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Pritzker Architecture Prize 2023Civic architect, urban planner and activist, Sir David Alan Chipperfield has been selected as the 2023 Laureate of The Pritzker Architecture Prize, the award that is regarded internationally as architecture’s highest honor..

Distinguished Green Oscar awardee Dr. Purnima Devi Barman, who also won the Nari Shakti Puraskar, has recently been conferred the World Female Ranger Award 2022 by the international organisation named How Many Elephants. Dedicated to recognising exemplary conservation work and service, the World Female Ranger Award honours female wildlife rangers around the globe. Known internationally … Continue reading Female ranger award

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2022 has been awarded to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial, and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties Ales Bialiatski was one of the initiators of the democracy movement that emerged in Belarus in the mid-1980s In 2020, he was … Continue reading Nobel Peace Prize 2022

The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to French author “Annie Ernaux”for“the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory”. In 2021, the award was given to novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate … Continue reading Nobel in literature 2022

The Nobel Prize in physics for 2022 is being awarded to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for their work on quantum mechanics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced. #the hindu

The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2022 will be awarded to Yunqing Tang, Assistant Professor with the University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.Yunqing Tang awarded for: Display a remarkable combination of sophisticated techniques, in which the arithmetic and geometry of modular curves and of Shimura varieties play a central role.Her results and methods are bound to have … Continue reading Ramanujan prize

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Svante Paabo for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution Dr. Pääbo’s research has resulted in the rise of a new scientific disciple called paleogenomics, which is the study and analysis … Continue reading Nobel in medicine

What are the key Swachh Survekshan Awards given?Population above 1 lakh: Indore has been ranked the cleanest city in India for the sixth consecutive year. Surat and Navi Mumbai were ranked as the second and third-cleanest cities. Population below1 lakh: Panchgani and Karad from Maharashtra bagged the first and third positions respectively, while Patan from … Continue reading Swachh Survekshan awards

INSPIRE Awards- MANAK Source: Inspireawards Context: Ministry of S&T have presented INSPIRE awards to 60 start-ups and financial support to over 50,000 students in order to attract more and more talents toward science. MANAK (Millions Minds Augmenting National Aspiration and Knowledge) was launched in 2017 with the aim to target 1 Mn original ideas/innovations rooted in S&T … Continue reading Inspire awards

Cpl Chinmoy Biswas, a student at the Department of Mathematical Sciences of Tezpur University was awarded the Bir Chilarai Award 2022-2023 on Saturday. Before this, Chinmoy was also selected for the prestigious Republic Day Camp 2022 as a Best Cadet 2021-2022 and was also part of the cultural team and PM Rally contingent of the NER Directorate.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has won UNESCO Felix Houphouet- Boigny Peace Prize 2022 for her efforts at ‘welcoming and protecting refugees’ About the Prize (est. 1989): In accordance with the Charter of UNESCO, the prize is given to living individuals who have made a significant contribution to maintaining and safeguarding peace.

Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor will soon be conferred with France’s highest civilian award Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur. About Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur- The Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (Knight of the National Order of the French Legion of Honour) is the highest civilian award given by the French Republic for outstanding contribution to the … Continue reading French Legion of Honour