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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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Deepika Padukone gets inaugural TIME100 Impact Award

Veteran Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone has been named as one of the awardees of the TIME100 Impact Awards 2022. The actress has got featured on the inaugural TIME100 Impact Awards list for her work in the mental health struggles and raise awareness, through her LiveLoveLaugh Foundation. Deepika got featured on the list for her work in the mental

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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

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

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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Burkina Faso’s Francis Kere receives 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize

Diebedo Francis Kere of Burkina Faso has been declared the 2022 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Kéré, who was born in Burkina Faso and is now a dual citizen of Burkina Faso and Germany, was awarded the prize for 2022 last week. Pritzker Prize is the highest and most prestigious honour in architecture field, founded in

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75 Women felicitated by NITI Aayog at fifth edition of Women Transforming India Awards

The Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) of the NITI Aayog organized the fifth edition of the Women Transforming India (WTI) Awards on 21 March 2022. This year, as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate 75 years of India’s independence, the WTI Awards were conferred on 75 women achievers to celebrate their contribution towards a

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Neeraj Chopra and Mirabai Chanu wins ‘Sportstar of the Year’ award at 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards

Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra won the coveted Sportstar of the Year (Male) award on Saturday at the 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel. In female category, weightlifter Mirabai Chanu received the ‘Sportstar of the Year’ award. The Sportstar Aces Awards celebrate the spirit of excellence in sport. The awards were presented by

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Suresh Raina felicitated with ‘Sports Icon’ award at Maldives Sports Awards 2022

Former India cricketer Suresh Raina was felicitated with the prestigious ‘Sports Icon’ award at the Maldives Sports Awards 2022 on March 17, 2022 by the Government of Maldives. The Maldives government felicitated Raina for his various achievements throughout his career. Rains was nominated alongside 16 international sportspersons, including former Real Madrid player Roberto Carlos, Jamaican

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Narayan Pradhan selected for 2022 GD Birla Award for Scientific Research

Professor Narayan Pradhan has been selected for the 31st GD Birla Award for Scientific Research for his outstanding contribution in the field of material sciences. He has provided his expertise in crystal modulations to help design new shapes of these tiny lighting materials. Prof. Pradhan is a member of the faculty at the School of Material Sciences, Indian Association

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