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64th Grammy Awards 2022

64th Grammy Awards 2022

The 64th annual Grammy Awards took place Sunday night after being delayed by the Omicron variant. The show was held in Las Vegas for the first time at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, and Trevor Noah returned as the host. A majority of the awards were presented at the premiere ceremony, held before the telecast. The award […]

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Mirabai Chanu wins 2022 ‘BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year’ award

Mirabai Chanu wins 2022 ‘BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year’ award

Indian weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu has been announced the winner of the third edition of the BBC Indian Sportswoman Of The Year award. Mirabai Chanu created history in 2021 when she became the first Indian weightlifter to clinch a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Young Indian opening cricketer Shafali Verma received the The ‘BBC Emerging

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UP conferred with the 'Best State' award at the 3rd National Water Awards

UP conferred with the ‘Best State’ award at the 3rd National Water Awards

President Ram Nath Kovind presented the 3rd National Water Awards for Best State to Uttar Pradesh for exemplary work in water management, followed by Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. The National Water Awards are given by the Ministry of Jal Shakti. First launch – 2018. Best School category – Amity International School, Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Best Urban Local Body – Vapi Urban Local Body(Gujarat), Dapoli

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Wilfried Brutsaert wins the Stockholm Water Prize 2022

Wilfried Brutsaert wins the Stockholm Water Prize 2022

The eminent hydrologist Wilfried Brutsaert has been awarded with the Stockholm Water Prize 2022. He received this prestigious award for his groundbreaking work to quantify environmental evaporation, helping to make accurate predictions of the impact that climate change has on local rainfall patterns and water sources. He is also known as ‘Mr Evaporation’. World Water Day – 22 March

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Cochin International Airport bags ‘Covid champion’ award at Wings India 2022

Cochin International Airport bags ‘Covid champion’ award at Wings India 2022

The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has bagged the ‘Covid champion’ award at Wings India 2022. which is Asia’s largest event on civil aviation jointly organised by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and FICCI at the Begumpet airport in Hyderabad from March 24 to 27, 2022. Wings India is Asia’s largest event on civil aviation,

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Prof Wilfried Brutsaert wins Stockholm Water Prize 2022

Prof Wilfried Brutsaert wins Stockholm Water Prize 2022

The renowned hydrologist Wilfried Brutsaert, also known as Mr Evaporation, has been awarded the Stockholm Water Prize 2022 for his groundbreaking work to quantify environmental evaporation, helping to make accurate predictions of the impact that climate change has on local rainfall patterns and water sources. Wilfried Brutsaert is Professor in Engineering Emeritus at Cornell University,

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American Mathematician Dennis P. Sullivan wins 2022 Abel Prize

American Mathematician Dennis P. Sullivan wins 2022 Abel Prize

Dennis Parnell Sullivan, distinguished professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Mathematics, and the Albert Einstein Chair in Science (Mathematics) at the CUNY Graduate Center, is the recipient of the 2022 Abel Prize for Mathematics. Mr Dennis has been awarded “For his groundbreaking contributions to topology in its broadest sense, and in particular its

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