1.Anna Hazare receives Allard Prize for International Integrity October 2nd, 2013 Indian social activist Anna Hazare has been honored with the inaugural Allard Prize for International Integrity conferred by the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Law at a function held in Vancouver, Canada. 2.Raghuram Rajan awarded with the Deutsche Bank Prize October 2nd, 2013 Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan was awarded with the Deutsche Bank Prize for Financial Economics 2013. The award has been given in recognition to his academic contributions in macro economics research which influenced financial and macro-economic policies around the globe. Raghuram Rajan revealed that the relationship between the financial sector and the rest of the economy is so complex and it is not good enough to simply look at the size of the financial sector in relation to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), as is done so often. Raghuram Rajan also had forecasted the financial crises of 2008 in 2005, three years ahead of global financial crises. 3.Miss Philippines Megan Young is Miss World 2013 October 2nd, 2013 Miss Philippines Megan Young was crowned Miss World 2013 at a pageant held at Indonesia’s resort island of Bali amid tight security due to threats of attack from Muslim conservatives. The pageant witnessed participation of 127 contestants from various countries. Miss France Marine Lorphelin and Miss Ghana, Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter were positioned second and third respectively. Miss India World Navneet Kaur Dhillon failed to make it to the Top 10 but won the title of Miss Multimedia. 4.Navneet Kaur Dhillon bags Multimedia Award at the Miss World 2013 October 2nd, 2013 Pond’s Femina Miss India World 2013 Navneet Kaur Dhillon won the Multimedia Award at the Miss World 2013 held in Bali, Indonesia. The Multimedia Award is given on the basis that how participants presented their web section of the Miss World website and a Facebook page through which they interact with fans through status updates, photos and videos. 4.Aamir Khan chosen for U.S. award for ‘Satyamev Jayate’ September 23rd, 2013 Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has been chosen for a U.S. award for his television show ‘Satyamev Jayate’ along with renowned American director Kathryn Bigelow and the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC). They will be awarded at the inaugural awards by the America Abroad Media (AAM) in Washington DC. As per AAM, their work exemplifies the power of media to inform, educate and empower citizens about the critical social and public policy issues of our time 5.The Good Road’ is India’s entry for Oscar September 24th, 2013 The selection panel appointed Film Federation of India (FFI) has chosen filmmaker Gyan Correa’s Gujarati film “The Good Road” as India’s entry for the best foreign film category at the AcademyAwards 2013. It is the first Gujarati film to have achieved this feat.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 05:29:12 +0000
Trending Topics
© 2015