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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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Azim Premji receives Dr. Ida S. Scudder Oration award

Azim Premji, founding president of Wipro Limited and founder of Azim Premji Foundation is this year’s recipient 10th Annual Dr. Ida S. Scudder Humanitarian Oration, Established jointly by Christian Medical College Vellore (CMC) and US-based Vellore CMC Foundation. This award is given to Shri Premji in recognition of his contribution to society through the foundation. Established in 2001, the Foundation

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Karnataka Bank won 2 DigiDhan Awards by MeitY

Karnataka Bank has been awarded Two DigiDhan Awards established by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The awards were given during the Digital Payments Festival in New Delhi. The award recognized banks for achieving the target with the highest percentage in BHIM-UPI transactions under the private sector bank category consecutively for two years 2019-20 and 2020-21. Karnataka Bank has always

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Indian Mathematician Neena Gupta receives Ramanujan Prize 2021

Indian Mathematician Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Kolkata was awarded the ‘Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries 2021’ for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra, the Ministry of Science and Technology informed, adding that Professor Neena is the third woman to receive the Ramanujan Prize since

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Balkrishna Doshi Awarded 2022 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for Architecture

Ahmedabad-based Balkrishna Doshi will receive the Royal Gold Medal 2022 by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the world’s highest honour for architecture. At 94, Doshi is being recognised for his career spanning seven decades, with over 100 built projects, across India. The distinction, approved by Her Majesty The Queen and awarded each year

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IIT-Kanpur Scientist Ropesh Goyal bags “Young Geospatial Scientist” Award

Ropesh Goyal from IIT Kanpur won ‘Young Geospatial Scientist’ Award In recognition of his unparalleled contribution to the development of the Indian Geoid Model and calculation software. AS Kiran Kumar, Member of Space Commission, Government of India, and former Chairman of ISRO, presented the award to Goyal during the inaugural ceremony of DigiSmart India 2021 conference organized by Geospatial World. The ‘Young Geospatial

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Nilmani Phookan Jr and Damodar Mauzo receive Jnanpith Award

Assamese Poet Nilmani Phookan and Damodar Mauzo, a Konkani novelist, received the 56th and 57th Jnanpith Awards for their contributions to Indian literature. The 56th Jnanpith Award went to eminent Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan Jr., while the 57th Jnanpith Award went to Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo. The country’s highest literary award, the Jnanpith is bestowed on writers for “their outstanding contribution to literature”. Jnanpith Award is a

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Nikhil Srivastava among 3 selected for inaugural Ciprian Foias Prize

Indian-American mathematician Nikhil Srivastava has been jointly selected for the inaugural $5,000 Ciprian Foias Prize. They were selected for the “highly original work” in Operator Theory by the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Other winners are Adam Marcus and Daniel Spielman. The award recognizes their “highly original work” that introduced and developed methods for understanding the characteristic polynomial of matrices.

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Ratan Tata to get Assam’s highest civilian award

Assam government will confer its highest civilian award ‘Assam Baibhav’ on Tata Trusts’ chairman Ratan Tata for his contribution towards building cancer treatment facilities in the state. Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that the state government has decided to confer Assam Baibhav, Assam Saurav and Assam Gaurav Awards, 2021 to 19 personalities and the award

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V Praveen Rao wins 7th Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Award for 2017-19

The Vice-Chancellor of Telangana State Agricultural University Dr. V. Praveen Rao won the 7th M. S. Swaminathan Award for the 2017-19 year. He received the Dr. M. S. Swaminathan Award for his contributions in the fields of Agricultural Research, Teaching, Extension, and Administration. Praveen Rao handled 13 research and 6 consultancy projects on micro-irrigation in India, Israel and South Africa.

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