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Category: Awards

Sadat Rahman receives International Children’s Peace Prize 2020

November 16, 2020
Sadat Rahman
  • Sadat Rahman from Bangladesh has been conferred the esteemed International Children’s Peace Prize 2020.
  • He was given the prize for his involvement in setting up his social organization and mobile app ‘Cyber Teens’ to stop cyberbullying.

M. Venkaiah Naidu confers 2nd National Water Awards

November 14, 2020
National Water Awards
  • The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu has conferred the National Water Awards (NWAs) for 2019.
  • This is the second edition of the award. Among the states category, Tamil Nadu got the Best State Award, followed by Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

Ruskin Bond awarded with Tata Literature Lifetime Achievement Award

November 11, 2020
Ruskin Bond
  • Ruskin Bond, one of India’s most renowned authors was awarded Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award for 2020.
  • He has a substantial body of work, close to 100 books – across genres for children and adults.

Malayalam author S Hareesh gets the JCB Prize for Literature

November 10, 2020
JCB Prize for Literature
  • Malayalam author, S Hareesh has grabbed the JCB Prize for Literature 2020 for his novel Moustache.
  • It has been translated into English by Jayasree Kalathil & published by HarperCollins India.

Hariharan gets JC Daniel award for lifetime contributions in Malayalam cinema

November 6, 2020
Hariharan
  • Noted filmmaker Hariharan has been chosen for the JC Daniel Award, the state government’s highest praise for lifetime contributions to Malayalam cinema.
  • The award carries a purse of Rs 5 lakh, a citation, and a sculpture. Hariharan was chosen for the esteemed award by a jury chaired by MT Vasudevan Nair with director Harikumar, actor Vidhubala, State Chalachitra Academy chairman Kamal and Cultural Department Secretary Rani George as members.

Honorary rank of General of the Nepali Army conferred to the Chief of Army Staff General, MM Naravane

November 3, 2020
MM Naravane
  • The Chief of Army Staff General, MM Naravane was conferred the honorary rank of General of the Nepali Army by President Bidya Devi Bhandari.

Om Puri awarded Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously at IIFFB 2020

October 31, 2020
Om Puri
  • Late Indian actor Om Puri was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the third edition of the India International Film Festival of Boston (IIFFB 2020).

ISA Solar Awards conferred for the first time

October 20, 2020
International Solar Alliance Coalition
  • During the third Assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), the Solar Awards were presented to the countries of the region as well as institutions working for solar.

Winner List

  • Visvesvaraya award: Japan for the Asia Pacific region and the Netherlands for Europe and other regions.
  • Kalpana Chawla awards: Dr. Bhim Singh from IIT Delhi (India) and Dr. Aaesha Alnuaimi from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (United Arab Emirates).
  • Diwakar award: Arpan Institute (Haryana) and Arushi Society

Central bank of the year award 2020

October 15, 2020
Central bank of the year award
  • The 2020 Central bank of the year award won by the “Bank of Ghana” and the Governor of the year award won by the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney.

2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

October 12, 2020
2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
  • The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank  (Sweden’s central bank) Prize in Economic Sciences to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats”.