The 86th Annual Academy Oscar Awards 2014 was announced on 2 March 2014 and the best picture award was won by 12 Years A Slave of Steve McQueen. The film has portrayed America’s slave in past. The film is based on the Solomon Northup’s 1853 memoir was hailed for its honest portrayal of one of the darkest chapters in American history. 12 Years A Slave is the first film directed by a black filmmaker to win the best picture Oscar award. 2014 Academy Award Winners are • Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club • Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine • Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club • Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave • Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity • Best Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze, Her • Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave • Best Original Song: Let It Go, Frozen • Best Original Score: Gravity • Best Production Design: The Great Gatsby • Best Editing: Gravity • Best Cinematography: Gravity • Best Sound Editing: Gravity • Best Sound Mixing: Gravity • Best Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty • Best Documentary Feature: 20 Feet from Stardom • Best Documentary Short: The Lady In Number 6: Music Saved My Life • Best Live Action Short Film: Helium • Best Visual Effects: Gravity • Best Animated Feature Film: Frozen • Best Animated Short Film: Mr Hublot • Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Dallas Buyers Club • Best Costume Design: The Great Gatsby • Academy Honorary Awards (presented on 16 November 2013): Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin, Piero Tosi • Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Angelina Jolie Chandi Prasad Bhatt won Gandhi Peace Prize for 2013 Chandi Prasad Bhatt, the noted Gandhian environmentalist and social activist won the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013 on 28 February 2014. • Bhatt was one of the pioneers of the Chipko movement (His founded Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh became the mother-organisation to Chipko movement) for which he was awarded with the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1982. • In 2005, he was awarded with Padma Bhushan. He was born in 1934. He is known for his work on Subaltem social ecology and in one of the first modern environmentalists • The jury that took the decision of awarding Bhatt with the peace prize was headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and decided on Bhatt. • Other members of the jury were Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, Rajya Sabha member Karan Singh, former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi. The government of India launched the International Gandhi Peace Prize in 1995 on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. It is a very prestigious Award and carries an amount of 10 million rupees, a citation and a Plaque.The Award for every year is selected by a Jury under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister. Largest Solar Power Plant of India launched in Madhya Pradesh The largest 130-MW Solar Power Plant of India Welspun Solar MP Project was launched at Bhagwanpur in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh on 26 February 2014. It is also the Asias Largest Solar Power Plant. The Welspun Solar MP project was constructed at a cost of 1100 crore rupees on 305 hectares of land. It will supply power at 8.05 rupees a kWh. This Project will raise Indian solar capacity by 7 percent. About Solar Power Capacity of India The Union Government launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) in 2010. India currently has a grid-connected solar-power capacity of 2208 MW. The JNNSM aimed for India to reach an installed capacity of 20000 MW (or 20 gigawatts) of solar power by 2022. The production cost of solar power in India has fallen by more than half in recent years, from 17 rupees per kilowatt-hour (kWh) three years ago to 7.50 rupees per kWh now. But these costs are still high compared to coal (2.50 rupees per kWh), nuclear (3 rupees per kWh) or natural gas (5.5 rupees per kWh). India is mapping its potential for solar-energy production across the entire country on the basis of satellite imagery, in collaboration with the United States. Sourav Kothari won the National Billiard Championship title Sourav Kothari won the National Billiard Championships held in Lucknow on 26th February 2014. This is the first maiden title for Sourav Kothari since he turned professional in 2007. Sourav Kothari and Alok Kumar both play for Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB).Third position was secured by B. Bhaskar who beat Dhruv Sitwala.
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