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CURRENT AFFAIRS – AWARDS – JANUARY, 2020

 ‘Padma Awads’ – one of the highest civilian awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, , and . The awards are given in various disciplines/fields of activities, viz., art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine literature and education, sports, civil service etc.  ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.  ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order.  ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field.  The Government of has announced 141 Padma Awards for the year 2020 on the occasion of 71st Republic Day.  The Padma Awards list comprises of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Padma Shri. 34 awardees are women and 18 foreigners. 12 persons are awarded posthumously.

 Here is the complete list: PADMA VIBHUSHAN Sl. Name Field State/Country No. 1. (Posthumous) Public Affairs 2. (Posthumous) Public Affairs 3. Sir Public Affairs 4. M. C. Sports 5. Art 6. Sushma (Posthumous) Public Affairs Delhi Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji 7. Sri Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha Udupi Others-Spiritualism Karnataka (Posthumous) PADMA BHUSHAN Sl. Name Field State/Country No. 8. M. Mumtaz Ali Others-Spiritualism 9. (Posthumous) Public Affairs 10. Public Affairs J &K 11. Ajoy Chakravorty Art West Bengal 12. Literature and Education Puducherry 13. Balkrishna Doshi Others-Architecture Gujarat 14. Social Work 15. S. C. Jamir Public Affairs Nagaland COMPETITIVE POINT, Gajapati Nagar Square, Near NIDAN-Behind SBI, Berhampur-10 Phone: 0680-2290224 | Mobile: 9658464748 | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.competitivepoint.in

16. Social Work 17. Dr.Tsering Landol Medicine Ladakh 18. Trade and Industry Neelakanta Ramakrishna 19. Public Affairs Kerala Madhava Menon (Posthumous) Manohar Gopalkrishna 20. Public Affairs Goa Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous) 21. Prof. Literature and Education USA 22. P. V. Sindhu Sports Telangana 23. Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu

PADMA SHRI

Sl. Name Field State/Country No. 24. Guru Shashadhar Art 25. Dr. Medicine Uttarakhand 26. Jai Prakash Agarwal Trade and Industry Delhi 27. Jagdish Lal Ahuja Social Work 28. Kazi Masum Akhtar Literature and Education West Bengal 29. Ms. Gloria Arieira Literature and Education 30. Khan Zaheerkhan Bakhtiyarkhan Sports 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 Bhambhu Social Work 37. Trade and Industry Uttar Pradesh 38. Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia Trade and Industry Gujarat 39. Bob Blackman Public Affairs 40. Indira P. P. Bora Art 41. Madan Singh Chauhan Art Chhattisgarh 42. Usha Chaumar Social Work Rajasthan 43. Literature and Education Assam

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Lalitha & Ms. Saroja 44. Art Tamil Nadu Chidambaram (Duo)* 45. Dr. Art 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 Manipur 52. Social Work Brazil 53. M. P. Ganesh Sports 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 66. Abdul Jabbar (Posthumous) Social Work Madhya Pradesh 67. Bimal Kumar Jain Social Work Bihar 68. Literature and Education Delhi 69. Nemnath Jain Trade and Industry Madhya Pradesh 70. Shanti Bihar 71. Sudhir Jain Science and Engineering Gujarat 72. Benichandra Jamatia Literature and Education Tripura K. V. Sampath Kumar & 73. Literature and Education-Journalism Karnataka Ms. Vidushi Jayalakshmi K.S. (Duo)* 74. Art Maharashtra 75. Dr. Medicine Madhya Pradesh

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76. Art Maharashtra 77. C. Kamlova Literature and Education Mizoram 78. Dr. Kannan R. Medicine Assam 79. 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 85. V. K. Munusamy Krishnapakthar Art Puducherry 86. M. K. Kunjol Social Work Kerala Manmohan Mahapatra 87. Art Odisha (Posthumous) 88. Ustad Anwar Khan Mangniyar Art Rajasthan 89. Kattungal Subramaniam Manilal Science and Engineering Kerala 90. Munna Master Art Rajasthan 91. Prof. Literature and Education 92. Binapani Mohanty Literature and Education Odisha 93. Dr. Medicine West Bengal 94. Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee Literature and Education 95. Sathyanarayan Mundayoor Social Work 96. Art West Bengal 97. N. Chandrasekharan Nair Literature and Education Kerala 98. Dr. Tetsu Nakamura (Posthumous) Social Work 99. Shiv Datt Nirmohi Literature and Education J & K 100. Pu Lalbiakthanga Pachuau Literature and Education-Journalism Mizoram 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 Uttar Pradesh 107. Sports Sikkim 108. S. Ramakrishnan Social Work Tamil Nadu 109. Sports Haryana COMPETITIVE POINT, Gajapati Nagar Square, Near NIDAN-Behind SBI, Berhampur-10 Phone: 0680-2290224 | Mobile: 9658464748 | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.competitivepoint.in

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 & 116. Others-Agriculture Odisha Ms.Sabarmatee (Duo)* 117. Batakrushna Sahoo Others-Animal Husbandry Odisha 118. Trinity Saioo Others-Agriculture Meghalaya 119. Art Maharashtra 120. Trade and Industry Karnataka 121. Dr. Medicine Assam 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 127. Vashishtha Narayan Singh (Posthumous) Science and Engineering Bihar 128. Daya Prakash Sinha Art Uttar Pradesh 129. Dr. Medicine Maharashtra 130. Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam Literature and Education Telangana Kalee Shabi Mahaboob & Sheik Mahaboob 131. Art Tamil Nadu Subani (Duo)* 132. Javed Ahmad Tak Social Work J & K 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 139. Dr. Romesh Tekchand Wadhwani Trade and Industry USA 140. Art Maharashtra 141. Trade and Industry Canada

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Series of Awards – 2019 for 54 persons: President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the conferment of Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards – 2019 on 54 persons.

 This includes Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak to seven, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak to eight and Jeevan Raksha Padak to thirty-nine persons. Five awards are posthumous. Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards are given to a person for meritorious act of human nature in saving the life of a person.

 The award is given in three categories – Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and Jeevan Raksha Padak. Persons of all walks of life are eligible for these awards. The award can also be conferred posthumously.

 The decoration of the award is presented to the awardees by the Ministry, organizations or state government to which the awardees belong.

 Two Bangladeshis get Padma Awards. Bangladeshi Career Diplomat late Syed Muazzem Ali and veteran museologist Enamul Haq have been nominated for the Padma Awards by the this year.

 Syed Muazzem Ali has been honoured with the Padma Bhushan award posthumously. He was the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India and passed away on 30 December, 2019 after completing his 5-year long tenure from 2014 in India.

 Syed Muazzem Ali rebelled against the Pakistani government and declared his allegiance to Bangladesh in 1971, while serving in the Embassy there. He also served as the Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh.

 Renowned academic and Museologist from Bangladesh Enamul Haq has been nominated for the Padma Shri award. Born in 1936, Eanmul Haq has taught at many universities including University, Jahangirnagar University, and BRAC University. Haque was the founder Director General of the Bangladesh National Museum.

 Iranian Film ‘Castle of Dreams’ gets Best Film Award at Dhaka International Film Festival The Iranian film ‘Castle of Dreams’ directed by Reza Mirakarimi won the Best Film Award in Asian Competition section of the 18th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) which concluded on 19th January, 2020. The film also won the Best Director Award.

 Information Minister of Bangladesh Hasan Mahmud gave away the award carrying prize money of Tk 1 lakh, a citation and crest in the closing ceremony held in Dhaka.

 In the Asian Competition segment, Sri Lankan director Prasanna Vithanage’s film ‘Children of the Sun’ won Special Jury Award.

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 Best Actress Award went to Arezoo Ariapoor, Ferestha Afshar and Hasiba Ebrahimi for their acting in Afghanistan-Iran-France joint venture film ‘Hava, Maryamk, Ayesha’ while the Best Actor Award went to Lousie Abuel for his acting in the film ‘Edward’.

 In Bangladesh Panorama Section, ‘No Dorai’ directed by Taneem Rahman Angshu bagged the Best Film Award.

 Indian film ‘Finally Love’ directed by Anjan Dutt bagged Best Audience Award in Cinema of the World Category.

 A total of 220 films from 74 countries were shown during the nine-day long festival which began on 11th January, 2020.

 The Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) is being organized by the Rainbow Film Festival since 1992 with support from Bangladesh government and many other organizations including the High Commission of India, Dhaka.

 The theme of this year’s festival was ‘better film, better audience, better society’.  President Kovind confers Rashtriya Bal Puraskar awards to children. President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, 2020 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Bal Puraskar is given by government every year to recognize exceptional achievements of children in various fields.  These fields are innovation, scholastic achievements, social service, arts and culture, sports and bravery. Twenty-two children who were selected for National Bravery Awards also received the awards from the .  Deepika Padukone feted with Crystal Award at WEF Deepika Padukone received the Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum in Davos.  The 'Chhapaak' actress was recognized for her efforts to create awareness about the importance of mental health.

 Deepika Padukone, who has opened up about her battle with the illness and also runs the Live Love Laugh Foundation, said that people must understand depression and anxiety are like any other illness and can be treated.

 Sindhi writer Vasdev Mohi received the 29th Saraswati Samman: Sindhi writer Vasdev Mohi has been conferred with 29th Saraswati Samman for his short stories collection 'Chequebook'.  The short stories collection talks about the agonies and sufferings of marginalized sections of the society.  Vasdev Mohi: Vasdev Mohi was born in 1944 in Mirpur Khas. Mohi's repertoire includes 25 books of poetry, critical pieces, translated works, and short stories. His critical essays and papers have appeared in national and international literary seminars.

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 He has also received several awards, including the , Gangadhar Mehar National Award, Sindhi Sahitya Academy Award, and Lifetime Achievement Award of Sindhi Academy. He has authored 25 books of poetry, stories, and translations.

 Saraswati Samman is given annually by the KK Birla Foundation. It carries a cash award of Rs.15 lakh rupees, a citation, and a plaque.

 Sucheta Satish won Global Child Prodigy Award 2020: A Dubai-based Indian girl Sucheta Satish, who can sing in 120 languages, has won the 'Global Child Prodigy Awards 2020'.  Sucheta Satish, known as the Dubai Indian High School's nightingale, won in the singing category.

 The Global Child Prodigy Award is a platform to celebrate children's talent and power in different categories. The award ceremony was held in on 3rd January, 2020.

 DMRC awards first civil contract for Tughlakabad-Aerocity corridor: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) awarded the first civil contract for the Tughlakabad-Aerocity corridor of its Phase 4 project.  This contract involves the construction of Metro viaduct from Sangam Vihar to Saket - G including four elevated Metro stations.  On 8th March, 2019, the Union Cabinet had approved three out of the six proposed corridors of Delhi Metro's Phase 4 project

 Golden Globes Awards 2020: The 77th Annual Golden Globes Awards were held on 5 Jan 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. Best motion picture — Drama was won by '1917'. Best performance by an actress in a motion picture--Drama was won by Renee Zellweger for "Judy". Best performance by an actor in a motion picture-Drama was won by Joaquin Phoenix for "Joker". Best Director was won by Sam Mendes for '1917'.

 Innovation Awards Presentation Ceremony: Innovation Awards Presentation Ceremony was held on the 8th of January 2020.  These awards were conferred at the 12th edition of Global Intellectual Property Convention in New Delhi.

 Prof. MS Swaminathan & Dr. G Muniratnam chosen for Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu National Awards: Dr.Swaminathan chosen for his contribution to agriculture & Dr Muniratnam for social service. Awards meant to inspire others to emulate the awardees – Vice President attends the Sankranti Celebrations organized by Swarna Bharat Trust. Each award carries a cash prize of Rupees Five Lakh and citation.

honoured with Award: Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan was presented the by President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

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 The award, named after Dhundiraj Govind Phalke who is revered as the father of Indian cinema, was instituted in 1969. Amitabh Bachhan made his debut in film industry in the same year with "Saat Hindustani".

 Considered the highest honour for an artiste in Indian cinema, the award comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion, a shawl, and cash prize of 10 lakh rupees.

 It was conferred upon late actor Vinod Khanna in 2017.

 Krishnamachari Srikkanth, to receive CK Nayudu Lifetime Award 2019: Former India and member of the 1983 World Cup - winning team Krishnamachari Srikkanth was the recipient of prestigious CK Nayudu Lifetime Award 2019 given by the BCCI.

 Former India women’s captain Anjum Chopra is the co-recipient of the lifetime achievement award for the year 2019.

 The BCCI Annual Award function was held in on January 12, 2020.

 Swarna Jayanti Fellowships have been awarded to 14 Scientists associated with projects containing innovative research idea and with the potential of making an impact on R&D in the respective disciplines.

 The Swarna Jayanti Fellowships scheme was instituted by Government of India to commemorate India's fifteenth year of independence.

 Krishi Karman Awards: PM Narendra Modi distributed Krishi Karman Awards and Commendation Awards to states at a public meeting in Tumkur, Karnataka on 2 Jan 2020.

 He also gave away Agriculture Minister’s Krishi Karman Awards for Progressive Farmers.

 The event also witnessed the release of the 3rd installment of PM Kisan (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) of Rs 2000 for the period December 2019-March 2020.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS – AWARDS – FEBRUARY, 2020

 Adline Castelino was crowned 2020 LIVA Universe: Adline Castelino won the LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2020 title. She was crowned by Vartika Singh, Miss Diva Universe 2019, at an event held in Mumbai. The event was held on 22nd February, 2020. Castelino was followed by Aavriti Choudhary of Jabalpur. Arvriti Choudhary was bestowed with the title of Miss Diva Supranational by her predecessor Shefali Sood.  The jury included 2000 and Mentor Lara Dutta, Anntonia Porsild, Designers Shivan & Narresh, Nikhil Mehra and Gavin Miguel, and veteran actor .  AdlineCastelino is from Mangalore. She will represent the country at .  AavritiChoudhary is from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. She graduated with a degree in business administration from Prestige Institute of Management And Research in Indore. She will represent India at Miss Supranational 2020.  Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank conferred the 2019 Vishwakarma Awards Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' presents Vishwakarma Awards 2019 to the winners in New Delhi.  It was organized in the All India Council for Technical Training.  23 groups were awarded the Chatra Vishwakarma Awards (CVA).  Six institutes were awarded the Utkrisht Santhan Vishwakarma Award (USVA).  The award recognizes college students who have good potential and are an asset to the nation. He appreciated NITI Aayog and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-Delhi) to support college students by bringing their concepts into actuality.  Vishwakarma Awards: Vishwakarma Awards was instituted by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) since 2017. The awards were instituted for the growth of society by means of the stakeholders of its accepted institutes. The Awards are aimed to motivate younger people and inspire leaders and organizations.  Class-I: Chhatra Vishwakarma Awards (CVA) is conferred for Excellent Progressive Staff (for College students & Mentor).  Class-II: Utkrisht Sansthan Vishwakarma Award (USVA) is conferred for exemplary Institutional intervention.  The award will boost the efficiency of their particular domains resulting in vital contributions in the direction of the expansion and growth of the Nation as an entire. The winners were chosen based on the theme "Methods to improve the revenue of Village". Indian Society of Technical Training (ISTE) and Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog agreed to collaborate with AICTE for the Vishwakarma Awards 2019.  Hrithik Roshan was conferred with Best Actor Award at Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival for his film Super 30 at the 10th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival 2020, Delhi NCR, India.  In Super 30, Hrithik enacted the role of a Math teacher named Anand Kumar who lives in Bihar. Anand gives free education to the unprivileged students to help them ace the IIT-JEE exams in the movie.

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Full list of winners:

o Best Film - Super 30 o Best Actor – Hrithik Roshan o Most Promising Actor – Kiccha Sudeep o Best Actor in Television Series – o Best Actress in Television – o Most Favourite Television Actor – Harshad Chopda o Most Favourite Jodi in Television Series – and Shabbir Ahluwalia (KumkumBhagya) o Best Reality Show - Bigg Boss 13 o Best Television Series – o Best Playback Singer Male - Armaan Malik  Khanderao, Vasudev Kamath were conferred with the Raja Ravi Varma Award: The Raja Ravi Varma State Award for the year 2019 was conferred on a veteran painter from Kalaburagi Prof. J.S. Khanderao, and senior artist from Mumbai, Vasudev Kamath for the year 2020 at a programme organized in the institute premises located on Narasaraja Road in Chamundipuram, Mysore, Karnataka.  Prof. J.S. Khanderao was awarded for his art that defines the history of human culture as the art is a form of human expression. The painting dates back to the ages of primitive times. The art form has undergone rapid transformations over centuries.  Vasudev Kamath was awarded for his more expressive form of art.

 Raja Ravi Varma State Award: Raja Ravi Varma State Award was instituted by Karnataka's Shri Ravi varma Art Institute. The award carries a cash prize of Rs.10,000 and a citation.

 Jadav Payeng to be conferred the 2020 Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award Padma Shri Jadav Payeng was conferred with the Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award on 29 February in New Delhi at a function instituted by My Home India.  He was awarded the 6th Karmayogi Award for his consistent efforts in creating a real man-made forest through massive reforestation.  The award is composed of a trophy, a recitation and a reward of Rs 1 lakh.  Jadav Payeng is famously known as the Forest Man of India. Padma Shri Jadav Payeng is an environmental activist and forest worker from Jorhat. In the past several years, he has planted and tended trees on a sandbar of the river Brahmaputra turning it into a forest reserve.

 Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award: Swami Vivekananda Smriti Karmayogi Award is organized by My Home India in New Delhi. The award was conferred for the first time in 2013. Karmayogi Award is presented to great personalities from North-Eastern India who dedicate their lives to Nation and promote Nationalism through art & culture, sports, education, etc. for their contribution to respective fields.

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 Oscars 2020 Complete Winners List: The 92nd took place on February 9, 2020, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).  Oscars 2020 winners:

. Best picture -Parasite . Best actress -Renée Zellweger, Judy . Best actor -Joaquin Phoenix, Joker . Best director -Bong Joon-ho, Parasite . Music (original song)-"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from Rocketman . Music (original score)-Joker . Visual effects-1917 . Best film editing-Ford v Ferrari . Best cinematography -Roger Deakins, 1917 . Best sound mixing-1917 . Best sound editing-Ford v Ferrari . Best supporting actress-Laura Dern, Marriage Story . Documentary short feature -Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) . Documentary feature-American Factory . Best costume design-Jacqueline Durran, Little Women . Best production design -Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood . Live-action short film-The Neighbors' Window . Best adapted screenplay-Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit . Best original screenplay-Bong Joon-ho, Parasite . Animated short film -Hair Love . Animated feature film-Toy Story 4 . Best supporting actor-Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

 Indian scholar Gita Sen wins prestigious Dan David Prize India’s pioneering feminist scholar and activist Gita Sen, has won the prestigious Dan David Prize for her expansive work in the fields of population policies, reproductive and sexual health, women’s rights, poverty, labour markets and global governance.  Ms.Sen, who is the Director of the Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health at the Public Health Foundation of India, has combined her 35 years of academic career with policy advocacy and activism, helping to shape the global paradigm shift on population and development.  Madhya Pradesh bags first position for implementation of PMMVY Madhya Pradesh has bagged the first position for the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana. Union Minister of Women and Child Development will present this award to Madhya Pradesh at a function in New Delhi.  Indore district has also bagged the first place for better performance of the scheme.

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 The main objective of the Matru Vandana Yojana is to provide incentives of five thousand rupees for the loss of wages of working women and to ensure their proper rest and nutrition during pregnancy. The payment of the incentive amount is deposited directly into the bank account.

 In Madhya Pradesh, more than 14 lakh 55 thousand beneficiaries have been registered under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana. The first installment has been paid to about 13 lakh 40 thousand women, while second installment to around 12 lakh and third installment has been paid to 8 lakh 80 thousand beneficiaries.

 Vinod Shukla bags first Mathrubhumi Book of the Year Award: Noted Hindi poet-novelist and Sahitya Akademi honoree Vinod Kumar Shukla has bagged the inaugural Mathrubhumi Book of the Year award for his translated book “Blue Is Like Blue”.

 The award was presented at the Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters 2020.

 RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das bags ‘Central Banker of the Year 2020, Asia-Pacific’ award Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has been named the Central Banker of the Year, Asia-Pacific 2020, and Conferred by the -based “The Banker” magazine, the award recognizes Shaktikanta Das’ efforts to make the banking system more robust.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS – AWARDS – MARCH, 2020

 Paramananda Majumder was conferred with the Moghai Ojah award: Eminent researcher and writer Dr.Paramananda Majumder was presented with the 10th Moghai Ojah Award at a function held at the auditorium of Jorhat Science Centre and Planetarium on 15th March, 2020.

 He was awarded for his significant role in raising issues of public interest and society's betterment.

 Majumder compiled the first book on the life and works of folk musician Moghai Ojah.

 The award recognized his invaluable contribution in bringing dhol maestro Moghai Ojah and his magnificent skill of playing the dhol back to the public domain by compiling a book on him.

 Moghai Ojah award: The Moghai Ojah award was instituted in 2011 by the Jorhat district unit of the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP).

 The award is annually presented on 15 March, on the death anniversary of Ojah.

 The award carries a cash prize of Rs.21,000, a citation, a gamosa, a seleng chadar, and a memento.

 Prachi Salve, Pradeep Dwivedi won 2019 Road Safety Media Fellowship award: Prachi Salve of India Spend and Pradeep Dwivedi of Dainik Jagran jointly won the top prize in the Road Safety Media Fellowship 2019.

 The award recognized their contribution towards reporting on road safety by the Centre for Media Studies (CMS). The awardees were selected by a three-member jury.

 Other awardees: Journalist B.Raveendra Shetty of Vijay Karnataka and Purnima Singh of Times Now Hindi shared the second prize.

 The third prize was jointly won by Kishor Dwivedi, Press Trust of India (PTI), and Sangamesh Menasinakai, .

 President Ram Nath Kovind conferred 2019 Nari Puraskar: President Ram Nath Kovind presented or Woman Power Award for the year 2019 on International Women's Day, which is March 8, at a special ceremony held in Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

 15 eminent women were awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar 2019. The award recognized the significant efforts of the women who rendered distinguished services towards the emancipation of women, especially vulnerable and marginalized women.

 The winners of the Nari Shakti Puraskar for the year 2019 are from various areas, including agriculture, sports, handicrafts, afforestation and wildlife conservation, Armed Forces, and education.

 The awardees are , , , , , Rashmi Urdhwareshe, Sardarni Mann Kaur, , Tashi, and Nungshi Malik, Kaushiki Chakroborty, , Karthyayini Amma, , BhawnaKanth, Mohana Singh.

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 Nari Shakti Puraskar was initiated by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. The award acknowledges the exceptional contribution made by individuals and institutions. The award was first conferred in 1999. The Nari Shakti Puraskar award carries a cash prize of Rs.1 lakh and a citation.

 It celebrates women as game changers and catalyst of positive change in the society. These outstanding women have contributed towards safeguarding women's rights along with pushing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). It recognizes women as equal partners in the advancement of society.

 Women Transforming India Awards (WTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh conferred the Fourth Edition of the Women Transforming India Awards (WTI) on 8th March 2020, the International Women's Day.

 The award ceremony was organized by NITI Aayog's Women Entrepreneurship Platform. The awards recognized women from diverse fields, including healthcare, education, and food tech, amongst other fields.

 Women Transforming India (WTI) recognized 30 finalists, and 15 winners were awarded. The winners of the award are:

Dr. PriyankaMokshmar, Co-founder of Vaayu Home Appliance RamyaVenkataraman, Founder of Centre for Teacher Accreditation (CENTA) Shilpi Kapoor, Founder of Barrier Break Rinka Banerjee, Founder of Thinking Forks Nidhi Pant, who combats the issue around waste and farmer living standard through her Science for Society team Anupriya Balikai, Founder of Spook fish Innovations Kalpana Sankar, Founder of Hand in Hand Khushboo Jain, Founder of Impact Guru Sneha Sundaram, Founder of Kutuki Jayanti Pradhan, an agro-processor and farmer from Odisha Jugnu Jain, Founder of CSO Pratyusha Pareddy, Founder of Nemo Care Poonam BirKasturi, Founder of Daily Dump Ruchi Jain, Founder of Taru Naturals , Founder of 17000 ft Foundation Dr. Praveen Nair, Founder Trustee of Salaam Baalak Trust, was awarded a Special Jury Award.  WTI Awards was initiated in the year 2018. It is awarded under the support of the Women Entrepreneurship Platform.

 The theme for the year is "Women and Entrepreneurship". The Platform identifies inspiring stories of successful women entrepreneurs.

 It processes a review of applications, jury, and super jury rounds with assistance from mentors and partners of the Women Entrepreneurship Platform.

 Women Entrepreneurship Platform: The Women Entrepreneurship Platform was initiated in 2017 and formally launched on 8th March 2018. It brings together stakeholders to transform the entrepreneurial ecosystem for women.

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 The Women Entrepreneurship Platform was formulated on three pillars, namely Karma Shakti, Gyan Shakti, and Iccha Shakti. The Platform provides incubator support, mentorship, funding avenues, compliance and taxation support, and peer learning.

 The program was initiated with 30 partners. Presently, there are over 14,000 registered users in the Women Entrepreneurship Platform.

 PV Sindhu was awarded the 2019 BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year: Top Indian Shuttler PV Sindhu won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2019. The award ceremony was hosted by BBC Director-General Tony Hall. Also, Veteran athlete PT Usha was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award. She was awarded for her contribution to Indian sports and for inspiring generations of players.

 PV Sindhu: PV Sindhu became the first Indian to win the BWF World Championships in the year 2019. She has secured five world championship medals. She is the first Indian singles badminton player to win an Olympic silver medal.

 She competed with four other strong nominees, namely Mary Kom (), (Wrestling), Dutee Chand (Athletics), and Manasi Joshi (Para-badminton).

 Rajesh Chaplot honoured with Ugandas Highest Civilian Award Rajesh Chaplot, a distinguished Non-Resident Indian (NRI) businessman was honoured with the Highest Civilian Award "Golden Jubilee Medal-Civilians" of Uganda.

 The award was conferred by the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, in a ceremony in Kampala.

 Chaplot was awarded for his excellence in the field of Business and Commerce, Social Service and for fostering better India-Uganda ties.

 Rajesh Chaplot is from Udaipur in Rajasthan. He has also received Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, which is the highest award for overseas Indians.

 It was conferred by President Ramnath Kovind in 2019. He received his degree from The Institute of Charted Accountants of India, New Delhi. Chaplot migrated to Africa in 1996.

 He is presently spearheading several companies and business associations in Uganda and Congo in different roles like Managing Director, CEO, Director, and Board Member.

 He also served as the Chairman of the Indian Association of Uganda, Secretary-General of Indian Business Forum Uganda, and the Board Member, Uganda Manufacturers Association.

 President presented awards to 21 winners on National Science Day: President Ram Nath Kovind conferred national awards to 21 winners for science communication and popularization including women excellence awards for meritorious women scientists on the occasion of National Science Day.

 The awards included Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research (AWSAR) Awards, National Science and Technology Communication Awards, SERB Women Excellence Awards, and National Award for Young Woman Showing Excellence through Application of Technology for Societal Benefits.

 Three initiatives: On the occasion, President announced three key initiatives for Gender Advancement and Equality in Academic and Research Institutions.

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 (1) Vigyan Jyoti: Vigyan Jyoti is an initiative that will create a level-playing field for the meritorious girls in high school to pursue Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in their higher education.

 (2) GATI: The Gender Advancement for Transforming Institutions (GATI) initiative will develop a comprehensive Charter and a framework for assessing the Gender Equality in STEM.

 (3) Online portal for S&T resources for women: An online portal for science and technology resources for women will provide e-resources related to all women-specific government schemes, scholarships, fellowships, career counseling with details of subject area experts from various disciplines in science and technology.

 National Science Day: National Science Day (NSD) is celebrated every year on 28th February in India to commemorate the discovery of the 'Raman Effect' by the Indian physicist Sir CV Raman. This year the theme was 'Women in Science'.

 Assam CM awarded with 2020 Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee Award: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal was conferred the Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee award 2020 for Politics on 28th February.

 The award was conferred by the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Speaker of People's Majlis of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed at the 6th India Ideas Conclave in Gujarat.

 He was awarded for his work in integrating the nation and to take Mukherjee's vision and philosophy forward.

 Syama Prasad Mukherjee: Syama Prasad Mukherjee was born on 6th July 1901. He served as the youngest ever Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University.

 He is the first Minister of Industry and Supply in independent India. In 1946, he demanded the partition of Bengal to prevent the inclusion of its Hindu-majority areas in a Muslim-dominated East Pakistan.

 He co-founded Janata Party (renamed as BJP) in the year 1977-1979. He was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir State police for entering the state without a permit. He passed away in jail on 23rd June, 1953.

 Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee Award: Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee award was instituted by India Foundation. The award carries a citation, a specially designed trophy and a cheque worth Rs.1 lakh.

 Scientists from IIT Delhi, DRDO received National Award Scientists from Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and IIT-Delhi received National Award for Young Women Showing Excellence through Application of Technology for Societal Benefits.

 Dr. Shweta Rawat: Dr. Shweta Rawat from Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), DRDO, Timarpur, Delhi was awarded for the discovery of female-specific Full Body Protector. The device aimed to safeguard the Female troops deployed in riot control actions.

 The gear has been developed in collaboration with the Rapid Action Force using the ergonomic design principle based on anthropometric dimensions specific for female troops. It has unique properties, including anti-stab, anti-puncture, flame retardant and acid resistance. It assures greater comfort and flexibility to the women forces while deployed in law and order maintenance duties.

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 Dr. Shalini Gupta: Dr. Shalini Gupta, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, was awarded as she led the development of a technology SeptifloTM. It offers fast and affordable assay for point-of-care diagnosis and treatment of bacterial septicemia.

 She is pursuing unconventional approaches to design novel bio-systems for medical diagnosis, drug delivery, and biomaterials fabrication on a chip through the start-up Nano DX Healthcare Pvt.

 President to confer National Lalit Kala Akademi Awards President Ram Nath Kovind is to confer Lalit Kala Akademi's 61st annual awards to 15 artists on 4th March 2020 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

 The award appreciates the extraordinary talents to perform even better in the future.

 Jury: The awardees were selected by jury of the eminent artists. The winners of the award are:

Anoop Kumar ManzukhiGopi from Thrissur, Kerala David Malakar from , West Bengal Devendra Kumar Khare from Vadodara, Gujarat Dinesh Pandya from Mumbai, Maharashtra Faruque Ahmed Halder from 24 Parganas in Kolkata, West Bengal Hari Ram Kumbhawat from Jaipur, Rajasthan KeshariNandan Prasad from Jaipur, Rajasthan Mohan Kumar T from Bengaluru, Karnataka Ratan Saha from Mumbai, Maharashtra SagarVasantKamble from Mumbai, Maharashtra SatwinderKaur from New Delhi Sunil Thiruvayur from Ernakulam, Kerala Tejaswi Narayan Sonawane from Solapur, Maharashtra Yashpal Singh from Delhi Yashwant Singh from Delhi

 The jury selected the winners from among 283 artworks selected by the first tier Jury.

 KPIT Sparkle 2020 winners awarded: KPIT announced the winners of KPIT Sparkle 2020 on 4th March.

 The 30 select teams who presented their ideas on transformative solutions in mobility and energy were awarded.

 Army Institute of Technology, , was awarded gold and a cash prize of Rs. 5 Lakhs.

 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru jointly won silver awards of Rs.2.5 Lakhs.

 KPIT Sparkle 2020: The event was associated with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) under Ministry of Science and Technology, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), NITI Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), India Design Council, National Institute of Design, and ONGC Energy Centre as its knowledge partners.  The event showed the necessity of innovation to reach the end destination and pointed out that innovation could be a technology, a product, a process, but should add value and create something that is of utility.

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 KPIT Sparkle 2020 emphasized the role of the Department of Science and Technology to encourage Science Technology and Innovation.  The event provided an innovative platform that nurtures, mentors, and supports aspiring entrepreneurs and connects them with incubators in the ecosystem to transform their inventive ideas into viable products.  The event inspired students from the Science, Technology, Engineering, Management (STEM) streams to identify and solve real-life problems in sustainability by designing new technology-enabled solutions.  It encouraged and facilitated students to secure intellectual property for their solutions.

 WTI Awards: The 4th Edition of the Women Transforming India Awards (WTI) was awarded on 8th March 2020, the International Women's Day. The award ceremony is organized by NITI Aayog's Women Entrepreneurship Platform.

 The Women Transforming India Awards 2019 was conferred by the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

 The Women Transforming India Awards was initiated since 2018. The awards are under the support of the Women Entrepreneurship Platform on the theme of "Women and Entrepreneurship." The Women Entrepreneurship Platform identifies inspiring stories of successful women entrepreneurs.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS – AWARDS – APRIL TO JUNE, 2020

 Adam Higginbotham won William E. Colby Award: The award is named for the late CIA director William E. Colby. In 1999, the Colby Award was established. Previous winners of the award include Karl Marlantes’ novel Matterhorn and Dexter Filkins’ The Forever War.

 The award is given for an excellent book. The book about the history of military or intelligence.

 Professor Saurabh Lodha received 2020 Young Career Award in Nano Science and Technology: Professor Saurabh Lodha from Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, received the Young Career Award in Nano Science & Technology for the year 2020. The award is instituted by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.

 The award recognized his contributions in the development of logic transistor technologies beyond silicon and nano-electronic devices based on two-dimensional Van der Waals materials.

 Highlights: He worked in the area of advanced transistors and has been driven by strong industry partnerships. He did his research on technological challenges that plague beyond-silicon transistors which are the workhorse device that fuels over 90% of all electronics.

 He has developed new materials and processes to improve the thermal stability and reliability of the transistor, which is 1-2 nm thin gate dielectric, to lower the resistance of metal contacts to the transistor. It will achieve higher levels of electrical impurities and keeps leakage currents under check.

 He also plans to leverage the capabilities and expertise in his group for developing power electronic transistors based on wide band gap semiconductors such as silicon carbide and gallium oxide. The transistors can alleviate efficiency and reliability bottlenecks in diverse applications ranging from high voltage power grids, electric trains, renewable power conversion, and storage to strategic defense, medical and industrial instrumentation.

 Indian-American soil scientist wins 2020 World Food Prize: Indian-American soil scientist Dr. has won the prestigious 2020 World Food Prize, which is considered to be equivalent to a Nobel Prize in the field of agriculture. The award recognized his contribution to increasing the global food supply by helping small farmers improve the health of the soil. The award also highlights the importance of managing & restoring soil health.  Dr. Rattan Lal was awarded for his role in developing and mainstreaming a soil-centric approach to increase food production that restores and conserves natural resources and mitigates climate change.

 Dr. Rattan Lal has a career spanning more than five decades. He has promoted innovative soil-saving techniques benefiting the livelihoods of more than 500 million small farmers.

 His inventions were aimed to improve the food and nutritional security of more than two billion people and saving hundreds of millions of hectares of natural tropical ecosystems. Lal is a Distinguished Professor in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) at The Ohio State University.

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 World Food Prize: World Food Prize was first awarded in 1987. The award is presented by the World Food Prize Foundation, with various sponsor companies. The award recognizes contributions that are made in the various field involved in the world food supply including Animal Science/Aqua Culture, Food Technology/Food Safety, Nutrition/Health, Plant Science/Seed Science, Plant Pathology/Crop Protection, Soil Science/Water/Conservation, Policy/Research/Extension, Infrastructure/Emergency Relief, and Poverty and Hunger Alleviation.

 The first awardee of the award is an Indian agricultural scientist Dr. M S Swaminathan, who is the father of the Green Revolution in India.

 Kiran Mazumdar Shaw awarded EY World Entrepreneur of the year Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Founder and Chairperson & Managing Director of Biocon, has been named EY World Entrepreneur for the year 2020. The award is to recognize her contribution to improving universal access to affordable life-saving medicine and thus transforming the world.

 She became only the third Indian to receive this prestigious award after UdayKotak and Narayana Murthy. Shaw became only the second woman to receive this award. Olivia Lum of Hyflux Limited from is the first person to have won the title in 2011.

 Kiran Mazumdar Shaw: Shaw founded Bangalore-based Biocon Limited in 1978. Biocon currently worth close to Rs.50,000 crore by market-cap and employs more than 11,000 people. The bio- enzyme company focuses on global health care and the provision of universal access to life-saving medicine.

 In September 2019, Biocon announced that the company would supply Rh-insulin at less than $0.10 per day to low and middle-income countries. The price is less than a third of current RH-insulin prices.

 Biocon supplied more than 2 billion affordable doses of bio similar insulins to patients globally in the last 15 years.

 Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Biocon is studying the use of its existing novel biologic drug Itolizumab to treat COVID-19 related health conditions in India.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS – AWARDS – JULY TO SEPTEMBER, 2020

 CII-ITC Sustainability Awards 2019: NTPC Ltd. has won the CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2019, under Outstanding Accomplishment in Corporate Excellence Category.

 Key Points: CII-ITC Sustainability Award instituted by the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD) in 2006.

 CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organization, having members from the private as well as public sectors. It also has links with 288 national and regional sectoral industry bodies.

 It works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the development of India, industry, Government and civil society, through advisory and consultative processes. It is headquartered in New Delhi.

 Rationale Behind the Award: Identifying and recognizing exemplary performance in economic, social and environmental dimensions of Indian business, Promoting role models in Indian industry and recognizing excellence achieved by businesses in mainstreaming Sustainability with business practices and imparting knowledge by which the CESD builds capacity in Indian businesses to adopt sustainability practices.

 NTPC Ltd: It is India’s largest power corporation, established in 1975 to accelerate power development in India. It is headquartered in New Delhi.

 It became a Maharatna company in May 2010. It is under the Ministry of Power.

 Recent Initiatives: (1) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program GEM (Girl Empowerment Mission) to uplift girls from the remote areas of the country.

 (2) Contractors’ Labour Information Management System (CLIMS) through which payment to contract labourers is paid on the last day of the month at project sites.

 Hockey Player , honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award of Mohun Bagan Football Club: On 13th July 2020, the 70 years old Legendary Hockey Player Ashok Kumar, key player of the 1975 World Cup winning Indian Hockey team was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Kolkata based football club – Mohun Bagan Athletic Club on its foundation day over the virtual ceremony.

 Mohun Bagan Day: Every year 29th July is celebrated as the Mohun Bagan Day commemorating their victory against East Yorkshire Regiment 2-1 in 1911 Indian Football Association (IFA) Shield, becoming the first Indian Club to defeat British.

 Events of 2020 Mohun Bagan Day: The Club decided not to celebrate any physical programme for 2020 Mohun Bagan Day on 29th July 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.

 The awards will be personally presented to the awardees available in Kolkata and for the other awardees, the award will be handed after the pandemic.

 Ashok Kumar is the son of Hockey wizard .

 He represented Bengal in the late 1960 and was later selected to the Indian Hockey team.

 He won silver medals in the three consecutive of 1970, 1974 and 1978.

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 He also won the bronze and silver in the 1971 and 1973 World Cups and won the gold for India in 1975 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur against Pakistan.

 He won the bronze medal in the Munich in 1972.

 Diana Award: A 13-year-old schoolgirl from Delhi has been selected among the recipients of the 2020 Diana Award, an honour given on the birth anniversary of Princess Diana (of ) to youngsters for humanitarian efforts.

 Key Points: She received the award for developing Recycler App, a web-based mobile application to connect users with waste-handlers. The door-to-door pick up service helps in easy disposal of recyclable waste for those who may not have the means or time to travel to drop their waste.

 The App also claims to be helpful for waste-handlers, whose earnings are usually low and are vulnerable to health issues because of improper handling of waste.

 Mandated Sustainable Development Goals of poverty alleviation, innovation, infrastructure, responsible consumption and climate action.

 Her work on sustainable recycling is a valuable contribution towards achieving the United Nation- Diana Awards were established in 1999 and it is considered one of the highest accolades a young person can receive for social action or humanitarian efforts.

 Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration 2020 Almost 702 Districts (95%) have registered and participated in the Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration 2020.

 Out of this, 678 Districts have chosen District Performance Indicators Program (DPIP). Total 646 applications have been received under Innovations Category out of which 104 belong to Central Government organizations.

 Key Points: It was constituted in 2006 by the Government of India to acknowledge, recognize and reward the extraordinary and innovative work done by districts and organizations of the Central and State Governments.

 The award consists of a trophy, scroll and an incentive of Rs. 10 lakh to the awarded district or organization to be utilized for implementation of project/programme or bridging resource gaps in any area of public welfare.

 Restructuring: The award programme was restructured in 2014 for recognizing the performance of District Collectors in Priority Programs, Innovations and Aspirational Districts.

 It has been restructured again in 2020, to recognize the contribution of civil servants in strengthening of: (1) Inclusive Development through Credit Flow to the Priority Sector. (2) Promoting people’s movements through Swachh Bharat Mission in the District. (3) Improving Service Delivery and Redressal of Public Grievances. The restructuring also seeks to recognize the efforts of District level officials in the Namami Gange Program and to recognize the performance of District Collectors towards economic development of the District.

 The award for the Aspirational Districts Program has been revamped to reward the District having the best overall progress under the Scheme following 2 years of implementation.

 Through restructuring, the scope of the awards has been expanded to identify areas of overall outcome-oriented performance in the districts across sectors.

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 Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2021: The Ministry of Women and Child Development has invited nominations for the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2021 from children, individuals and institutions.

 The Awards are given by the President of India in the week preceding Republic Day (26th January) every year.

 Key Points: The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar is given under two categories: (1) Bal Shakti Puraskar and (2) Bal Kalyan Puraskar.

 Bal Shakti Puraskar: It is given by the Government of India every year to recognize exceptional achievements of children in various fields i.e., innovation, scholastic achievements, social service, arts & culture, sports and bravery.

 A medal, a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000, book vouchers worth Rs.10,000, a certificate and citation.

 It was instituted in 1996 as the National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement, renamed from 2018 as Bal Shakti Puraskar.

 Bal Kalyan Puraskar: It is given as recognition to individuals and institutions, who have made an outstanding contribution towards service for children in the field of child development, child protection and child welfare.

 She/he should have worked for the cause of children for not less than 7 years. An individual who is an Indian Citizen and residing in India and should have attained the age of 18 The institution should not be entirely funded by the government and should have been in the field of child welfare for 10 years and performing consistently in the field.

 Award: Three awards are given in each of the two categories - Individual and Institution - along with cash prizes (Rs. 1,00, 000 and Rs. 5,00, 000 respectively.

 Jananpith Award: Renowned Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri was conferred the 55th edition of the Jnanpith Award.

 Key Points: It has achieved the recognition of the highest literary award of the country. English along with other Indian languages is considered for the Award. The Award is open for only Indian citizens and is given annually. The prize carries a cash award of Rs. 11 lakhs, a citation, and a bronze replica of Vagdevi (Saraswati), the goddess of learning.

 It is sponsored by the cultural organization Bharatiya Jnanpith. In 2019, author was felicitated with 54th Jnanpith Award. He became the first English language writer to become a Jnanpith laureate.

 Kerala Tourisms Human by Nature campaign bagged 2020 PATA Grand Award Kerala Tourism's internationally-acclaimed 'Human by Nature' campaign has bagged one of the three PATA Grand Awards 2020.

 The awards were announced live during a virtual presentation ceremony in , . The award recognized the Campaign's Marketing, giving a huge stimulus to the state's tourism industry, which has been severely impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.

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 PATA Award Highlights: The PATA 2020 received 121 entries from 62 organizations and individuals across the world.

 The winners were selected by a judging committee of 16 personalities from various destinations.

 PATA 2020 presented 3 Grand Title Winners and 21 Gold Awards for best of show entries in the categories of Marketing, Sustainability and Human Capital Development.

 President virtually presented 2020 National Sports and Adventure Awards President of India Ram Nath Kovind virtually presented the National Sports and Adventure Awards, 2020 from Rashtrapati Bhavan on 29 August 2020.

 Highlights: The sports award is presented every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports.

 Rajiv Khel Ratna Award: This award is for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years.

Award is presented for consistently outstanding performance for four years.

is for the coaches for producing medal winners at prestigious international sports events.

is presented for lifetime contribution to sports development.

 Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar is awarded to the corporate entities in both the private and public sectors and individuals who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion and development.

 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy is given to the overall top performing university in inter- university tournaments.

 In addition, the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award is awarded to recognize the spirit of adventure among the people of the country.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS – AWARDS – OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, 2020

 Digital India Awards conferred for Excellence in Web Space: Digital India Award formerly known as Web Ratna Awards is an initiative to acknowledge the exemplary initiatives in e- Governance. The Government of India (GoI) has been bracing for innovation and transformation in the delivery of information/services with the adoption of best ICT practices.

 The Government of India (GoI) has been deploying innovative digital solutions to enhance the quality and reach of government services. Every year, Digital-Governance initiatives are demonstrating the power of ICT in improving the ease of living for all citizens. With the growing spread of internet & mobile, citizens are empowered to gain from government services using any digital device, anywhere, any time.

 To provide accessible information & services, the Digital India Awards (DIA) offers an apt opportunity to showcase such initiatives.

 As government entities at all levels - Centre, State & across India - continue undertaking various initiatives. The Digital India Awards (DIA), instituted under the aegis of National Portal of India, serve the purpose of bringing to the fore innovative digital solutions & thereby inspiring emulation by all government entities.

 CSIR-CDRI Scientist, Dr Satish Mishra bags "DrTulsi Das Chugh Award-2020" The Orations & Awards Committee of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), has selected Dr Satish Mishra, Principal Scientist, Division of Molecular Parasitology and Immunology, CSIR-CDRI, for “Dr.Tulsi Das Chugh Award” for the year 2020 in recognition of his research work on Malaria parasite’s life cycle which is a complex process involving two hosts and three invasive stages.

 His outstanding work focused on “Secreted Protein with Altered Thrombospondin Repeat (SPATR) which is Essential for Asexual Blood Stages but not required for Hepatocyte Invasion by the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium Berghei”.

 This study focuses on the dispensability of SPATR in P. berghei sporozoites and its importance for the establishment of blood stage infection, further investigation is needed to unravel its precise role during this process.

 The Academy and the Award: National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) was registered as the ‘Indian Academy of Medical Sciences’ on 21st April, 1961 under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860.

 The Academy was re-named National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) on 16th November, 1976 on the recommendations of a Working Group set up by the Govt. of India.

 A number of prestigious Orations and Awards have been instituted by the Academy and are bestowed upon eminent bio-medical scientists in recognition of their outstanding contributions.

 The organization won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize: The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the World Food Programme (WFP), a United Nations (UN) agency, for its efforts to combat hunger, bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and preventing the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict.

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 Key Points: It was established in 1961 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and became a full-fledged UN programme in 1965.Headquarters: Rome, .

 Significance and Achievements: Eradicating hunger is one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 2: Zero Hunger) to be achieved by 2030 and WFP is the UN’s primary agency that works towards this goal.

 Currently, it is the world’s largest humanitarian agency combating hunger.

 In 2019, it assisted 97 million people, the largest number since 2012, in 88 countries. The same year, it delivered about 4.4 million tonnes of food, purchased USD 1.7 billion worth of food from 91 countries, and USD 762 million worth of goods and services from 156 countries.

 IACC presents lifetime achievement award to : The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) has presented the lifetime achievement award to business icon Ratan Tata as part of its recent global leadership awards.

 The IACC leadership bestowed the IACC Lifetime and Global Excellence Awards to Tata on Friday at a closed-door meeting, owing to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, according to a statement.

 Tata, who grew the revenues for India's largest conglomerate 'The Tata Group' to nearly USD 100 billion by 2011-12, remains an influential industrialist, philanthropist and humanitarian to the day, IACC said.

 Tata, who has accepted fewer awards over the last few years, received the honour as he believed that these awards inspire future global leaders and strengthen bilateral economic ties between India and the US.

 The group is deeply entrenched in multiple industries globally, from heavy steel (TATA Steel), automobiles (TATA Motors), ITES (TATA Consultancy Services), among others.

 After he retired from the helm of the Group, Tata remains an influential mentor to multiple Indian start-ups.

 Britain’s Prince William launched 50 million pound Earthshot Prize: Britain’s Prince William has launched a new 50-million pound Earthshot Prize, aimed at funding the most innovative solutions some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.

 Key Points: Theme: The Earthshot Prize is centred around five “Earthshots”, simple but ambitious goals for the planet, which if achieved by 2030 will improve life for all, for generations to come.

 It is said to be the most prestigious global prize for the environment in history.

 Five Earthshots:

o Protect and restore nature o Clean our air o Revive our oceans o Build a waste-free world o Fix our climate.  Background: The launch, backed by popular British broadcaster and conservationist David Attenborough, comes after two years of work by Prince William and the Royal Foundation of the Duke to develop a project which will support the global effort to protect and restore the environment.

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 Recently Sir David Attenborough has also been conferred with Indira for 2019.

 The Prize has been launched taking inspiration from former USA President John F. Kennedy’s Moonshot, which united millions of people around an organizing goal to put man on the moon and catalyzed the development of new technology in the 1960s.

 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 will be shared by three laureates for discovering ‘the darkest secrets of the universe’. One half of the Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Roger Penrose for discovering that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity.

 The other half of the Nobel Prize in Physics this year will be shared by Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of the galaxy.

 In addition to the award and the prestige that comes with it, the winners also get a gold medal and 10 million Swedish kronor ($1.18 million). They were chosen by the Nobel Assembly, composed of 50 voting members.

 On 7th October, 2020, Goran K. Hansson, Secretary-General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announced the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer A. Doudna of the for the development of a method for genome editing, namely ‘CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors’. The method is one of gene technology’s sharpest tools.

 This is the 1st time, 2 women have jointly won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

 Kerala won the United Nation Interagency Task Force Award (UNIATF) for its outstanding performance in controlling non-communicable diseases related Sustainable Development Goals.

 The award recognizes achievements during 2019 on the multi-sectoral action in the prevention and control of NCDs, mental health and the wider NCD-related sustainable development goals (SDGs).

 In addition, the state-of-the-art lung disease control program, cancer treatment program and paralysis control program were also considered for the award.

 The state government has arranged facilities from the basic public health centers to hospitals at all levels to treat the lifestyle diseases.

 This is the first time the state has been recognized for this annual award by the UN.

 The UN Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) award this year on prevention and control of non- communicable diseases was announced by World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

 Awards will be made in four categories: Ministries of health and government health agencies Ministries and government agencies outside health UN country teams Non-governmental organizations, academia and foundations.

 Young researchers awarded with 2020 CDRI Award: The CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow awarded young researchers with CDRI Award for their outstanding contribution in drug discovery and development. CDRI Award 2020 was conferred to Dr Bushra Ateeq, Dr Surajit Ghosh and Dr Ravi Manjithaya.

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 Highlights: Dr.Bushra Ateeq was awarded for new therapeutic avenues for prostate cancer. Her findings provide an explanation for the clinical-outcomes after Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT), possibly due to SPINK1 upregulation. It offers CK1 inhibition as a strategy for Prostate Cancer adjuvant therapies.

 Dr.Surajit Ghosh was awarded for her contribution in Discovery of Nuclear Localizing Cell Penetrating Peptide (CPP) for an anticancer drug. The study opens up new avenues towards the development of next-generation cell-penetrating peptides (CPP) and major groove specific anticancer drugs.

 Dr.RaviManjithaya was awarded for his outstanding work on Chemical genetics-based identification of autophagy-modulating small molecules. It provides mechanistic insights and therapeutic potential. He has identified and characterized several autophagy-modulating small molecules. His research reveals potential therapeutic avenues towards diseases that currently have no cure.

 CDRI Award 2020: CDRI Award was instituted in the year 2004. The award is to promote scientific excellence in the country and to recognize outstanding contribution in the area of Drug Research and Development.

 CDRI awards are given every year to the Indian Nationals below 45 years of age. The person must have carried out outstanding research work in the area having a direct bearing on Drug Research and Development.

 Two separate individual awards are presented in the area of Chemical Sciences and Life Sciences. CDRI Award carries a cash prize of Rs.20,000 and a citation.

 Delhi Crime wins Best Drama Series at the International Emmy Awards 2020: The Netflix show, Delhi Crime, has won at the 48th International Emmy Awards 2020. It bagged the Best Drama Series award against 's Charité 2 Season 2, UK's Criminal UK and 's El Jardín de Bronce (The Bronze Garden) Season 2. On the other hand, another Indian show, Amazon Prime Video's Four More Shots Please, that was nominated for the Best Comedy Series, lost out. Made In Heaven's Arjun Mathur was nominated for the Best Actor award for the same Amazon Original, however, he too lost out against tough competitors.

 Pilibhit Tiger Reserve gets global award for doubling tiger population: The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) and the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department have bagged the first- ever international award, TX2, for doubling the number of tigers in four years against a target of 10 years.

 PTR was the first to receive the award among 13 tiger range countries.

 It achieved this goal in just four years from 2014, when it had 25 tigers which went up to 65 in 2018.

 The award was virtually presented to the principal chief conservator of forest (wildlife) of the state, Sunil Pandey, by UNDP's (United Nations Development Program) head of ecosystems and biodiversity, Mindori Paxton.

 Pandey said the global target of doubling the tiger population was set in 2010 by the partners in TX2 award -- UNDP, Global Tiger Forum, and International Union for Conservation of Nature, World Wide Fund for Nature, Conservation Assured/Tiger Standards and the Lion's Share.

 Naveen Khandelwal, deputy director of PTR, had applied for this award in September this year after the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) released this year's the state-wise figures

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of the tiger estimation which was based on the census conducted in 2018 in all tiger reserves across the country.

 Khandelwal said no other tiger reserve among all the 13 tiger range countries could succeed in doubling the big cat population in a span of 10 years.

 All about AICTE's Lilavati Award-2020: Education Minister “Nishank” virtually launched Lilavati Award-2020: AICTE's innovative education program to empower women.

 The Lilavati Award is an initiative of the technical education regulator, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and it aims to recognize efforts by AICTE-approved institutions to treat women with ‘equality and fairness’.

 The objective of the award is to create awareness about issues like sanitation, hygiene, health, nutrition, literacy, and employment among women.

 The government emphasized on the necessity to impart quality education to girl child to make them self-reliant, confident and successful.

 Government has launched several welfare schemes for the overall development of girl child and women such as Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, BetiBachao BetiPadhao, and CBSE Udaan Scheme.

 The theme of Lilavati Award is women’s empowerment.

 Entries for Lilavati Award 2020 can be submitted at institution or team level, comprising students or faculty or both from AICTE approved institutions.

 The eligible entries received from different institutions will be evaluated by a committee and the winning team will get certificates for first, second and third ranks under every sub-theme.

 The award has been divided into various categories and entries for the award are invited under the category Institutional/ Team Level which comprises of students/ faculty/ both from AICTE approved technical institution / Deemed to be University who had undertaken remarkable intervention in the various sub-themes and made an impact in the society.

 The team has to showcase their work undertaken in the last two years from the date of announcement of the award for the cause of women empowerment.

 Douglas Stuart wins Booker Prize 2020 for debut novel Shuggie Bain: The Booker Prize of the year 2020 was won by Douglas Stuart for his debut novel “Shuggie Bain”.

 The shortlist of Booker Prize consisted of five more titles such as Burnt Sugar. The Burnt Sugar was published in India as “Girl in White Cotton”. It also included “The New Wilderness” by Diane Cook, “The Shadow King” by MaazaMengiste, “This Mournable Body” by TsitsiDangarembga, “Real Life” by Brandon Taylor and “The Shadow King” by Maaza Mengiste.

 Apart from these authors, the event also witnessed the participation of former US President Barack Obama. He recently published the first volume of his book “A Promised Land”. The book was written by Obama during his tenure as the President of United States (2009-17).

 The Booker Prize is a literary prize awarded annually for the best novel. The prize is awarded to novels written in English and published in or UK. It was formerly known as “Booker- McConnell Prize” (1969-2001) and Man Booker Prize (2002-2019). In 1997, Arundati Roy of India won the Booker Prize for her Novel “The God of Small Things”.

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 6 women-led start-ups win Covid-19 Shri Shakti Challenge award: In collaboration with UN women, six Bengaluru women-led startups have won Covid-19 Shri Shakti Challenge organized by MyGov.

 Launched in April 2020, the aim of the organization was to encourage and involve women-led startups to come up with innovative solutions that can help in the fight against coronavirus or solve problems that impact a large number of women.

 The Challenge was implemented in two stages: Ideation stage and Proof of Concept (PoC) Stage The challenge received an overwhelming response with a total of 1265 entries, from across the nation.

 After thorough screening, 25 startups were shortlisted for presentations to the Jury which included Debjani Ghosh, President NASSCOM, Rohini Srivathsa, National Technology Officer (CTO) Microsoft India, Dr R Ramanan, MD Atal Innovation Mission, Nishtha Satyam, Dy Country representative, UN Women India and Abhishek Singh, CEO MyGov.

 All 25 selected startups presented their solutions to the Jury, which evaluated the solutions proposed by the startups on the parameters that included innovation, usability, relevance and impact of their idea on the society and after thorough review 11 finalists were chosen for the next stage.

 All the 11 selected startups were provided a prize money of Rs.75,000 each to further develop their ideas.

 In addition to the earlier announced reward of Rs.5 lakh for the top 3 winners, UN Women was generous enough to agree to reward Rs.2 lakh each to the 3 startups chosen for their promising solutions.

 Top 3 winners are as follows: Dr P Gayatri Hela is the founder of Bengaluru-based Resada Life Sciences Private Limited that designs and develops home and agricultural-based products using plant extracts instead of synthetic chemicals.

 Romita Ghosh, a cancer survivor, is the founder of Shimla-based iHealHealthTech Private Limited which is a healthcare start-up that has been at the forefront of the fight against COVID and has been providing PPE kits to hospitals.

 Dr Anjana Ramkumar and Dr Anushka Ashokan are the product manager and co-founder of Kerala based Thanmatra Innovations Private Limited have come up with the innovative solution of an anti-microbial solution that could be sprayed into handkerchiefs or dupattas for making them safe to be used as Face Masks.

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi awarded 'Legion of Merit' PM Modi won the American Legion of Excellence Award. Mr. Modi was awarded the award for his leadership in enhancing the strategic partnership between the two countries and the rise of India as a global power.

 The Prime Minister was awarded the Legion Medal, the highest honor, only to the head of state or head of government.

 The award was also awarded to the prime ministers of and Japan.

 The Legion of Merit (LOM) is a military award awarded by the U.S. Armed Forces for outstanding service and achievement.

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 The decorations were issued to eight American soldiers in uniforms and military and political figures from foreign governments.

 In addition to Mr. Modi, other Indians who received this award include: Marshall Cariappa Mustang (1950)-Chief Commander Degree General Satyawant Maulana Srinagesh (1955) – degree in the commander-in-chief General Jadeja (1946)-Commander's Degree Admiral Jal ursetji (1978)-Commander Degree General Bikram Singh (2013)-Commander Degree General Dalbir Singh Suhag (2018)-Commander Degree.

 The Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians 2020 has been awarded to Dr. Carolina Araujo, Mathematician from the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

 She received the Prize for her outstanding work in algebraic geometry. Her work area focuses on birational geometry, which aims to classify and describe the structure of algebraic varieties.

 The Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from developing countries has been awarded annually since 2005.

 It was originally instituted by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), the NielsHenrik Abel Memorial Fund, and the International Mathematical Union (IMU).The participation of the Abel Fund ended in 2012.

 The Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India (DST) has agreed to fund the Prize, starting with the 2014 Prize.

 It is awarded to a researcher from a developing country who is less than 45 years of age on 31st December of the year of the award, and who has conducted outstanding research in a developing country.

 Researchers working in any branch of the mathematical sciences are eligible. The Prize carries a USD 15,000 cash award.

 Ranjitsinh Disale, an elementary school teacher in Solapur, Maharashtra, won the Global Teacher Award 2020.

 It is an annual award of one million dollars to recognize outstanding teachers who have made outstanding contributions to their profession.

 He is Founder of Varkey Foundation, a global charitable foundation dedicated to improving education. The award is organized in cooperation with UNESCO.

 Objective is to emphasizes the importance of educators and the fact that their efforts deserve recognition and praise throughout the world.

 It tries to recognize that the best teachers have an impact not only on their students, but also on the communities around them.

 Insufficient education is an important factor in the social, political, economic and health problems facing the world today. Education has the ability to alleviate poverty, prejudice and conflict.

 He converted a dilapidated school into a school, which later became the first school in Maharashtra to introduce a Quick Response (QR) code. A QR code is a barcode containing a matrix of dots. It can be scanned using a QR scanner or a smart phone with a built-in camera.

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 He not only translates classroom textbooks into student's native language, but also embeds them in unique QR codes so that students can read audio poems, video lectures, stories and assignments.

 He is also passionate about building peace among young people in conflict areas. His 'Let's Cross the Borders' project connects young people in India and Pakistan, Palestine and , and Iran, and the United States and North Korea.

 There is no record of teenage marriage in the village, and the enrollment rate of girls has reached 100%. The state government announced in 2017 that they will launch QR code textbooks for all grades across the state. In 2018, it was announced that all NCERT textbooks will have QR codes embedded.   ‘No Dorai' and ‘Fagun Haway’ win Bangladesh best films award of 2019 The Bangladesh Ministry of information on 3rd December, 2020 announced the for 2019.

 Films ‘No Dorai’ and ‘Fagun Haway’ jointly won the best film award. Taneem Rahman Anghshu who directed the film ‘No Dorai’ got the best Director award.

 The film ‘No Dorai’ dominated the awards in several categories including best cinematography (Sumon Kumar Sarker), Best Sound Recording (Ripon Nath) and best Screenplay (Mahboob Rahman).

 ‘No Dorai’, meaning ‘Not Afraid’ is the story of a community in the beach town of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. The community does not allow women to venture into the sea and forces them into strict social norms.

 The awards this year have been given away in 26 categories.

 Eminent actor Sohel Rana and actress Kohinoor Akhter Suchanda jointly won the Life Time Achievement Award for their contribution to the film industry.

 Tarique Anam Khan was adjudged the best actor in lead role (male) for 'Abar Basanta' while the award for best actress in lead role (female) went to Sunehra Binte Kamal for 'No Dorai'.

 Zahid Hasan got the Best Villain award for his role in the film ‘Shaludu’.  ‘Nari Jibon’ got the best short film award while ‘Ja Chilo Ondhokare’ was selected for the best documentary film of 2019.

 Emon Chowdhury got the best Music Director award for the film ‘Maya- The Lost Mother'.  Best playback singer (male) award was given to Mrinal Kanti Das. Best Female singer award was awarded jointly to Momtaz Begum and Fatima Tuz Zahara Oyshee.

 Plabon Koroshi and Tanvir Tarek won the award for best music composer category.

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