CGPSC CURRENT (ENGLISH) APRIL 2019.Pmd
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Contact : 9111 922 922, 07752-404122 Web : www.pathiasacademy.com Email : [email protected] 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567CURRENT AFFAIRS 2 HEAD OFFICE : Near C.M. House, Civil Lines, Raipur (C.G.) Contact : 78 28 11 22 22 , 8224 922 922 BILASPUR : Near Old High Court, Bilaspur (C.G.) Contact : 9111 922 922, 07752-404122 Web : www.pathiasacademy.com Email : [email protected] 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567CURRENT AFFAIRS AWARDS & HONORS Telugu poet K. Shiva Reddy • On April 11, 2019, Telugu poet K. Shiva Reddy was honored with the (Saraswati Award 2018) prestigious Saraswati Award, a cash prize of Rs 15 lakh along with the award for his collection of poem named “Pakkaki Ottigilite”. He was born in 1943 in Karmurivari Palam near Tenali, Andhra Pradesh. He has won many awards including Sahitya Akademi Award for his book ‘Mohna O Mohna’. • Saraswati Samman Award is given annually for excellent literary work written in any of the 22 Indian languages listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. It is one of the highest literary awards estab- lished by KK Birla Foundation in 1991. Dr. Jnanaditya Shakya (Maharishi • On April 4, 2019, a scholar of Pali, Dr. Jnanaditya Sakya has been awarded Badrayan Vyas Samman 2019) the prize money of Rs.1,00,000 / - and a certificate with the Presidential Award of Maharishi Badrayan Vyas Samman of 2019. He received the award by Vice-President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu. Dr. Shakya was awarded for his outstanding contributions in the field of Pali language and literature. • He was selected for his five books by the Higher Education Depart- ment, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of In- dia, whose names are - Brahmavihara Bhavan, Anagataavasa, Chakesawatuasa Pancha + Gati Dipani and Gandhavas in Buddhism Philosophy. • Regarding the Presidential Award of Maharishi Badrayan Vyas Samman: Established: 2002, Region: Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Pali, Prakrit, Clas- sical Oriya, Classical Kannada, Classical Telugu and Classical Malayalam Sunil Kumar Gautam (Awarded to Pandit • Police Officer Sunil Kumar Gautam, Special Police Commissioner Govind Ballabh Pant Award) (Operations), for his book ‘Sanvidhan Kavya’, was awarded with ‘Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award’ for the year 2018-19 by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR & D) under the Home Ministry. • The book was originally written in Hindi language. There are a total of 238 couplets, which describes the world’s largest constitution, the In- dian Constitution, in a very simple and poetic form. The author took 6 months to write this book and it also mentions all the articles of the Constitution. • On October 5, 2016, ‘Sanvidhan Kavya’ was released by Dr. Kiran Bedi, Lieutenant Governor in Puducherry. Rana Dasgupta(Awarded Rabindranath • British Indian novelist Rana Dasgupta has been honored with the Tagore Literary Award 2019) second edition of the Rabindranath Tagore Literature Award 2019 for her 2010 novel ‘Solo’, which is the story of the last failure of the mindset and physical existence. This award includes Tagore’s statue, a certifi- cate for contribution to literature and a cash prize of $ 10,000. Other Important Points - • The World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador Yohei Sasakawa has been awarded the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Award 2019 for social achievement for his incredible efforts for leprosy and great con- tribution in world peace. • Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen was awarded the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Award for social achievement as a ‘symbol of democ- racy’. • Rana was awarded the Ryszard Kapuseinski Award in 2016 for the novel “Capital: The Eruption of Delhi”. Apart from this, he also received the Commonwealth Writers’ Award for ‘Solo’ in 2010. 3 HEAD OFFICE : Near C.M. House, Civil Lines, Raipur (C.G.) Contact : 78 28 11 22 22 , 8224 922 922 BILASPUR : Near Old High Court, Bilaspur (C.G.) Contact : 9111 922 922, 07752-404122 Web : www.pathiasacademy.com Email : [email protected] 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567CURRENT AFFAIRS • About Rabindranath Literary Award : Rabindranath Tagore Literary Award is given in honor of Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore. It has been established in 2018. Rabindranath Tagore is the first non-Euro- pean winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Vikram Patel • On April 3, 2019, a psychiatrist and professor of global health at the Harvard Medical School, Vikram Patel was honored with the presti- gious John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award, which the The Gatherer Foundation provided with a prize money of $ 100,000. • The award was given for his world-leading research in mental health, which provides knowledge on the burden of mental health problems and the determinants in the low-middle-income countries and for the treatment of mental health. • Former recipient Alan Lopez, Christopher J.L. Murray, Cesar Victor and Anthony Fowki. • About the award: John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award recognizes the world’s top scientists who have received outstanding achievements in Global Health Research. Sudhansu Kumar • On April 10, 2019, Sudhanshu Kumar, founder of Digital Sukun, has been awarded the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Nobel Prize by the Interna- tional Human Rights Council in Hotel Sea Princes Juhu Mumbai. This agency has been named the Best Digital Agency of the year 2019. • Digital Sukun is a Mumbai-based digital solution agency, which pro- vides a comprehensive 360 degree comprehensive solution for its campaign, so that new campaigns and technology tools can be used properly. This agency has been able to generate interest around films with the help of advanced modern techniques such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm analytics, and also helps the films get top position in IMDb’s most anticipated films list. Dr. AK Singh(Lifetime Achievement Award • On April 11, 2019, Dr. A. K. Singh, Director of DRDO in Life Sciences, for contribution to Life Science, Aerospace was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 during the fourth and Aeronautics 2019) APJ Abdul Kalam Innovation Conclave at Chandigarh University, Mohali. He has made significant contributions to the Internal Decommerce of Financial Produced Radioniclides and Infection Imag- ing. The Conclave was organized by the University to mark World Creativity and Innovation Day. • He has contributed on more than 57 research publications and has patented more than 18 projects.In order to detect infectious wounds, he discovered the ‘Diagnobact’ kit and pharmacosintigraphy, i.e. also used the use of nuclear medical imaging in drug research. He was on the post of faculty of examination and admission and director, aca- demic programs in AMU. The Governor of Manipur, Najma Heptullah is Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University (JMI). Deepa Malik • On April 11, 2019, 48-year-old silver medalist of Rio Paralympics, Deepa Malik, has been awarded by the New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship for the year 2019 in recognition of “inspired achieve- ments”. This fellowship was given by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to strengthen relations between India and New Zealand. • She won the Silver Medal in the Shot Put F53 event at Rio Paralympic in 2016. She became the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Paralympic Games and became the first Indian woman to win medal in three Asian Games in 2010, 2014 and 2018. • She was awarded with Arjuna Award and Padma Shri for her excellence and shed made place in Limca Book of World Records 4 times. 4 HEAD OFFICE : Near C.M. House, Civil Lines, Raipur (C.G.) Contact : 78 28 11 22 22 , 8224 922 922 BILASPUR : Near Old High Court, Bilaspur (C.G.) Contact : 9111 922 922, 07752-404122 Web : www.pathiasacademy.com Email : [email protected] 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567