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Sakharov Prize 2019

The European Parliament has awarded the Sakharov Prize to Uighur intellectual Ilham Tohti. He has been awarded the Sakharov Prize for his attempts to "foster dialogue" between Chinese people and the Uighur.

Ilham Tohti is from the Uighur minority and has been a fierce critic of China's treatment of the Uighur people. In 2014, he has been sentenced to life imprisonment in China for "separatism". He was a former Professor of economics at a Beijing university.

Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration 2017-18

Environmentalist Chandi Prasad was awarded Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the years 2017 and 2018 for his services in promoting and preserving national integration in the country. The award would be presented on 31 October 2019, in a function at Jawahar Bhawan, New Delhi.

Booker Prize 2019

Margaret Atwood of Canada and Bernardine Evaristo of Britain have been jointly selected for the 2019 Booker Prize.

o Margaret Atwood was awarded for the novel The Testaments o Bernadine Everisto was awarded for the novel Girl, Woman, Other . o Booker Prize has been conferred since 1969. The Booker Prize is usually given to only one person,

but this time two authors were jointly selected by the jury. Earlier also in the year 1974 and 1992, this award has been given jointly.

o Margaret Atwood became the oldest Booker Prize winner (79 years), while Bernadine Avaristo became the first black woman to receive the Booker Prize.

o Margaret Atwood became the Booker Prize winner for the second time. He received this award for the first time in the year 2000 for his book The Blind Assassin.

Indians who has received Booker Prize

Three authors from India; Arvind Adiga for his novel The White Tiger in 2008, Kiran Desai for the 2006 novel The Inheritance of Loss and Arundhati Roy for the novel God of Small Things. Indian-origin British author Salman Rushdie earlier received the Booker Award in 1981 for his novel Midnight's Children.

Nobel Prize in Economics 2019

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019 (Nobel Prize in Economics) to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer.

The trio has been awarded "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty."

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, both belong to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA whereas Michael Kremer is from Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.

According to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the research conducted by this year's Laureates has considerably improved our ability to fight global poverty. In just two decades, their new experiment-based approach has transformed development economics, which is now a flourishing field of research ."

About Abhijit Banerjee o Abhijit Banerjee was educated at the University of Calcutta, Jawaharlal Nehru University and

Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. in 1988. o He is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts

Institute of Technology. o In 2003 he founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), along with Esther Duflo

and Sendhil Mullainathan and remains one of the directors of the lab. o He is the author of several books, including "What the Economy Needs Now" (2019), 'Poor

Economics" (2011), Making Aid Work (2007).


Nobel Peace Prize 2019

The Nobel Peace Prize 2019 was awarded to Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.

Announcing his name, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said that he is awarded "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.

Nobel Peace Prize winner will receive some nine million Swedish crowns (about £730,000; $900,000).

His peace deal with Eritrea ended a 20-year military stalemate following their 1998-2000 border war.

Mr. Abiy was named as the winner of the 100th Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, where he will receive the award in December.

Mr Abiy became Prime Minister in April 2018, and soon he introduced massive liberalising reforms to Ethiopia. He freed opposition activists from jail and allowed exiled dissidents to return home. Under him, several women have also been appointed to prominent positions.

Nobel Prize in Literature; for 2018 and 2019

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Austrian author Peter Handke "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience.

The 2018 Noble Prize in Literature was postponed from last year, was given to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life."

Handke won the award "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human. Handke has become "one of the most influential writers in Europe after the Second World War," according to the Nobel committee.

Olga Tokarczuk has also won the 2018 Man Booker International Prize for novel "Flights".

112 Nobel Prizes in Literature have been awarded since 1901.

Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2019

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries.

This lightweight, rechargeable and powerful battery is now used in everything from mobile phones to laptops and electric vehicles.

It can also store significant amounts of energy from solar and wind power, making possible a fossil fuel-free society."

The foundation of the lithium-ion battery was laid during the oil crisis in the 1970s. Stanley Whittingham worked on developing methods that could lead to fossil fuel-free energy technologies. John Goodenough predicted that the cathode would have even greater potential if it was made using a metal oxide instead of a metal sulphide. After a systematic search, in 1980 he demonstrated that cobalt oxide with intercalated lithium ions can produce as much as four volts. Akira Yoshino created the first commercially viable lithium-ion battery in 1985. Rather than using reactive lithium in the anode, he used petroleum coke, a carbon material that, like the cathode's cobalt oxide, can intercalate lithium ions.

5 women have been awarded the Chemistry Prize so far.1 person, Frederick Sanger, has been awarded the Chemistry Prize twice, in 1958 and in 1980.

Nobel Prize for Physics 2019

Canadian-American cosmologist James Peebles and Swiss scientists Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics for shedding light on the evolution of the universe and discovering planets orbiting distant suns.

Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded "for contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth's place in the cosmos", with one half to James Peebles "for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology" and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz "for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star."


Nobel prize for medicine 2019

Three scientists William Kaelin Jr., Sir Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza have been jointly awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for "Physiology or Medicine for their pioneering research into how human cells respond to changing oxygen levels."

The trio's discoveries have paved the way for "promising new strategies to fight anaemia, cancer and many other diseases."

This year's Nobel Laureates revealed the mechanism for one of life's most essential adaptive processes. They established the basis for our understanding of how oxygen levels affect cellular metabolism and physiological function. Their discoveries have also paved the way for promising new strategies to fight anemia, cancer and many other diseases.

Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award 2019

The VP of India, on October 20, 2019, presented 'Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award' to legal luminary, scholar and former Attorney General of India. Shri K. Parasaran at a function at the India International Centre in New Delhi.

Shri Parasaran was honored with the Award on the occasion of the Elder's Day celebration of Age Care India, an organization working for the welfare of the elderly.

Asia Environmental Enforcement Award

The 1996-batch Indian Forest Service officer Ramesh Pandey has been selected for the Asia Environmental Enforcement Award by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

The objective of the Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards is to publicly recognise outstanding achievements by public organizations and individuals in Asia to combat transboundary environmental crime.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2019

Scientists from different institutions across the country have been chosen for the prestigious Shanti Swamp Bhatnagar prize for 2019.

Biological Sciences winners: Dr. Kayarat Sai Krishnan (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune); Dr. Soumen Basak (National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi)

Chemical Sciences: Dr. Raghavan B Sunoj (HT, Bombay); Dr. Tapas Kumar Maji (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru)

Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences: Dr. Subimal Ghosh (IIT, Bombay) Engineering Sciences: Manik Varma (Microsoft Research India, Bengaluru)

Mathematical Sciences: Dr. Dishant Mayur Bhai Pancholi (Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai), Dr. Nina Gupta (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata)

Medical Sciences: Dr. Dheeraj Kumar (International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi), Dr. Mohammad Javed All (LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad)

Physical Sciences: Dr. Aninda Sinha (IISc, Bengaluru), Dr. Shankar Ghosh (TIFR. Mumbai)

Fortune's 40 Under 40 list 2019

Indian-origin Arjun Bansal (35) and Ankiti Bose (27) have made it to Fortune's 2019 "40 Under 40 Global List".

Arjun is the Vice President of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software and AI Lab of the US (United States) tech company Intel.

Ankiti is the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) and co-founder of the fashion platform Zilingo. There are 100 people in Arjun's team who deal with Intel's AI work in US (United States), Israel and Poland

UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award 2019

Human rights lawyer from Kyrgyzstan Azizbek Asburov was awarded the 2019 UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) prestigious Nansen Award.


UN Global Climate Action Award 2019

IT major Infosys has received the United Nations Global Climate Action Award in the 'Climate Neutral Now' category. Infosys is the only corporate from India to earn the recognition for its efforts to combat climate change.

The announcement of the winners was made after the UN Climate Summit in New York convened by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Documentary nominated for BAFTA Awards

A documentary on Srinagar-based football club Real Kashmir FC has nominated in the prestigious British Academy Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards.

Right Livelihood Award 2019

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg with three other people were named as the winners of a Right Livelihood Award 2019, also known as the 'Alternative Nobel'.

SASTRA Ramanujan prize 2019

Mathematician Adam Harper, Assistant Professor with the University of Warwick, England will be awarded the SASTRA Ramanujan prize for 2019. Mr. Harper was awarded the prize "for several outstanding contributions to analytic and probabilistic number theory"

`Global Goalkeeper Award' 2019

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi received the 'Global Goalkeeper' Award by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

The award ceremony took place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York.

Dada Sahab Phalke award 2019

Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan has been named for the prestigious Dada Sahab Phalke award 2019 for his outstanding contribution to the film industry.

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was introduced in 1969 by the government to recognise the contribution of film personalities towards the development of Indian Cinema.

The first recipient of this award was Devika Rani. The award comprises of a Swarna Kamal, a cash Prize of Rs. 10,00,000/- (Rupees Ten Lakhs) certificate, silk scroll and a shawl

'Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis'

Bangladeshi Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was conferred the 'Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis' award.

He was awarded by the Vatican at the historical Papal Basilica of Assisi in Italy for his contribution towards establishing peace and harmony.

The award is recognition for distinguished work by an individual for promoting peace and dialogue among people.

`Gangs Of Wasseypur' in the Guardian Best 100 list

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur has become the only Indian film to feature in "The Guardian" list of 100 Best Films of the 21st century. The film has bagged the 59th position. The two film Gangs of Wasseypur series was released in 2012 and narrated the saga of a coal mafia family in the town of Wasseypur in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand. Both films were loved by the masses for their drama and rawness and acclaimed by the classes for cinematic aesthetics.

First Class Order of Zayed II

Navdeep Singh Suri, India's envoy to United Arab Emirates, has been honoured with the First Class Order of Zayed 11 award. He was awarded by UAE President Sheikh Khalifs bin Zayed Al Nahyan for his


contribution to the development and strengthening of friendly relations and co-operation between India and UAE during his tenure.

2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award won by Ravish Kumar

India's senior executive editor of NDTV, Ravish Kumar was awarded 2019 Raman Magsaysay Award which is regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize.

He was awarded for "harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless". Four other individuals were declared winners of this award along with Ravish Kumar.

Four other winners of the 2019 Raman Magsaysay award are as follows:- Ko Swe Win Myanmar Angkhana Neelapaij it Thailand Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab Philippines Kim Jong-Ki South Korea

Ramon Magsaysay award: The award is named after the 3rd President of Philippine Mr. Ramon Magsaysay in memory of his leadership. Every year it is given to Asian individuals who manifest the same selfless service like the Filipino leader.

Gallantry Awards - 2019

President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind approved 132 Awards to Armed Forces Personnel and members of Paramilitary Forces. President is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.

There were 2 Kirti Chakras, 1 Vir Chakra, 14 Shaurya Chakras, 8 Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 90 Sena Medals (Gallantry), 5 Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry), 7 Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry) and 5 Yudh Seva Medals. Kirti Chakra 2019: Sapper Prakash Jadhav of the Rashtriya Rifles (posthumously) and Harshpal Singh, Dy Commandant of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were awarded Kirti Chakras 2019.

Vir Chakra 2019: Wing Commander of Indian Air Force (IAF) Abhinandan Varthaman, who downed an enemy jet during an aerial combat with Pakistan in February 2019 and was held captive for 3 days, was conferred the Vir Chakra 2019, India's third-highest war time gallantry medal.

Eminent Engineer Award 2019

Prabhakar Singh, Director General, Central Public Works Department has been chosen for the 'Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2019'. This award will be given by the Institution of Engineers (India) for his distinguished and exemplary service in the field of Engineering and Technology. This Elite and Prestigious Award shall be conferred to him on the 'Engineers Day' on September 15, 2019, in New Delhi.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam award 2019

On August 15, 2019 chairman of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) K.Sivan, under whose leadership the Chandrayaan-2 mission (mission to the moon) is launched, was conferred with Tamil Nadu Government's Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam award.

The award was announced at the Independence Day celebration at Fort St.George, Tamil Nadu. As he was not present during the celebration, he will later collect it from the chief minister of Tamil Nadu Shri Edappadi K.Palaniswami at a later date.

Sudarsan Pattnaik wins People’s Choice Award in the US

Padma Awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the People's Choice Award at a prestigious sand sculpting festival in the U.S.

Pattnaik was participating in the 2019 Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival in Boston, Massachusetts. He won the People's Choice Award for his sand sculpture 'Stop Plastic Pollution, Save Our Ocean'.

National Film Awards 2019

On August 9, 2019, The annual National Film Awards 2019 were announced by jury heads Rahul Rawail, AS Kanal and Utpal Bhorpujari.

It was the 66th Edition:

Best Feature Film HELLARO (Gujarati)

Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment BADHAAI HO (Hindi)


Best Film on Social Issues PADMAN (Hindi)

Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation PAANI (Marathi)

Best Direction URI : THE SURGICAL STRIKE (Hindi)

Best Actor (Shared) ANDHADHUN (Hindi) & URI : THE SURGICAL STRIKE (Hindi)

Best Actress MAHANATI (Telugu)

Best Supporting Actor CHUMBAK (Marathi)

Best Supporting Actress BADHAAI HO (Hindi)

Best Male Playback Singer PADMAAVAT (Hindi)

Best Female Playback Singer NATHICHARAMI (Kannada)

Best Music Direction PAADMAAVAT (Hindi) URI THE SURGICALSTRIKE (Hindi)

Best Lyrics NATHICHARAMI (Kannada)

Sangeet Natak Akademi awards for 2018

The General Council have selected 44 artists from the field of Music, Dance, Theatre, Traditional/Folk/Tribal Music/Dance/Theatre, Puppetry and Overall contribution /scholarship in the Performing Arts for the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the year 2018.

Some of the awardees are: o Zakhir Hussain, Sonal Mansingh, Jatin Goswami and K Kalyanasundaram Pillai have been selected

in the Akademi Ratna category. o Diwan Singh Bajeli and Puru Dadhich have been selected for the Akademi Award 2018 in the field

of Overall Contribution/Scholarship in the Performing Arts.

Best Innovation Award

Northeast Frontier Railway has won the 'Best Innovation Award' for unique strategy adopted to keep wild elephants away from train tracks.

Miss India 2019

Suman Rao from Rajasthan has won the Femina Miss India World 2019 beauty pageant during a star-studded ceremony at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.

Jnanpith Award, 2018

Noted English Fiction writer Amitav Ghosh (63) received the country's highest literary honour 54th Jnanpith Award in New Delhi.

The decision taken by the Jnanpith Selection Board chaired by Jnanpith laureate Pratibh a Ray.

Amitav Ghosh becomes the first English writer to get Jnanpith award. Ghosh is known for his novels such as Shadow Lines, The Glass Palace, The Hunger Tide, River of smoke, Flood of Fire.

Amitav Ghosh is also recipient of the Padma Shri (2007) and Sahitya Akademi Awards.

Eminent Hindi Litterateur Krishna Sobti (92) was awarded the 53rd Jnanpith Award for the year 2017 for her path-breaking contribution to Indian literature.

Maldives to confer its highest award 'Nishan Izzuddin' on PM Modi

Maldives will confer Nishan Izzuddin' award on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is the highest award to honour foreign nationals.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Male on the first leg of his two-nation tour to the Maldives and Sri Lanka. This will also be the first bilateral visit to the Maldives of an Indian Prime Minister after 2011.

Japan's 'Order of the Rising Sun' Award

Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran will be conferred with Japan's second highest national award, 'Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star'.

He will be conferred with this award for his contributions to strengthen the strategic ties and enhancing mutual understanding between India and Japan.


Man Booker International Prize 2019

An author from Oman, Jokha Alharthi has won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for "Celestial Bodies", the story of three sisters of a desert country confronting its slave-owning past and a complex modern world.

Jokha Alharthi, the first Arabic-language writer to take the prize, will split the 50,000 pounds or 64,000 US dollar purse with her UK-based translator, Marilyn Booth.

Sasakawa Award 2019

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) conferred Sasakawa Award 2019 for Disaster Risk Reduction to Dr. Pramod Kumar Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister of India.

The award was announced at the Award Ceremony during the ongoing 6th Session of Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) 2019 at Geneva.

France's Highest Civilian Honour Former ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar was conferred with France's highest civilian honour, Chevalier de l'Ordre national de la Legion d'Honneur, for his contribution to India-France space cooperation. Kumar was conferred with the prestigious honour by France's Ambassador to India Alexandre Ziegler on behalf of the French President.

Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2019

The prestigious Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2019 was awarded to National Award-winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, popular scriptwriter Salim Khan and dancing diva Helen.

Bajrang Punia Wins Gold in Asian Wrestling Championship

World number one Bajrang Punia won gold at Asian Wrestling Championship in China's Xian.

Bharat Ratna Award-2019

The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted in 1954, the award is conferred "in recognition of exceptional service/ performance of the highest order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex.

The Bharat Ratna Awardees in 2019 are: 1. Pranab Mukherjee 2. Bhupen Hazarika (Posthumously) 3. Nanaji Deshmukh (Posthumously)

Pulitzer Prize 2019

The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.

It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher and is administered by Columbia University in New York City.

`Pravasi Bhartiya Samman'

Swiss-based NRI scientist Dr Rajendra Joshi has been conferred with the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind.

The Indian Ambassador to Switzerland Sibi George handed over the award citation signed by the President to Dr Joshi at his residence in Switzerland.

President Kovind Honoured with Croatia's Highest Award

President Ram Nath Kovind has been awarded the Grand Order of King Tomislav with Sash and Grand Star by the President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic for his exceptional contribution to the advancement of overall relations and development of mutual cooperation between India and Croatia and for promoting friendship and partnership between the people of both the countries.

This is the highest award of the Republic of Croatia.


Vyas Samman 2018

Hindi writer Leeladhar Jagudi honoured with Vyas Samman 2018 for his collection of poems "Jitne Log Utne Prem" published in 2013.

The award carries an amount of Rs. 4 lakhs and it was started by K K Birla foundation in 1991.

He has received Padma Shri in 2004 and Sahitya Akademi Award, Akashvani National Award and Uttarakhand Gaurav Samman as well.

Winner's list of 64th Filmfare Awards 2019 Winner 1. Best Film Raazi 2. Critics' Award for Best Film Andhadhun 3. Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) Alia Bhatt, Raazi 4. Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) Ranbir Kapoor, Sanju 5. Best Director Meghna Gulzar, Raazi 6. Best Playback Singer (Male) Arijit Singh for Ae Watan, Raazi 7. Best Playback Singer (Female) Shreya Ghoshal for Ghoomar, "Padmaavat" 8. Best Debut Actor (Female) Sara Ali Khan, Kedamath 9. Best Debut Actor(Male) Ishaan Khatter, Beyond The Clouds 10. Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) Surekha Sikri, Badhaai Ho 11. Critics Best Actor In a Leading Role (Male) Ayushmann Khurrana

Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar

The government has instituted an annual award titled Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar. It will be announced every year on 23rd January, the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

This year, 8th Battalion of National Disaster Response Force located at Ghaziabad has been selected for the Award for its commendable work in disaster management.

Indian Film 'Period End of Sentence' Made it to Oscar's Shortlist

'Period End of Sentence' has made it to the Oscar's shortlist in the Documentary Short Subject category.

This is a film about women in India fighting against the deeply rooted stigma of menstruation and delving upon the work of real-life 'Pad Man' Arunachalam Muruganantham.

India's entry for the Foreign Language Film Category, Village Rockstars is out of the Oscar race.

Gandhi Peace Prize Conferred for Last 4 Years

The Gandhi Peace Prize for the years 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 has been conferred on the following:

1. For 2015: Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari for their contribution in Rural Development, Education , Development of natural resources.

2. For 2016: Jointly to Akshaya Patra Foundation for its contribution in providing mid-day meals to millions of children across India and Sulabh International for its contribution in improving the condition of sanitation in India and emancipation of manual scavengers.

3. For 2017: Ekal Abhiyan Trust for their contribution in providing Education for Rural and Tribal Children in the remote areas pan India, Rural Empowerment, Gender and Social Equality.

4. For 2018: Shri Yohei Sasakawa for his contribution in Leprosy Eradication in India and across the world.

New Award for National Integration

PM Narendra Modi announced the institution of Sardar Patel Award for National Integration', which would be given for "outstanding efforts to further national integration". PM Modi stated that the award will be a "fitting tribute" to Patel, who devoted his life towards "unifying India".

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Women Transforming India Awards-2018

The NITI Aayog organised the 3rd Edition of the Women Transforming India Awards-20 18 and launched the upgraded portal der Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP). The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu presided over as the chief guest of the event, where he launched the WEP Portal 2.0 and conferred WTI Awards-2018. This year's theme is "Women and Entrepreneurship".

Time "Person of the Year" Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in October 2018 at his country's Istanbul consulate, has been named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" alongside several other journalists.

Sahitya Academy Awards-2018

Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Awards for 2018 in 24 languages.

Seven books of poetry, six novels, six short stories, three of literary criticism and two of essays have won the Sahitya Akademi Awards-2018. Here is the complete list of winners of Sahitya Akademi Awards-2018 :

For Poetry : Dr Rama Kant Shukla ( Sanskrit )

For short stories : Prof Bina Thakur (Maithili)

For Novel : Anees Salim English ; Chitra Mudgal Hindi ; Shyam Besra Santhali ; Rahman Abbas Urdu

Abhinav Bindra Conferred With Shooting's Highest Honour By ISSF

India's Olympic and world champion shooter Abhinav Bindra has been conferred the sport's highest honour for his outstanding services as the chairman of the International Shooting Sport Federation's Athletes Committee.

He was member of the ISSF Athletes Committee from 2010 to 2014 and chairman from 2014 to 2018.

The 36-years-old Bindra, who remains India's lone individual Olympic gold medallist, has been bestowed with the Blue Cross, the ISSF's highest award. Bindra was succeeded in the post by the legendary American shooter Kimberly Rhode.

Sayaji Ratna Award

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan was awarded the third Sayaji Ratna Award, established in the memory of erstwhile Baroda ruler Sayajirao Gaekwad III. Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy and noted industrialist Ratan Tata have been given the award earlier.

Forbes India Leadership Awards-2018

Azim Premji, Chairman of Wipro, has won Forbes India Leadership Awards-2018, Lifetime Achievement. Wipro is India's fourth-biggest software Services Company by revenue and Ajim Premji is the second richest Indian.

Indira Gandhi Peace Prize

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has won this year's Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development, an award conferred by Indira Gandhi Trust each year on the late Prime Minister's birth anniversary.

The international jury for the awards was headed by former President Pranab Mukherjee.

The CSE was established in 1980 under the leadership of the late Anil Agarwal and is presently headed by Sunita Narain.

UN Human Rights Prize 2018

Pakistan's human rights activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir has been posthumously awarded the UN Prize along with three other winners.

Rebeca Gyumi of Tanzania, Brazil's first indigenous lawyer Joenia Wapichana and Ireland's human rights organisation Front Line Defenders are the other winners of the prize.


Seoul Peace Prize 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred with the Seoul Peace Prize for 2018 for his contribution to international cooperation and fostering global economic growth.

The Seoul Peace Prize was established in 1990 to commemorate the success of the 24th Olympic Games held in Seoul. zt- The award committee recognized his contribution to the growth of Indian and global economies, crediting `Modinomics' for reducing the social and economic disparity between the rich and the poor.

Man Booker Prize 2018

Northern Irish author Anna Burns has won the 2018 Man Booker Prize for her novel 'Milkman’, which is her third full-length novel.

The book is about an 18-year-old girl, known as "middle sister", who is sexually harassed by an older paramilitary figure, called the "milkman". Anna Burns has become the first Northern Irish author to win the Man Booker prize.

Champion of Earth Prize-2018

On July 27, 2018, Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has been awarded for the Champion of Earth Prize-2018. It is the highest environmental honour instituted by the United Nations.

CIAL was given the award on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly ceremony in New York on September 26. Cochin Airport is the first in the world to be fully powered by solar energy.

Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters

On June 22, 2018, Actor Kaild Koechlin was conferred with the French distinction of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) for her contribution in enhancing Indo-French ties in cinema.

The prestigious French award of Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour (Chevalier dans l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur) was conferred on Aruna Japuithi,CE0 of Business Services— CapGemini Group.

Man Booker International prize

On 22 May, 2018, Polish author Olga Tokarczuk won the Man Booker International Prize for her novel "Flights.

Olga Tokarczuk is 56 years old. She is a best-selling author from Poland.

The novel 'Flight' talks about travels in the 21st century and human anatomy.


BOOKS & AUTHORS

2019

Authors Name Book Name Adi Shankaracharya Vivekadeepini

Anupam Kher “Lessons Life Taught Me Unknowingly”.

Baba Ramdev 'My Life, My Mission'

Dr. Bibek Debroy Making of New India

Dr. Krishna Saksena "Whispers of Time"

Dr. Y.V. Reddy Indian Fiscal Federalism

Fakir Hassen ‘150 Years of Celebrating the Mahatma–the South African Legacy’

Indian Diaspora Club Glorious Diaspora-Pride of India

Jairam Ramesh ‘Chequered Brillance: The Many Lives of V K Krishna Menon’

M Venkaiah Naidu Quality, Accreditation, and Ranking – A Silent Revolution in the Offing in Indian Higher Education

Malala Yousafzai We are Displaced

Meenakshi Lekhi 'The New Delhi Conspiracy'

Mool Chand Sharma ‘Law, Justice and Judicial Power- Justice P N Bhagwati’s Approach’

Mr. Suri ‘Khooni Vaisakhi’

Navin Chawla ‘Every Vote Counts- The story of India’s Elections’

Neeraj Jha, Vidhanshu Kumar ‘Virat: The making of a Champion’

Neha J Hiranandani Girl Power: Indian Women Who Broke The Rules

P. Chidambaram ‘Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India’

Peter Baker Obama: The Call of History

R Uma Maheswari From Possession to Freedom

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PERSON IN NEWS

Priyanka Das Priyanka Das of Indian origin has been selected for the fifth edition of Homeward Bound , a scientific research program in Antarctica. 2,- It is a global initiative in which training is given for scientific research expedition to Antarctica. In November 2020, women belonging to STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) background will be selected and given one year training for Antarctica campaign. Priyanka Das of Indian origin will also be trained in this session. Priyanka Das is originally from Assam and received her undergraduate education in Physics from St. Stephen's College, New Delhi.

Rafael Grossi

Rafael Mariano Grossi of Argentina has been appointed as the new Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a United Nations' nuclear watchdog. He will succeed late Yukiya Amano as the new chief of IAEA. The 58-year-old Gossi will be appointed for a term of four years and will assume office no later than 1 January 2020. He will be the sixth head of IAEA since it was founded more than six decades ago in 1957.

Pankaj Kumar The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of IAS Pankaj Kumar as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues Aadhaar. He was currently serving as Additional Secretary in Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). He is appointed as CEO of UIDAI in the rank and pay of Secretary by temporarily upgrading the post.

Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna, who was killed by JKLF terrorists in 1990, has been added to the National War Memorial. His name was approved by the Indian Air Force. Squadron Leader Khanna and three other IAF personnel were killed in January 1990 in Kashmir allegedly by JKLF founder Yasin Malik who is currently behind the war. Twenty-seven bullets were pumped into Khanna's body.

Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi had dedicated the National War Memorial to the nation in a solemn ceremonial function on February 25, 2019.

Surjit S Bhalla Eminent economist Surjit S Bhalla was on October 1, 2019 appointed as the Executive Director for India on the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for three years. Mr. Bhalla succeeded former RBI deputy governor Subir Gokarn, who died in the US on July 30, 2019.

Ram Jethmalani Noted lawyer and former Union Minister Ram Jethmalani passed away on September 8, 2019 in New Delhi. He was 95. Jethmalani was a sitting Member of the Rajya Sabha.

Krishna Kadekodi Centenarian philatelist and coin collector Krishna Gopalkrishna Kadekodi passed away. He was 102. He started his career as a revenue inspector and retired as a special deputy commissioner at the Regional Commissioner's Office in Belagavi. He was the first tahsildar of Panaji after the liberation of Goa from Portuguese occupation. He was popular not only in India but also aborad for his hobby of collecting stamps, coins and antiques. His collection includes a coloured stamp of Queen Victoria issued in 1854.

Sushil Chandra Oil India Limited has appointed Sushi! Chandra Mishra as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. He will replace Utpal Bora.


Kalli Puri India's Kalli Puri has been awarded with "India's Most Powerful Women In Media" award at the famed Confluence Excellence Awards. She received the prestigious award at the British Parliament. She is the Vice-Chairperson of the India Today Group.

PK Mishra Pramod Kumar Mishra will be the new Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He will replace Nripendra Mishra. He is a 1972 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Gujarat cadre. He joined PM Modi in 2014 as the Additional Principal Secretary. • He has varied experience in the management ofprogrammes relating to agriculture, disaster management, power sector, infrastructure financing and regulatory issues.

P K Sinha Former Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha has been appointed the Principal Advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of PK Sinha. 2,- He is a 1977 batch Indian Administrative Service Batch officer ofUttar Pradesh cadre. He joined cabinet secretariat on June 1, 2015, as Officer-on-Special Duty.

Abdul Qadir Pakistan's master leg-spinner Abdul Qadir passed Away. Qadir, who played in 67 Tests and 104 ODIs had a total 368 wickets in his international career. He was worked as chief selector in 2009 and it was the squad that was selected by him that went on to win the ICC World T20 in England.

Sunil Arora Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora took charge as chairman of Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB). The CEC will serve a two-year term till 2021. AWEB is a multilateral platform for election management bodies with 115 EMBs from 109 countries as its members, and 20 international organisations as Associate Members across the world to share best electoral practices.

Mithali Raj Senior India batswoman Mithali Raj has announced retirement from International T-20 Cricket. In 89 T20 Internationals matches, she scored 2364 runs including 17 fifties with a career-best 97 not out. Mithali is also the first Indian cricketer to reach the landmark of 2000 T201 runs.

Shalija Dhami

Indian Air Force's Wing Commander Shalija Dhami has become the first female officer in the country to become Flight Commander of a flying unit. Dhami took over as Flight Commander of a Chetak helicopter unit at Hindon airbase. Flight Commander is the second in command of the unit after the commanding officer.

Rajeev Gauba On august 21,2019 the Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba, was appointed as the new cabinet secretary (the most powerful position in the country's civil service), replacing PK Sinha. He is appointed for a period of two years from august 30,2019

Khayyam On August 19, 2019, Veteran composer Mohammed Zahur `Khayyam' Hashmi passed away aged 92. ss

Madan Lokur

On August 12, 2019, the President of Fiji Major General (Retd) Jioji Konrote has appointed Justice Madan Lokur from India as the new Supreme Court (SC) judge of Fiji. He will serve as the judge of the non-resident panel of the Supreme Court of Fiji. This is the first time ever an Indian has been appointed to the Supreme Court of another country. Mr. Madan Lokur who retired as justice of India's SC in December 2018, will go to Fiji twice a year to handle civil, criminal, constitutional, commercial matters etc. The SC of Fiji has two sessions in a year split across four weeks. He will join the office from August 15, 2019.


Caeleb Dressel American star Caeleb Dressel destroyed Michael Phelps's World record in the 100 metres butterfly at the World Aquatics Championships 2019 in Gwangju (South Korea). Caeleb Dressel take 49.50 seconds in the semi-final event and breaking the old record of 49.82 seconds set by Michael Phelps.

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury The leader of' the Congress party in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was appointed as the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The PAC has 15 members from Lok Sabha and seven from Rajya Sabha. The term of office of members of the committee does not exceed one year at a time.

Sheila Dikshit

Three-time Delhi Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Shiela Dixit passed away in New Delhi. She served as Delhi's chief minister for 15 years. She was the senior most Congress leader in its Delhi unit.

Justice AK Sikri Former Supreme Court judge, Justice AK Silui, has been appointed as an international judge of the Singapore International Commercial court (SICC).

The President of the Republic of Singapore has made the appointment of Justice Sikri. It currently has 16 international judges as part of its panel. The SICC is a division of the Singapore high court and part of the Supreme Court of that country, designed to deal with transnational commercial disputes.

Lt Gen Joginder Singh Gharaya Retired Lt Gen Joginder Singh Gharaya, who was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra in the 1971 Indo-Pak war and Kirti Chakra in the 1947 Hyderabad operations. passed away. Lt Gen Joginder Singh Gharaya was commissioned into the Frontier Force Regiment in 1945 and commanded a brigade in the Jessore Sector on the eastern front during the 1971 war.

Isha Kanth Delhi girl Isha Kanth, aged 20, is selected for the internship programme with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) based in the Hague, Netherlands. She was one of the two persons in the world to attend an internship programme at the International Court of Justice. She completed her higher secondary in humanities from Sanskriti School, Delhi and is pursuing her graduation in law at Queen Mary University, London, United Kingdom.

Rahul Dravid BCCI has formally appointed Rahul Dravid as the National Cricket Academy's Head of Cricket. Dravid will oversee all cricket related activities at NCA and will be involved in mentoring, coaching, training and motivating players. coaches and support staff at the NCA.

Naveen Patnaik Naveen Patnaik took oath as the Chief Minister of Odisha for the fifth time after a decisive victory in the state elections that were held along with national elections. The 72-year-old is the longest-serving chief minister of the coastal state. Odisha Governor Prof. Ganeshi Lal administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr. Patnaik and his twenty councils of ministers. The council of ministers comprises 11 cabinet and nine state rank ministers.

Pema Khandu Pema Khandu was sworn- in as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh for a second term. Along with Pema Khandu, 11 other ministers ofthe cabinet were also sworn in. • Governor Dr. BD Mishra administered the oath of office and secrecy to the council of ministers.


Sunil Chhetri Sunil Chhetri became the most capped India player by surpassing Bhaichung Bhutia's 107 international matches. In his milestone match of the King's Cup football tournament in Buriram, Thailand, he scored the lone goal for his side for his 69th goal.

Chandrani Murmu In a first, a 25-year-old engineering graduate from Odisha has become the youngest Member of Parliament to the 17th Lok Sabha. Odisha has a total of seven women MPs, making it the first state ever to have 33 percent or the largest share of women MPs of its total of 21 seats. Chandrani Murmu, who has replaced Dushyant C' ha u ta la, was elected as Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate from the Keonjhar seat, as the youngest parliamentarian in the country.

Rajiv Mehrishi The election was held in the 72nd WHO Assembly in Geneva where the CAG Rajiv Mehrishi was elected with a majority (90 out of 162 votes) in the first round of voting itself. Mehrishi will take over from the incumbent External Auditor of WHO, the Supreme Audit Institution of Philippines. This i's the second major international audit assignment for the CAG this year following his selection to the post of External Auditor of Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome earlier this year in March 2019.

Veeru Devgan Bollywood's most famous stunt and action choreographer, Veeru Devgn passes away in Mumbai. Born in Amritsar, Devgan was behind the fight and action scenes for over 80 Hindi films including 'Phool Aur Kaante' (1991), `Mr. India' (1987), and `Himmatwala' (1983) among various others.

Kumar Sangakkara Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has been named as the next President of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), becoming the first non-British President of the club. Sangakkara will take up the post on October 1 and will serve for a period of one year. In 2012, Sangakkara was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the Club.

Apurvi Chandela Indian shooting ace Apurvi Chandela (fro Jaipur) has been ranked the world number one in the women's 10 metres air rifle event while compatriot Anjum Moudgil rose to number two after consistent performances.

SK Shivakumar

Former Director of Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre (ISAC), SK Shivakumar died at the age of 66 in Bengaluru. He hailed from Mysuru, Karnataka. He was part of the team which had developed telemetry system for India's first moon mission Chandrayan —1.

Vikram Nath Justice Vikram Nath, the senior most judge ofAllahabad High Court, was appointed as the first Chief Justice of the newly-constituted Andhra Pradesh High Court. The Collegium of Supreme Court comprising of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoibesides Judges S A Bobde and N V Ramana recommended the name of Justice Vikram Nath.

David Malpass David Malpass has been appointed as the President of the World Bank. He was US President Donald Trump's nominee and won unanimous approval from the institution's executive board. He has replaced Former World Bank President Jim 'Yong Kim who left in January 2019. Malpass was former Bear Steams and Co chief economist who advised Trump's 2016 election campaign.

Saurav Ghosal Saurav Ghosal became the first Indian male squash player to enter the top 10 in latest Professional Squash Association (PSA) world rankings. as- Egypt's world champion All Farag, meanwhile, maintains his position at


the top of the ladder. Indian women squash players Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal had earlier reached top 10 in the world rankings.

Manohar Parrikar Manohar Parrikar, Goa Chief Minister and former defence minister, has passed away at the age of 63 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Parrikar was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer in February 2018. He was an IIT Mumbai graduate in metallurgical engineering and among the first members of WM in Goa.

Dr. A.K. Mohanty Dr. A.K. Mohanty, Distinguished Scientist and Director, physics group of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and Director, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata took over as Director, BARC from Mr. K.N. Was, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy.

Padma Lakshmi Indian-American television personality and food expert Padma Lakshmi has been appointed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as its newest Goodwill Ambassador, supporting the agency's fight against inequality and discrimination around the world. UNDP announced Lakshmi's appointment on the eve of International Women's Day.

Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has been elected as the Chairman of the African Union at the continental body's summit in Ethiopia. El-Sisi's election brings an end the one-year chairmanship of Rwanda's President Paul Kagame.

Atin Bandyopadhyay Sahitya Akademi award winning Bengali writer Atin Bandyopadhyay passed away of brain stroke. Winner of 2001 Sahitya Akademi award for his compilation of short stories Panchashati Galpo, Bandyopadhyay had also penned popular fiction pieces like Nilkantha Pakhir Khonje, Aloukik Jaljaan, Nil Timi, Ekti Jaler Rekha in his illustrious career spanning over decades. He had also received the Bankim Puraskar (1998) for Dui Bharatbarsho.

Krishna Sobti The Eminent Hindi author and essayist Krishna Sobti passed away in Delhi. She was 93. She was a recipient of many coveted awards like Sahitya Akademi. Jnanpith awards and was also offered Padma Bhushan, which she had declined. ›- Some of her celebrated works include Daar Se Bichhudi, Mitro Marjani, Zindaginama, Dil-o-Danish, Badalon ke Ghere, Ai Ladki and Gujarat Pakistan Se Gujarat Hindustan.

Russell Baker Russell Baker, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who penned thousands of columns for The New York Times, and hosted the PBS television program "Masterpiece Theatre." passed away in Leesburg, Va. He was 93. Baker won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1979. It was the first Pulitzer for commentary awarded to a humorist.

Mary Oliver Mary Oliver, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet passed away. She was 83. The cause of death was lymphoma. Oliver — author of more than 15 poetry and essay collections — wrote brief, direct pieces that sang of her worship of the outdoors and disdain for greed, despoilment and other human crimes.

Sudhir Bhargava The government has appointed Sudhir Bhargava as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), along with four information commissioners. Mr. Bhargava was Information Commissioner in the CIC. An alumnus of St. Michael's High School in Patna and St. Stephen's College in Delhi, Mr. Sinha is a 1981-batch Indian Foreign Service Officer, who was the High Commissioner of India in the United Kingdom.


Krishnamurthy Subramanian The government appointed Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian as the new Chief Economic Advisor. Dr. Subramanian will have a tenure of three years. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has cleared his name. He is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

Shaktikanta Das The government has appointed Shaktikanta Das as the new RBI governor, a day after Urjit Patel resigned as RBI Governor. He is the 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. ›- A former economic affairs secretary from 2015 to 2017, Das worked closely with the central bank. He is currently a member of the Finance Commission of India, and the government's representative at the Group of 20 summits.

Preeti Saran A former senior Indian diplomat, Preeti Saran, has been elected unopposed to an Asia Pacific seat on the UN's Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). Saran was elected to the CESCR for a four-years term beginning on the 1st of January, 2019. All States are obliged to submit regular reports to the committee on how the rights are being implemented.

Hima Das The United Nations Children's Fund-India (UNICEF) has appointed Asian Games gold-medalist sprinter Hima Das as India's first ever Youth Ambassador. Recently, Hima Popularly name as DHING EXPRESS clinched a Gold medal in Women's 4 x 400 metre relay event at the 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia. She also won Silver in the Women's 400m Race event with a clock timing of 50.59 seconds.

Gita Gopinath On October 2, 2018 India-born economist Gita Gopinath was appointed Chief Economist of International Monetary Fund (IMF). She will take over as IMF chief economist after Maurice Obstfeld who retires in December 2018. It makes her second Indian after former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan to hold the position.

Kofi Annan Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan passed away at the age of 80. Annan, who was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, served at the UN from 1997 to 2006. Annan was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with the UN in 2001 "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world".

Sarita Nayyar

On June 8, 2018, World Economic Forum (WEF) appointed Sarita Nayyar as a member to its Managing Board. She is presently working with WEF as Chief Operating Officer (C00) . She joined WEF in 2007 and has been holding various directorships including responsibility for engagement with the consumer industries, MD and COO of WEF LLC and Deputy Head of Industries. She would overlook the international expansion with upcoming centres in India and Japan.

Avani Chaturvedi Indian Air Force Flying Officer Avani Chaturvedi created history by flying MIG-21 Bison fighter aircraft. • She became the first Indian woman pilot of the Indian Air Force to complete a solo flight. She is from the Shandol district of Madhya Pradesh. It is noteworthy that for the first time on June 18th, 2016, three female fighter pilots, Avni Chaturvedi, Bhavan Kanth and Mohana Singh were inducted in the Indian Air Force.


PLACE IN NEWS

Masala Bond Market, Kerala Kerala became the first state to tap into masala bond market by listing the Kerala Infrastructure investment Fund Board (KIIFB)'s masala bond worth of USD 312 million (Rs 2,150 crore) in London Stock Exchange (LSE)'s International Securities Market (ISM). It has a fixed interest rate of 9.723% per annum. The bond issue builds on the Kerala government's focus to get multinational corporations to invest in the state.

Phayeng Village in Imphal (Manipur) Phayeng Village in Imphal West district of Manipur has become India's first carbon-positive settlement. A village is given carbon-positive tag if it sequesters more carbon than it emits, slowing accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and mitigating effects of climate change. Phayeng Village is scheduled caste village of the Chakpa community.

Ratnagiri Alphonso from Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Palghar, Thane and Raigad districts of Maharashtra, was registered as a Geographical Indication (GI). The king of mangoes, Alphonso, better known as 'Hapus' in Maharashtra, is in demand in domestic and international markets not only for its taste but also for pleasant fragrance and vibrant colour.

Geographical Indication or a GI is an indication used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin. Darjeeling Tea, Mahabaleshwar Strawberry, Blue Pottery of Jaipur, Banarasi Sarees and Tirupati Laddus are some of the GIs. The first product to get a GI tag in India was the Darjeeling Tea in 2004.

Pune The world's largest dome was inaugurated at Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT)'s World Peace University (MIT-WPU) campus at Loni Kalbhor, Pune (Maharashtra). z,- It was inaugurated by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu along with Peace Center on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The dome has diameter of 160 feet, overtaking earlier record held byVatican Dome having diameter of 139.6 feet.

Shimla The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), Ministry of Home Affairs is organising the first ever Regional Conference at Shimla on 'Women in Detention and Access to Justice' in collaboration with the Prison Department, Himachal Pradesh.

Meghalaya The world's longest sandstone cave `Krem Puri' was discovered in Meghalaya. This cave is situated near the village of Laitsohum in Mawsynram region of eastern Khasi Hill district. The Krem Puri cave was discovered in the year 2016. Krem means 'cave' in Khasi language. The cave is 6,000 meters longer than the existing sandstone cave 'Cueva Del Sama' (length 18,200 meters) listed in the world, in Venezuela.

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