Flair Play Award for Dhoni Indian Cricket Captain Mahendra Singh
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Flair play Award For Dhoni Indian Cricket Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was awarded with International Sports Press Association’s ‘ Fair Play Award ‘ on 30 December 2011 for showing sport-spirit by calling back Ian Bell even after the umpire declares him out during the Team’s visit to England. This is the first time that this award is given to a cricketer. Gates Vaccine Innovation Award for Nitish Kumar The Bill Gates and Melinda Foundation has accepted the proposal for conferring the Gates Innovation Award to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the first Gates Vaccine Innovation Award for effectively strengthening the immunization programme. The Bihar Chief Minister will thus be the first recipient of the Vaccine Innovation Award, introduced globally by the Foundation having carried a cash of U.S. $ 250,000. Grand Master Honour International Chess Player Musunuri Lalith Babu received the honour of ‘ Grand Master ‘ on 2 January 2012. He is the 26th Chess Player from India to receive the Honour. S.K.Singh award for nuclear trouble – shooter Venkatesh Varma Senior Indian diplomat D. Bala Venkatesh Varma — a key member of the negotiating team that saw the Indo – U.S. nuclear deal through from the first agreement of July 2005 down to Additional Protocol in 2010 was given the first S.K. Singh award ” for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen India’s position in the Global nuclear order ” by UPA Chair person Sonia Gandhi at a high – profile function in New Delhi on 6 January 2012. Union Home Ministry Award ‘ Jeevan Raksha ‘ has been bagged by AP Teen. The Union Home Ministry released Sarvotttam Jeevan Raksha, Uttam Jeevan Raksha and Jeevan Raksha Awards for the Year 2011. Rs. 30,000 will be given for ‘ Jeevan Raksha Award ‘ . British honour for culture secy In a rare honour, the British Museum, the oldest in the world, has decided to give its maiden British medal to culture secretary Jawhar Sircar on 7 January 2012. The medal is being given as a “tribute and recognition of the extraordinary contribution made by Sircar in piloting museum reforms in India”. Award for Saluri Vasu Rao Noted cine music director, Saluri Vasu Rao, was conferred with the title, ‘ Sangeetha Siromani, ‘ by the Guntur District Music Artistes Association at the first anniversary celebrations held recently in Guntur, AP. Manjubhargavi presented Lifetime Achievement award Kuchipudi dancer Manjubhargavi was honoured with Lifetime Achievement award at the inauguaral session of the three – day Bharat Nrityotsav of Nataraja Music and Dance Academi at Kalabharati Auditorium in Visakhapatnam, AP on 8 Jan. 2012. Gollapudi Maruthirao feted Renowned film actor and writer Gollapudi Maruhtirao was conferred Lifetime Achievement Award by Appa Josyula Vishnubathala Kandalam Foundation and Srikakulam Rangasthala Kalakarula Samakhya on 8 Jan. 2012 in Srikakulam, AP. “Ballon d’ Or” for Lionel Messi and Homare Sawa Lionel Messi was on Jan.10, 2012 awarded the 2011 FIFA “Ballon d’Or” at a star-studded ceremony in Zurich, the third consecutive year that he has won the prestigious award for the world’s outstanding footballer. Japanese midfielder Homare Sawa claimed the women’s equivalant. Clooney, Streep conquer Golden Globes The 69th Golden Globe Awards this year have been bagged by Clooney, the Best Actor in a Motion Picture – “”The Descendants”" and Meryl Streep for the Best Performance by an Actress for her role as Margaret Thatcher in “”The Iron Lady”" on 16 January 2012 in Los Angles. Cash award for Bindra Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken on 18 Jan. 2012 presented a cheque for Rs. 4.33 lakh to Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra for winning the Gold in air rifle in the ongoing Asian shooting championship in Doha. South Asia Literature Award For The Novel China man Srilankan author Shehan Karunatilaka was awarded the DSC Pril for south asia literature 2012 at the Jaipur literature festival in Rajsthan for the novel china man . Dr . C. Narayana Reddy ‘ s Award Dr . C. Narayana Reddy sahitya puraskaram is been awarded to kanad poet Maskandapuram Srinivas . Ricky Ponting Was Honoured Senior Australian batsman Ricky Ponting was honoured with Australia’s highest civil honour along with a host of sports person of international repute .he was aslo appointed as officer in the general division of distinguished service to the sports criket. A P State Gets 3 Padma Andhra Pradesh got a raw deal in the prestigious Padma Bhushan . G Maniratnam -Founder mamber of Trirupathi -based N G O Rashtriya seva samithi (RASS) .Ace Badminton coach Syed Mohamad Arif were honoured with Padma Shri .Dr , P. Chandrasekhar Rao -a judge at international tribund for the law of sea , Germany were honoured with Padma Bhushan Padma Bhushan Awards Cine artist – Dharmendra , cine artist Shabana Azmi , Director Mira Nair, An Painter Jatin Das , London based sculptor Anish Kapoor , carnatic musicians T. V .Gopalkrishnan , B. Muthuramam -mM D of Tta steel,eminent cardiologist -Dev Prasad Shetty ,Cancer Specialist -Suresh H.Advani ,N. Vital -head of Central Vigilance Comission, M V. Subbaiah – murugappa group . Padma Shri Awards Women Criketer – Jhulan Goswami , Hockey Olympic Gold Medalist -Zafar Iqbal ,Skiing -Ajeet Bajaj ,Athletics -paralympics -Devendra Jhajriya , Archery -Limba Ram were awarded with Padma Shri . Assam Policman Creates World Record Assam police constable who is 22 years old Abhjeet Buruah created world record by running barefoot more than 150 km in 24 hours in Jorhat .and entered into Guinness Book Of World Record on 31 st Jan 2012. The Indian observer for the guinness world record B.K.Chandrasekar Tiwari opproach to the Tarjan bypass on the western outskirts of Jorhat town . Asha Bhosle , in Limca Book Of Records The luminaries from Indian Music including Asha Bhosle , Gulzar and Yesudas have been awarded ” people of the year ” at the unveiling of the 23 rd Limca Book Of Rcords on 31 st Jan 2012. Nayudamma Award For NASSCOM Chief National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSOM) chairman & NIIT group co-founder Rajendra Singh Pawar had been awarded with Dr.Y.Nayudamma Memorial Award 2011 in recognition of his outstanding performance to the Indian information technology. Typing A To Z in 3.43 Seconds A B.Tech. student Mohammed Khurheed Hussain, typed the entire English alphabet in 3.43 seconds along with spaces after each letter, he succeeded in typing the 50 characters in a record time of 3.43 seconds, to break the existing record of 3.52 seconds set by Sridhar Raju for ‘ The fastest time to type the alphabet’ and break the Guinness book of world record. National Integration Award For Razzak The all Indian National Integration Award had been presented to Abdul Razzak by the Tazeen ulema-e-haq. This award had given to persons who strove hard for communal harmony and for spreading the spirit of national integration. Professor Chosen As UNESCO Chair Professor. Vinod Pavarala Dean, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication, University of Hyderabad had been chosen to be the first ever UNESCO Chair on community media. The chair being set up at the university for the period of four years. The prestigious chair, which is the first of its kind anywhere in the world comes in recongnition of Prof,Pavarala’s work in the last decade on community radio, his research & writing, the struggle for community radio in India. World Record Heart Surgery On 17-HR-Old Baby A tiny figure from UK is recovering in hospital after becoming the youngest person to had open heart surgery. She was just 17 and half hours old when they operated her. Three IIT Scientists With Scopus Award Three IIT scientist are among the eight young scientist who had won the prestigious Scopus award from the Nation Academy of Science and Elsevier. Sanjib senapathi from – IIT Madras. Sagnik Dey from IIT – Delhi. Satyajit Banerjee from IIT Kanpur. Djokovic:’ Sportman Of The Year’ 2012 The tennis world no.1 Novack Djokovic had been awarded with the ‘Sportman of the year award’ at the ceremony in London on 6 Feb for the year 2012.He was the fifth man to become to win three grand slam title in a row. Djo kovik had won the top individual prize at 2012 Laureus sports Awards. FC Barcelona Chosen ‘Team Of The Year’ 2012 Barcelona footbal team had been recognised as the best team after its grand winning of the Spanish League and champion League. And it had captured the team Throphy at the 2012 Laureus Sports Awards held at London. Sportswomen Of The Year’ 2012 Vivan Cheruiyot The Kenyan distance runner, Vivian Cheruiyot who had won the 5,00 and 10,000 titles at the world championships last year was awarded with ‘sportswomen of the year award’ for the year 2012 Scot Sisters Named Oldest Living Twins Guinness World Records had recognised 102yrs old Scottish sisters as the worlds oldest living twins.Edith Ritchie and Evelyn Evie Middleton, Who hail from Aberdeenshine were born in 1909 Neither of them had ever travelled outside of the UK. Rajesh Roshan Honoured With Lata Manageshkar Award The great hindi film music composer Rajesh Roshan was honoured with the Lata Manageshkar award by the M.P.Government on 8 Feb 2012 for the year 2011. World’s Shortest Man The 72 yrs old Nepali Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who is just 22 inches had been awarded as the World’s shortest man and weigh’s just 12kilos. He would also be the world’s shortest human adult to be alive. Guinness world records experts had to at confirmed they are to travel to Dangi’s village. 54th Annual Grammy Awards The 54th Annual Grammy A wards were held on 12 Feb 2012 at the Staple center in Los Angeles.