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Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 

Prabhat Patnaik wins 2022 Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 

Well-known Indian economist and political commentator, Prabhat Patnaik has been selected for the Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2022. The award is annually given by the Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust to an outstanding social scientist selected from nominations received by a specially constituted national jury. The Malcolm Adiseshiah Award is given annually by the Chennai-based Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust since 2000

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Nykaa founder Falguni Nayar wins EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2021

Nykaa founder Falguni Nayar wins EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2021

Online retailer Nykaa’s founder Falguni Nayar was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2021, and will now represent India at the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Award on 9 June 2022, the consulting firm said in a statement. Founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of beauty supply company Nykaa (FSN E-commerce). The Lifetime Achievement was

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PM Modi honoured with inaugural Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award

PM Modi honoured with inaugural Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be honoured with the inaugural Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award, instituted in the honour and memory of Legendary singer Late Lata Mangeshkar, who passed away in February 2022 following multiple organ failure. PM Modi has been chosen for the inaugural award for his selfless service to the nation and society. The prime minister

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Bishesh Huirem becomes first transgender to win best actor award

Bishesh Huirem becomes first transgender to win best actor award

Bishesh Huirem becomes the first transgender actress who was honoured with the Best Actor Award in the prestigious Manipur State Film Awards. She received the award for exceptional performance in the film ‘Apaiba Leichil’ (floating clouds) for portraying a transgender character. She also clinched the Special Mention Award. Best Feature Film: ‘Eikhoigi Yum’ directed by Romi Meitei Best Direction Award: Bobby Haobam for the

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Nilamani Phookan conferred with 56th Jnanpith Award

Nilamani Phookan conferred with 56th Jnanpith Award

Eminent Assamese poet Nilamani Phookan will be Conferred with the country’s highest literary award, 56th Jnanpith at Guwahati. Nilmani Phookan is the third person to win the Jnanpith Award from Assam after Mamoni Roisom Goswami and Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya. Notable works of Phookan: ‘Xurjya Henu Naami Aahe Ei Nodiyedi’, ‘Kabita’, and ‘Gulapi Jamur Lagna’. 57th Jnanpith Award 2022: Novelist Damodar Mauzo

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Vice President Venkaiah Naidu confers Sangeet Natak Akademi and Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowships and Awards

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu confers Sangeet Natak Akademi and Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowships and Awards

Forty-three eminent artists were presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship and Sangeet Natak Awards for 2018 while the Lalit Kala Akademi’s Fellowship and National Awards for 2021 were given to 23 people by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu in a joint ceremony here on Saturday. The awards were presented during the 62nd National Exhibition of Art, organised by

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Picture Of Dresses Drapped On Crosses by Amber Bracken Wins 2022 World Press Photo of the Year

Picture Of Dresses Drapped On Crosses by Amber Bracken Wins 2022 World Press Photo of the Year

A photograph by Canadian photographer Amber Bracken titled “Kamloops Residential School” has won the 2022 World Press Photo of the Year award. An image of dresses draped on crosses near Kamloops in Canada, where remains of 215 children were found last year, won the 2022 World Press Photo of the Year award. The image was captured by Amber Bracken, who’s

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Chameli Devi Jain Award won by Journalist Aarefa Johari

Chameli Devi Jain Award won by Journalist Aarefa Johari

Journalist Aarefa Johari, was selected as the winner of the Chameli Devi Jain Award in the category of an Outstanding Woman Media person 2021. She has been working with Scroll.in for the last eight years. The Media Foundation has administered Chameli Devi Jain Award since 1981. Chameli Devi Jain Award is a recognition for women media persons in India who have

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Scroll.in Aarefa Johari wins Chameli Devi Jain Award

Scroll.in Aarefa Johari wins Chameli Devi Jain Award

Scroll.in reporter Aarefa Johari has won the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Mediaperson 2021. The Chameli Devi Jain Award is administered by the Media Foundation and recognises women reporters who have upheld standards of excellence in journalism through a sustained body of work and make reports on themes including social development, politics, equity, and

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