Indore: City girl feted with ‘Manav Ratna’ award for bravery

Indore-City-girl-feted-with-Manav Ratna’ award for bravery Sanawad: City girl Prachi was conferred ‘Manav Ratna’ award for bravery by national head of the National Human Rights’ Protection Association, Arvind Singh and high court judge BD Rathi in Jal Auditorium, Indore on the occasion of World Human Rights Day.  Prachi had saved lives of four kids in July 2007, when they

SCR wins 9 National Energy Conservation Awards

SCR wins 9 National Energy Conservation Awards Hyderabad: The South Central Railway has won nine National Energy Conservation Awards for the year 2016. These awards are in recognition of its achievements in the area of energy conservation. General Manager of South Central Railway Vashishta Johri and a team of officials of the zone will receive the awards in New Delhi from Union Minister of

President at the inauguration of the Laureates and Leaders for Children Summit 2016

Address- of the- President -at- the inauguration -of -the- Laureates- and -Leaders -for -Children -Summit- 2016 . It is a privilege for me to attend the Opening Session of the first ever “Laureates and Leaders for Children Summit”. At the start, I would like to congratulate Shri Kailash Satyarthi and the Children’s Foundation in his name for taking this timely and thoughtful initiative. An

Ramesh Bantakal conferred Basavaratna National Award

Ramesh-Bantakal-conferred-Basavaratna-National-Award Karkala, 08 Dec 2016: Ramesh Bantakal, arts teacher of Government High School, Belman, near here was conferred coveted Basavaratna National Award jyoti Award by Sri Basaveshwara Karmaveera Kala Sahitya Samskruti Vedike®, Aheri, Vijayapura taluk/district during state level Vachana Vijayotsav and twelfth anniversary,

Vijaya-Bank -&- Corporation- Bank- Wins -Awards -at the- 4th- SMEs- Excellence- Award

Vijaya-Bank -&- Corporation- Bank- Wins -Awards -at the- 4th- SMEs- Excellence- Award-2016 Vijaya Bank has been honored with ‘Best Bank for SME Lending award’  at the fourth SMEs Excellence Award function held in New Delhi. The Best MSME Bank Award 2016 was given to The Corporation Bank by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).

Radhika Mohan Bhagawati awarded R N Borooah and Protiva

Radhika Mohan Bhagawati awarded R N Borooah and Protiva Veteran journalist and editor of Dainik Asam Radhika Mohan Bhagawati has been awarded the R N Borooah and Protiva Borooah Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the field of journalism in Assam. The awards instituted in memory of R N Borooah, former Editor of The Assam Tribune and his wife

Hindi poet Leeladhar Jagoori to be honored Gangadhar National Award

Hindi poet Leeladhar Jagoori to be honored Gangadhar National Award Eminent Hindi poet Leeladhar Jagoori will be honoured with the prestigious Gangadhar National Award for the year 2015 by the Sambalpur University on the occasion of the foundation day of the University in January 2017. Jagoori will be the 25th recipient of the the award which carries a cash prize of Rs 50,000, a shawl and

Star Screen Awards 2016 winners list: Pink wins big, Big B-Alia get best actor and actress award

Star Screen Awards 2016 winners list: Pink wins big, Big B-Alia get best actor and actress award The 22nd edition of the annual film awards show, Star Screen Awards, was held at Mumbai last night. The who's who of Bollywood attended the star-studded event. The main attraction of the awards show was Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan hosting the event.However, Karan Johar and Karan Singh

KL Rahul, Bengaluru FC bag top hounours at SWAB Awards

KL Rahul, Bengaluru FC bag top hounours at SWAB Awards Bengaluru: KL Rahul, Aditi Ashok and Bengaluru Football Club walked away with top honours at the ACT-Sports Writers' Association of Bangalore awards on Sunday (December 4). The jury also presented the lifetime achievement award to Karnataka stalwart BS Chandrashekar, who picked up 242

National Child Award for Vantika Agrawal

National Child Award for Vantika Agrawal , New Delhi: Delhi teenager Vantika Agrawal was conferred the National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement in Chess on the occasion of the Children’s Day last month. The 14-year-old chess prodigy, received the award from President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan along with 30 other children who were recognised for their

National award for short film on Dakshina Kannada’s green village

National award for short film on Dakshina Kannada’s green village Laila Gold captures best practices of a rural community in converting waste to wealth, A short film capturing the best practices of a rural community in converting waste to wealth in the remote village of Laila in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada, has won a government of India award. The 180-second film, Laila Gold, depicting

Rahane, Lalita, Shiva Thapa to get Arjuna Award

Cricketer Ajinkya Rahane, athlete Lalita Babar, and boxer Shiva Thapa, along with 12 other sportspersons will be conferred with the Arjuna Award, a government press release declared . Para-athlete Sandeep Singh Mann and deaf wrestler Virender Singh will also be awarded the sporting honour, which constitutes a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh, a medal, and a citation. Ajinkya Rahane will

Dr Hrushikesh Mallick to get prestigious Sarala Award-2016

Noted Odia poet Dr Hrushikesh Mallick will be honoured with the 37th edition of prestigious Sarala Award for his outstanding poetry. The annual award carrying a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh and a citation would be conferred on Mallick for his poetry work “Jeje Dekhi Nathiba Bharat”, the Sarala Award Committee announced . Two more prominent personalities of Odisha will be honoured for their

Satheesh Reddy conferred first IEI-IEEE award

Satheesh Reddy, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister and DRDO’s DG (Missiles & Strategic Systems), was conferred the first IEI-IEEE Award for engineering excellence 2015 . The award is in recognition of his ‘significant national contributions towards missiles and aerospace technologies’. The award was presented by the Institution of Engineers (India) and the Institute of Electrical and

Athlete Lalita Babar, chessplayer Gagare to get SJAM awards

Grandmaster Shardul Gagare, athlete Lalita Babar and India batsman Ajinkya Rahane have been named recipients of the Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai’s (SJAM) Golden Jubilee Annual Awards 2016. Former India fast bowler Zaheer Khan will present the trophies and certificates to all the 17 award recipients during a function here on September 3. The Ahmedanagar-based Gagare, who

Four athletes get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award

It was a celebration of woman power in sports as Olympic stars PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik and Dipa Karmakar were  conferred India’s highest sporting honour the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna along with shooter Jitu Rai in a gleaming awards ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. For the first time in the history of National Sports Awards, four athletes were chosen for the Khel Ratna

Zaheer Khan gets honorary life membership from MCC

Former pacer Zaheer Khan has been made an honorary life member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), becoming the 24th Indian cricketer to be bestowed the honour.“MCC has elected Zaheer Khan as an Honorary Life Member of the Club,” the Club said in a statement. Zaheer played 92 Test matches for his country during a successful career, taking 311 wickets at 32.94 runs apiece.The 37-

346 teachers awarded National Teachers’ Award

Quoting Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, “You cannot make or build the nation by just bricks; you have to establish the minds of young people and then alone can the nation building take place.” – the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee said that teachers have a crucial social responsibility during the formative years of the children. Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented National Awards to

Hindi author Sunita Jain conferred with Vyas Samman award 2015

Hindi scholar and writer Sunita Jain was conferred with the prestigious 25th Vyas Samman 2015. She was presented with the award by West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi. She was bestowed with this prestigious literary award for her poetry collection Kshama (published in 2008). Through her poetry collection, she portrays the fine emotions between poet Tulsidas and his wife Ratnavalli. Using very

Ecologist Bibhuti Lahkar wins IUCN’s Heritage Heroes Award 2016

Assam-based ecologist and conservation activist Bibhuti Lahkar has won prestigious ‘Heritage Heroes Award’ of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). With this, he became the first Asian to win this prestigious environmental award. He was presented this award at the IUCN’s ongoing World Conservation Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii. Background Lahkar was among