Page-96 of Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Nobel Peace Prize 2013 goes to OPCW

October 16, 2013

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) won the Nobel Peace Prize 2013 for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons. The award was announced by Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland. What is OPCW? What are its award-winning efforts? The ..

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Karan Thapar wins International Press Institute India award

October 16, 2013

Karan Thapar, well-known television journalist, has been honored with the International Press Institute (IPI) India Award for Excellence in Journalism. The jury for this award chose Mr. Thapar ‘for his sharp interviews on the Devil’s Advocate programme on CNN IBN’.

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MS Swaminathan to be honored with Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the Year 2012

October 14, 2013

Famous agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan has been selected for the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the year 2012. About MS Swaminathan Indian geneticist and former member of Rajya Sabha. Contributed in revitalizing agricultural in the country and led ..

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Malala Yousafzai wins EU's Sakharov Prize 2013

October 14, 2013

Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived bullet-injury inflicted by the Taliban for championing girls’ education has won the European Union’s (EU) Sakharov Human Rights Prize 2013. Past winners of the Sakharov Prize include South African anti apartheid hero Nelson Mandela ..

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India may breach AMS commitments with the implementation of Food subsidy scheme: WTO

October 14, 2013

The newly-elected Director-General of WTO, Roberto Azevedo has asserted that India would soon be breaching its Aggregate Measurement of Support (AMS) commitments to WTO (World Trade Organization) due to its new food security programme and has sought a positive solution ..

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Obama nominates Janet Yellen as the next head of US Federal Reserve Board

October 11, 2013

Ms Janet L. Yellen as the new head of the Federal Reserve Board. She will replace Ben Bernanke as Chair of the Federal Reserve Board. Prior to her nomination, Yellen served as vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal ..

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Rothman, Schekman and Sudhof to share Nobel Prize 2013 for Physiology or Medicine

October 11, 2013

The Nobel committee has announced the winners of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. The Prize has been awarded to three scientists, James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Sudhof, all based in the USA for working ..

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Mudgal committee proposes new Cinematograph Bill on governing cinema

October 11, 2013

An empowered panel headed by Justice Mukul Mudgal, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana has proposed a model Cinematograph Bill to replace the Cinematograph Act 1952 to provide for a new legal framework for governing ..

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Double food subsidy, grains to Bihar: Jairam Ramesh

October 11, 2013

According to Union Minister for Rural Development, Bihar would get double foodgrain allocation and food subsidy following the implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA). It would make Bihar the biggest beneficiary of the NFSA and the state would start getting 56 lakh tonnes ..

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GoI appoints panel to define FDI and FII

October 5, 2013

Government of India set up a four member committee headed by Arvind Mayaram, Economic Affairs Secretary to clear the ambiguity between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII). The panel will look into the difference between them and ..

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