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Awards and Honors Flashcards

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“Pride of India Award” for his work in feeding the hungry in India during the pandemic at 3rd India International Film Festival of Boston (2020)

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Vikas Khanna

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India International Film Festival of Boston 2020 (IIFFB)

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October 16-18, 2020
third film festival
first to be held virtually

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Lifetime achievement award at 3rd India International Film Festival of Boston (2020)

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Om Puri

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Louise Gluck

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2020 Nobel Prize for Literature
American poet
She is known for themes of childhood and family life that draw inspiration from myths and classical motifs.

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Pulitzer Prize in 1993 “The Wild Iris”

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Louise Gluck

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National Book Award Virtuous Night”, in 2014

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Louise Gluck

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Nitin Sethi

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prestigious Asian College of Journalism’s Award for Investigative Journalism in the year 2020

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Shiv Sahay Singh

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K. P. Narayana Kumar Memorial Award for Social Impact Journalism

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IIT Kharagpur- Researchers

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Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards for developing a mechanism for generating electricity from wet clothes left under sunlight to dry

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S.L. Bhyrappa

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prestigious Dr. Kota Shivaram Karanth Huttoora Prashasti-2020

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World Food Programme

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Nobel Peace Prize 2020

food assistance branch of United Nations

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Shai Evra

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2020 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize

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Sir David Attenborough

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ndira Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2019

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Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad

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‘National Energy Leader’ and Excellent Energy Efficient Unit awards at 21st National Awards for Excellence in Energy Management organized by CII

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‘Hero to Animals Award’ by PETA 2020

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Odisha’s CM Naveen Patnaik

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Bank of Ghana

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Central bank of the year award 2020

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Governor of the Bank of England (Mark Carney)

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Governor of the year -Central bank of the year award 2020

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Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology for For the discovery of Hepatitis C virus.

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Harvey J Alter (US)
Michael Houghton (UK)
Charles M. Rice (US)

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Nobel Prize for Physics

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Roger Penrose (UK) -discovery on black holes 
Reinhard Genzel (Germany)
Andrea Ghez (US)-discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of the galaxy’.
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Nobel Prize for Chemistry for method for genome editing

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Emmanuelle Charpentier (France) 
Jennifer A. Doudna (US)
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Nobel Prize for Economic for improvements to auction theory and invention of new auction forats

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Paul R Milgrom (US) Robert B Wilson (US)

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Oscars- Best Picture

Best Original Screenplay

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Parasite

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Oscars- Best Actress

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Renée Zellweger, Judy

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Oscars- Best Actor

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Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

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Oscars-Best Director

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Bong Joon Ho, Parasite

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Oscar- Best Supporting Actress

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Laura Dern, Marriage Story

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Oscar- Best Supporting Actor

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Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

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Oscar- Best Animated Feature

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Toy Story 4

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Sachin Awasthi

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“Top Publicist” award in Global Humanitarian awards 2020

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centenarian freedom fighter award, in August 2020

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Punjab Singh

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Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2020

“The Great Indian Tee & Snakes”

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Kritika Pandey

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Marieke Lucas Rijneveld

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International Booker Prize 2020

The Discomfort of Evening

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PATA (Pacific- Asia Travel Association) Grand Award 2020

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Kerala

internationally acclaimed ‘Human by Nature’ campaign

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Udit Singhal

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United Nations to the 2020 cohort of young leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals

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Fiumicino International Airport, Rome

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first airport in the world to be certified with “COVID-19 5-star airport rating

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United Nations WMO Research Award for Young – Scientists

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B. Rohith

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Diana Award 2020

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Freya Thakral, student of the British School, New Delhi

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prestigious SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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Sonu Sood

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C. Rangarajan

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Former RBI Governor
P. C. Mahalanobis Lifetime Achievement award 2020
Contribution to official statistics

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World Food Prize 2020

presented by Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)

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Rattan Lal

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e-Panchayat Puraskar 2020

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Himachal Pradesh for effective implementation of the e-application developed by the Centre and other applications developed by the state government.

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Star 2020 Certificate by World Book of Records, London

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Ganesh Vilas Lengare

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first Divyanga Sportsperson of the country to get prestigious Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award 2020

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Satyendra Singh Lohia

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Pulitzer Prize 2020

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Dar Yasin
Mukhtar Khan
Channi Anana
for “feature photography” of Kashmir coverage

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first Indian to win the Richard Dawkins Award
presented by the Center for Inquiry (CFI)
worlds of science, scholarship,
education, or entertainment, who publicly proclaims the values of secularism and rationalism, upholding scientific truth wherever it may lead.”

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Javed Akhtar

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Major Suman Gawani

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UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year 2019

served with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)

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‘Medal of the Order of Australia’

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Shobha Shekhar
founder of Kalakruthi Music Organization
service to the community and the
country

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‘Order of Rising Sun’by Japan

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Thangjam Dhabli Singh

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Mr Sachin Awasthi

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Global Humanitarian Awards 2020 were recently announced to felicitate popular men and women, who’ve worked selflessly towards the greater good of society and the world.

an initiative of the World Humanitarian Drive (WHD).

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“Nayi Disha”

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Brandon Human Capital Management (HCM) Excellence Award 2020

HR initiative of State Bank of India

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Sitara Karthikeyan

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Young Photographer Award-Dust bathing Elephant Photo at Corbett national park in Uttarakhand

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Kayakalp Award for 2019-2020

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Karnataka
three hospitals
instituted by the Union Health Ministry

  1. The Emergency and Trauma Care Centre on Victoria Hospital campus - Bengaluru 2. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases - Bengaluru
  2. Ballari District Hospital - Ballari
    ▪ The hospitals have achieved the highest score of 100%.

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