1. Indian short film ‘High Power’, has won the ’Yellow Oscar’ award at the Uranium Film Festival at Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil. 2. American writer Lydia Davis haswon the 5th Man Booker International Prize. 3. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s Mass Contact Programmehas won the prestigious United Nations Public Service Award for 2013. 4. Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was conferred with the US-based National SpacewSociety’s (NSS) Wernher von Braun Memorial Award in San Diego. 5. Sathwik Karnik, an Indian-origin boy from Massachusetts has wonthis year’s National Geographic Bee contest after gruelling rounds. 6. The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the Asom Ratna Award (posthumously) to Late Smt. IndiraGoswami. 7. The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the Srimanta Shankardeva Award for the year 2008 to Smt. Sharmila Tagore on May 13, 2013 at a function at Guwahati, Assam. 8. Bollywood actor Anupam Kher was honoured with the Asian Award for his performances in movies like “ Silver Linings Playbook “, “ Bride & Prejudice “, and “ Bend it Like Beckham “. 9. Shri Pran Krishan Sikand, popularly known as Pran, the veteran film actor, has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2012. 10. Matt Prior has been named theEngland cricketer-of-the-year for 2012/13
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