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JANUARY 2015 QUICK REVIEW www.Gr8AmbitionZ.com For more materials visit us at www.Gr8AmbitionZ.com 1 1st January - Global Family Day 4th January - World Braille Day 6th January - World War Orphans Day 9th January - Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 10th January - World Hindi Day 12th January - National Youth Day 15th January - Indian Army Day 18th January - National Immunization Day 2015 24th January - National Girl Child Day 25th January - National Voters Day 26th January - Republic of India 26th January - Australia Day 27th January - International Holocaust Remembrance Day A. S. Kiran Kumar - Chairman, ISRO Alexis Tsipras - Prime Minister, Greece Amitabh Bachchan - Ambassador, Health and Medical Sector (Andhra Pradesh) Anupam Shrivastava - CMD, BSNL Arvind Panagariya - Vice Chairman, NITIAayog Avijit Ghosh - CMD, Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) Baba Ramdev - Brand ambassador, Haryana Beji Caid Essebsi - President, Tunisia Bibek Debroy - Member, NITI Ayog Deep Kumar Upadhyay - Nepal's ambassador to India Deepak Parekh - Chairman, BAE Systems India Pvt Ltd Dinesh Oraon - Speaker, Jharkhand Divya Prakash Sinha - Secretary (Security), Union Cabinet Secretariat Edgar Lungu - President, Zambia Ghelubhai Naik - Freedom Fighter Harishankar Brahma - Chief Election Commissioner, India K. Durga Prasad DG, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Kalyan Singh - Governor, Himachal Pradesh Kaptan Singh Solanki - Governor, Punjab Keshari Nath Tripathi - Governor, Meghalaya Kiran Bhai Vadodaria - President, Indian Newspaper Society (INS) Koteeswaran - CMD, Indian Overseas Bank Krishna Kant Paul - Governor, Uttarakhand Kunal Jeswani - CEO, Ogilvy & Mather India Maithripala Sirisena - President, Sri Lanka Modibo Keita - Prime Minister, Mali P. Krishnamurthy - Private Secretary, Defence Minister Pahlaj Nihalani - chairperson, Censor Board Pournima Gupte - Member (actuary), IRDA Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz - King, Saudi Arabia R.K. Mathur - Secretary, DRDO Rajiv Mehta - DGP, Meghalaya Robert Mugabe - Chairman, African Union S K Sinha - Chief Justice, Bangladesh S. Jaishankar - Foreign Secretary, India Santhosh John Abraham - President, Association of Surgeons of India (ASI) Siddhartha Chatterjee - CTO, Persistent Systems Ltd Sindhushree Khullar - CEO, NITI Aayog Sunil Sood - CEO, Vodafone India Sutirtha Bhattacharya - CMD, Coal India Ltd Taranjeet Singh - Business Head, Twitter (India) Tarun Rai - CEO, J. Walter Thompson South Asia V.K. Saraswat - Member, NITI Aayog Yash Pal Singhal - DGP, Haryana

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    1st January - Global Family Day 4th January - World Braille Day 6th January - World War Orphans Day 9th January - Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 10th January - World Hindi Day 12th January - National Youth Day 15th January - Indian Army Day 18th January - National Immunization Day 2015 24th January - National Girl Child Day 25th January - National Voters Day 26th January - Republic of India 26th January - Australia Day 27th January - International Holocaust

    Remembrance Day

    A. S. Kiran Kumar - Chairman, ISRO Alexis Tsipras - Prime Minister, Greece Amitabh Bachchan - Ambassador, Health and

    Medical Sector (Andhra Pradesh) Anupam Shrivastava - CMD, BSNL Arvind Panagariya - Vice Chairman, NITIAayog Avijit Ghosh - CMD, Heavy Engineering Corporation

    (HEC) Baba Ramdev - Brand ambassador, Haryana Beji Caid Essebsi - President, Tunisia Bibek Debroy - Member, NITI Ayog Deep Kumar Upadhyay - Nepal's ambassador to

    India Deepak Parekh - Chairman, BAE Systems India Pvt

    Ltd Dinesh Oraon - Speaker, Jharkhand

    Divya Prakash Sinha - Secretary (Security), Union Cabinet Secretariat

    Edgar Lungu - President, Zambia Ghelubhai Naik - Freedom Fighter Harishankar Brahma - Chief Election

    Commissioner, India K. Durga Prasad DG, Central Reserve Police Force

    (CRPF) Kalyan Singh - Governor, Himachal Pradesh Kaptan Singh Solanki - Governor, Punjab Keshari Nath Tripathi - Governor, Meghalaya Kiran Bhai Vadodaria - President, Indian

    Newspaper Society (INS) Koteeswaran - CMD, Indian Overseas Bank Krishna Kant Paul - Governor, Uttarakhand Kunal Jeswani - CEO, Ogilvy & Mather India Maithripala Sirisena - President, Sri Lanka Modibo Keita - Prime Minister, Mali P. Krishnamurthy - Private Secretary, Defence

    Minister Pahlaj Nihalani - chairperson, Censor Board Pournima Gupte - Member (actuary), IRDA Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz - King, Saudi Arabia R.K. Mathur - Secretary, DRDO Rajiv Mehta - DGP, Meghalaya Robert Mugabe - Chairman, African Union S K Sinha - Chief Justice, Bangladesh S. Jaishankar - Foreign Secretary, India Santhosh John Abraham - President, Association of

    Surgeons of India (ASI) Siddhartha Chatterjee - CTO, Persistent Systems

    Ltd Sindhushree Khullar - CEO, NITI Aayog Sunil Sood - CEO, Vodafone India Sutirtha Bhattacharya - CMD, Coal India Ltd Taranjeet Singh - Business Head, Twitter (India) Tarun Rai - CEO, J. Walter Thompson South Asia V.K. Saraswat - Member, NITI Aayog Yash Pal Singhal - DGP, Haryana

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    Ahuthi Prasad - Tollywood Actor Abdullah - Saudi Arabias King Andrae Crouch - Gospel performer Anita Ekberg - Swedish actor (La Dolce Vita) Demis Rousso - Greek singer Faten Hamama - Egyptian Actress Hara Patnaik - Odia Actor Hatkananglekar - Marathi writer Jaswant Singh Rajput - Hockey Olympian M. S. Narayana - Tollywood Actor Mala Aravindan - Malayalam film Actor Munindra Nath Rai - Republic Day Medallist Paladugu Venkata Rao - Former Minister (AP) Perin Romesh Chandra - Freedom Fighter R K Laxman - cartoonist Rajni Kothari - Founder, CSDS Ram Prasad Kamal - Former Minister of State

    (PWD) Rod Taylor - Hollywood Actor (The Birds) Subhash Ghisingh - Founder, Gorkha National

    Liberation Front VB Rajendra Prasad - Tollywood producer &

    Director

    Arundhathi Subramaniam - Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry

    C.V. Anand - National Special Award for Best Electoral Practices 2014

    Central Silk Board - Silver award for 201415 Colonel Munindra Nath Rai - Yudh Seva medal Cristiano Ronaldo - Third FIFA Ballon d'Or Emma Watson - Feminist of the year 2014 Frank Islam - Martin Luther King Jr. Award Jammu and Kashmir - National Award 2014-15 for

    e-Governance Jhumpa Lahiri - DSC Prize for South Asian

    Literature 2015

    Katsuhiro Otomo - Lifetime Achievement Award (first manga cartoonist)

    Leela Samson - Natya Kala Acharya 2015 Lord Meghnad Desai - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

    Award 2015 M.Y.S. Prasad - Vikram Sarabhai memorial award

    2015 Major Mukund Varadarajan - Ashoka Chakra Mars Orbiter programme team - 2015 Space

    Pioneer Award Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh - Ashoka Chakra Paulina Vega (Miss Colombia) - Miss Universe Periyar Tiger Reserve (Kerala) - NTCA biennial

    award Prabhu Nath Dwivedi - Sahitya Akademi Award R.K. Tyagi - Best CEO Award Raghuram Rajan - Governor of the Year Subhash Chandra Agrawal - Giraffe Hero Award Thomas Piketty - Legion D'Honneur 2015 (He

    rejected this award) Yu Min (father of China's Hydrogen Bomb) - Top

    Science Award of China

    Complete Winners List of 72nd Golden Globe Awards 2015

    Motion Picture o Film Drama : 'Boyhood.' o Actress, Drama : Julianne Moore, 'Still Alice.' o Actor, Drama : Eddie Redmayne, 'The Theory of

    Everything.' o Director : Richard Linklater, 'Boyhood.' o Film, Musical or Comedy : 'Grand Budapest

    Hotel.' o Actor, Musical or Comedy : Michael Keaton,

    'Birdman.' o Actress, Musical or Comedy : Amy Adams, 'Big

    Eyes.' o Supporting Actor : J.K. Simmons, 'Whiplash.' o Supporting Actress : Patricia Arquette,

    'Boyhood.' o Animated Film : 'How to Train Your Dragon 2.'

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    o Screenplay : Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, 'Birdman.'

    o Original Score : Johann Johannsson, 'The Theory of Everything.'

    o Original Song : Glory (music by John Legend, Common), 'Selma.'

    Television o Series, Drama : 'The Affair.' o Actor, Drama : Kevin Spacey, 'House of Cards.' o Actress, Drama : Ruth Wilson, 'The Affair.' o Series, Musical or Comedy : 'Transparent.' o Actress, Musical or Comedy : Gina Rodriguez,

    'Jane the Virgin.' o Actor, Musical or Comedy : Jeffrey Tambor,

    'Transparent.' o Miniseries or Movie : 'Fargo.' o Actress, Miniseries or Movie : Maggie

    Gyllenhaal, 'The Honorable Woman.' o Actor, Miniseries or Movie : Billy Bob Thornton,

    'Fargo.' o Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie

    : Joanne Froggatt, 'Downton Abbey.' o Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie :

    Matt Bomer, 'The Normal Heart.' (ANI)

    People's Choice Awards 2015 Winners List

    Movies o Favorite Movie : "Maleficent" o Favorite Movie Actor : Robert Downey Jr. o Favorite Movie Actress : Jennifer Lawrence o Favorite Movie Duo : Shailene Woodley & Theo

    James - "Divergent" o Favorite Action Movie : "Divergent" o Favorite Action Movie Actor : Chris Evans o Favorite Action Movie Actress : Jennifer

    Lawrence o Favorite Comedic Movie : "22 Jump Street" o Favorite Comedic Movie Actor : Adam Sandler o Favorite Comedic Movie Actress : Melissa

    McCarthy o Favorite Dramatic Movie : "The Fault in Our

    Stars"

    o Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor : Robert Downey Jr.

    o Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress : Chlo Grace Moretz

    o Favorite Family Movie : "Maleficent" o Favorite Thriller Movie : "Gone Girl"

    Television o Favorite TV Icon : Betty White o Favorite TV Show : "The Big Bang Theory" o Favorite Network TV Comedy : "The Big Bang

    Theory" o Favorite Comedic TV Actor : Chris Colfer o Favorite Comedic TV Actress : Kaley Cuoco-

    Sweeting o Favorite Network TV Drama : "Greys Anatomy" o Favorite Dramatic TV Actor : Patrick Dempsey o Favorite Dramatic TV Actress : Ellen Pompeo o Favorite Cable TV Comedy : "Melissa & Joey" o Favorite Cable TV Drama : "Pretty Little Liars" o Favorite Cable TV Actor : Matt Bomer o Favorite Cable TV Actress : Angie Harmon o Favorite TV Crime Drama : "Castle" o Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor : Nathan Fillion o Favorite Crime Drama TV Actress : Stana Katic o Favorite Network Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show :

    "Beauty and the Beast" o Favorite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show :

    "Outlander" o Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor : Misha Collins o Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress : Kristin

    Kreuk o Favorite Competition TV Show : "The Voice" o Favorite Daytime TV Host : Ellen DeGeneres o Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host : Jimmy

    Fallon o Favorite Dramedy : "Orange Is the New Black" o Favorite TV Duo : Nina Dobrev & Ian

    Somerhalder o Favorite TV Character : We Miss Most Sandra

    Oh as Cristina Yang - "Greys Anatomy" o Favorite Actor In A New TV Series : David

    Tennant o Favorite Actress In A New TV Series : Viola

    Davis

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    o Favorite Sketch Comedy TV Show : "Saturday Night Live"

    o Favorite Animated TV Show : "The Simpsons" o Favorite New TV Comedy : "Jane the Virgin" o Favorite New TV Drama : "The Flash"

    Music o Favorite Male Artist : Ed Sheeran o Favorite Female Artist : Taylor Swift o Favorite Group : Maroon 5 o Favorite Breakout Artist : 5 Seconds of Summer o Favorite Male Country Artist : Hunter Hayes o Favorite Female Country Artist : Carrie

    Underwood o Favorite Country Group : Lady Antebellum o Favorite Pop Artist : Taylor Swift o Favorite Hip-Hop Artist : Iggy Azalea o Favorite R&B Artist : Pharrell Williams o Favorite Album : "x" - Ed Sheeran o Favorite Song : Shake It Off - Taylor Swift

    National Bravery Awards 2014

    Twenty four children (8 girls and 16 boys) have been selected for the National Bravery Awards for the year 2014. Four of the Awards have been given posthumously. o The coveted Bharat Award for showing

    exceptionally gallant deed has been conferred on 16 year old Km Resham Fatma of Uttar Pradesh, a victim of Acid attack, for putting on a brave face while fighting off her tormentor.

    o The prestigious Geeta Chopra Award has been conferred on 13 year old Km. Gunjan Sharma of Assam who displayed exemplary valour in saving her friends from the clutches of the abductor.

    o The Sanjay Chopra Award has been given to 16 year old Master Devesh Kumar of Uttar Pradesh who displayed outstanding courage while confronting two chain-snatchers.

    o Bapu Gaidhani Awards were given to Master RumohMeto (13 years) of Arunachal Pradesh, Late Km. Riya Chaudhary (15 years) of Uttar Pradesh and Late Km. Monika (16 years) of Uttarakhand

    o The other recipients are Km. Zeal JitendraMarathe, Master HiralJitubhaiHalpati and Late Master Gaurav Kumar Bharti (all from Gujarat), Master Sahanesh R (Karnataka), Km. AshwiniBanduUghade (Maharashtra), Master L. Brainson Singh and Master G. Tooldev Sharma (both from Manipur), Km. Ripa Das (Tripura), Master BalramDansena (Chhattisgarh), Master Rajdeep Das (Jharkhand), Master Anjith.P, Master Aqil Mohammad NK and Master Midhun PP (all from Kerala), Master Stevenson Lawriniang (Meghalaya), Late Master MesakK.Remnalalnghaka (Mizoram), Ms. MhonbeniEqung (Nagaland), Master Labhanshu (Uttarakhand) and Late Master Gaurav Kumar Bharti (Uttar Pradesh)

    Infosys Prize for the year 2014 Awardees

    Engineering and Computer Science Jayant Haritsa, Professor, Supercomputer Education and Research Centre (SERC) and Chair, Department of Computer Science and Automation (CSA), Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

    Humanities Shamnad Basheer, Founder and Managing Trustee, Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA), Bengaluru and Founder, SpicyIP

    Life Sciences Shubha Tole, Professor, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai

    Mathematical Sciences Madhu Sudan, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research

    Physical Sciences Srivari Chandrasekhar, Chief Scientist and Head, Division of Natural Products Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad

    Social Sciences Esther Duflo, Professor, Department of Economics at Massachusettes Institute of Technology

    Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Awards winners List 2015

    Donald Rabindernauth Ramotar : Guyana President

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    Mala Mehta: For her contribution to Hindi language. She is founder of Indo- Australian Bal Bharatiya Vidyalaya.

    Dr. Raja Ram Sanjaya: He is India-born Mexican scientist. He is winner of the 2014 World Food Prize for developing 480 wheat varieties that have been released in 51 countries.

    Kanwaljit Singh Bakhshi: He is Member of Parliament (MP) from New Zealand.

    Rajmal Parakh: Rajmal Parakh is a Managing director registered with Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).

    Duraikannu Karunakaran. Essop Goolam Pahad: He is a South African

    politician. He was Minister in the Presidency from 1999 to September 2008 in South Africa.

    Shah Bharatkumar Jayantilal. Ashraf Palarkunnummal. Mahendra Nanji Mehta: Uganda-based

    businessman of Indian origin. Professor Nathu Ram Puri: He is founder of Purico

    Group are also chosen for their contribution to Indian Diaspora.

    Satya narayn Nadella : Microsoft CEO Dr. Lulla Kamlesh: He is chief scientist for Earth

    observation in the Human Exploration Science Office at the Johnson Space Centre at NASA.

    Dr. Nandini Tandon: She has been given this award for her work in life sciences and Healthcare and IT in USA and India along with other emerging markets.

    Golden Globe Awards Winners List 2015

    Motion Picture, Drama: "Boyhood". Motion Picture, Comedy Or Musical: "The Grand

    Budapest Hotel". Actor in a Motion Picture Drama: Eddie

    Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything". Actress in a Motion Picture Drama: Julianne

    Moore, "Still Alice". Actor in a Musical or Comedy Film: Michael

    Keaton, "Birdman". Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash".

    Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood". Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical:

    Amy Adams, "Big Eyes". Original Score: Johann Johansson, "The Theory of

    Everything". Original Song: "Glory" (music by John Legend,

    Common), "Selma". Animated Feature Film: "How to Train Your Dragon

    2". Screenplay: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas

    Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, "Birdman".

    Foreign Language Film: "Leviathan" (Russia). Miniseries or Movie: "Fargo". Drama Series: "The Affair". Actor, Drama: Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards". Actress, Drama: Ruth Wilson, "The Affair". Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Billy Bob Thornton,

    "Fargo". Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie:

    Joanne Froggatt, "Down ton Abbey". Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy: Gina

    Rodriguez, "Jane the Virgin". Television Comedy Series: "Transparent". Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie:

    Matt Bomer, "The Normal Heart". Actor in a Comedy or Musical Series: Jeffrey

    Tambor, "Transparent". Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries: Maggie

    Gyllenhaal, "The Honorable Woman".

    Padma Award Winners List 2015

    Following is the list of the 104 persons conferred Padma Awards. These include 9 Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri awardees.

    Padma Vibhushan o LK Advani (Public Affairs), Gujarat o Amitabh Bachchan (Art), Maharashtra o Prakash Singh Badal (Public Affairs), Punjab o Dr D Veerendra Heggade (Social Work),

    Karnataka o Dilip Kumar (Art), Maharashtra

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    o Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (Others), Uttar Pradesh

    o Prof Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan (Science and Engg), Tamil Nadu

    o Kottayan K Venugopal (Public Affairs), Delhi o Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Trade and

    Industry) France/UK Padma Bhushan

    o Jahnu Barua (Art), Assam o Dr Vijay Bhatkar (Science and Engineering),

    Maharashtra o Swapan Dasgupta (Literature and Education),

    Delhi o Swami Satyamitranand Giri (Others), Uttar

    Pradesh N Gopalaswami (Civil Service), Tamil Nadu

    o Dr Subhash C Kashyap (Public Affairs), Delhi o Dr (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj (Art),

    Madhya Pradesh o Dr Ambrish Mithal (Medicine), Delhi o Sudha Ragunathan (Art), Tamil Nadu o Harish Salve (Public Affairs), Delhi o Dr Ashok Seth (Medicine), Delhi o Rajat Sharma (Literature and Education), Delhi o Satpal (Sports), Delhi o Shivakumara Swami (Others), Karnataka o Dr Kharag Singh Valdiya (Science and Engg),

    Karnataka o Prof Manjul Bhargava (Science and Engg), USA o David Frawley (Others), USA o Bill Gates (Social Work), USA o Melinda Gates (Social Work), USA

    Padma Shri Dr Manjula Anagani (Medicine), Telangana S Arunan (Science and Engg), Karnataka Kanyakumari Avasarala (Art), Tamil Nadu Dr Bettina Sharada Baumer (Literature and

    Education), J&K Naresh Bedi (Art), Delhi Ashok Bhagat (Social Work), Jharkhand Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Art), Maharashtra Dr Lakshmi Nandan Bora (Literature and

    Education), Assam

    Dr Gyan Chaturvedi (Literature and Education), Madhya Pradesh

    Prof (Dr) Yogesh Kumar Chawla (Medicine), Chandigarh

    Jayakumari Chikkala (Medicine), Delhi Bibek Debroy (Literature and Education), Delhi Dr Sarungbam Bimola Kumari Devi (Medicine),

    Manipur Dr Ashok Gulati (Public Affairs), Delhi Dr Randeep Guleria (Medicine), Delhi Dr KP Haridas (Medicine), Kerala Rahul Jain (Art), Delhi Ravindra Jain (Art), Maharashtra Dr Sunil Jogi (Literature and Education), Delhi Prasoon Joshi (Art), Maharashtra Dr Prafulla Kar (Art), Odisha Saba Anjum (Sports), Chhattisgarh Ushakiran Khan (Literature and Education),

    Bihar Dr Rajesh Kotecha (Medicine), Rajasthan Prof Alka Kriplani (Medicine), Delhi Dr Harsh Kumar (Medicine), Delhi Narayana Purushothama Mallaya (Literature &

    Education), Kerala Lambert Mascarenhas (Literature and

    Education), Goa Dr Janak Palta McGilligan (Social Work),

    Madhya Pradesh Veerendra Raj Mehta (Social Work), Delhi Tarak Mehta (Art), Gujarat Neil Herbert Nongkynrih (Art), Meghalaya Chewang Norphel (Others), Jammu and

    Kashmir T V Mohandas Pai (Trade and Industry),

    Karnataka Dr Tejas Patel (Medicine), Gujarat Jadav Molai Peyang (Others), Assam Bimla Poddar (Others), Uttar Pradesh Dr N Prabhakar (Science and Engg), Delhi Dr Prahalada (Science and Engg), Maharashtra Dr Narendra Prasad (Medicine), Bihar Ram Bahadur Rai (Literature and Education),

    Delhi

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    Mithali Raj (Sports), Telangana PV Rajaraman (Civil Service), Tamil Nadu Prof JS Rajput (Literature and Education), Uttar

    Pradesh Kota Srinivasa Rao (Art), Andhra Pradesh Prof Bimal Roy (Literature and Education),

    West Bengal Shekhar Sen (Art), Maharashtra Gunvant Shah (Literature and Education),

    Gujarat Brahmdev Sharma (Literature and Education),

    Delhi Manu Sharma (Literature and Education), Uttar

    Pradesh Prof Yog Raj Sharma (Medicine), Delhi Vasant Shastri (Science and Engg), Karnataka S K Shivkumar (Science and Engg), Karnataka PV Sindhu (Sports), Telangana Sardara Singh (Sports), Haryana Arunima Sinha (Sports), Uttar Pradesh Mahesh Raj Soni (Art), Rajasthan H Thegtse Rinpoche (Social Work), Arunachal

    Pradesh Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi (Medicine),

    Gujarat Huang Baosheng (Others), China Prof Jacques Blamont (Science and Engg),

    France Late Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin

    (Others), Maharashtra (Posthumous) Jean-Claude Carriere (Literature and

    Education), France Dr Nandrajan 'Raj' Chetty (Literature and

    Education), France George L Hart (Others), USA Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja

    (Others), Portugal Late Meetha Lal Mehta (Social Work),

    Rajasthan (Posthumous) Tripti Mukherjee (Art), USA Dr Dattatreyudu Nori (Medicine), USA Dr Raghu Rama Pillarisetti (Medicine), USA Dr Saumitra Rawat (Medicine), UK

    Prof Annette Schmiedchen (Literature and Education), Germany

    Late Pran Kumar Sharma alias Pran (Art), Delhi (Posthumous)

    Late R Vasudevan (Civil Service), Tamil Nadu (Posthumous)

    60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2015 : Complete list of winners

    Best Actor (Male) : Shahid Kapoor - Haider Best Actor (Female): Kangana Ranaut - Queen Best Film: Queen Best Director: Vikas Bahl - Queen Best Film (Critics): Ankhon Dekhi Best Male Actor (Critics): Sanjay Mishra - Ankhon

    Dekhi Best Female Actor (Critics): Alia Bhatt - Highway Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Kay Kay

    Menon - Haider Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Tabu -

    Haider Best Story: Rajat Kapoor - Ankhon Dekhi Best Dialogue: Abhijat Joshi and Rajkumar Hirani -

    PK Best Screenplay: Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi

    - PK Best Director Debut: Abhishek Varman - 2 States Best Actor Debut (Male): Fawad Khan - Khoobsurat Best Actor Debut (Female): Kriti Sanon - Heropanti Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award: Kamini

    Kaushal Best Music Director: Shankar Ehsaan Loy - 2 States Best Lyrics: Rashmi Singh - 'Muskurane ki wajah'

    (CityLights) Best Playback (Male): Ankit Tiwari - 'Galliyan' (Ek

    Villain) Best Playback (Female): Kanika Kapoor - 'Baby doll'

    (Ragini MMS 2) Best Choreography: Ahmed Khan - 'Jumme ki raat'

    (Kick) Best Background Score: Amit Trivedi - Queen Best Action: Sham Kaushal - Gunday

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    Best Cinematography: Bobby Singh and Siddharth Diwan - Queen

    Best Editing: Abhijit Kokate and Anurag Kashyap - Queen

    Best Production Design: Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray - Haider

    Best Sound Design: Anilkumar Konakandla and Prabal Pradhan - Mardaani

    Best Costume: Dolly Ahluwalia for Haider

    TS Renaissance Awards Winners List

    The Telangana NRI Association (TENA) has announced Telangana Renaissance Awards-2014 to persons who excelled in different fields.

    The winners are: o Gaddar Chindu Yellamma Award (Cultural

    arts).

    o Kapilavayi Lingamurthy Kaloji Narayana Rao Award (Literature).

    o Bammagani Mallesh Goud Prof. Jayashankar Award (Sociological research).

    o Pasunuri Ravinder Suravaram Prathap Reddy Award (New writer).

    o Rakesh Dubbudu Kumram Bheem Award (Social change and development).

    o R. Akhileshwari Shoebullah Khan Award (Journalism).

    Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold Title 2015

    Men's Singles Winner : Parupalli Kashyap by defeating Kidambi Srikanth

    Women's Single : Saina Nehwal by defeating Carolina Marin (Spain)

    All the Best