Category: Awards

IIT Bombay professor receives Young Career Award by the government for his work in nanoscience

May 6, 2020

• Professor Saurabh Lodha from electrical engineering, IIT Bombay, has got the Young Career Award in Nano Science & Technology for the year 2020 organized by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.

Russia confers commemorative World War II medal to Kim Jong-un for shielding memories of Soviet soldiers killed in North Korea

May 6, 2020

• Russian President Vladimir Putin has honored Kim Jong-un with a commemorative war medal marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, the Russian embassy in Pyongyang announced May 5^th for shielding memories of Soviet soldiers killed in North Korea.

Nicholas C. Coops, Joseph J. Landsberg and Richard H. Waring receives the Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2020

May 6, 2020

• Professors Nicholas C. Coops of the University of British Columbia(UBC), Vancouver, Canada,  Richard H. Waring of Oregon State University, United States of America(USA) & Joseph J. Landsberg of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization(CSIRO) Australia receives the ‘Marcus Wallenberg Prize(MWP) 2020’ or ‘the Nobel Prize for forest sector’ for 3-PG (Physiological Principles Predicting Growth), a model to foretell forest growth in a changing climate.

Nikkei Asia Prize 2020 award to IIT madras professor T. Pradeep

May 1, 2020

• IIT Madras professor, Thalappil Pradeep has been conferred with the prestigious Nikkei Asia prize for his contribution to the development of nanotechnology based water filters. 
• He received this award under “Science and technology” category.

Order of Rising Sun award conferred by Japan to Manipuri doctor Thangjam Dhabali Singh

May 1, 2020

• Japan has conferred Order of the Rising sun award to the Thangjam Dhabali Singh for his service towards strengthening ties between both the countries.

William E. Colby award won by Adam Higginbotham

April 22, 2020

• William E. Colby award has been won by Adam Higginbotham for his book ” Midnight in Chernobyl:The untold story of the World’s greatest nuclear disaster”. 
• Chernobyl disaster took place on 26 April 1986  at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR. Chernobyl.
• The United Nations (UN) has proclaimed April 26 International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day. The day was first observed in 2016,

Tata Power gets Edison Award for its social innovation campaign

April 16, 2020

• Tata Power is being honored with the Edison Award for its social innovation campaign ‘Club Enerji #Switchoff2SwitchOn’.
• Tata Power is India’s largest integrated power company. The Edison Awards is conferred to honor the world’s best innovations and innovators.

Abdelouahab Aissaoui wins 13th International Arab fiction prize 2020

April 16, 2020

• Algerian writer Abdelouahab Aissaoui has been honored with the 13th International Arab fiction prize 2020 for his novel ‘The Spartan Court’ published by Dar Min in 2018.
• ‘The Spartan Court’ is a historical novel that links the power struggle between Ottoman and French colonial powers in Algeria.

Odisha CM Naveen Patnayak honored by PETA for feeding animals

April 6, 2020

• Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnayak has been honored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals(PETA)  with the “Hero to Animals Award“
• He has been conferred with this award by PETA for feeding animals during the period of COVID-19  pandemic with a total cost of Rs. 54 Lakh.

Kobe Bryant has been inducted in Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of fame

April 5, 2020

• American Basketball legend Kobe Bryant has been inducted in Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
• He has become the 9th player to become the member to achieve this milestone.