Category: Awards

Quinton De Kock and Laura Wolvaardt named as Cricketer of the year in Cricket South Africa’s annual awards

July 5, 2020

• Quinton de Kock and Laura Wolvaardt won the highest accolade that Cricket South Africa (CSA) has to offer when they were identified SA Men’s and SA Women’s Cricketer of the Year in their particular categories at CSA’s virtual awards ceremony.

Lt. Col. Bharat Pannu makes history by achieving a podium place at the first edition of Virtual Race Across America

July 5, 2020

• Lt. Col. Bharat Pannu, a serving Indian Army Officer created history on 28th June 2020 by successfully achieving a podium spot at the first edition of the Virtual Race Across America (VRAAM) 2020 and became the first Indian ever to attain a podium place at an international ultra-cycling race.

Ratnakar Matkari posthumously praised with Natvarya Prabhakar Panshikar award

July 4, 2020

• The Government of Maharashtra declared that Dadasaheb Phalke and Sahitya Akademi winner Ratnakar Matkari will be posthumously praised with the Natvarya Prabhakar Panshikar award for his lifetime contribution to the theaters and arts. The award includes a citation, a memento and a cash prize of Rs.5 lakh.

Freya Thakral, Delhi School Girl named among 2020’s Diana Award roll of Honours

July 4, 2020

• On 1st July 2020, the birth anniversary of Princess Diana, Freya Thakral, a 13-year-old student of the British School New Delhi received the 2020 Diana Award for her generous work towards the ragpickers of Delhi. She prepared a mobile application and began a door to door recycling business to help the financial difficulties faced by the ragpickers.

Pulitzer awardee Siddhartha Mukherjee, Prof Raj Chetty wins ‘2020 Great Immigrants’

July 2, 2020

• Pulitzer Prize-winning author and oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee and Professor of Economics at Harvard University Raj Chetty have been nominated by the Carnegie Corporation of New York as ‘2020 Great Immigrants’ honourees.

Kritika Pandey gets 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

July 2, 2020

• Kritika Pandey has got the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The 29-year-old got the coveted recognition for her short story, The Great Indian Tee and Snakes, which moves around an unlikely friendship struck at the background of a tea stall.

Ex RBI Governor C. Rangarajan conferred ‘Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis National Award in Official Statistics’

June 30, 2020

• Ex Reserve Bank of India governor C Rangarajan, who was awarded the first P C Mahalanobis Award in Official Statistics for lifetime achievements on the occasion of the National Statistics Day on 29th June, called upon the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) to put the disputes associated to national income at rest.

Dr. Arvind Pandey and Dr. Akhilesh Chandra Kulshreshtha got Prof. P.V. Sukhatme National Award in Statistics

June 30, 2020

• Dr Arvind Pandey, former Director National Institute of Medical Statistics (NIMS), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Dr. Akhilesh Chandra Kulshreshtha, Ex-Addl. Director General, MoSPI, Government of India were jointly awarded with the esteemed Prof. P.V. Sukhatme National Award in Statistics.

UN honors Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja for her efforts to stop the pandemic

June 30, 2020

• Kerala’s Health Minister KK Shailaja was respected by the United Nations for her struggles to stop the coronavirus pandemic. She was among a few of the world leaders called to speak on the occasion of the United Nations Public Service Day.

Dope-cleared Sanjita Chanu to lastly win Arjuna award for 2018

June 25, 2020

• Cleared of the dope taint, two-time Commonwealth Games gold-winning weightlifter Sanjita Chanu will lastly win the coveted Arjuna award which has been on hold since 2018.