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HDFC Bank won CII Dx award for ‘Most Innovative Best Practice’ 2021

HDFC Bank’s efforts in furthering financial inclusion through partnership with the Government of India’s Common Service Centres (CSC) have been adjudged ‘Most Innovative Best Practice’ for financial inclusion at the coveted CII Digital Transformation Award 2021 or CII DX Award 2021. HDFC Bank focuses on financial inclusion by offering an entire bouquet of its world-class […]

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Viral Desai bagged “Global Environment And Climate Action Citizen Award 2021”

Viral Sudhirbhai Desai, an industrialist from Surat, who is popularly known as the Greenman or green man of Gujarat has been honoured with the Global Environment and Climate Action Citizen Award 2021. Among the 28 personalities from 11 countries (which includes the United Kingdom(UK), the United States(US), New Zealand, France, and Malaysia,) who were honoured with this

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Anukrti Upadhyay’s Kintsugi wins the Sushila Devi Award 2021

Anukrti Upadhyay’s novel, Kintsugi, was published by the Fourth Estate imprint and won the Sushila Devi Award 2021 for Best Book of Fiction. The Ratanlal Foundation and the Bhopal Literature and Art Festival’s organizing committee have announced the winner of this prestigious award for fiction written by a woman author and published in 2020. This prize

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Padma Bhusan Anil Prakash Joshi wins Mother Teresa Memorial Award

Environmentalist Dr Anil Prakash Joshi, who was conferred upon the Padma Bhushan this year, has been awarded the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021. Vidyut Mohan, winner of the Earthshot Award, and Ridhima Pandey, a younger environmental activist from Uttarakhand, have been additionally recipients of the award. Each 12 months the Harmony Foundation identifies a theme for

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O.P. Jindal Global University won “Digital Innovation of the Year” award

O.P. Jindal Global University won the “Digital Innovation of the Year” award

O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has won the “Digital Innovation of the Year” award at the distinguished Times Higher Education (THE) Asia Awards 2021 for creating a free, cloud-based application to help schools and universities manage data. JGU was the only Indian University to be shortlisted for the “Digital Innovation of the Year”. JGU’s win at

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Emma Raducanu wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2021

Tennis star Emma Raducanu has been crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2021. The 19-year-old enjoyed an astonishing breakout year in tennis as she won the US Open and became the first British woman to win a Grand Slam singles title since Virginia Wade in 1977. She beat Tom Daley(diver) and Adam Peaty (swimmer) into second and third place, while England’s men’s

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SAIL honoured Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2021

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has been awarded with the prestigious Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for the year 2021 in the Steel Sector by the Institute of Directors. SAIL has been the winner of this award for successive 3 years. The Award is given to organizations for significant achievements in Environment Management by

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Kumar Mangalam Birla receives Global Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Aditya Birla Group’s chairman, Kumar Mangalam Birla has received the Global Entrepreneur of the Year Award- Business Transformation from The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) based out of Silicon Valley. Birla is the 1st Indian Industrialist to receive the award for global entrepreneurship along with top global business leaders Satya Nadella, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos. The awardees were selected by

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Rajnath Singh gives Raksha Mantri Awards for Excellence 2021

Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh gave away Raksha Mantri Awards for Excellence 2021 on the occasion of 96th Raising Day of Directorate General Defence Estates in New Delhi. Recipients were awarded for innovation and digital achievements in the fields of health, education, and sanitation along with public service and land management. These categories are Swachh Chhawani

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Bhutan confers PM Modi with its highest civilian award

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred with the highest civilian award of Bhutan, Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo, on the occasion of the country’s National Day. Bhutan’s Prime Minister Lotay Tshering has announced PM Modi’s name for Bhutan’s highest honour. The honour comes as an appreciation for India’s friendly approach to Bhutan under PM Modi’s governance. During the pandemic, India

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