(Download) Current Affairs Part- I: Awards and Prizes

Current Affairs Part- I
Awards and Prizes

Classical Tamil Award for Aska Parpola
Srimanta award forBorgohain and Sharmila
Padma awards given to Chatwal, Ilaiyaraaja
C’ wealth award for Rana Dasgupta
IIFA goes to Sri Lanka
Bengali novel short listed for Independent Foreign Fiction prize
Sand artist Pattnaik wins gold in Russia
Ela Bhatt wins Japanese prize
Thai wins Palme d’ Or at Cannes
Spelling champ’s victory hat-trick for Indian- Americans
Green award
Orange for Kingsolver
Indian-origin boy wins BBC contest
Cambridge honour for Ratan Tata
Sachin Tendulkar gethonorary Group Captain rank of IAF
Perelman rejects award
Sangeet Natak Akademi announces Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskars for 2009
Paid news’ interferes with concept of free, fair and objective press: Pratibha Patil
Tilak award for Sheila Dikshit
Konkani litterateur Ravindra Kelekar presented Jnanpith Award 2006
Pattnaik wins Sand Sculpture Championship for 5th time
Jaipur’s Jantar Mantar inscribed in the World Heritage List
KCHR, British Museum share award
Leelavathi Award for Simon Lehna Singh
National Film Awards revamped