Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman honoured with literary award: The Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature (FOSWAL) conferred Special Literary Award 2023 to Bangladesh’s Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in its 63rd Literature Festival. March 2023 Current Affairs Quiz About SAARC Writers and Literature Foundation (FOSWAL)
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Kashmir’s Aliya Mir honoured with Wildlife Conservation Award 2023: The administration has honoured Alia Mir, a woman from J&K, with the Wildlife Conservation Award for her conservation efforts in the region.J-K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha facilitated her with the wildlife honour award. She is also the first woman from Kashmir who works for the charity Wildlife SOS
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Assam NGO wins Children’s Champion Award 2023 : An NGO from Assam’s Pathsala, Students’ Welfare Mission, which has been working for special and autistic children, was conferred with the Children’s Champion Award 2023. March 2023 Current Affairs Quiz The award, instituted by the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights in 2022, recognises individuals and institutions championing the cause of
M T Vasudevan Nair awarded Kerala’s highest civilian honour: M T Vasudevan Nair received the highest civilian honour in Kerala, the “Kerala Jyothi.” Actor Mammootty, former civil service officer T Madhava Menon, and writer Omchery NN Pillai shared the second-highest award, “Kerala Prabha.” Arif Muhammad Khan, the Governor of Kerala, has presented the inaugural edition
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Nepali cricketer Asif Sheikh wins 2022 Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award: Aasif Sheikh, a Nepalese wicketkeeper, has won the 2022 Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award for his sportsmanship during a T20 international match. He refused to run out Ireland’s Andy McBrine, who was tripped over by bowler Kamal Airee. The judges also praised
Himachal govt hikes monetary award for Mahila Vikas Protsahan Puraskar : Presiding over a state-level event for International Women’s Day (8th March), Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has announced a nearly five-fold increase in the monetary award under the Himachal Pradesh Mahila Vikas Protsahan Puraskar. March 2023 Current Affairs Quiz Presiding over a state-level event for International
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2023 PEN/Nabokov Lifetime Achievement Award: After decades of writing acclaimed novels like Naukar Ki Kameez (1979) and poetry collections like Sab Kuch Hona Bacha Rahega, Vinod Kumar Shukla has won the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature for lifetime achievement in literature, one of the most coveted literary prizes in the world (1992). PEN
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Government Leadership Award 2023: The Government Leadership Award 2023 was given to India by the Groupe Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA) for best practises in telecom policy and regulation. Every year, the GSMA, which represents over 750 mobile operators and 400 companies in the telecom ecosystem, honours one country. India was declared the winner at the
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Best adventure tourism destination award: Jammu and Kashmir Tourism has won the best adventure tourism award in the India Today Tourism Survey. Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union Minister of State for Culture and Parliamentary Affairs, presented the awards in New Delhi. The award has been given to the J&K Tourism Department in recognition of its efforts
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MIT professor Hari Balakrishnan wins 2023 Marconi Prize: Computer scientist Hari Balakrishnan has been awarded the 2023 Marconi Prize. Dr. Balakrishnan is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The prize, announced annually by the Marconi Society and named after Italian wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi, is considered
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