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PGI’s Resource Centre for Tobacco Control, Chandigarh awarded by WHO

WHO has awarded Resource Centre for Tobacco Control (e-RCTC) of the Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh with Regional Director Special Recognition Award. The centre provides information related to tobacco control in India, including circulars, orders, policies and legislations. RCTC is a joint initiative of PGIMER and UNION-SEA and was […]

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Indian Railways awarded by the UIC International Sustainable Railway Awards (ISRA)

Indian Railways is observing World Environment Day on 5th June, 2022 in an appropriate and befitting manner keeping in line with the theme of this year’s World Environment Day. Indian Railways have been awarded by the UIC International Sustainable Railway Awards (ISRA) in the category of “Best use of Zero-Carbon Technology” for feeding Solar Energy directly to 25

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IIFA awards 2022: Announced Check the complete list of winners

The 22nd edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards was held in Abu Dhabi on the first weekend of June 2022 with the IIFA Rocks event held on Friday, 3rd June, and the main awards night on Saturday, 4th June. This year the IIFA 2022 Awards was hosted by Salman Khan, Maniesh Paul and Riteish Deshmukh. Sidharth Malhotra’s Shershaah dominated

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Young women entrepreneur, Rashmi Sahoo wins Times Business Award 2022

Director of Ruchi Foodline, Rashmi Sahoo has been awarded the Third Times Business Award 2022 in the category of Eastern India’s Leading READY -TO-EAT brand. She was given the award by renowned Bollywood actor and social activist Sonu Sood. She has established Frozit, which is Odisha’s first frozen food company. Sahoo and Frozit have won various recognition across the world for

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Former West Indies skipper, Darren Sammy received Sitara-e-Pakistan award

Former skipper of West Indies, Darren Sammy has conferred with the civil honour of Sitara-e-Pakistan award. It is considered as the third-highest civil award conferred by Pakistan. Sammy has represented West Indies in Tests (38), ODIs (126), and T20Is (68). Last year, he received the highest civilian medal of Pakistan (Nishan-e-Pakistan) for his part in helping bring international

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Sanjit Narwekar conferred with V Shantaram Lifetime achievement award at MIFF 2022

17th edition of the Mumbai International Film Festival of India (MIFF 2022) confers Dr. V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award on noted author and documentary filmmaker Shri Sanjit Narwekar to commemorate his exquisitely deep, remarkably diverse and inspiring body of work. Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles Piyush Goyal

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RJ Umar receives Immunisation Champion award by UNICEF

A Radio Jockey from south Kashmir, Umar Nisar, also known as RJ Umar, has been awarded the ’01 Best Content Award’ and the Immunisation Champion award by UNICEF at the annual Radio4Child 2022 Awards in Mumbai. The Radio4Child felicitated radio professionals from All India Radio and private FM channels across India for their work during

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CMFRI director wins VASVIK industrial research award

A Gopalakrishnan (Director of the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute) has received the VASVIK (Vividhlaxi Audyogik Samshodhan Vikas Kendra) Industrial Research Award in the category of Agricultural Sciences and Technology for the year 2020. The award includes a cash prize of 1.51 lakh and a citation. The VASVIK research award is given to scientists and researchers who have demonstrated excellence in eight categories

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Rolls-Royce India president Kishore Jayaraman Receives British honour

Kishore Jayaraman, President, India and South Asia for Rolls-Royce, has received an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty The Queen, British Deputy HighCommission. Jayaraman is a board member of the U.K.-India Business Council, which supports U.K. businesses set up in India. He has also been instrumental in promoting bilateral ties by setting up a strategic

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Music Academy announces Sangita Kalanidhi awards

The Music Academy has announced the Sangita Kalanidhi and other awards for various artistes from the years 2020-22. The Sangita Kalanidhi award will be given to: Renowned vocalist Neyveli R Santanagopalan (2020), eminent mridangam artiste Tiruvarur Bhakthavathsalam (2021) and violin duo Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi (2022). The Music academy also announced other awards including Nritya Kalanidhi for three recipients in the dance

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