AWARDS AND HONOURS IN NEWS 2023- 24 :- ➢ Renowned economist U | Gv witmover
AWARDS AND HONOURS IN NEWS 2023- 24 :-
➢ Renowned economist Utsa Patnaik receives the 2023 Malcolm Adiseshiah Award, an honor granted annually by the Malcolm & Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust.
➢ Nishant, a young poet and critic, is awarded the 29th Devi Shankar Awasthi Award in 2023 for his book ‘Kavita Pathak Aalochna’.
➢ Narendra Modi receives Bhutan's Order of the Druk Gyalpo Award.
➢ Amitav Ghosh has been awarded the ‘Erasmus Prize’ 2024 for highlighting the climate change crisis
➢ Bharti Enterprises founder and chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal has become the first Indian to be awarded an honorary knighthood by Britain's King Charles III
➢ Shashi Tharoor, a prolific author and a diplomat-turned-politician, was conferred France’s highest civilian honour ‘Chevalier de la Legion d’honneur’.
➢ PV Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh, and MS Swaminathan are set to receive India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
➢ Karpoori Thakur, a renowned socialist leader and former Chief Minister of Bihar, is set to be posthumously conferred with the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award.
➢ Another recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award for the year 2024 is Lal Krishna Advani.
➢ Dr. Bina Modi, the esteemed Chairperson of Modi Enterprises, has been honored with the prestigious ‘Outstanding Business Woman of the Year’ Award.
➢ REC Secures Best Green Bond – Corporate Award At The Asset Triple A Awards 2024.
➢ PT Usha Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by SJFI and DSJA
➢ Priest Ishwari Prasad Namboodiri Honored with the Shankar Smriti Award
➢ The 69th edition of the Filmfare Awards 2024 took place in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
➢ Best Film 12th Fail
➢ Best Director Vidhu Vinod Chopra (12th Fail)
➢ Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) Ranbir Kapoor (Animal)
➢ Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) Alia Bhatt (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani)
➢ Australia skipper Pat Cummins was announced as the winner of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2023.
➢ Veteran Indian batter Virat Kohli was crowned the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2023.
➢ Skyways Air Services wins Best Cargo Services Award at Wings India Awards.
➢ REC Limited Wins ICAI Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting FY 2022-23.
➢ US Air Force Officer Madison Marsh Becomes First Active-Duty Winner Of Miss America 2024
➢ Savita Kanswal Posthumously Honored With Tenzing Norgay Award
➢ Singapore’s Changi Airport Earns The Title Of World’s Best Airport For 2023
➢ Hero MotoCorp’s facility wins CII National Award for water management
➢ Prof B R Kamboj Honoured With M S Swaminathan Award.
➢ Poet Sukrita Paul Kumar Wins Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize for ‘Salt & Pepper’
➢ Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport Terminal 2 Recognized Among UNESCO’s ‘Most Beautiful Airports’
➢ IREDA’s Pradip Kumar Das Wins ‘CMD Of The Year’ For The Second Straight Year.
➢ Poonam Khetrapal Singh Honored with Bhutan’s National Order of Merit.
➢ Indira Gandhi Peace Prize Awarded to Daniel Barenboim and Ali Abu Awwad”
➢ Noted Hindi Writer Pushpa Bharati to Receive 33rd Vyas Samman for her 2016 memoir, "Yaadein, Yaadein aur Yaadein."
➢ Federal Bank Titled “Bank of the Year 2023” in India : The Banker
➢ Argentina’s football icon, Lionel Messi, has been named Time magazine’s Athlete of the Year for 2023
➢ Abdullahi Mire, a Somali refugee, has been named the 2023 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
➢ Paul Lynch who is an Irish author won the 2023 Booker prize for his fifth novel ‘Prophet Song’
➢ Tamil writer Perumal Murugan’s ‘Fire Bird’ Wins 2023 JCB Prize for Literature.
