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UK Parliament honours Tanuja Nesari with Ayurveda Ratna award

Tanuja Nesari, Director of All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) was awarded with the Ayurveda Ratna Award by the UK Parliament, the UKs All-Party Parliamentary Group on Indian Traditional Sciences (ITSappg) conferred the prestigious Ayurveda Ratna award on Dr Tanuja Nesari, Director of All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Ayush. Dr Nesari has been […]

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Ashok Soota awarded CII Quality Ratna Award 2021

Ashok Soota has been conferred with CII Quality Ratna Award 2021 for his contribution to building the competitiveness of the Indian industry through quality Initiatives. He is founder and Executive Chairman of Happiest Minds Technologies. The Annual CII Quality Ratna Award was constituted in the year 2019 for outstanding leadership, contribution, and distinguished service to the Quality Movement in India. CII President:

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Odisha govt wins first prize in 2022 National MSME Award

Odisha’s MSME Department has been awarded first prize in the category “National MSME Award 2022″ to States/UTs for their outstanding contribution in the promotion and Development of MSME Sector. Bihar and Haryana have been placed second and third respectively. Kalahandi, Odisha won third prize in the category of Aspirational districts for outstanding contribution in the promotion and development of MSME Sector.

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Vijay Amritraj honoured with Golden Achievement Award by ITF

In recognition of his outstanding impact on the sport of tennis as a player, promoter, and humanitarian, India’s Vijay Amritraj has been named the 2021 recipient of the Golden Achievement Award. The Golden Achievement Award is presented annually by the International Tennis Hall of Fame and International Tennis Federation to a person who has made

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Odisha, ‘Mo Bus’ service received the prestigious UN Public Service award

Mo Bus, Odisha-based public transport service has been honoured with a prestigious United Nations award. Reason: Role and efforts in helping the world recover better from COVID-19. Initiatives from Brazil, Canada, India, Ireland, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and Ukraine have also been recognised. Mo Bus service launched: November 6, 2018 Aim: transformation of the urban public transport Bus

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American-Canadian writer Ruth Ozeki wins 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction

American-Canadian writer, Ruth Ozeki has won the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel ‘The Book of Form and Emptiness”. This is her fourth novel, which depicts the story of a thirteen-year-old boy who, starts to hear the voices of objects to talk to his father, after the tragic death of his father. She was received £30,000 prize at a ceremony

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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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Jennifer Lopez to receive lifetime achievement award at MTV Movie & TV Award

MTV announced that Jennifer Lopez would be awarded the Generation Award at their forthcoming MTV Movie & TV Awards. MTV Movie & TV Awards recognizes actors who have diversely contributed to both film and TV industry and are known in every household. Vanessa Hudgens will host the Generation Awards. Jennifer Lopez will receive the lifetime achievement award. Jennifer is all set

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