Saturday, January 26, 2013

PADMA AWARDS 2013

President has approved the conferment of  108 Padma Awards. These comprise 04 Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and   80 Padma Shri Awards. 24 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 11 persons in the category of Foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and  Posthumous awardees.
Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. The awards are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan sometime around March/ April.

                                                                Padma Vibhushan

Sl No.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
1.        
Shri Raghunath Mohapatra
Art
Orissa
2.        
Shri S. Haider Raza
Art
Delhi
3.        
Prof. Yash Pal
Science and Engineering
Uttar Pradesh
4.        
Prof. Roddam Narasimha
Science and Engineering
Karnataka

Padma Bhushan
Sl No.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
  1.  
Dr. Ramanaidu Daggubati
Art
Andhra Pradesh
  1.  
Smt. Sreeramamurthy Janaki
Art
Tamil Nadu
  1.  
Dr. (Smt.) Kanak Rele
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Smt. Sharmila Tagore
Art
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. (Smt.) Saroja Vaidyanathan
Art
Delhi
  1.  
Shri Abdul Rashid Khan
Art
West Bengal
  1.  
Late Rajesh Khanna
Art
Maharashtra #
  1.  
Late Jaspal Singh Bhatti
Art
Punjab #
  1.  
Shri Shivajirao Girdhar Patil
Public Affairs
Maharashtra
  1.  
Dr. Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai
Science and Engineering
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat
Science and Engineering
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. Ashoke Sen
Science and Engineering
Uttar Pradesh
  1.  
Dr. B.N. Suresh
Science and Engineering
Karnataka
  1.  
Prof. Satya N. Atluri
Science and Engineering
USA *
  1.  
Prof. Jogesh Chandra Pati
Science and Engineering
USA *
  1.  
Shri Ramamurthy Thyagarajan
Trade and Industry
Tamil Nadu
  1.  
Shri Adi Burjor Godrej
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
  1.  
Dr. Nandkishore Shamrao Laud
Medicine
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Mangesh Padgaonkar
Literature & Education
Maharashtra
  1.  
Prof. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Literature & Education
USA*
  1.  
Shri Hemendra Singh Panwar
Civil Service
Madhya Pradesh
  1.  
Dr. Maharaj Kishan Bhan
Civil Service
Delhi
  1.  
Shri Rahul Dravid
Sports
Karnataka
  1.  
Ms. H. Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom
Sports
Manipur

Padma Shri
Sl No.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
  1.  
Shri Gajam Anjaiah
Art
Andhra Pradesh
  1.  
Swami G.C.D. Bharti alias Bharati Bandhu
Art
Chhattisgarh
  1.  
Ms. B. Jayashree
Art
Karnataka
  1.  
Smt. Sridevi Kapoor
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Kailash Chandra Meher
Art
Orissa
  1.  
Shri Brahmdeo Ram Pandit
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Vishwanath Dinkar Patekar alias Nana Patekar
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Rekandar Nageswara Rao alias Surabhi Babji
Art
Andhra Pradesh
  1.  
Shri Lakshmi Narayana Sathiraju
Art
Tamil Nadu
  1.  
Smt. Jaymala Shiledar
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Suresh Dattatray Talwalkar
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri P. Madhavan Nair alias Madhu
Art
Kerala
  1.  
Shri Apurba Kishore Bir
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Ghanakanta Bora Borbayan
Art
Assam
  1.  
Smt. Hilda Mit Lepcha
Art
Sikkim
  1.  
Smt. Sudha Malhotra
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz
Art
Jammu and Kashmir
  1.  
Shri Ramesh Gopaldas Sippy
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Ms. Mahrukh Tarapor
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Balwant Thakur
Art
Jammu & Kashmir
  1.  
Shri Puran Das Baul
Art
West Bengal
  1.  
Shri Rajendra Tikku
Art
Jammu & Kashmir
  1.  
Shri Pablo Bartholomew
Art
Delhi
  1.  
Shri S. Shakir Ali
Art
Rajasthan
  1.  
Sh. S.K.M Maeilanandhan
Social Work
Tamil Nadu
  1.  
Ms. Nileema Mishra
Social Work
Maharashtra
  1.  
Ms. Reema Nanavati
Social Work
Gujarat
  1.  
Ms. Jharna Dhara Chowdhury
Social Work
Bangladesh *
  1.  
Late Dr. Ram Krishan
Social Work
Uttar Pradesh #
  1.  
Late Manju Bharat Ram
Social Work
Delhi #
  1.  
Prof. Mustansir Barma
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Avinash Chander
Science and Engineering
Delhi
  1.  
Prof. Sanjay Govind Dhande
Science and Engineering
Uttar Pradesh
  1.  
Prof. (Dr.) Sankar Kumar Pal
Science and Engineering
West Bengal
  1.  
Prof. Deepak B. Phatak
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra
  1.  
Dr. Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju
Science and Engineering
Andhra Pradesh
  1.  
Prof. Ajay K. Sood
Science and Engineering
Karnataka
  1.  
Prof. Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan
Science and Engineering
Karnataka
  1.  
Dr. Manindra Agrawal
Science and Engineering
Uttar Pradesh
  1.  
Dr. Jayaraman Gowrishankar
Science and Engineering
Andhra Pradesh
  1.  
Prof. Sharad Pandurang Kale
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra
  1.  
Smt. Vandana Luthra
Trade and Industry
Delhi
  1.  
Ms. Rajshree Pathy
Trade and Industry
Tamil Nadu
  1.  
Shri Hemendra Prasad Barooah
Trade and Industry
Assam
  1.  
Shri Milind Kamble
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
  1.  
Ms. Kalpana Saroj
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
  1.  
Dr. Sudarshan K. Aggarwal
Medicine
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. C. Venkata S. Ram alias Chitta Venkata Sundara Ram
Medicine
Andhra Pradesh
  1.  
Dr. Rajendra Achyut Badwe
Medicine
Maharashtra
  1.  
Dr. Taraprasad Das
Medicine
Orissa
  1.  
Prof. (Dr.) T.V. Devarajan
Medicine
Tamil Nadu
  1.  
Prof. (Dr.) Saroj Chooramani Gopal
Medicine
Uttar Pradesh
  1.  
Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka
Medicine
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. Gulshan Rai Khatri
Medicine
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. Ganesh Kumar Mani
Medicine
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. Amit Prabhakar Maydeo
Medicine
Maharashtra
  1.  
Dr. Sundaram Natarajan
Medicine
Maharashtra
  1.  
Prof. Krishna Chandra Chunekar
Medicine
Uttar Pradesh
  1.  
Dr. Vishwa Kumar Gupta
Medicine
Delhi
  1.  
Prof. (Capt.) Dr. Mohammad Sharaf-e-Alam
Literature & Education
Bihar
  1.  
Dr. Radhika Herzberger
Literature & Education
Andhra Pradesh
  1.  
Shri J. Malsawma
Literature & Education
Mizoram
  1.  
Shri Devendra Patel
Literature & Education
Gujarat
  1.  
Dr. Rama Kant Shukla
Literature & Education
Delhi
  1.  
Prof. Akhtarul Wasey
Literature & Education
Delhi
  1.  
Prof. Anvita Abbi
Literature & Education
Delhi
  1.  
Shri Nida Fazli
Literature & Education
Madhya Pradesh
  1.  
Shri Surender Kumar Sharma
Literature & Education
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. Jagdish Prasad Singh
Literature & Education
Bihar
  1.  
Late Shaukat Riaz Kapoor Alias Salik Lakhnawi
Literature & Education
West Bengal #
  1.  
Prof. Noboru Karashima
Literature & Education
Japan *
  1.  
Shri Christopher Pinney
Literature & Education
UK *
  1.  
Smt. Premlata Agrawal
Sports
Jharkhand
  1.  
Shri Yogeshwar Dutt
Sports
Haryana
  1.  
Shri Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha
Sports
Karnataka
  1.  
Subedar Major Vijay Kumar
Sports
Himachal Pradesh
  1.  
Shri Ngangom Dingko Singh
Sports
Maharashtra
  1.  
Naib Subedar Bajrang Lal Takhar
Sports
Rajasthan
  1.  
Ms. Ritu Kumar
Fashion Designing
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. Ravindra Singh Bisht
Archaeology
Uttar Pradesh

Note: * indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs.
                # indicates awardees in the posthumous category.
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Friday, January 25, 2013

DIARY OF EVENTS 2012


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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

20th Law Commission of India


Justice D. K. Jain, who would take up the assignment after his retirement on January 24, will have a three-year tenure and has been saddled with a wide terms of reference including one to examine existing laws from the gender equality perspective and suggest necessary amendments. The 12th Law Commission was constituted through a Government Order with effect from September 1, 2012, with the term ending on August 31, 2015. It was asked to identify obsolete laws for their repeal and also suggest suitable measures for quick grievance redressal of citizens grievances in the field of law. The new Law Commission would also examine the Laws which affect the poor and carry out post-audit for socio-economic legislations and take all necessary measures to harness law and the legal process in the service of the poor.
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Greening Rural Development in India


The Ministry of Rural Development, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a report “Greening Rural Development in India”. The report presents strategies for inclusive rural development embodying the principles of environmental sustainability. The Report assumes particular significance in the light of the Twelfth Five Year Plan, which has as its objective, faster, more inclusive and sustainable growth?.The report has examined six flagship Government of India (GoI) schemes, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS); National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM); Integrated Watershed Development Programme (IWDP); Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY); National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDP) and Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) to recommend actions and measures to achieve greening outcomes. In specific it looks as improving quality of ecosystems, enabling sustainable livelihoods, strengthening resilience of local communities to enable them to recover from extreme weather events and reducing ecological footprint through efficient use of energy, material and natural resources.
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Tagore Centre for the Study of Culture and Civilization


To pay a befitting tribute to the man of letters, Nobel Laureate, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, on his 150th birth anniversary, the Government of India has set up a 'Tagore Centre for the Study of Culture and Civilization' (TCSCC) at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla. The objectives of the Centre include: to encourage the study of Tagore's work; support translations of Tagore's work into other Indian languages; promote comparative study of his work with poets, artists and writers in other parts of India and the world; study the elements of his Humanist philosophy and his cosmopolitanism; and explore his concerns regarding the relationship between science and society.
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Ravindra H. Dholakia committee


A committee was set up to suggest measures to lower the high costs of Air India’s operations and improve utilisation of resources in line with best global practices to help the state-run carrier achieve the goals of its turnaround and financial restructuring plans. A five-member committee, headed by IIM- Ahmedabad’s Prof Ravindra H Dholakia, was set up by Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh after a review meeting of the ailing national carrier’s functioning. Though the panel has been given two months to submit its report, it has been asked to give interim recommendations without waiting for its final report so that these could be implemented by Air India immediately.
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14th Finance Commission


The government announced the constitution of the 14th Finance Commission under the chairmanship of former RBI Governor Y. V. Reddy. The five- member panel is to submit its report by October 31, 2014. Apart from its recommendations on the sharing of tax proceeds between the Centre and the States which will apply for a five-year period beginning April 1, 2015, the Commission has been asked to suggest steps for pricing of public utilities such as electricity and water in an independent manner and also look into issues like disinvestment, GST compensation, sale of non-priority PSUs and subsidies.
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Bhim Awards" on outstanding sports persons


Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia conferred annual "Bhim Awards" on outstanding sports persons of the state. Appreciating the sports policy of the state he said that till now 137 sportpersons have been honoured with Bhim Award. Those who received the "Award" presently include Boxer from Bhiwani jeetender kumar, wrestler from Karnal Nirmala Devi, athletic player shotputter from Gurgaon Om Parkash, Roller Skating player from Faridabad Dhruv Gautam and Yashdeep kaur of Sirsa and Paralympics athlete from Sonepat Mr Rajesh Kumar.
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Madhya Pradesh will be observed as Information Technology Empowerment Year as 2013


In Madhya Pradesh, the year 2013 will be observed as Information Technology Empowerment Year. All MoUs signed in the IT sector will be implemented during the Year. Work will be undertaken for development of new IT parks in Bhopal and Indore. Electronic manufacturing hubs will be established at Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior and Jabalpur. Rural women will be given IT training while maximum number of government officers and employees will be made IT-savvy. Besides this an IT cadre will be developed for making available skilled human resources from state to block levels. Work will be done on a mission mode in mobile governance sector so that good governance can be ensured at the lowest level.
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Venkatesh Mannar received Canada’s ‘highest’ civilian award


A Chennai-born scientist of Indian origin, Venkatesh Mannar, President, Micronutrient Initiative, Canada, has been awarded Canada’s ‘highest’ civilian award – the Order of Canada. For nearly 40 years, Mannar has been working to reduce debilitating micronutrient deficiencies among the world’s most vulnerable. Established in 1967 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the award is the centrepiece of the Canadian Honours System, and recognises a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation to people in all sectors of Canadian society. Micronutrient Initiative is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to ensure that the world’s most vulnerable – especially women and children – in developing countries get vitamins and minerals they need to survive and thrive through supplements and a food fortification programme. Its mission is to develop, implement and monitor cost effective and sustainable solutions for hidden hunger, in partnership with others.
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Asia’s First Bio-Safety Level-IV Laboratory


India opened its first BIO-Safety Level –IV Laboratory in Pune. The lab has been established by Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) with support from Department of Science & Technology. The BSL 4 Facility is dubbed to have the highest level of bio-safety lab in the world and will be the first of its kind in Asia and India. Under the aegis of ICMR, there are few Biosafety Laboratories and some of them are being upgraded to Level III and IV. A total of 16 new; 14 BSL-II and 2 BSL-III Laboratories have been set up for working on viral diseases and TB in the country.
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‘Annaprasana’ – an innovative programme


The Odisha State government will be implementing the scheme through 71,134 anganwadi centres across the State. Annaprasana will be aimed at helping mothers know about complementary food required for infants after six months. The State government would give a spoon and a bowl to every mother to encourage them to follow the guideline.
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Tagore Peace Prize


An Emirati poet, who is well known for translating Indian poetry in Arabic, has become the first from the Arab world to win the Tagore Peace Prize. Shihab Ganem has been awarded the prize for his achievements in the field of poetry and its translation, as well as his contribution to developing human understanding that are in compliance with the values of humanity, love and peace adopted and called for by Tagore. The honour is awarded to a single person every two years. The Tagore Award was instituted by the Indian government to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, for promoting values of universal brotherhood.
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Jnanpith Award for the year 2011


Leading Oriya novelist and academician Pratibha Ray, who has over 40 novels, travelogues and short stories to her credit, was named for the prestigious Jnanpith Award for the year 2011. Ray has 20 novels, 24 short stories, 10 travelogues, two poetry collections and a number of essays to her credit. Her writings have been translated into English, other foreign languages as also a number of other Indian languages. Her boldness, courage and commitment to work with the Bonda tribe was commendable at a time when even a male researcher shied away from working with them.
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India's first and unique cow sanctuary


India’s first and unique cow sanctuary will be established in Madhya Pradesh. State’s chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan laid the foundation stone of the Kamadhenu Cow Sanctuary at Salriya village in Susner tahsil of Shajapur district.Chief minister said that world's unique cow sanctuary will be made a cow pilgrimage centre. He also announced to set up a Cow Products Research Centre in the sanctuary. He said that a religious tourism circuit will be developed by interlinking Maa Bagulamukhi Mandir at Nalkhera, Pipalya Balaji Mandir at Soyat, Baijnath Mahadev Mandir at Agar and the cow sanctuary.
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Monday, January 14, 2013

70th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2013

In the prestigious Golden Globe Awards 2013, the hostage-crisis movieArgo thrashed Lincoln to bag best picture as well as best director awards on 13 January 2013. Les Miserables, on the other hand won the awards in best musical or comedy category with the actors Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman winning one trophy each.

The award-winning movie Argo is actually inspired by 1979 crisis US diplomats in Iran. In the category of Best Drama, other nominees were Django Unchained, Zero Dark Thirty as well as Life of Pi.

Lincoln which was leading the race with a total of seven nominations took away just the trophy of best actor which was awarded to Daniel Day-Lewis for his role as the 16 President of US. However, the film might have better opportunities at Oscars where it is running first with 12 nominations.

The Golden Globe Awards 2013 also did not stand with Life of Pi and the film only took home a single award, the best original score by Mychael Danna.
List of Golden Globe Awards 2013 Winners:
•Best Motion Picture-Drama: Argo
•Best Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy: Les Miserables
•Best performance by an actor in a motion picture – Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
•Best performance by an actress in a motion picture – Drama: Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
•Best performance by an actor in a motion picture- Musical or Comedy: Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)
•Best performance by an actress in a motion picture- Musical or Comedy: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
•Best Director: Ben Affleck (Argo)
•Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
•Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway
•Best Television Series (Drama): Homeland
•Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series (Drama): Claire Danes (Homeland)
•Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series (Drama): Damian Lewis (Homeland)
•Best Screenplay: Adele - 'Skyfall' (Skyfall)
•Best Television Series (Comedy or Musical): Girls
•Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical): Lena Dunham (Girls)
•Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical): Don Cheadle (House of Lies)
•Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Game Change
•Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Julianne Moore (Game Change)
•Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Kevin Costner (Hatfields & McCoys)
•Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
•Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Ed Harris (Game Change)
•Best Original Score: Life of Pi
•Best Animated Feature Film: Brave

The other winners at the Golden Globe Awards 2013 were as follows:
•Best Foreign Language Film: Amour (Austria, Les Films Du Losange, X Filme Creative Pool, Wega Film; Sony Pictures Classics)
•Best Animated Feature Film: Brave
•Best Original Song: Skyfall, Adele from Skyfall
•Best Original Score: Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
About the Golden Globe Awards:
The Hollywood stars came on 13 January 2013 to Beverly Hills, Calif for taking the much-popular Golden Globe trophies at 70th annual Golden Globe Awards. These awards were presented by Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

The first Golden Globes were held at Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and were hosted by Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association. From there, the idea of recognizing the excellence in the concept of moviemaking came up by the members of Foreign Correspondents Association. The first awards of the organisation took place in early 1944 and the informal ceremony took place at 20th Century Fox.

Jennifer Jones bagged the Best Actress award for The Song of Bernadette, which was also the best film. Paul Lukas won the Best Actor award for Watch on the Rhine.
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Jeevan Raksha Padak


The President of India has approved the conferment of Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards – 2012 on the following persons :-

Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak (3)



Ms. Vineetha P.K. (Posthumous), Kerala
Ms. Remya Rajappan (Posthumous), Kerala
Smt. Sangeeta Agarwal (Posthumous), Uttarakhand



1.

2.

3.

Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak (10)




1.
Shri Rahul Kevat, Madhya Pradesh

2.
Shri Shivam Rajendra Pandey (Posthumous), Maharashtra

3.
Shri C. Thanthuama  (Posthumous), Mizoram

4.
Shri Liankanglova, Mizoram

5.
Shri Ramesh Kompalli Babu, Andhra Pradesh

6.
Ms. Lovely Verma (Posthumous), Uttar Pradesh

7.
Shri Kshetrimaym Rakesh Singh, Manipur

8.
Shri Mohammed Nishadh V.P., Kerala 

9.
Ms. Prasannta Shandilya (Khushi), Jharkhand

10.
Ms. Mittal Mahendrabhai Patadiya, Gujarat


Jeevan Raksha Padak (37)

1.
Shri Sureshkumar C.S. (Posthumous), Kerala

2.
Shri Jishnu. V. Nair, Kerala

3.
Shri Pradeep Rai, Madhya Pradesh

4.
Shri Pradeep Shingare, Madhya Pradesh

5.
Shri Shahid Ismail Inamdar, Maharashtra

6.
Shri Ananda Ishwar Mane, Maharashtra

7.
Shri Shrikant Shamrao Mane, Maharashtra

8.
Shri Nitin Vilas Kore, Maharashtra

9.
Shri Lalramchhana, Mizoram

10.
Shri Lalchhuanliana, Mizoram

11.
Ms. Lalrinzuali, Mizoram

12.
Shri K.T. Chungnunga, Mizoram

13.
Shri Nisar Khan, Rajasthan

14.
Shri Aji Cherippanattu Kochu, Kerala 

15.
Shri Kartik Uppal, Delhi

16.
Shri Sham Raj Kishor, Punjab

17.
Dr. Narendra Singh, Jammu & Kashmir 

18.
Shri Takhelchangbam Devajit Sharma, Manipur

19.
Ms. Saudhita Barman (Posthumous), West Bengal

20.
Shri G. Parameswaran, Tamil Nadu

21.
Shri S.S. Madhu, Karnataka

22.
Shri Johnson Tourangbam, Manipur 

23.
Shri Yandam Amara Uday Kiran, Andhra Pradesh

24.
Shri Phurailatpam Borish Sharma alias Bode, Manipur

25.
Shri Durgesh Singh, Chhattisgarh

26.
Shri Devashish Pandey, Chhattisgarh

27.
Shri Shubham Kumar Tiwari, Chhattisgarh

28.
Shri Raju Dhruv, Chhattisgarh

29.
Shri Vipin Patel, Chhattisgarh

30.
Shri Anshif C.K., Kerala

31.
Shri Suthrapu Shiva Prasad, Andhra Pradesh

32.
Shri Adithya Gopal (Posthumous), Arunachal Pradesh 

33.
Shri Ranjan Pradhan, Chhattisgarh

34.
Shri Paramjeet, Haryana

35.
Shri Sahsad. K., Kerala

36.
Shri Dungar Singh, Rajasthan

37.
Ms. Anjali Singh Gautam, Chhattisgarh


            Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards are given to a person for meritorious act of humanenature in saving the life of a person.  The award is given in three categories, namely, Sarvottam JeevanRaksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak, and Jeevan Raksha Padak.  Persons of either sex in all walks of life are eligible for these awards.  The award can also be conferred posthumously.

            The decoration of the award (medal, certificate signed by the Home Minister and demand draft for lump sum monetary allowance) is presented to the awardee in due course by the respective State Government to which the awardee belongs.  The lump sum monetary allowance is given at the rate of 1,00,000, Rs.60,000, and Rs. 40,000 to the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padakand Jeevan Raksha Padak awardee respectively.
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Jute fair in Mangalore

The National Jute Board (NJB) will conduct a jute fair, an exhibition-cum-sale of lifestyle jute decorative products, in Mangalore on January 16-20.

Mayor of Mangalore, will inaugurate the event on January 16.The NJB, which is under the Union Ministry of Textiles, has been organising exhibitions, buyer-seller meets, fashion shows, seminars and workshops for the promotion of the eco-friendly jute products. The jute fair will be conducted at Woodlands Auditorium on Bunts’ Hostel Road in the city
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19th Colors Screen Awards

The 19th Colors Screen Awards were announced on 12 January 2013 in a function at Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex. From the list of 119 films released in 2012, 27 films were green signaled in the Screen Academy Selection singled for consideration by the Jury. The screen jury comprised the eminent members of the Indian Film Industry. These panelists after several rounds of discussions and debates were able to finalise the nominations.

Details :
Award Category
 Winners
Best Film
 Paan Singh Tomar
Best Actor Male
 Irfan Khan for Paan Singh Tomar and Ranbir Kapoor for Barfi
Best Actress Female
 Vidya Balan for Kahaani
Best Director
 Anurag Basu for Barfi
Best Ensemble Cast
 Gangs Of Wasseypur
Best Actor (Female-Popular Catagory)
 Katrina Kaif
Best Actor (Male Popular Category)
 Salman Khan
Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)
 Dolly Ahluwalia for Vicky Donor
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
 Nawazuddin Siddiqui for Talaash
Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male/Female)
 Tigmanshu Dhulia for Gangs Of Wasseypur
Most Promising Newcomer (Female)
 Ileana D'Cruz for Barfi
Most Promising Newcomer (Male)
 Ayushmann Khurrana for Vicky Donor
Best Child Artiste
 Mohammad Samad for Gattu
Promising Debut Director
 Gauri Shinde for English Vinglish
Best Actor in a Comic Role (Male/Female)
 Annu Kapoor for Vicky Donor) and Abhishek Bachchan for Bol Bachchan
Best Playback Singer (Female)
 Shalmali Kholgade for Ishaqzaade
Best Music
 Pritam for Barfi
Best Playback Singer (Male)
 Javed Ali for Ishaqzaade
Best Story
 Sujoy Ghosh & Advaita Kala for Kahaani
Best Background Score
 Pritam for Barfi
Best Production Design
 Kaushik Dasa & Subrata Barik for Kahaani
Best Lyrics
 Javed Akhtar for Talaash and Muskanein Jhoothi Hain
Best Sound Design
 Sanjay Maurya & Allwyn Rego  for Kahaani
Best Dialogue
 Bhavesh Mandlia & Umesh Shukla for OMG: Oh My God
Best Screenplay
 Sanjay Chouhan & Tigmanshu Dhulia  for Paan Singh Tomar
Best Editing
 Namrata Rao  for Kahaani
Best Choreography
 Prabhu Deva & Vishnu Deva for Go Govinda and OMG: Oh My God
Best Cinematography
 Ravi Varman for Barfi
Best Action
 Sham Kaushal For Gangs Of Wasseypur
Best Costume
 Anaita Shroff Adajania for Cocktail
Best Animation
 Delhi Safari
Best Marketing
 Barfi
Legend of Indian Cinema Award
 Amitabh Bachchan
Lifetime Achievement: Award
 Yash Chopra
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India to host first global ministerial meet on elephants


India will host the first ever global ministerial meet – 'E 50:50' – on elephants in the Capital from November 14 to 19.
The conference, expected to be attended by 50 countries that harbour wild populations of elephants, will discuss conservation and welfare of elephants, according the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).
The ‘E 50:50 – the First International Elephant Congress and Ministerial Meet, will bring together scholars, conservation practitioners and policy makers to discuss issues on elephant conservation policy. It will also include conclaves on science, culture and management culminating in a ministerial summit to adopt a vision charter with common minimum global vision on conservation, management and welfare of elephants across all range countries.
At present, three species of elephants are spread across 50 countries, but regardless of geo-political boundaries, they face common threats of poaching, habitat loss and conflicts with people.
In 2010, India had set up an Elephant Task Force (ETF) to work out a strategy for the long-term conservation of the species elephants. In an effort to take the global lead on the matter, the ETF had initiated a global meet of affected countries in May 2011, such as Botswana, Congo Brazzaville, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Thailand.

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Krishi Karman awards for 8 States


Bihar, Manipur, Nagaland, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh will be awarded the Krishi Karman 2011-12 awards for their efforts in increasing food grain production.

President Pranab Mukherjee will present these awards to Chief Ministers of these States.
The awards are given to best performing States in two broad categories, one for the total food grain production and the other for the individual food grain crops of rice, wheat, pulses and coarse cereals.
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International flower show in Sikkim


Sikkim will host the second international flower show to showcase the floral potential of the Himalayan State.
The five-day long show will commence on February 23 and will host 15,000 different varieties of flowers.
“Flower-growers from Australia, New Zealand, Holland, the US, Taiwan, Nepal and Thailand have confirmed their participation while Delhi , Karnataka, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and seven North-eastern states will also participate.
In all 25 international flora companies, 30 national flora companies and 190 States flower growers’ organisations, associations and groups have confirmed their participation.
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Monday, December 24, 2012

NEW APPOINTMENTS


  • New President of India- Pranab Mukherjee
  • Re-elected Vice President- Hamid Ansari
    • Secretary in National Commission for Women - Ajit Saran
  • New Indian envoy to Israel – Jaideep Sarkar
  • New Indian envoy to Canada – Nirmal Kumar Verma
  • New MSME secretary - Vivek Rae
  • New chairman of ICC Cricket Committee - Anil Kumble
  • Junior pistol chief coach - Jaspal Rana
  • India’s ambassador to Brazil - Ashok Kumar
  • New Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau – Rajiv Mehta
  • New FMC (Forward Markets Commission) Chairman – Ramesh Abhishek
  • New Director on the Central Board of Directors of the RBI - Y C Deveshwar
  • New President of Indian Newspaper Society – Tilak Kumar
  • New Secretary Gen of Rajya Sabha – Shumsher K Sheriff
  • New Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulation – Shailesh Gupta
  • New President of Indian Boxing Federation – Abhishek Matoria
  • New Economic affairs secretary-Arvind Mayaram
  • New Chief Economic Advisor- Raghuram Rajan
  • New Clearing Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL)Chairperson - Shyamala Gopinath
  • Re-appoint Deputy Governer of RBI: K C Chakrabarty
  • New CBDT Chairperson- Poonam Kishore Saxena
  • New Union Railway Minister- Pawan Kumar Bansal
  • New Aviation Secretary- K N Srivastava
  • New Election Commissioner- S Nasim Ahmad Zaidi
  • New Chief Election Commissioner-VS Sampath
  • New secretary to the Prez of India- Omita Paul
  • Head of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Committee - Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
  • New CMD of Oriental Bank of Commerce- SL Bansal
  • New Executive Director of PNB- S R Bansal
  • New CEO of Prasar Bharti – Jawhar Sircar
  •  New Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh- Virabhadra Singh

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Olivia Culpo, Miss USA was crowned Miss Universe 2012


Olivia Culpo, Miss USA was crowned Miss Universe 2012. Olivia Culpo beat out 88 other beauty queens to take the title from Leila Lopes of Angola during the competition at the Planet Hollywood casino on the Las Vegas Strip.  Miss Philippines held the second spot, followed by Miss Venezuela, Miss Australia and Miss Brazil.
India’s hope of winning the Miss Universe 2012 crown crashed as Shilpa Singh failed to make it to the list of top 10 contestants. Ji Dan Xu, Miss China won the Best National Costume title while Laura Godoy from Guatemala grabbed the Miss Congeniality title. Diana Avdiu from Kosovo became Miss Photogenic of the year 2012. Indian beauty Shilpa Singh could not make it to the Top 10, though she succeeded in making it to the top 16 list.
As Miss Universe, Culpo will receive an undisclosed salary, a wardrobe fit for a queen, a limitless supply of beauty products, and a luxury apartment in New York City.
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