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Nayanjot Lahiri wins 2016 John F Richards Prize
History writer Nayanjot Lahiri has won the prestigious 2016 John F. Richards Prize for her book Ashoka in Ancient India. The prestigious prize will be bestowed upon her at the American Historical Association (AHA’s) 131st Annual Meeting to be held ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Japan's Yoshinori Ohsumi wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Yoshinori Ohsumi (71) of Japan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize for physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work on autophagy. With this he becomes the 23rd Japanese national to win a Nobel prize and overall the sixth Japanese medicine ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Elephant researcher Prajna Chowta conferred with knighthood by France
Film-maker and elephant researcher Prajna Chowta (46) has been appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite (Knight in the National Order of Merit) by the French government. She has been conferred with the France’s one of the highest civilian recognitions ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Indian-origin Kiara Nirghin wins 2016 Google Science Fair prize
Indian-origin South African Kiara Nirghin (16) has won a $50,000 scholarship at the annual Google Science Fair held in United States. He has won this prestigious scholarship for developing a cheaper super-absorbent material using orange peel that helps soil retain ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Indian-American Vinaya Manchaiah named Future Leader of Audiology
Indian-American associate professor from US Vinaya Manchaiah has been named as the Future Leader of Audiology. In this regard, he was inducted into the 2016 class of the ‘Jerger Future Leaders of Audiology’ by the American Academy of Audiology. He ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Murga wins first prize at Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival
Murga has won the first prize at the Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival (SBSFF). The short film was directed by young filmmaker Katyayan Shivpuri from Maharashtra. The Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu bestowed award upon Katyayan with ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Music Director Uttam Singh named for Maharashtra’s Lata Mangeshkar Award
The noted music director and violinist Uttam Singh (68) has been named for 2016 Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Maharashtra government. He has been selected for the prestigious award for his contributions in the field of music. ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Telugu writer Kalakaluri Enoch conferred with Moortidevi Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith
Noted Dalit voice, poet and Telugu writer Prof.Kalakaluri Enoch was conferred with the prestigious Moortidevi Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith for the year 2015. The prestigious literary award was bestowed upon him for his novel Anantajivanam by Veteren art historian Dr ..