Rampal Sports (Hockey) Haryana

110. Art Maharashtra

111. Art Andhra Pradesh

112. Shahbuddin Rathod Literature and Education Gujarat

113. Kalyan Singh Rawat Social Work Uttarakhand

114. Chintala Venkat Reddy Others-Agriculture Telangana

115. Dr. Medicine Bihar

Radhammohan & Ms. 116. Others-Agriculture Odisha Sabarmatee (Duo)*

Others-Animal 117. Batakrushna Sahoo Odisha Husbandry

118. Trinity Saioo Others-Agriculture Meghalaya

119. Art Maharashtra

120. Vijay Sankeshwar Trade and Industry Karnataka

121. Dr. Medicine Assam

Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri 122. Social Work Maharashtra alias Sayedbhai

123. Mohammed Sharif Social Work Uttar Pradesh

124. Shyam Sunder Sharma Art Bihar

125. Dr. Medicine Gujarat

126. Social Work Bihar

Vashishtha Narayan Singh 127. Science and Engineering Bihar (Posthumous)

128. Daya Prakash Sinha Art Uttar Pradesh

129. Dr. Medicine Maharashtra

130. Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam Literature and Education Telangana

Kalee Shabi Mahaboob & Sheik 131. Mahaboob Subani Art Tamil Nadu (Duo)* 132. Javed Ahmad Tak Social Work Jammu and Kashmir

133. Pradeep Thalappil Science and Engineering Tamil Nadu

134. Literature and Education Arunachal Pradesh

135. Literature and Education USA

136. Social Work

137. Harish Chandra Verma Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh

138. Social Work Rajasthan

Dr. Romesh Tekchand 139. Trade and Industry USA Wadhwani

140. Art Maharashtra

141. Prem Watsa Trade and Industry Canada

91. Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has been awarded by 11th Dubai Globe Soccer Awards 2019 as best men’s player of year. England's Lucy Bronze was awarded the best women’s player of the year. 92. President Ram Nath Kovind Conferred 61st Lalit Kala Akademi Awards on 15 artists - Anoop Kumar Manzukhi Gopi David Malakar Devendra Kumar Khare Dinesh Pandya Faruque Ahmed Halder Hari Ram Kumbhawat Keshari Nandan Prasad Mohan Kumar T Ratan Krishna Saha Sagar Vasant Kamble Satwinder Kaur Sunil Thiruvayur Tejaswi Narayan Sonawane Yashpal Singh Yashwant Singh 93. President Ram Nath Kovind conferred Dada Saheb Phalke Award to Noted Actor , as India's highest film honour. Amitabh Bachchan was honoured later, after he missed recent 66th National Film Awards ceremony. 94. President Ram Nath Kovind conferred National Florence Nightingale Awards to 36 awardees, instituted in 1973 to recognize meritorious services rendered by nurses to society. 95. President Ram Nath Kovind presented International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy to Dr N.S. Dharmashaktu, under Indian nomination (individual) category and Leprosy Mission Trust under institutional category. World Leprosy Day is observed annually on Last sunday of January. 96. Prince William Arthur Philip Louis (Duke of Cambridge) announced Earthshot Prize, to honor visionaries working to solve environmental problems, from climate change to air pollution. Earthshot Prize will be awarded to five winners, every year, for the next 10 years. Prize is initially handled by Royal Foundation of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, headed by Prince William and Kate Middleton. 97. Professor Saurabh Lodha from IIT Bombay received Young Career Award in Nano Science & Technology for 2020, instituted by Department of Science and Technology (DST). It recognises his pioneering contributions in development of logic transistor technologies beyond silicon and nanoelectronic devices based on two-dimensional Van der Waals materials. 98. Pulitzer Prize 2020 - Winners - Letters, Drama, and Music - Fiction - The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday) Drama - A Strange Loop, by Michael R. Jackson History - Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America, by W. Caleb McDaniel (Oxford University Press) Biography or Autobiography - Sontag: Her Life and Work, by Benjamin Moser (Ecco) Poetry - The Tradition, by Jericho Brown (Copper Canyon Press) Music - The Central Park Five, by Anthony Davis General Non-fiction - The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America, by Greg Grandin (Metropolitan Books) AND The Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer, and Care, by Anne Boyer (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Journalism - Public Service - Anchorage Daily News with contributions from ProPublica Breaking News Reporting - Staff of The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky. Investigative Reporting - Brian M. Rosenthal of The New York Times Explanatory Reporting - Staff of The Washington Post Local Reporting - Staff of The Baltimore Sun National Reporting - Dominic Gates, Steve Miletich, Mike Baker and Lewis Kamb of The Seattle Times AND T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose and Robert Faturechi of ProPublica International Reporting - Staff of The New York Times Feature Writing - Ben Taub of The New Yorker Commentary - Nikole Hannah-Jones of The New York Times Criticism - Christopher Knight of the Los Angeles Times Editorial Writing - Jeffery Gerritt of the Palestine (Tx.) Herald-Press Editorial Cartooning - Barry Blitt, contributor, The New Yorker Breaking News Photography - Photography Staff of Reuters Feature Photography - Channi Anand, Mukhtar Khan and Dar Yasin of Associated Press (India) Special Awards and Citations - Ida B. Wells About Pulitzer Prizes - Given for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in USA. Established in 1917 by provisions in will of American (Hungarian-born) Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. 99. Raja Ravi Varma State Award conferred on noted Karnataka painter J.S. Khanderao (for 2019) and Mumbai artist Vasudev Kamath (2020). Instituted by Karnataka’s Shri Ravivarma Art Institute, it carries cash prize of Rs.10,000. 100. Restoration of Dignity and Human Rights of Indigenous Tribal Community in Karnataka project has been bestowed with gold prize in 2019 World Habitat Award, given by World Habitat, a UK based organization, in association with the United Nations (UN)-Habitat. Also, Odisha received World Habitat Award, a global recognition for its ambitious initiative - Jaga Mission. Jaga Mission is a slum land titling project, benefiting a million urban-poor living in the slums. 101. Sahitya Akademi Awards 2019 announced for 23 languages. It contains prize money of 1 Lakh INR. Awardees - Assamese - Joysree Goswami Mahanta (Novel) Bengali - Chinmoy Guha (Essays) Bodo - Phukan Ch. Basumatary (Poetry) Dogri - Om Sharma Jandriari (Essays) English - Shashi Tharoor (Non-Fiction) Gujarati - Ratilal Borisagar (Essays) Hindi - Nand Kishore Acharya (Poetry) Kannada - Vijaya (Autobiography) Kashmiri - Abdul Ahad Hajini (Short Stories) Konkani - Nilba A. Khandekar (Poetry) Maithili - Kumar Manish Arvind (Poetry) Malayalam - V. Madhusoodanan Nair (Poetry) Manipuri - L. Birmangol Singh (Beryl Thanga) (Novel) Marathi - Anuradha Patil (Poetry) Odia - Tarun Kanti Mishra (Short Stories) Punjabi - Kirpal Kazak (Short Stories) Rajasthani - Ramsawroop Kisan (Short Stories) Sanskrit - Penna Madhusudan (Poetry) Santhali - Kali Charan Hembram (Short Stories) Sindhi - Ishwar Moorjani (Short Stories) Tamil - Cho. Dharman (Novel) Telugu - Bandi Narayana Swamy (Novel) Urdu - Shafey Kidwai (Biography) Nepali is to be announced later 102. Sahitya Akademi Awards 2019 for Translation announced for 23 languages. It contains prize money of 50000 INR. Awardees - Assamese - Nava Kumar Handique Bengali - Taran Bandopadhyay Bodo - Gopinath Brahma Dogri - Rattan Lal Basotra English - Susan Daniel Gujarati - Bakula Ghaswala Hindi - Alok Gupta Kashmiri - Ratan Lal Jauhar Konkani - Jayanti Naik Maithili - Kedar Kanan Malayalam - C G Rajagopal Manipuri - kh. Prakash Singh Marathi - Sai Paranjpye Nepali - Sachin Rai Dumi Odia - Ajoy Kumar Patnaik Punjabi - Prem Parkash Rajasthani - Dev Kothari Sanskrit - Prem Shankar Sharma Santhali - Kherwal Saran Sindhi - Dholan Rahi Tamil - K V Jeyasari Telugu - P Satyavathy Urdu - Aslam Mirze Kannada is to be announced later 103. Saima Yunus Khan of Aligarh Muslim University became first Indian to be conferred with IADR Fellowship in field of dental research. International Association of Dental Research (IADR) John Clarkson Fellowship is awarded to obtain training and experience in dental public health at Children's Hospital Research Institute of the University of Manitoba (Canada) for 5 months. This Fellowship conmprise US 15000 Grant and is awarded to one post doctoral investigator every two years. 104. South African HIV researcher Quarraisha Abdool Karim, who found that a topical gel could stop many women catching the virus has been awarded Christophe Merieux Prize. It is one of France’s top science prizes, carrying $551,000. 105. Srinagar Journalist Yusuf Jameel selected for 2019-2020 PEN Gauri Lankesh Award for Democratic Idealism. Award is in name of Gauri Lankesh, the editor-activist murdered in 2017. It carries a purse of 1 lakh. 106. Swarajya Awards 2020 conferred at 6th India Ideas Conclave in Gujarat, Instituted by India Foundation & Indic Academy-

Awardee Category Field Sarbananda Sonowal Dr S P Mukherjee Award Politics K Parasaran Sree Narayana Guru Award Social Work Bharatbala Ustad Award Culture N K Singh Dr B R Shenoy Award Economics 107. Sweden created two 1 million USD worth prizes named Food Planet Prize, as a step is to address climate change threats towards food supply all over world. Prizes are for an existing scalable solution for sustainable foods and innovative initiatives to transform global food sector. 108. Tech Firm Merck announced winners of first Merck Young Scientist Award, recognizing contributions of young Indian scientists in innovative research. Winners - Debojyoti Chakraborty (Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology Delhi) Dipyaman Ganguly (CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Kolkata) Siddhesh S Kamat (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune Mahendran K .R (Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology Thiruvananthapuram) Sakya S. Sen (CSIR - National Chemical Laboratory Pune) Basker Sundararaju (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) About - Winners receive INR 200000 & Travel Award of INR 150000 each and runners receive INR 100000. Merck Young Scientist Award is presented to a Researcher or Scientist with less than 10 years of research experience (post PhD). 109. The Hindu Literary Prize 2019 winners - Fiction - Mirza Waheed (Tell Her Everything) Non-Fiction - Santanu Das (India, Empire, and First World War Culture: Writings, Images and Songs). 110. Times of India (TOI) Sports Awards 2019 -

S. No. Award Award Winner

1 Sports person of the Year P.V. Sindhu (Badminton) 2 Cricketer of the year 3 Team of the year Indian men’s Hockey Team 4 Coach of the year (Shooting) 5 Youth Icon of the year Vijendra Singh (Boxer) 6 Lifetime Achievement (Football) 7 Icon of the year Balbir Singh (Hockey) 111. Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica won Miss World 2019 (69th edition) Beauty pageant, hosted in London (UK). This is Jamaica's fourth Miss World title, and its first since 1993. Toni-Ann Singh is born to Indo-Caribbean father Bradshaw Singh and African-Caribbean mother Jahrine Bailey. France’s Ophely Mezino named first runner-up and India's Suman Rao declared second runner-up. 112. WTA (Women's Tennis Association) Awards 2019 - Player of the Year - Ashleigh Barty (Australia). Her coach Craig Tyzzer named coach of the year. Doubles Team of the Year - Tímea Babos (Hungary) AND Kristina Mladenovic (France) Most Improved Player of the Year - Sofia Kenin (US) Newcomer of the Year - Bianca Andreescu (Canada) Comeback Player of the Year - Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 113. World Economic Forum (WEF) announced Winners of 26th Annual Crystal Award for 2020, hosted by World Economic Forum’s World Arts Forum. Recipients - Jin Xing (China) - for her leadership in shaping inclusive cultural norms Theaster Gates (Chicago, US) - for his leadership in creating sustainable communities Lynette Wallworth (Australia) - for her leadership in creating inclusive narratives Deepika Padukone (India) - for her remarkable leadership in raising mental health awareness. Awardees will honoured at opening session of World Economic Forum’s 2020 Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters (Switzerland). 114. Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa has won Miss Universe 2019 pageant (68th edition), held in Atlanta (US). This is South Africa's third win, and crowning of first black woman winner since 2011 (Leila Lopes). Top

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