Sunday, July 1, 2012

CURRENT AFFAIRS - AWARDS

Here are some Awards and Honours which are useful for APPSC Exams. 
  • Pulitzer Prize 2012 - The Philadephia Inquirer
  •  Maharashtra Bhushan (2011-12) - Anil Kakodkar
  • Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award - S.R. Nathan (Singapore's Former Precedent)
  • Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony - Pandit Ravishankar (first reciepient)
  • International Jurists Award - Mulayam Singh Yadav
  • Miss India World - Vanya Mishra
  • Miss India Earth - Prachi Mishra
  • Miss India International - Rochelle Maria Rao
  • National Medal of Arts - Al Pacino
  • Gunnerus Sustainability Award- Kamal Bawa
  • Outstanding American by Choice Award - Vivek Wadhwa 
  • Germany's Order of Merit - Sudhir Kakar
  • C. K Nayudu life time achievement award 2010-11-------------Ajit Wadekar
  • Chameli Devi Award - Tusha Mittal (works in Tehelka)
  • 26th Indira Gandhi award-----------Mohan dharia
    Swiss ambassador Award---------------Ratan Tata
  • WTA Player of the year-----------petra kvitova
  • National Awards :
    • Best Film – Kannada film ‘Byari’ and Marathi film ‘Deool’
    • Best Hindi Film – I Am
    • Best Actor – Girish Kulkarni (Marathi film ‘Deool’)
    • Best Actress – Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)
    • Best Director – Gurvinder Singh (Punjabi film ‘Anhe Ghore Da Daan’)
    • Best Children’s film - Chillar Party
  • Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011 - Soumitra Chatterjee (Bengali actor)
  • British empire medal-------------Alastair cook
  • Saraswati Samman (2011) - Dr AA Manavalan (Tamil) for his work 'Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum' (Ramakatha and Ramayanas).
  •  Moorti Devi Award (2011) - Dr Gulab Kothari for his book “Mein Hi Radha, Mein Hi Krishna”
  • Bihari Puraskar (2011) - Rajasthani poet Dr Arjundeo Charan for his work “Ghar To Ek Naam Hai Bharose Ro”
  • Vyas Samman (2011) - Hindi writer Ramdarash mishra for his work “aam ke patte”
  • Life time achievement award at 8th Dubai International film festival – A.R. Rahman
  • V. Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award - environmental filmmaker Mike Pandey
  • Kalidas Samman (2009-10) - Dr. N. Rajam and Saroja Vaidyanathan
  • Lata Mangeshkar Award (2011) - Rajesh Roshan
  • Best Football player male (FIFA) 2011– Lional Messi ( Barcelona player)
  • Best Football player female (FIFA) 2011- Homare Sawa (Japan)
  • FIH player of the year----------------Jamine Dwyer , Australia
  • Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation - Dalai Lama
  • AIFF Player of the year 2011-------------sunil chetri
  • Banker’s of the year by business standard – Rana kapoor MD of Yes bank
  • Person of the year by TIME Magazine – The Protester
  • Best Indian Football player AIFF 2011 – Sunil Chhetri
  • National Medals of Arts and Humanities award USA (2011)- Amartya Sen
  • Templeton Prize (2012)- Dalai lama
  • 84th Oscar awards 2012
    • Best Film - The Artist (Directed by Thomas Langmann)
    • Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius (Film - The Artist)
    • Best Actor - Jean Dujardin (Film - The Artist)
    • Best Actress - Meryl Streep (Film - The Iron Lady)
  • 54th Grammy awards - 2012
    • Album of the Year: "21," Adele
    • Record of the Year: "Rolling in the Deep" Adele
    • Song of the Year: "Rolling in the Deep" Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth
  • Laureus Sports Awards - 2012
    • Sports man of the year - Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
    • Sports woman of the year – Vivian Cheruiyut (Kenya)
  •  65th BAFTA award – 2012
    •  Best film - The Artist
    • Best Actor - Jean Dujardin (Film - The Artist)
    • Best Actress - Meryl Streep (Film - The Iron Lady)
    • Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius (Film - The Artist) C
  • Company of the year 2011------------Bajaj Auto
  • DSC Prize---------------Shehan Karunatilaka

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