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AWARDS & HONOURS

Central Banking Award 2018 Categories Winner Remarks Governor: Stephen S. Poloz Capital of Canada: Ottawa Currency of Canada: Dollar Central Bank of the The Canadian central bank has stood Bank of Canada year out for its ever-improving levels of transparency, forward-looking management and best-practice review of its policy mandate Name of bank: South African Reserve Bank Capital of South Africa: Cape Town Currency : Rand Governor of the year Lesetja Kganyago Kganyago has defended and enhanced the Sarb’s against all threats – despite a turbulent political and economic backdrop.

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Governor: Oystein Olsen Capital: Oslo Banknote and currency Norges bank (Bank of Currency: Krone manager of the year Norway) This currency is built with top notch security features It is a Swiss company. Banknote and services Landqart This company is a manufacturer of provider of the year bank notes. Governor of Bank of England: Mark Caney Bank of England s Initiative of the year ’ Fintech (financial technology) helps Fintech accelerator Bank of England by controlling cyber security and payment capabilities Governor: Vitas Vasiliauskas Capital: Lithuania Currency: Euro Website of the year Bank of Lithuania This bank makes a website which provides all information and it is accessible to all audience of this bank. They helped central banks to overcome Economics in central Alberto Cavallo and many of the drawbacks inherent in banking Roberto Rigobon traditional inflation series Asset manager of the Black Rock ( for the year 3rdtime) HSBC ( Innovation in reserve Shanghia Banking management Corporation) Global custodian of the (BNY refers to Bank of New York) BNY Mellon year Chairman: Bridget E. Engle Securities lending Northern trust services provider of the (Chicago based

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Padma Vibhusham-2018 It is the second highest civilian award.

No Name Field State 1 Illaiyaraja Art-Music

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2 Ghulam Mustafa Khan Art-Music 3 Parameswaran Parameswaran Literature and Education

Padma Bhushan-2018 It is the third highest civilian award.

No Name Field State 1 Pankaj Advani Sports- Billiards/Snooker 2 Philipose Mar Chrysostom Others-Spiritualism Kerala 3 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Sports- 4 (Foreigner) Public Affairs Russia 5 Ramachandran Nagaswamy Others-Archaeology Tamil Nadu 6 Ved Prakash Nanda (OCI) Literature and Education US 7 Art-Painting Goa 8 Art-Music Maharashtra 9 Art-Music

Padma Shri It is the fourth highest civilian award.

No Name Field State 1 Abhay Bang (Duo) Medicine Maharashtra 2 Rani Bang (Duo) Medicine Maharashtra 3 Social Work Literature and Education- 4 Journalism 5 Mohan Swaroop Bhatia Art-Folk Music 6 Sudhanshu Biswas Social Work 7 Sports-Weightlifting Literature and Education- 8 Pandit Chhattisgarh Journalism Jose Ma Joey Concepcion 9 Trade & Industry III (Foreigner) 10 Langpoklakpam Subadani Devi Art-Weaving Manipur 11 Sports- Tripura 12 Yeshi Dhoden Medicine Himachal Pradesh 13 Literature and Education Assam 14 Doddarange Gowda Art-Lyrics Karnataka 15 Literature and Education Maharashtra 16 Literature and Education Jharkhand 17 Ramli Bin Ibrahim (Foreigner) Art-Dance 18 (Posthumous) Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh 19 Piyong Temjen Jamir Literature and Education Nagaland 20 Sitavva Joddati Social Work Karnataka 21 Malti Joshi Literature and Education MP 22 Art-Acting Maharashtra 3 www.amkresourceinfo.com

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23 Rameshwarlal Kabra Trade & Industry Maharashtra 24 Kishore Kaul Art J&K 25 Bounlap Keokangna(Foreigner) Others-Architecture 26 Art-Music West Bengal 27 Tommy Koh(Foreigner) Public Affairs 28 Medicine-Traditional Kerala 29 Joyshree Goswami Mahanta Literature and Education Assam 30 Maharaj Others-Spiritualism 31 Pravakara Maharana Art-Sculpture 32 Hun Many (Foreigner) Public Affairs 33 Nouf Marwaai(Foreigner) Others- Yoga Saudi Arabia Literature and Education- 34 Journalism 35 Krishna Bihari Mishra Literature and Education West Bengal 36 Sisir Purushottam Misra Art-Cinema Maharashtra 37 Social Work West Bengal Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong 38 Others-Spiritualism (Foreigner) 39 Keshav Rao Musalgaonkar Literature and Education MP 40 Dr Thant Myint – U(Foreigner) Public Affairs 41 V Nanammal Others-Yoga Tamil Nadu 42 Sulagitti Narasamma Social Work Karnataka Vijayalakshmi 43 Art-Folk Music Tamil Nadu Navaneethakrishnan 44 I Nyoman Nuarta (Foreigner) Art- Sculpture Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai 45 Social Work Brunei Haji Othman(Foreigner) 46 Gobaradhan Panika Art-Weaving Odisha 47 Bhabani Charan Pattanaik Public Affairs Odisha 48 Sports-Swimming Maharashtra 49 Habibullo Rajabov(Foreigner) Literature and Education Tajikistan 50 M R Rajagopal Medicine-Palliative care Kerala 51

52 (Posthumous) Social Work Maharashtra 53 Chandra Sekhar Rath Odisha

54 S S Rathore Civil Service Gujarat 55 Amitava Roy Science and Engineering West Bengal 56 Sanduk Ruit (Foreigner) Medicine- 57 R Sathyanarayana Art-Music Karnataka 58 Pankaj M Shah Medicine- Ophthalmology Gujarat 59 Art-Painting MP 60 Maharao Raghuveer Singh Literature and Education Rajasthan 61 Kidambi Srikanth Sports-Badminton 62 Art-Music Karnataka 63 Siddeshwara Swamiji Others-Spiritualism Karnataka 64 Lentina Ao Thakkar Social Work Nagaland 65 Vikram Chandra Thakur Science and Engineering Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy 66 Art-Music Karnataka Tharanathan (Duo) 67 Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Art-Music Karnataka

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Thyagarajan (Duo) 68 Nguyen Tien Thien (Foreigner) Others-Spiritualism Vietnam 69 Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi Literature and Education UP 70 Rajagopalan Vasudevan Science and Engineering Bihar 71 Panatawane Gangadhar Vithobaji Literature and Education Maharashtra Others-Wildlife 72 Romulus Whitaker Tamil Nadu Conservation 73 Baba Yogendra Art 74 A Zakia Literature and Education

Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards-2018 President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Awards for 2016 to an eminent group of musicians, dancers, and theatre artists.

List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowships Awardees Name Of The Winner Field Category Arvind Parikh Music Hindustani Classical Sitar Player R Vedavalli Music Carnatic Vocalist Ram Gopal Bajaj Theatre Acting and direction Dance Indian Classical Dance List of Sangeet Natak Akademi awards Name Of The Winner Field Category Arvind Mulgaonkar Music Hindustani Tabla Mysore M Manjunath Music Carnatic Violin Nighoujam Shyamchang Singh Music Nata Sankirtana, Ratnamala Prakash Music Sugam Sangeet Ahmed Hussain & Mohd. Hussain Music Sugam Sangeet J Vaidhyanathan Music Carnatic Mridangam Kala Ramnath Music Hindustani Violin Neela Ramgopal Music Carnatic Vocal Music Komanakutty Music Carnatic Vocal Music Padma Talwalkar Music Hindustani Vocal Music Prabhakar Karekar Music Hindustani Vocal Music Kalamandalam Ramachandran Dance Kathakali Unnithan Maisnam Kaminikumar Singh Dance Manipuri Dance Haricharan Bhuyan Borbayan Dance Sattriya Dance Dance Chhau Dance Anita R Ratnam Dance Contemporary Dance Dance Bharatanatyam Jitendra Maharaj Dance Khathak Dance A B Kondala Rao Dance Khuchipudi Dance Ratikant Mohapatra Dance Odissi Dance Gireesan V Theatre Acting Oinam Biramangol Singh Theatre Acting Mohan Joshi Theatre Acting

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Anjana Puri Theatre Allied Theatre Acts K Govind Bhat Theatre Yakshgana Bipin Kumar Theatre Direction Bipin Kumar Theatre Direction Kusum Kumar Theatre Playwriting Satyabrata Rout Theatre Direction Yogesh Gadhavi Music Gujarati Folk Music Folk Music From Himachal Vidyanand Saraik Music Pradesh Chiranji Lal Tanwar Music Rajasthani Mand Music Prabhitangsu Das Puppetry

Dattatreya Aralikatte Puppetry

Annabattula Mangatayaru & Theatre Traditional Theatre Annabattula Leela Sai Ahmad Ganie Music Chakri, Folk Music Braj Kishor Dubey Music Folk Music Somnath D Chari Music Traditional Music Lakmidhar Rout Art Pala art from Bihar Pappu Venugopal Rao Art Overall Contribution In Arts Avinash Pasricha Art Overall Contribution In Art 63rd Awards 2018

Category Winner Best Film ' Medium' Critics' Award for Best Film 'Newton' Best Actor In A Leading Role for '' (Female) Best Actor In A Leading Role for '' (Male) Critics' Award for Best Actor for 'Trapped' (Male) Critics' Award for Best Actor for '' (Female) Best Director for '' Best Debut Director Konkona Sensharma for '' Best Actor In A Supporting Role Rajkummar Rao for 'Bareilly Ki Barfi' (Male) Best Actor in a Supporting Role for 'Secret Superstar' (Female) Best Dialogue Hitesh Kewalya for '' Best Screenplay Shubhashish Bhutiani for 'Mukti Bhavan' Best Original Story Amit Masurkar for 'Newton' Best Actor (Male) in a Short Film Jackie Shroff for 'Khujli' Best Actor (Female) in a Short for 'Juice' Film People's Choice Award for Best 'Anahut' Short Film Best Short Film (Fiction) 'Juice' Best Short Film (Non Fiction) 'Invisible Wings'

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Best Music Album for '' for 'Roke na ruke naina' - ' Ki Best Playback Singer (Male) Dulhania' Best Playback Singer (Female) for Nachdi phira - Secret Superstar for Ullu ka pattha - Jagga Best Lyrics Jasoos Lifetime Achievement Award Mala Sinha and and Ruel Dausan Varindani for Galti Best Choreography se mistake - Jagga Jasoos Best Background Score Pritam for Jagga Jasoos Best Action Tom Struthers for Best Cinematography Sirsha Ray for A Death In The Gunj Best Editing Nitin Baid for Trapped Best Production Design Parul Sondh for Daddy Best Sound Design Anish John for Trapped Best Costume Rohit Chaturvedi for A Death In The Gunj

60th Grammy Awards- 2018

Award Awardee Record of the Year "24K Magic" – Bruno Mars Album of the Year 24K Magic – Bruno Mars Song of the Year "That's What I Like" Best New Artist Alessia Cara Best Pop Solo Performance "Shape of You" – Ed Sheeran Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Feel It Still" – Portugal. The Man Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 Best Pop Vocal Album ÷ – Ed Sheeran Best Dance Recording "Tonite" – LCD Soundsystem Best Dance/Electronic Album 3-D The Catalogue – Kraftwerk Best Contemporary Instrumental Prototype Jeff Lorber Fusion Album – Best Rock Performance "You Want It Darker" – Leonard Cohen Best Metal Performance "Sultan's Curse" – Mastodon Best Rock Song "Run" Foo Fighters Best Rock Album A Deeper Understanding – The War on Drugs Best Alternative Music Album Sleep Well Beast – The National Best R&B Performance "That's What I Like" – Bruno Mars Best Traditional R&B Performance "Redbone" – Childish Gambino Best R&B Song "That's What I Like"

Other Important Awards and Honours- 2018 Name of the Winner Category Organized by The Samundra Manthan - Organisation Port Trust also known as Bhandarkar Shipping of the Year award Nhava Sheva Menon the best central bank governor in UK-based magazine ‘The

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Asia-Pacific for 2018 Banker film and theatre actor France s highest order of merit the ’ France Soumitra Chattopadhyay ‘Legion of Honour’ The Matunga suburban Limca Book of Records for Suburban station having an all-woman staff. Railway network Thane Municipal Corporation and the Actor Sudhir Dalvi Janakavi P Sawlaram award Janakavi P Savlaram Kala Samiti Thane Municipal Corporation and the dancer Jaishree T Ganga Jamuna award Janakavi P Savlaram Kala Samiti Arvind Parikh, R Sangeet Natak Akademi President Ram Nath Vedavalli, Ram Gopal Fellowships and Sangeet Natak Kovind Bajaj and Sunil Kothari. Akademi Awards president Pranab The Doctor of Literature (D.Litt.) The Chittagong Mukherjee degree. University in the Cricketer of the Year and ICC International Cricket ODI Cricketer of the Year Council (ICC ) International Cricket Yuzvendra Chahal T20 Performance of the Year Council (ICC ) Dr Kalam Innovation in Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Nara Lokesh Governance Award 2018 Summit Global icon Shah Rukh 24th Crystal Award World Economic Forum Khan Government of and seven girls and 11 boys 2017 Indian Council for Child Welfare UNESCO Asia Pacific Tamil Nadu Chief region for the cultural Minister Edappadi K UNESCO Award of Merit heritage conservation Palanisamy committees Prime Minister’s Shram Awards named Shram Ratna Award , ’ Ministry of Labour and 50 workers Shram Bhushan Award , Shram ‘ ’ ‘ Employment Vir/Shram Virangana’ ,‘Shram Shree/Shram Devi Awards’ Dr Vinod Paul, Member IhsanDogramacı Family Health World Health of NITI Aayog Foundation Prize Organisation (WHO) TSR Foundation of T. playback Subbarami in Memorial Award singer ’ memory of producer- director Yash Chopra Najma A Heptulla, Narayan Yadav, Dinesh Outstanding Parliamentarian The Indian Parliamentary Trivedi, Ghulam Nabi Awards Group Azad, Bhartruhari Mahtab

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Name of the category Organized by Given by Winner Magahi writer President of Sahitya Shesh Anand Sahitya Akademi Akademi Vishwanath Bhasha Samman award Madhukar Prasad Tewari Union Minister of State Geospatial World The Geospatial for Science and Excellence Award-2018 World Forum Technology and Earth Odisha for successful IT Meeting held at Sciences and application. . Technology, YS Chowdray The V Shantaram Films Division, Lifetime Achievement Ministry of Award the Mumbai Governor of Information & International Film Maharashtra, Shri C Broadcasting, Festival is for Vidyasagar Rao Government of Documentary, Shorts & India. Animation Films Times Power Women Dilip Kamble, Minister Shabnam of the Year 2017 - Pune of State for Social Asthana ’ for Global PR Justice International Press Institute India Award International Press Ritu Sarin for Excellence in Institute Journalism. Deputy Prime Minister World India s Aadhaar best emerging and Minister of Interior ’ Government card technology award of UAE Sheikh Saif bin Summit Zayed Al Nahyan. Deputy Prime Minister World Best m-Government and Minister of Interior Umang App Government Service Award of UAE Sheikh Saif bin Summit Zayed Al Nahyan. Scientific and Los Angeles, Vikas Sathaye Engineering Academy Oscars Akademy California. Award EY Entrepreneur of the Sanjiv Bajaj, EY group New Year 2017. T2P Consultants Limited in Dr. E Lifetime Achievement collaboration with Delhi Sreedharan Award Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Milkbasket, India s first and Startup of the Year 7th Small Business ’ ’ Bengaluru largest micro- 2017 Awards delivery platform Laureus World Laureus Sport for Monaco Sportsman of the Year Good Foundation,

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and Comeback of the Year awards. World Sportswoman Laureus Sport for Serena Williams Monaco of the Year award Good Foundation, Formula 1 constructors Team of the Year Laureus Sport for ’ Monaco champions trophy, Good Foundation, Mercedes wheelchair athlete Marcel Sportsperson of the Laureus Sport for Monaco Hug Year with a Disability Good Foundation,

Awards and Honours 2017

Sahitya Akademi Awards 2017 Winners List

Winner/Literary Work Language Novels for The Black Hill English Niranjan Mishra for Gangaputravadanam K P Ramanunni for Daivathinte Pusthakam Nachhattar Slow Down Punjabi Short Stories Shiv Mehta Dogri Autar Krishen Rahbar Kashmiri Gajanan Jog Konkani Gayatri Saraf Odia Baig Ehsas Literary criticism Bina Hangkhim Nepali T P Ashoka Ramesh Kuntal Megh Hindi Urmi Ghanshyam Desai Gujarati Neeraj Daiya Rajasthani Essays Jagdish Lachhani Sindhi Play Rajen Toijamba Manipuri

45th International Emmy Awards 2017

Name of Category Name of Winner Country Arts Programming Hip-Hop Evolution Canada Best Performance by an Kenneth Branagh in Actor Wallander Best Performance by an Anna Friel in Marcella United Kingdo

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Actress m Alan Partridge s Scissored Comedy ’ United Kingdom lsle Exodus: Our Journey to Documentary United Kingdom Europe Drama Series Mammon 2 Norway Non English Primetime – Sr.Avila United States Program Non-Scripted Sorry Voor Alles Belgium Entertainment Short- Form Series Familie Braun Telenovela/ Soap opera Kara Sevda Turkey TV movie / Mini Series Ne m’abandonne pas France Kids : Series Kasper en de Kerstengelen Netherlands Kids: Preschool Hey Duggee United Kingdom Shaun the sheep: The Kids: Animation United Kingdom farmer’s Llamas Kids : Digital Doodles Australia Kids : Factual Horrible Histories United Kingdom Kids : TV Movie / Mini Peter and Wendy United Kingdom Series Kids : Non- Scripted Ultras Sorte Kageshow Denmark Entertainment 23rd Star 2017

Award Awardee Best Actress Award (Popular) Vidya Balan for Tumhari Sullu Best Actor (Critics) Rao for Newton Best Supporting Actor Rajkumar Rao for Bareilly Ki Barfi. Best Actress (critics) Konkana Sen Sharma for Best Actor (Popular) Irrfan Khan Best Film (Critics) Newton Best Director (Dangal) 2017

Name of the recipient Sports and Cricket Satyawart Kadian Wrestling PN Prakash Shooting Varun Bhati and Para Atheletics Laishram Debendro Singh Boxing Anthony Amalraj Table Tennis S V Sunil Hockey Saketh Mayneni Tennis Football V J Surekha Archery Khushbir Kaur and arokia rajiv Athletics Prasanth Singh Basketball Jasvir Singh Kabaddi

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SSP chawrasia Golf 2017

Name Sports Dr. R. Gandhi Athletics Heera Nand Kataria Kabaddi G.S.S.V. Prasad Badminton Brij Bhushan Mohanty Boxing P A Rafel Hockey Roshan Lal Wrestling Sanjoy chakravathy Shooting List of National Bravery awards 2017

Name Award Tarh Peeju- Bharat Award Tushar Verma- Chhattisgarh Gaidhani Award Roluaphului-Mizoram Bapu Gaidhani Award Payaldevi- Jammu and Kashmir General National Bravery Award Sumit Mamagin-Uttarakhand Sanjay Chpora awards Tejaweetha & Shivan Gond-West Bengal geetha Chopra Award Sonu Mali-Rajasthan General National Bravery Award Thanghilmang Lunkim-Nagaland General National Bravery Award Akshit &Akshita Sharma-Delhi General National Bravery Award Nisha Dilip Patil-Maharashtra General National Bravery Award Anshika Pandey-Uttar Pradesh General National Bravery Award Namn Beniwal-Delhi General National Bravery Award Mohan sethy-Odisha General National Bravery Award Moriangthem Sadananda Singh-Manipur General National Bravery Award Tankeswar Pegu-Assam General National Bravery Award Binil Manjaly-Kerala General National Bravery Award Siya Vamansa Khode-Karnataka General National Bravery Award Praful Sharma-Himachal Pradesh General National Bravery Award Aditya M.P Pillai-Kerala General National Bravery Award Sumit Mamgain-Uttarakhand Sanjay Chopra Award Badarunnisa K.P-Kerala General National Bravery Award Neelam Dhru-Chattisgarh General National Bravery Award Akhil K Shibu-Kerala General National Bravery Award Award

o The is India's highest award in cinema. o The first recipient of the award was actress o Prithvi is the only recipient to receive Dadasaheb Phalke award posthumously o Recent recipient- Kasinathuni Viswanath (Telugu) 64th Best feature film- Kaasav- Marathi Best non feature film- Fire Flys in the Abyss Others:

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Award Awardee Best Actor (Rustom) Best Actress Surabhi Lakshmi (Minnaminungu) Best Director Rajesh Mapuskar (Ventilator) Best Film on Social Issues 'Pink' Best Supporting Actor Manoj Joshi (Dashkriya) Best Supporting Actress ZairaWasim (Dangal) Best Debut Film of a Director Deep Chaudari (Alifa) Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome 'SathamanamBhavathi' (Telugu) Entertainment Best Stunt Choreography Peter Hein (Pulimurugan) Best Children's Film 'Dhanak' (Hindi) Adhish Praveen (KunjuDaivam), Saj (Noor Best Child Artist Islam), Manohara (Railway Children) Best Male Playback Singer Sundara Iyer (Joker) Best Female Playback Singer Iman Chakraborty (Praktan) Best Screenplay (original) SyamPushkaran (MaheshintePrathikaaram) Best Screenplay (adapted) Sanjay Krishnaji Patel (Dashakriya) Best Editing Rameshwar S. Bhagat (Ventilator) Best Special Effect Award 'Shivaay' Sound Designer Jayadevan (KaaduPookkunnaNeram) Best Production Design 24 Best Costume Designer Sachin (Cycle) Best Environmental film including The Tiger Who Crossed The Line agriculture Best Make-up Artist MK Ramakrishna Best Music Direction Babu Padmanabha (Allama) Nobel Prize 2017

Field Name Contribution Rainer Weiss, the other half "for decisive contributions to the LIGO Physics jointly to Barry C. Barish and detector and the observation of Kip S. Thorne gravitational waves". "for developing cryo-electron Jacques Dubochet, Joachim microscopy for the high-resolution Chemistry Frank and Richard Henderson structure determination of biomolecules in solution". Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael "for their discoveries of molecular Physiology or Rosbash and Michael W. mechanisms controlling the circadian medicine Young rhythm". who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our Literature Kazuo Ishiguro illusory sense of connection with the world". "for its work to draw attention to the International Campaign to catastrophic humanitarian consequences Peace Abolish Nuclear Weapons of any use of nuclear weapons and for (ICAN) its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such

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weapons". "for his contributions to behavioural Economics Richard H. Thaler economics".

OSCAR Awards 2017 Also known as academy awards OSCAR is given annually by AMPAS- American Motion Picture Arts and Sciences First awarded in the year 1929

Award Awardee Best Picture Moon Light Best actress Emma Stone (La La Land) Best actor Casey Affleck (Manchester by the sea) Best director Damien Chazelle (La La Land) Best supporting actor Mahreshla Ali (Moon light) Best supporting actress Viola Davis (fences) Best foreign language film The sales man (Iran) 59th Grammy Awards- 2017

Award Awardee Album of the year: 25 – Adele Record of the year: Hello – Adele Song of the year: Hello – Adele Best rap album: Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book Best urban contemporary album: Beyonce – Lemonade Best country solo performance: My Church – Maren Morris Best rock song: Blackstar – David Bowie Best pop duo/group performance: Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots Best new artist: Chance the Rapper Best pop vocal album: Adele – 25 Best pop solo performance: Hello – Adele Best Rhythm and Blues (R&B) Solange Cranes in the Sky performance: – Best R&B song: Maxwell – Lake by the Ocean Chance The Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Best rap performance: Chainz – No Problem Best rap/sung performance: Drake – Hotline Bling Drake – Hotline Bling Best R&B album: Lalah Hathaway – Lalah Hathaway Live Best rap song: Drake – Hotline Bling Best metal performance: Megadeth – Dystopia Best rock performance: David Bowie – Blackstar Best dance recording: The Chainsmokers – Don’t Let Me Down Best dance/electronic album: Skin – Flume Best music video: Beyonce – Formation Best country song: Humble and Kind – Tim McGraw Best country duo/group performance: Pentatonix Featuring Dolly Parton – Jolene

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Billboard Music Awards 2017

Award Awardee Top Artist Drake Top New Artist Zayn Billboard Chart Achievement Award Twenty One Pilots Presented by Xfinity Top Male Artist Drake Top Female Artist Beyonce Top Duo/Group Twenty One Pilots Top Billboard 200 Artist Drake Top Hot 100 Artist Drake Top Song Sales Artist Drake Top Radio Songs Artist Twenty One Pilots Top Streaming Songs Artist Drake Top Social Artist BTS Top Touring Artist Beyonce Top R&B Artist: Beyonce Top Rap Album Drake Top Country Album Chris Stapleton Top Rock Album Metallica Top Latin Album Juan Gabriel Top Dance/Electronic Album Lindsey Stirling Top Christian Album Top Gospel Album Top Hot 100 Song The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey Top Selling Song Justin Timberlake, “Can’t Stop The Feeling Top Radio Song Justin Timberlake, “Can’t Stop The Feeling Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, One Top Streaming Song (Audio) “ Dance Top Streaming Song (Video) Desiigner, "Panda" Top Collaboration The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, “Closer Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, One Top R&B Song “ Dance Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, One Top R&B Collaboration “ Dance” Top Rap Song Desiigner, “Panda” Rae Sremmurd Featuring Gucci Mane, Top Rap Collaboration “Black Beatles Top Country Song Florida Georgia Line, “H.O.L.Y. Kenny Chesney Featuring Pink, Setting The Top Country Collaboration “ World On Fire Top Rock Song Twenty One Pilots, “Heathens Top Latin Song Nicky Jam, “Hasta El Amanecer The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, Top Dance/Electronic Song “Closer” Top Christian Song Hillary Scott & The Family, “Thy Will” Top Gospel Song Travis Greene, “Made A Way” I-League Awards 2017

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Award Awardee Best goalkeeper award Debjit Majumder Jarnail Singh Best Defender of Hero I- ’ League 2016-17 award Best Midfielder of Hero I-League 2016-17 Alfred Kemah Jaryan Best Striker award Aser Pierrick Dipanda Dicka Best Emerging Player of Hero I-League' Jerry Lalrinzuala award Syed Abdul Rahim Best Coach Award Khalid Jamil Hero of the League

7th Annual Asian Awards

Award Awardee Rising Star Award at the 7th Annual Child actor Sunny Pawar, Asian Awards Fellowship Award at the 7th annual Asian Awards Award for outstanding achievement in Cinema Outstanding achievement in Music. Outstanding Achievement in Television Krishnan Guru-Murthy Business Leader of the Year Ajay Banga Entrepreneur of the year Masayoshi Son Social Entrepreneur of the year Nisha Dutt Philanthropist of the year Dr Jack Preger Outstanding achievement in sport Ding Punhui BCCI Awards 2017

Award Awardee Col. CK. Nayudu Lifetime achievement , Padmakar Shivalkar award BCCI Lifetime achievement award for women BCCI special award VV Kumar, Late Award Virat Kohli award Lala Amarnath Award for the best all- of Madhya Pradesh rounder in the 2015-16 Lala Amarnath Award for the best all- rounder in domestic limited-overs competitions, 2015-1 Madavrao Scindin Award (Highest scorer in the Ranji Trophy 2015-16) Jay. G. Bosta M.A. Chidambaram Trophy (Highest scorer in (U-23) Col. CK. Nayudu

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Trophy 2015-16 Satyajeet Bachhav M.A. Chidambaram Trophy (Highest -taker in (U-23) Col. CK. Nayudu Trophy 2015-16 ESPN Awards 2017

Award Awardee of the year Virat Kohli Test batting Ben Stokes Test bowling Stuart Broad ODI batting Quinton De Kock ODI bowling Sunil Narine T20I batting Carlos Brathwaite T20I bowling Mustafizur Rahman Debutant of the year Mehedi Hasan Miraz Associate batting Muhammad Shahzad Associate bowling Muhammad Nabi Women’s batting Hayley Mathews Women’s bowling Leigh Kasperek

Other Important Awards and Honours- 2017

Name of the Award Recipient Lifetime Achievement Award at (Veteran actress) Dubai International Film Festival The world's third largest startup India (US and UK stands in the first and second base position respectively) Rio Paralympics silver medalist, who honored with Rs. 4 crore cash reward by P German Green Talent Award Shamik Chowdhury (Indian researcher) Prestigious award for outstanding work in the field of e-governance at government the 'State of the States Conclave 2016' The highest-paid woman in music for Taylor Swift 2016 in Forbes’ annual list. Rashtriya by and Banshi Kaul Madhya Pradesh Government Australian of the Year Local Hero' Tejinder Pal award 2017 La Liga's best player for 2015-16 season Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award Reporters without Borders (RSF)- Hadi Abdullah TV5 Monde prize’ Golden Peacock Award for Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) Corporate Governance for year 2016

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Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Roger Federer Award at the ATP awards Uttarakhand Ratna award (Uttarakhand Chief Minister) Goldsmiths Prize Mike McCormack (Solar Bones author) ‘Doodle 4 Google’ 2016 contest Anvita Prashant Telang ( fromPune ) Global Citizen Award Imtiaz Sooliman Tata Literature Live! Poet Laureate Gulzar (Lyricist-writer) Award 2016

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Peggy Whitson (NASA astronaut, at an age of 56 The oldest woman to Space years)

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