MARCH

AWARDS & HONOURS

Ø  Veteran Malayalam film personality Sreekumaran Thampi bags J.C. Daniel award

Ø  One of the most popular Malayalam film personalities, Sreekumaran Thampi was awarded the prestigious J.C. Daniel Award for in recognition of his sterling contributions to the Malayalam film industry.

Ø  President confers Gallantry and Distinguished Service awards

Ø  The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind conferred Gallantry and Distinguished Service awards to armed forces personnel at the Defence Investiture Ceremony, held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. The Gallantry awards are given for displaying conspicuous gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion to duty. This year, three Kirti Chakras and 17 Shaurya Chakras were conferred, among which one Kirti Chakra and five Shaurya Chakras were given posthumously.

Ø  ‘Most Improved Airport’ in Asia Pacific region

Ø  Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad has received the award for the Most Improved Airport in the Asia Pacific region. It is the 1st international award for Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport that has over 200 flight movements per day.

Ø  Chhattisgarh wins National Water Digest Award

Ø  Chhattisgarh was awarded National Water Digest Award for Water Conservation-Diversion and increasing the irrigation capacity in the state. The award was presented to Chhattisgarh Water Resources Department (CWRD) on the occasion ‘World Forestry Day’ in New Delhi.

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Ø  G.K. Reddy award for journalist Karan Thapar

Ø  Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh presented the G.K. Reddy Memorial National Award for journalism to senior journalist and television presenter Karan Thapar.

Ø  President Ram Nath Kovind confers Padma Awards

Ø  The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind presented the Padma awards to 43 eminent personalities at a Civil Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Ø  Following is the full list of awardees:

Ø  Padma Vibhushan

S. No	Name	Field	State
1.	Shri Illaiyaraja	Art-Music	Tamil Nadu
2.	Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan	Art-Music	Maharashtra
3.	Shri P. Parameswaran	Literature and Education	Kerala

Ø  Padma Bhushan

S. No	Name	Field	State
1.	Shri Philipose Mar Chrysostom	Others- Spiritualism	Kerala
2.	Dr.  Ramachandran Nagaswamy	Others- Archaeology	Tamil Nadu
3.	Prof. Ved Prakash Nanda (OCI)	Literature and Education	USA
4.	Pandit Arvind Parikh	Art-Music	Maharashtra

Padma Shri

S.No	Name	Field	State
1.	Shri Anwar Jalalpuri (Posthumous)	Literature and Education	Uttar Pradesh
2.	Ms. Nouf Almarwaai (Foreigner)	Others- Yoga	Saudi Arabia
3.	Dr. Rani Bang	Medicine	Maharashtra
4.	Dr. Abhay Bang	Medicine	Maharashtra
5.	Shri Mohan Swaroop Bhatia	Art-Folk Music	Uttar Pradesh
6.	Shri Narayan Das Maharaj	Others-Spiritualism	Rajasthan
7.	Shri Somdev Devvarman	Sports-Tennis	Tripura
8.	Dr. Yeshi Dhoden	Medicine	Himachal Pradesh
9.	Shri Arup Kumar Dutta	Literature and Education	Assam
10.	Shri Arvind Kumar Gupta	Literature and Education	Maharashtra
11.	Shri Digamber Hansda	Literature and Education	Jharkhand
12.	Shri Piyong Temjen Jamir	Literature and Education	Nagaland
13.	Ms. Malti Joshi	Literature and Education	Madhya Pradesh
14.	Shri Pran Kishore Kaul	Art	Jammu&Kashmir
15.	Ms. Lakshmikutty	Medicine-Traditional	Kerala
16.	Dr. Joyshree Goswami Mahanta	Literature and Education	Assam
17.	Shri Pravakara Maharana	Art-Sculpture	Odisha
18.	Shri Krishna Bihari Mishra	Literature and Education	West Bengal
19.	Ms. Subhasini Mistry	Social Work	West Bengal
20.	Ms. V Nanammal	Others-Yoga	Tamil Nadu
21.	Ms. Sulagitti Narasamma	Social Work	Karnataka
22.	Shri Gobaradhan Panika	Art-Weaving	Odisha
23.	Shri Murlikant Petkar	Sports-Swimming	Maharashtra
24.	Shri Sampat Tukaram Ramteke (Posthumous)	Social Work	Maharashtra
25.	Shri S S Rathore	Civil Service	Gujarat
26.	Shri Amitava Roy	Science and Engineering	West Bengal
27.	Shri R Sathyanarayana	Art-Music	Karnataka
28.	Shri Bhajju Shyam	Art-Painting	Madhya Pradesh
29.	Shri Maharao Raghuveer Singh	Literature and Education	Rajasthan
30.	Shri Kidambi Srikanth	Sports-Badminton	Andhra Pradesh
31.	Ms. Lentina Ao Thakkar	Social Work	Nagaland
32.	Shri Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan	Art-Music	Karnataka
33.	Shri Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan	Art-Music	Karnataka
34.	Shri Rajagopalan Vasudevan	Science and Engineering	Tamil Nadu
35.	Shri Manas Bihari Verma	Science and Engineering	Bihar
36.	Shri Baba Yogendra	Art	Madhya Pradesh

Ø  Jackie Shroff’s ‘Shunyata’ wins international award

Ø  Actor Jackie Shroff’s short film “Shunyata” has won an award at Best of India Short Film Festival in Los Angeles, US. The 22-minute fiction film directed by Chintan Sarda was selected to be in top six from amongst thousands of entries and was played at a theatre in Los Angeles.

Ø  Indian film ‘Halkaa’ bags award at Montreal fest

Ø  Indian filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda’s ‘Halkaa’ has bagged the Grand Prix de Montreal at the gala. The film is a take on a slum child’s heroism, aspirations, and dreams. ‘Halkaa’ was selected among seven international children’s films from different countries in the official competition of the festival.

Ø  Indian volunteer wins Commonwealth Point of Light award

Ø  Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II recognised Srishti Bakshi from India as the 26th Commonwealth Point of Light in honour of her exceptional service to empowering women in India. Srishti is the founder of the CrossBow Miles movement. Srishti leads workshops for women in rural communities on digital and financial literacy, leadership and health.

Ø  Justice Gita Mittal conferred ‘Nari Shakti’ award on women’s day

Ø  The Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice Gita Mittal conferred the ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar 2017’ by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. The award, known as India’s highest civilian honour for women, bestowed upon 30 women and organizations on March 8, on the occasion of the International Women’s day. Mittal is the first woman from the field of law and justice who conferred the prestigious award. She is known to have introduced many welcome changes in the functioning of the Delhi High Court, ever since she took over as the Acting Chief Justice of the court after the retirement of Justice G Rohini in April 2017.

Ø  Architect BV Doshi becomes 1st Indian to win Pritzker Prize

Ø  Architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi has become the first Indian to win the Pritzker Prize, the highest award in architecture. Calling the 90-year-old’s works “poetic”, the foundation commended him for respecting the eastern culture and working towards enhancing the quality of life in India. Doshi’s most noted works include a low-cost housing project in Indore which accommodates 80,000 people. The award was announced by Tom Pritzker of the Chicago-based Hyatt Foundation.

Ø  Harry Athwal selected for ‘Pride of Birmingham’s Outstanding Bravery Award’

Ø  Indian-origin Birmingham man Harry Athwal was selected for this year’s ‘Pride of Birmingham’s Outstanding Bravery Award’. He was awarded for risking his life in order to help a fatally injured young boy in the 2017 Barcelona terror attack. Athwal is among 11 winners who will be presented with their awards at a ceremony at the University of Birmingham.

Ø  Oscar Awards 2018: Complete List of Winners

Ø  The 90th Annual Academy Awards (also known as Oscar Awards) were held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the USA. The Shape Of Water won the top prize of the night – Best Picture. Jimmy Kimmel hosted the ceremony for the second year in a row. He has become the first host since Billy Crystal to do so.

Ø  The full list of winners is below-

S. No.	Category	Winner
1.	Best Picture	The Shape Of Water
2.	Best Director	Guillermo del Toro, The Shape Of Water
3.	Best Actress	Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4.	Best Actor	Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
5.	Best Supporting Actress	Allison Janney, I, Tonya
6.	Best Supporting Actor	Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
7.	Best Original Screenplay	Get Out
8.	Best Adapted Screenplay	Call Me By Your Name
9.	Best Animated Feature Film	Coco
10.	Best Foreign Language Film	A Fantastic Woman, Chile
11.	Best Original Score	The Shape Of Water
12.	Best Original Song	Remember Me, Coco
13.	Best Documentary Feature	Icarus
14.	Best Documentary Short	Heaven Is A Traffic Jam On The 405
15.	Best Live Action Short	The Silent Child
16.	Best Animation Short	Dear Basketball
17.	Best Sound Editing	Dunkirk
18.	Best Sound Mixing	Dunkirk
19.	Best Production Design	The Shape Of Water
20.	Best Cinematography	Blade Runner
21.	Best Makeup And Hair	Darkest Hour
22.	Best Costume Design	Phantom Thread
23.	Best Film Editing	Dunkirk
24.	Best Visual Effects	Blade Runner

Ø  Shatrughan Sinha wins lifetime achievement award in UK

Ø  Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to the fields of arts and politics at a ceremony in the UK’s Parliament complex. The annual ‘Political and Public Life Awards’ presented by Britain’s Asian Voice weekly newspaper, now in its 12th year, recognises individuals who have made a significant impact on public life or made a difference in their local communities.