SKOCH Award: The project named Mission Parvarish to combat malnourishment among children aged six months to five years has earned the SKOCH Award for southern Assam’s Cachar district. The programme was launched during the “nutrition month” in 2020. The programme entailed a coordinated socio-economic approach for malnourished children of families below the poverty line. Government […]
Category: Important Awards
National Water Awards
National Water Awards: Uttar Pradesh bagged the first prize for efforts towards water conservation in the National Water Awards (NWA) 2020 organised by the Ministry of Jal Shakti. Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu bagged the second and third prizes, respectively, in the best state category. The awards are organised by the Department of Water Resources, River […]
Atal Ranking Of Institutions On Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021
Atal Ranking Of Institutions On Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021: The Ministry of Education’s innovation cell released the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021. The very first edition of ARIIA started in 2019. It is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Education and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to systematically […]
Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award: The Sahitya Akademi announced the Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 in 20 languages. The Akademi also announced Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar for 2021. List Of Sahitya Akademi Awards 2021 Anuradha Sarma Pujari (Assamese) Bratya Basu (Bengali) Mwdai Gahai (Bodo) Raj Rahi (Dogri) Namita Gokhale (English) Daya Prakash Sinha (Hindi) DS Nagabhushana […]
Order Of The Druk Gyalpo Award To PM Narendra Modi
Order Of The Druk Gyalpo Award To PM Narendra Modi: The King of Bhutan, His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, conferred its highest civilian award, the Order of the Druk Gyalpo, on Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on the occasion of the country’s National Day. This would be the latest of awards to be conferred […]
Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu: Important Points
Miss Universe 2021:Harnaaz Sandhu India’s Harnaaz Sandhu made history as she was crowned Miss Universe 2021, 21 years after India last brought home the title when Lara Dutta was crowned Miss Universe 2000. Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu (born 3 March 2000) is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe 2021. She […]
Ramanujan Prize 2021
Ramanujan Prize: The Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from developing countries has been given to Professor Neena Gupta. She is a mathematician at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata and has been awarded for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra. She is the third woman to receive the Ramanujan Prize. Her […]
57th Jnanpith Award:Damodar Mauzo
57th Jnanpith Award:Damodar Mauzo Renowned Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo has been conferred with 57th Jnanpith Award for the year 2022. Noted Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan has bagged 56th Jnanpith award for the year 2021. Damodar Mauzo: Mauzo is second Konkani writer to receive the highest literary award, earlier being given to Writer Ravindra Kelekar in […]
Davis Cup 2021
Davis Cup 2021: The Davis Cup 2021 was won by Russian Tennis Federation. The Davis Cup finals was held between Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev of Russia. And Daniit Medvedev won the match bringing victory to the Russian Tennis Federation. Andrey Rublev was named the Most Valuable Player. The Davis Cup is also called the […]
Gallantry Awards 2021
Gallantry Awards: Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman was awarded Vir Chakra which is a wartime gallantry award, by the President of India. The gallantry awards are announced twice in a year — first on the occasion of the Republic Day and then on the occasion of the Independence Day. Post-Independence, first three gallantry awards namely Param […]
