Awards: Point-Wise Current-Affairs/GS Articles 2023 (Including PIB)- Download PDF

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Nov 25, 2023

🌟 Bhoomi Samman (July 2023) 

Recently, the President of India presented the “Bhoomi Samman” 2023 at a function organised by the Union Ministry of Rural Development. The “Bhoomi Samman” is a prestigious award scheme launched by the Union Ministry of Rural Development to recognize and incentivize the achieveme…

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Mar 4, 2023

🌟 UN Award for Hypertension Control Initiative 

India recently won a UN award for its Hypertension Control Initiative which is a large-scale intervention under the National Health Mission (NHM) . At the UN General Assembly side event in New York, the 2022 UN Interagency Task Force and WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Ca…

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Jul 23, 2022

🌟 Novel Tomb of Sand Wins International Booker Prize 

Indian writer Geetanjali Shree along with American translator Daisy Rockwell has won the 2022 International Booker Prize for the book titled “Tomb of Sand.” This book has been originally written in Hindi and is the first book in any Indian language to have won this high-profile…

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Jul 1, 2022

🌟 Third National Water Awards 

The Third National Water Awards-2020 was recently announced by the Union Minister of Jal Shakti. Uttar Pradesh has been awarded the first prize in the Best State category, followed by Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. The Minister clearly stated that water is fundamental to life. The cur…

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Sep 9, 2021

2016 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award Won by Dinesh Bharadia 

The prestigious 2016 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar has been won by the Dinesh Bharadia an Indian-born researcher for his outstanding contribution in the research of send and receives radio (wireless) signals, including mobile telephony and data on the same channel (wav…

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Sep 8, 2021

Indian - Origin British Sculptor Anish Kapoor Wins Genesis Prize 

Renowned Indian - origin British sculptor Anish Kapoor was honored with the prestigious $ 1 million 2017 Genesis Prize. Prize is given for his utmost contribution for Jewish community. He was chosen by the prize committee headed by Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky.

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Sep 5, 2021

🌟 New Rules for Award of MPhil, PhD Degrees 

The human resource development ministry has set new rules for award of MPhil and PhD the research degrees at Indian universities. Several rules for women have been changed by HRD such as 240-day maternity break from their studies.

The new rules will take the place of a “proper sys…

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