PGCIL wins Global Gold Award for CSR work

PGCIL wins Global Gold Award for CSR work

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(PGCIL), a Maharatna CPSU of Ministry of Power, Government of India has been conferred Global Gold Award by The Green Organization. The recognition was given at the Green World Awards 2023 function held at Miami in the USA.
Kumar Mangalam Birla Gets Business Leader of Decade Award

Kumar Mangalam Birla Gets Business Leader of Decade Award

Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of Aditya Birla Group, received the Business Leader of the Decade Award. Jyotiraditya M Scindia, Union Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel, presented the 13th AIMA Managing India Awards to India's high-performing management leaders and institutions for their contribution to nation-building at a spectacular ceremony.
Shah Rukh Khan tops 2023 TIME100 Reader Poll

Shah Rukh Khan tops 2023 TIME100 Reader Poll

The Badshah of Bollywood and megastar Shah Rukh Khan, who is basking in the success of his latest blockbuster Pathaan, has topped the 2023 TIME100 poll. In this poll, the readers vote for their favourite influential personalities. SRK garnered 4 per cent of 1.2 million votes followed by the Iranian women who are protesting for their rights with 3 per cent of the votes.
Health Ministry received Porter Prize 2023

Health Ministry received Porter Prize 2023

Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has received the Porter Prize 2023. It recognized the government's strategy in managing COVID-19, also the approach, and involvement of various stakeholders especially involvement of ASHA workers in the industry to create PPE Kits.

Padma Awards 2023

On the occasion of Republic Day 2023, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs announced the winners of Padma Awards on Wednesday. The long list of 106 awardees included Mulayam Singh Yadav, Zakir Hussain, KM Birla, Sudha Murty, Raveena Tandon, etc.

Digital Impact Award 2023

The Union health ministry’s CoWin app, Digi Locker by the Ministry of Electronics & IT, and Delhi Police’s Himmat App are among the digital initiatives that won at the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) Digital Impact awards announced on Sunday.

IIT Madras wins Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards 2022

Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Madras won the Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards. IIT Madras' courses - BS Data Science and NPTEL in collaboration with IISc Bangalore, won awards for the best programmes. As per the official press release issued by IIT Madras, the BS in Data Science and Applications programme won Silver in the ‘Best Online Program’ category.

Women’s rights activist from India wins ‘Changemaker’ award at UN SDG Action Awards

A women’s rights activist from India, who traveled 3,800 km through the length of the country in less than a year to raise awareness on gender-based violence and inequality, has won a prestigious honour at the UN SDG Action Awards.Srishti Bakshi, marketer-turned-women’s-rights-activist, was honoured with the ‘Changemaker’ award at the UN SDG Action Awards for “confronting gender-based violence and advocating for safe access to public spaces.”
Author-poet Meena Kandasamy wins the German PEN award

Author-poet Meena Kandasamy wins the German PEN award

Indian author and poet Meena Kandasamy has been announced as this year’s recipient of the Hermann Kesten Prize by the PEN Centre in Germany’s Darmstadt. The Hermann Kesten Prize honours personalities who, in the spirit of the charter of the PEN association, stand up for the rights of persecuted authors and journalists.
India bags UN award for its initiative to control, prevent hypertension under National Health Mission

India bags UN award for its initiative to control, prevent hypertension under National Health Mission

India has won a UN award for its initiative to control and prevent hypertension under the government's National Health Mission. The India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI) which is a large-scale hypertension intervention under National Health Mission, has been recognized for its exceptional work within India’s existing primary healthcare system.
Indian Industrialist Swati Piramal Conferred Top French Honour for Business, Industry Contributions

Indian Industrialist Swati Piramal Conferred Top French Honour for Business, Industry Contributions

Prominent Indian scientist and industrialist Dr Swati Piramal has been conferred France’s top civilian honour for her contributions in the fields of business and industry, science, medicine, and towards strengthening Indo-French ties.She is the vice-chairperson of the Mumbai-headquartered Piramal Group, a business conglomerate with interests in pharmaceuticals, financial services, real estate and glass packaging.
Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2022 Winners List

Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2022 Winners List

The Ramon Magsaysay Awards Foundation (RMAF), which is widely regarded as the “Nobel Peace Prize of Asia,” recently announced this year’s awardees. The 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees are Sotheara Chhim (Cambodia), Bernadette Madrid (Philippines), Tadashi Hattori (Japan) and Gary Bencheghib (Indonesia).
67th Filmfare Award 2022 Winners List

67th Filmfare Award 2022 Winners List

The 67th Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honored the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2021. Shershaah led the ceremony with 19 nominations each, followed by Sardar Udham and 83 with 14 nominations each, Rashmi Rocket with 11 nominations and Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar with 10 nominations.
17-year-old pilot sets record for solo flight around the world

17-year-old pilot sets record for solo flight around the world

A 17-year-old pilot became the youngest person to fly solo around the world in a small aircraft after he landed in Bulgaria, where his journey kicked off five months ago.Mack Rutherford, a Belgian-British dual national, landed on an airstrip west of Bulgaria's capital, Sofia, to complete his task and to claim two Guinness World Records.
Orang National Park & Tiger Reserve wins 2nd Annual IUCN WCPA International Ranger Award 2022

Orang National Park & Tiger Reserve wins 2nd Annual IUCN WCPA International Ranger Award 2022

The Orang National Park & Tiger Reserve, located in Assam, received the prestigious 2nd Annual IUCN WCPA International Ranger Award 2022.The award, presented by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), recognizes the efforts of those that go beyond the call of duty to protect the earth’s wild places and wildlife and to support local communities.
Indian-American engineering professor wins Global Energy Prize

Indian-American engineering professor wins Global Energy Prize

Kaushik Rajashekara, an Indian-origin professor of engineering at the University of Houston, has won the prestigious Global Energy Prize for outstanding contributions to transportation electrification and energy efficiency technologies while reducing power generation emissions.Only three people in the world were selected this year for the honour, bestowed by the Global Energy Association, out of a record 119 nominations from 43 countries.
DBS named ‘World’s Best SME Bank’ by Euromoney for second time

DBS named ‘World’s Best SME Bank’ by Euromoney for second time

DBS has been recognised as the ‘World’s Best SME Bank’ yet again, entrenching the bank’s position as a global industry leader in partnering SMEs to grow and expand their businesses across borders and digitally.DBS’ latest global best SME bank accolade comes from leading UK-based financial publication Euromoney, which has honoured DBS with the ‘World’s Best SME Bank’ title for the second time since 2018.
NAARM gets ICAR Sardar Patel Award

NAARM gets ICAR Sardar Patel Award

The National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), has bagged the Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institute Award 2021 (in the Large Institute Category) for its overall performance.