Zeman. The Order of the White Lion is the highest civilian honour of the Czech Republic. 17. The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroe s for the year 2014 was announced . The winners include among others, an Indian American teenager Kiran Sridhar. He is one of the 25 recipients of The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes for 2014. 18. Ashwika Kapur became the first Indian woman to win prestigious Wildscreen Panda Award. She won the coveted wildlife photography award in best newcomer category for her film, Sirocco - how a dud became a stud. 19. Sahil Doshi, an Indian-American studentwon the 2014 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge . He was awarded for his innovative design of an eco- friendly battery that could help lower harmful greenhouse gases. 20. Malala Yousafzai was conferred with the 2014 Liberty Medalat the National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia. 21. Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege Mukengere won the prestigious Sakharov human rights prize 2014 . He was awarded for his efforts in helping thousands of gang rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 22. The UK government announced the inaugural Dadabhai Naoroji Awards to honour individuals who have worked to strengthen the UK-India relationship over the years. The three winners included UK India Business Council chair Patricia Hewitt in the commerce category, Dame Asha Khemka for services in the field of education and actor Madhav Sharma for culture . 23. Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor of Reserve Bank of India was conferred with Euromoney’s Central Bank Governor of the Year Award 2014 in Washington. 24. Indian-origin Singaporean poet and writer KTM Iqbal was named for the 2014 Cultural Medallion, the highest cultural award of Singapore. He will be awarded by the Tony Tan, the President of Singapore. 25. An eminent Indian scientist Dr Sanjaya Rajaram received the World Food Prize 2014 for his scientific research that led to a prodigious increase in world wheat production by more than 200 million tons building upon the successes of the Green Revolution. 26. Australian author Richard Flanagan won the 50000 pounds Man Booker Prize for his wartime novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North . 27. All India National Unity Council honoured poet- diplomat Abhay K with Asia-Pacific Excellence Award. 28. Noted lyricist Sameer was honoured with the National Kishore Kumar Award for 2012-13 . He was awarded during a function at the legendary singers birth place Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh. 29. Museum of Modern Art in New York announced to honour the Academy award winning Mexican Director Alfonso Cuaron. He will be honoured at an annual Film Benefit gala scheduled to be held on 10 November 2014 in New York. 30. Anoop Jain won 2014 Waislitz Global Citizen Award. He was awarded for his exemplified values of a Global Citizen through his work in founding Humanure Power (HP) in Bihar in 2011 that builds community sanitation facilities in rural India. 31. Vinod Mehta, eminent journalist and Editorial Chairman of Outlook group, was selected for G K Reddy Memorial Award 2014 32. The President of India Pranab Mukherjee presented the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award 2014 for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management to Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. 33. Saiyid Hamid was conferred with Sir Ross Masood Lifetime Achievement Award 2014 for Excellence in Leadership, Education, community & Public Service 34. Former New York Mayor and philanthropist billionaire Michael Rubens Bloomberg was granted an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in Britain. 35. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan received Global Diversity Award 2014 at the Britain’s House of Commons 36. US actor and singer Harry Belafonte was named for honorary Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Oscar Award 37. Sukinda Chromite Mine of the Tata Steel in Odisha won the Asian Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Leadership Award. The award was presented by World CSR Congress at Dubai, UAE. 38. Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden and Alan Rusbridge
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