1. ‚ ________________ presented with Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for year 2014. Award was presented by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ?
2. 3 Indian Scientists - ____________________ , Subhash Khot and Yadvinder Malhi have been elected as Fellows of The Royal Society of UK, premier scientific academy of United Kingdom and Commonwealth ?
3. Actress ____________ won best director for her debut film‚ A Death in the Gunj‚ and best actress for‚ Lipstick Under My Burka‚ at 2017 New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF).
- Mukti Bhawan, a movie about a man who accompanies his father on a journey to Varanasi, has won Best Film at NYIFF 2017.
4. Actress _______________ will be receiving Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award under newly introduced category- 'Internationally Acclaimed Actress' for her work on International platform.
5. Bengaluru FC's Sunil Chhetri won Hero of the League 2016-17 Award, that was recently won by ______________. ?
6. Bollywood actress _______________ won International Humanitarian Award in Editor's Choice category of Asian Voice Charity Awards.
7. Britain's Indian-origin steel tycoon _______________ (Chairman of the Liberty House Group) won‚ CEO of the Year‚ title at Platts Global Metals Awards in London ?
8. ___________ Rapper Drake won record 13 awards at 2017 Billboard Music Awards in USA.?
9. Cannes Film Festival 2017 Winners -
- Best Film (Palme d’Or) - ____________ director Ruben “stlund’s‚ The Square.
- Best Director - Sofia Coppola (USA) for‚ The Beguiled. She is only 2nd female director in Cannes festival’s 70-year history to win the award.
- 70th Anniversary Prize ‚œ Nicole Kidman
- Grand Prix ‚œ 120 Beats per Minute by Robin Campillo
- Best Actress ‚œ Diane Kruger for‚ In the Fade
- Best Actor ‚œ‚ Joaquin Phoenix‚ for You Were Never Really Here
- Jury Prize ‚œ Loveless by Andrey Zvyagintse
10. ______________ received 2 Best Performance Awards from Ministry of Shipping - Highest growth in operating surplus and Achieving 3rd highest growth in cargo traffic among major ports in 2016-17 ?
11. ___________ has been honored with Mark Twain Prize 2017 for American humour. Letterman hosted over 6000 late night shows in 33 years ?
12. Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), and _____________ has won Porter Prize 2017, presented by Harvard Business School Professor and leading management thinker, Michael E. Porter ?
13. _____________ Footballer N’Golo Kante has been voted 2017 Footballer of the Year by Football Writers’ Association ?
14. Hollywood actor __________________ received‚ first-ever Genderless Acting Award for Best Actor category at MTV Movie and TV Awards, Los Angles (USA). This is first ever genderless award‚ that doesn’t separate nominees based on their sex ?
15. Hollywood film‚ The Black Prince‚ starring Indian Actress ____________ and Singer Satinder Sartaaj has been awarded special Jury Remi Award at 50th Annual Worldfest Houston International Film Festival.
- It a historic film of the last king of Punjab - Maharajah Duleep Singh and his relationship with Queen Victoria..
16. ____________ chief‚ Chanda Kochhar‚ has become first Indian woman‚ to be conferred with Woodrow Wilson Award‚ for Global Corporate Citizenship. ?
17. Indian Author ____________ won PEN/Malamud Award 2017, given by PEN/Faulkner Foundation for Excellence in the Short Story writing ?
18. Indian National Science Academy (INSA) announced names of recipients of INSA Medal for Young Scientist 2017. Total _________ scientists have been chosen for prestigious award this year ?
19. Indian Student Prashant Ranganathan (____________) won in Environmental Engineering in Category in Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in USA (world’s largest pre-college science competition).
4 Indian Americans also won - Pratik Naidu - (Computational biology and bioinformatics), Adam Nayak (Earth and environmental sciences), Karthik Yegnesh‚ (Mathematics), Rahul Subramaniam (Microbiology) ?
20. Indian scientist ___________ won Dan David prize for his contributions in field of astronomy.
- Dan David Foundation was established in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Dan David. 3 Dan David prizes of $1 million each are awarded each‚ year in the categories of‚ Past,‚ Present‚ and‚ Future.
21. Indians at 7th Annual Asian Awards (UK) -
- Child actor Sunny Pawar has been chosen for the Rising Star Award. He is best known for his Performance in Oscar nominated film‚ Lion.
- Cricketer ____________ received Fellowship Award.
- Playback singer Adnan Sami won award for Outstanding achievement in Music.
- Award for Outstanding achievement in cinema conferred on Om Puri.
22. Photographer Saqib Majeed (from _____________________) won 2016 Wisden - MCC (Melbourne Cricket Council) Cricket's Photograph of the Year for capturing an image of boys playing cricket at Nishat garden near Srinagar.
23._______________’s Govardhan Eco Village won‚ Smart Village‚ Award by India Trade Promotion Organisation for being a sustainable project in rural areas . ?
24. Minister of Defence, Finance & Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley presented Raksha Mantri’s Awards for Excellence for 2014-15 and 2015-16 -
- Excellence in Performance - 2014 - 15 (Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad), 2015 - 16 (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bengaluru)
- Best Performance in Exports - 2014 - 15 (Goa Shipyard Limited), 2015 - 16 (Bharat Electronics Limited, Bengaluru)
- Best performing Ordnance Factory - 2014 - 15 and 2015 - 16(Ordnance Factory Medak (____________))
- Best performing Shipyard - 2014 - 15 (Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Mumbai), 2015 - 16 (Goa Shipyard Limited)
25. President Pranab Mukherjee presented Dr. Ambedkar National Awards for outstanding contribution to promotion of social understanding and for upliftment of weaker sections of society for years 2011, 2012 and 2014.‚ Award consists of citation and INR 10 lakh cash prize. Winners are -
- 2011 - _______________
- 2012 - Samta Sainik Dal (non-political organization founded by Dr. Ambedkar)
- 2014 - Amar Sewa Sangam‚ AND‚ Babu Lal Nirmal (Social activist from Rajasthan)‚
26. President Pranab Mukherjee presented Presidential Awards for Classical __________ for year 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 -
- Tholkappiyar Award -
- 2013 - 14 - S N Kandaswamy
- 2014 - 15 - A Dakshinamurthy
- 2015 - 16 - R Kalaikkovan
- Young Scholar Award - 15 Awardees (5 in each year)
27. ________ city police‚ received Federation of‚ Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) Smart Police Award for 2017 ?
28. Rajive Kaul has been conferred with Order of Diplomatic Service Merit Sungnye Medal of ________________, for his services rendered as honorary consul general of ______________ in Kolkata ?
29. ___________ received TM Forum's Digital Service Innovator of the Year Award 2017 for acquiring 90 million customers in a short span of 4 months. ?
30. _____________, a wildlife and environment cartoonist from India, has won WWF International President’s Award 2017.?
31. Sanjay Gubbi (______________) and Purnima Barman (Assam) are among 6 Recipients of This year's Whitley Award for their contributions in wildlife conservation, also known as Green Oscars. Whitley Awards are given by UK registered charity‚ Whitley Fund for Nature ?
32. Satyabrata Rout‚ (From _____________) has been awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar for 2016 ?
33. __________ Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has been conferred with first Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Lifetime Achievement Honour in Public Service. ?
34. _____________ Government conferred 2017 Avvaiyar Award to Padma Venkataraman ?
35. _____________ has been awarded‚ HR Innovation of the Year‚ title for its significant contribution to skill development in automotive sector, at Asia-Pacific Excellence Awards in Hong Kong ?
36. Thespian Soumitra Chatterjee and Y.C. Deveshwar are conferred with Banga Samman, _______________'s highest civilian award (started in 2011).
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