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Sahitya Akademi Award 2016 announced

Sahitya Akademi on 21 December 2016 announced the Sahitya Akademi Awards for the year 2016 in 24 languages. Eight books of poetry, seven books of short stories, five books of novel, two books of criticism, one book of essays and a book of play have won the prestigious awards for the year.
тЧП    The awards were recommended by distinguished jury members representing 24 Indian languages and approved by the Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi, under the Chairmanship of Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari, President of the Akademy.
тЧП    The prestigious award will be presented to the winners at a special function to be held on 22 February 2017 in New Delhi. The Award includes a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque, a shawl and a cheque of Rs. 100000.
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тЧП    The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India.
тЧП    It is conferred annually on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages recognised by the Sahitya Akademi.
тЧП    The Award was established in 1954.
тЧП    Indian film-maker Satyajit Ray is designer of the plaque awarded by the Sahitya Akademi.
 

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Maneka Sanjay Gandhi gives away National Level Awards to 97 Anganwadi workers from across the country┬а

The Minister of Women & Child Development, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi gave away National Awards to Anganwadi workers for exceptional achievement for the year 2014-15 and 2015-16 in the presence of Minster of State for Women & Child Development, Smt Krishna Raj. The Awards were given away at a function in New Delhi today. A total of 97 Anganwadi workers (49 for the year 2014-15 and 48 for 2015-16) from different states/UTs were conferred National level awards for the above years. Representatives from various States/UTs and heads of various organizations under the Ministry were also present at the function.
тЧП    Smt Maneka Gandhi exhorted the anganwadi wokers to ensure the following:
тЧП    Spread awareness about BBBP for giving good nutrition & education to the girl child.
тЧП    Ensure that every child & every parent has an AADHAR Card.
тЧП    Give education about cashless payments especially in the villages.
тЧП    Selection of Anganwadi workers for the National Level Awards has been done out of State level awardees and their performance has been judged on the basis of contribution to (i) Supplementary Nutrition; (ii) Child Care; (iii) Convergence with Health Department; (iv) Pre-School Education; (v) Nutrition and Health Education (NHED); (vi) Community Participation; (vii) Cleanliness & Hygiene; and (viii) Innovations.
тЧП    The Award comprises of Rs.25,000/- cash and a citation. National level Awards to AWWs for the year 2011-12, 2012-13 & 2013-14 were given to 118 awardees during a function held last year at New Delhi. Thus, awards pertaining to the last five years have been given.

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Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad Presents Digital India Awards 2016┬а

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Minister for Communications and Information Technology and Law and Justice presented ‘’Digital India Awards’’ to the distinguished winners here yesterday. The Government of India has initiated the ambitious programme of “Digital India” on its axiom of “Minimum Government and Maximum Governance”. To facilitate Government of India’s effort to promote and uphold the use of World Wide Web for enhancing efficiency and transparency of Government Machinery and encouraging its speedy transition towards Digital India. 
тЧП    For Most Innovative Citizen Engagement, MyGov won the Platinum Award. Online Management, Monitoring and Accounting System (OMMAS) for Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY) won the Gold Award. The Silver Award was won by Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation. The Jury Choice was given to IT Initiatives of SimhasthKumbh, Ujjain. 
тЧП    In the Outstanding Digital Initiative by Local Body Platinum Award was bagged by Surat Municipal Corporation, followed by Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation and Web and Mobile based Integrated Complaint Logging and Resolution Tracking System - Madurai Corporation winning the Gold and Silver award respectively. 
тЧП    The Jury Choice was given e-NagarSewaUP – Electronic Workflow based Reform for ULBs in Uttar Pradesh. 
тЧП    For Best Mobile App, Citizen Cop Mobile App Chattisgarh won the Platinum Award. Mid-Day Meal Mobile App, Himachal Pradesh won the Gold Award. The Silver Award was won by GARV - GrameenVidyutikaran App Ministry of Power. 
тЧП    For Web Ratna - Ministry / Department category, the Platinum was bagged by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Gold by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Silver by Ministry of External Affairs. 
тЧП    For Web Ratna - State/ UT category the Platinum award has been won by Rajasthan followed by Tamil Nadu and Haryana in the Gold and Silver section respectively. For Web Ratna - District category the Platinum award has been won by Website of Collectorate, North Goa, followed by e-Governance friendly website & Initiatives of District Kupwara, J&K and district administration Udham Singh Nagar website, Uttarakhand in the Gold and Silver section respectively. 

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Shah Rukh Khan chosen for Yash Chopra Memorial Award

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan featured in some of the biggest hits helmed by filmmaker Yash Chopra.
тЧП    Now he has been selected for an award instituted in the memory of late Bollywood legend.
тЧП    The 'Badshah of Bollywood" will receive the fourth National Yash Chopra Memorial Award.
тЧП    The award jury, comprising Chopra's wife Pamela, filmmaker Boney Kapoor, Simi Garewal, Padmini Kohlapuri, Subbarami Reddy, Any and Shashi Ranjan, announced.
тЧП    The award - whose previous recipients were Lata Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchanand Rekha - will be presented on February 25.
тЧП    Pamela said the two biggest reasons why the 51-year- old actor was chosen are that he was extremely close to Chopra - he did four films with Shah Rukh, which were all big hits - and also because of the iconic status that SRK enjoys.
 

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National Commission for Protection of Child Rights gets SKOCH Awards for POCSO e-Box┬а

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) of Ministry of Women and Child Development has been conferred the Skoch Silver and Skoch Order-of Merit award. The award was received by NCPCR Chairperson Smt. Stuti Kacker from Sh. Ajay Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & IT at an event attended by representatives of Technology Companies, Govt. Departments, Public Sector Undertaking, Research Organisations in New Delhi last week. 
тЧП    The two awards were received by NCPCR for applying technology to develop an electronic drop box, POCSO e-Box for registering complaints on Child Sexual Abuse. Speaking on the occasion, Smt. Kacker said that everybody should stand up against Child Sexual Abuse, a heinous crime that leaves permanent scars on the psyche of the child.
тЧП    The competition saw more than 3000 participants and NCPCR’s project, POCSO e-box was considered among the top 30 entries.
тЧП    POCSO e-box is a unique endeavour by NCPCR for receiving online complaint of Child Sexual Abuse directly from the victim. The system maintains confidentiality of the victim/ complainant. Through a well defined procedure complaints are directly followed up by a team which counsels the victim, providing further guidance for required legal action. 
тЧП    Through a short animation film embedded in the e-box it assures the victim not to feel bad, helpless or confused as it’s not her fault. With the e-box, it is easy to register complaint through a step-by-step guided process.
тЧП    According to a study, conducted by Ministry of Women & Child Development during 2007, about 53% of children surveyed, reported having faced one or the other form of sexual abuse in their lifetime.  It has been found that in most cases, the offender is a family member/near relative or an acquaintance.  The child victim in such cases generally does not report such incidences. 
 

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Digital India Awards 2016 тАУ Healthy Ministry wins gold in the Web Ratna Category┬а

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare won gold in the Web Ratna category in the recently concluded Digital India awards, 2016, conferred by the Ministry of Electronics & IT to promote more innovative e-governance initiatives by the government entities.  
тЧП    Hon'ble Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology and Law & Justice, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad presented the award. Digital India awards, earlier known as the Web Ratna Awards, were instituted under the Ambit of National Portal of India. 
тЧП    The award acknowledges exemplary initiatives of various government entities in the realm of e-governance. Shri Jitendra Arora, Director, e-Governance, at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare received the award.
тЧП    Web Ratna award felicitates a Ministry or Department of the Government of India which has a comprehensive web presence and display the level of accountability in terms of quantity, quality, spectrum of coverage, and innovation ascertaining user satisfaction. Level of convenience provided to the citizen for availing the services, usability and accessibility are also assessed.
тЧП    The website of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare conforms to the UUU trilogy. It is totally bilingual as per the directions of Parliamentary Committee of official languages and is accessible to all.  Special features have also been incorporated in the website for visually challenged users.
 


 

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Sunil Gavaskar bestowed with SJAMтАЩs Lifetime Achievement Award

Sunil Gavaskar was today conferred with the Golden Jubilee Lifetime Achievement Award by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Mumbai (SJAM) in Mumbai.
тЧП    The award was presented by former India captain Ajit Wadekar and former India player Madhav Apte at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai.
тЧП    Gavaskar was presented with a citatation and a certificate which has details of all his 34 centuries. 
тЧП    Gavaskar narrated incidents how West Indies great Gary Sobers touched him for luck.
тЧП    The awards was given in the Cricket Club of India, by former Indian captain Ajit Wadekar and former Indian cricketer Madhav Apte.
тЧП    Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai on December 11, 2016 on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee Award awarded these prizes.
тЧП    Sunil Manohar Gavaskar is the full name of Sunil Gavaskar.
тЧП    He was born on July 10, 1949 Mumbai (Maharashtra).
тЧП    Sunil Gavaskar was the student of St. Xavier's School and St. Xavier's College.
тЧП    Sunil Gavaskar in 125 test matches with 34 Test centuries scored 10122 runs.
тЧП    He represented India in 108 ODIs and scored 3000 runs.
тЧП    He recorded the highest 34 centuries and 10,000 runs in Test cricket, the world's first player.
тЧП    He also played in the Ranji Trophy and Irani Trophy.
 

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Usain Bolt and Almaz Ayana win IAAF World Athlete of the Year Award

Nine-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt on 2 December 2016 won the IAAF male Athlete of the Year award. 
тЧП    He won the award for the record sixth time.Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana won the IAAF women Athlete of the Year award. 
тЧП    Usain Bolt is a Jamaican sprinter.
тЧП    He is regarded as the fastest human ever timed.
тЧП    He is the first man to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records since fully automatic time became mandatory. 
тЧП    He is also the world record holder as a part of the 4 × 100 metres relay. He is the reigning World and Olympic champion in these three events.
тЧП    She competes in the 3000 metres, 5000 metres and 10000 metres events.
тЧП    At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro,  she set a new 10000 metres world record and won the gold in the event.

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President presents тАЬNational Awards for Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities -2016 to Awardees┬а

President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Awards for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), 2016 to awardees at a function organized by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment here today on the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3rd December). Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Ministers of State of Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar, Shri Ramdas Athawale also graced the occasion.
тЧП    Minister of State of Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar said that according to census 2011, there are 2.68 crore Divyangjan in our country who exhibit great diversity in terms of quantum of Disability as well as type of Disabilities. He told about the achievements under various schemes being successfully implemented by the Department for empowerment of Divyangjan with specifically mentioning about the skill development programs, ADIP scheme and Accessible India Campaign.
тЧП    On International Day of Persons with Disabilities i.e. 3rd December  the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment presents National Awards on Individuals, Institutions, Organisations, State/District etc for their outstanding achievements and work done towards empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. The National Award is presented in 14 broad categories –
тЧП    Best Employees/Self Employed with disabilities;
тЧП    Best Employers & Best Placement Officer or Agency;
тЧП    Best Individual and Best Institution working for the Cause of Persons with Disabilities;
тЧП    Role Model;
тЧП    Best Applied Research or Innovation or Product Development aimed at improving the life of persons with Disabilities;
тЧП    Outstanding Work in the Creation of Barrier-free Environment for the Persons with Disabilities;
тЧП    Best District in Providing Rehabilitation Services;
тЧП    Best State Channelizing Agency of National Handicapped Federation Development Corporation;
тЧП    Outstanding Creative Adult Persons with Disabilities;
тЧП    Best Creative Child with Disabilities;
тЧП    Best Braille Press;
тЧП    Best “Accessible” Website;
тЧП    Best State in promoting empowerment of persons with disabilities; and
тЧП    Best sports person with disability.

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Kolkata Only Indian City to receive Best Cities Award for Climate Change

Kolkata, along with 10 other cities from across the globe, has been honoured with the best cities of 2016 award in recognition of its inspiring and innovative programme with regard to solid waste management.
тЧП    Kolkata is the only Indian city to receive the prestigious award. It received the award during the C40 Mayors Summit held in Mexico City.
тЧП    The project involved 100 per cent door to door collection of solid waste, segregation and recycling by way of compositing which is sold in the market.
тЧП    One significant aspect of this project is that ragpickers are part of it.
тЧП    Other cities that won the award are Addis Adaba, Copenhagen, Curitiba, Sydney and Malborne, Paris, Portland, Seoul Shenzhen, and Yokohama.
тЧП    The winning projects show that great progress is being made on every continent, and they serve as an inspiration to other cities. 
тЧП    They also show how cities can help the world meet the ambitious goals set a year ago in Paris.

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