1. Sansad Ratna award, 2023
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names for the Sansad Ratna Awards 2023 were released on 21 February.
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A total of thirteen Members of Parliament and two Parliamentary Committees have been honoured with this award.
The Jury Committee of eminent Parliamentarians and civil society, chaired by Arjun Ram Meghwal (State Minister of Parliamentary Affairs) and Co-Chaired by T S Krishnamurthy (Former Chief Election Commissioner of India) has nominated eight MPs from Lok Sabha and five from Rajya Sabha for the Sansad Ratna Awards 2023.
Prominent CPI-M leader T K Rangarajan nominated for the lifetime achievement award.
These nominations are based on cumulative performance in questions, private members' bills and members' debates from the beginning of the 17th Lok Sabha till the end of the Winter Session 2022.
Sansad Ratna Awards 2023 from Lok Sabha
Bidyut Baran Mahato (BJP, Jharkhand),
Dr. Sukanta Majumdar (BJP, West Bengal),
Kuldeep Rai Sharma (INC, Andaman Nicobar Islands),
Dr Heena Vijayakumar Gavit (BJP, Maharashtra),
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (INC, West Bengal),
Gopal Chinayya Shetty (BJP, Maharashtra),
Sudhir Gupta (BJP, Madhya Pradesh) and
Dr. Amol Ramsing Kolhe (NCP, Maharashtra)
Sansad Ratna Awards 2023 from Rajya Sabha
Dr. John Brittas (CPI-M, Kerala),
Dr. Manoj Kumar Jha (RJD, Bihar),
Smt Fauzia Tahseen Ahmed Khan (NCP, Maharashtra) Vishambhar Prasad Nishad (Samajwadi Party, UP) and
Smt Chhaya Verma (INC, Chhattisgarh)
Two Parliamentary Committees of Lok Sabha nominated for Sansad Ratna Award 2023
Lok Sabha's Parliamentary Committee on Finance, chaired by Jayant Sinha
Rajya Sabha's Standing Committee on Tourism, Transport, and Culture, chaired by Vijay Sai Reddy
Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Lifetime Achievement Award - T K Rangarajan, (Former Rajya Sabha MP for two terms and a Senior CPIM Leader).
About Sansad Ratna Award
Sansad Ratna Awards were instituted on the suggestion of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam to honour top performing Parliamentarians.
He himself inaugurated the first edition of the award ceremony in 2010 in Chennai.
So far, 90 top performing parliamentarians have been honoured and all of them have received the award individually.
The 13th edition of the award ceremony will be held on 25 March 2023 in New Delhi.
K. Srinivasan is the Founder Chairman of the Sansad Ratna Award Committee and Ms. Priyadarshini Rahul is the Chairman.
2. The Kashmir Files wins best film at Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards
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The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival awards were announced on 20 February with The Kashmir Files winning the Best Film award.
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Alia Bhattalso won the Best Actress award for Gangubai Kathiawadi and husband Ranbir Kapoor won the Best Actor award for Brahmastra.
Anupam Kher received the Most Versatile Actor of the Year award for The Kashmir Files.
Actor-filmmaker Rishab Shetty won the Most Promising Actor award for his Kannada film Kantara.
Varun Dhawan also won the Critics Best Actor Award for his film Bhediya.
In the television category, Rupali Ganguly-starrer Anupama won the Television Series of the Year award.
Winners list of Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Awards - 2023
Best Film: The Kashmir Files
Best Director: R Balki for Chup: Revenge of The Artist
Best Actor: Ranbir Kapoor for Brahmastra: Part 1
Best Actress: Alia Bhatt for Gangubai Kathiawadi
Most Promising Actor: Rishab Shetty for Kantara
Best Actor In A Supporting Role: Manish Paul for Jugjugg Jeeyo
Outstanding Contribution In The Film Industry: Rekha
Best Web Series: Rudra: The Edge of Darkness
Critics Best Actor: Varun Dhawan for Bhediya
Film of The Year: RRR
Television Series of The Year: Anupamaa
Most Versatile Actor Of The Year: Anupam Kher for The Kashmir Files
Best Actor In A Television Series: Zain Imam for Fanaa- Ishq Mein Marjawaan
Best Actress In A Television Series: Tejasswi Prakash for Naagin
Best Male Singer: Sachet Tandon for Maiyya Mainu
Best Female Singer: Neeti Mohan for Meri Jaan
Best Cinematographer: PS Vinod for Vikram Vedha
Outstanding Contribution In The Music Industry: Hariharan
About Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in the field of cinema.
Rajinikanth was honoured with this award in 2019.
The award is given in the memory of Dadasaheb Phalke, who is regarded as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'.
He made the first Hindi movie, Raja Harishchandra.
3. BAFTA Awards for 2023 announced
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The 76th British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA (the British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards, were announced at an event held in London’s Royal Festival Hall on 19 February.
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A German anti-war drama ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, a screen adaptation of the 1928 novel by Erich Maria Remarque, won the most, including Best Picture and Best Director, with seven.
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ and ‘Elvis’ both movies won four BAFTA awards.
BAFTA 2023 Winners List
Best film
“All Quiet on the Western Front” -WINNER
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”
“Elvis”
“‘TÁR”
Outstanding British film
“Aftersun”
“The Banshees of Inisherin” -WINNER
“Brian and Charles”
“Empire of Light”
“Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”
“Living”
“Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical”
“See How They Run”
“The Swimmers”
“The Wonder”
Best documentary
“All That Breathes”
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
“Fire of Love”
“Moonage Daydream”
“Navalny” *WINNER
Best animated film
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” *WINNER
“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
“Turning Red”
Best lead actress
Ana de Armas, “Blonde”
Cate Blanchett, “TÁR” *WINNER
Viola Davis, “The Woman King”
Danielle Deadwyler, “Till”
Emma Thompson, “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”
Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Best lead actor
Austin Butler, “Elvis” *WINNER
Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”
Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Daryl McCormack, “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”
Paul Mescal, “Aftersun”
Bill Nighy, “Living”
4. Indian origin Karthik Subramaniam wins National Geographic's 'pictures of the year' contest
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Indian-origin engineer cum photographer Karthik Subramaniam's beautiful photo has topped National Geographic's 'Photo of the Year' contest 2023 beating over 5000 entries.
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His photograph, titled "Dance of the Eagles", was taken at the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve in Alaska.
The award was presented to him for a striking picture of an eagle struggling to settle on a tree branch.
The title of the picture is inspired by RRR Martin's popular novel 'A Dance with Dragons'.
Every November, hundreds of eagles gather at the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines, Alaska, to feed on salmon.
California-based software engineer Karthika started capturing wild images as a passion in 2020.
His 'Dance of the Eagles' will be the cover page of the May edition of National Geographic.
Other Pictures that honoured by Magazine
Nomadic Kazakh eagle hunter -by Eric Esterle
Penguins crowd -by Rhez Solano
The Austrian Alps -by Alex Berger
Mount Rainier National Park, Washington -by W. Kent Williamson
'Legends of the Fog’ -by Tihomir Trichkov
Arizona’s small desert owls - by Bruce Taubert
Maras in Peru -by An Li
5. Egyptian President bestows Global Best M-GOV Awards on IIT Indore students
Students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore won an award of AED (Emirates Dirham) 1 million along with a gold medal at the World Government Summit in Dubai on 13 February.
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Niyati Totala and Neil Kalpeshkumar Parikh who are students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore were awarded this prestigious medal by the President of Egypt, Abel Fattah El-Sisi.
These students are the makers of the 'Blockbill' app.
'Blockbill' app
BlockBill is a blockchain-based receipt generation app that generates digital receipts for all its users' transactions.
This app solves many problems, transitioning from producing thermal paper to printing receipts.
Thermal papers that are ubiquitous and found in most retail locations cannot be recycled due to the chemicals used to make them.
Blockbills have been conceptualised to address this issue.
“M-Gov Award” and the “GovTech Award”
These are annual awards organised by the Government of the United Arab Emirates as part of the World Government Summit.
These awards are given to leading students, researchers, government agencies and institutions, private sector companies and startups for developing innovative solutions using the latest technologies.
World Government Summit 2023
It was held under the theme of “Shaping Future Governments” at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 13 -15 February 2023.
The participants of this summit reaffirm its important role as a unique platform for building a better future for humanity.
6. Indian-American student named as 'World's Brightest' student for second time
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Indian-American schoolgirl Natasha Periyanayagam has been named in the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth's list of "world's most talented" students for the second year in a row.
Who is Natasha Perianayagam?
Natasha Periyanayagam is 13 years old and studying at Florence M Gaudiner Middle School in New Jersey, United States.
She took the John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) exam in 2021. At that time she was a fifth grader.
Natasha's performance in the Verbal and Quantitative Aptitude Test was equivalent to achieving a 90 percentile in grade eight, earning her a place on that year's honours list.
The list is compiled based on the results of upper-grade-level tests of more than 15,000 students from 76 countries.
CTY uses grade level testing to identify advanced students around the world and present a clear picture of their academic abilities.
Natatha's parents are from Chennai, she loves doodling and reading JRR Tolkien novels in her spare time.
7. NTPC bags ‘ATD Best Awards 2023’ for 6th consecutive year
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Country's largest power generation company NTPC Limited has been conferred with 'ATD Best Awards 2023' by Association for Talent Development (ATD), USA.
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NTPC Limited has won this award for the sixth time for showcasing enterprise success in the area of talent development.
The foundation of NTPC's culture has always been employee involvement through creative techniques.
This award is a testimony to the contemporary HR practices of NTPC.
About the awards
The ATD Best Awards recognize organisations that demonstrate talent development across the enterprise.
NTPC has been successful in creating an ecosystem, which empowers the employees to enhance their skills.
The award includes small and large private, public and non-profit organizations from around the world.
Association for Talent Development, USA is the world's largest association in the field of talent development and ATD's Best of Award is considered the most prestigious award in learning and development.
About NTPC
The NTPC which was earlier known as National Thermal Power Corporation of India is owned by the Government of India. It was set up in 1975.
The Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station in the Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh, with an installed capacity of 4,760MW, is currently the biggest thermal power plant in India.
It is a coal-based power plant owned and operated by NTPC.
The total installed commercial capacity of the company was 69454 MW before the JPL deal.
Headquarters: New Delhi
Chairman and Managing Director: Gurdeep Singh
8. Dr Peggy Mohan wins 'Mathrubhumi Book of the Year' award
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Author Dr Peggy Mohan has won the 'Mathrubhumi Book of the Year' award during the 4th edition of Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters (MBIFL 2023).
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He has been given this award for his book 'Wanderers, Kings and Merchants', which portrays the development of language as a result of migration.
In this award, he was given a statuette and two lakh rupees as a cash prize.
The award was presented to Dr Peggy Mohan by Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah at the closing ceremony of MBIFL 2023.
Dr Peggy Mohan:
She is a Trinidadian-born writer and a linguist.
He holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Michigan, USA.
He worked as Professor of Language Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia University, New Delhi.
Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters (MBIFL):
Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters was started in the year 2018.
MBIFL 2023 was inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
This was the 4th edition of MBIFL with the theme "Shadows of History, Light of the Future ''.
9. Grammy Awards 2023
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The most prestigious 65th Grammy Awards in the music world have been organized on 5 February 2023 in Los Angeles.
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The 65th Grammy Awards were hosted by Trevor Noah.
India's Ricky Cage wins his third Grammy Award
India's music composer Ricky Kej along with rock legend Stewart Copeland has won the Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album for the album Divine Tides.
Cage has become the only Indian to win three Grammy Awards.
Ricky Cage won this award for the first time in the year 2015 for 'Winds of Samsara'.
At the 64th Grammy Awards 2022, he won his second Grammy Award in the category 'Best New Age Album'.
Beyoncé became the most Grammy winning celebrity
American pop star Beyoncé won 2 Grammys at the 65th Grammy Awards.
Beyoncé has become the only celebrity in the world to win the most Grammy Awards (32) in her career.
At the same time, the record of winning the most Grammy Awards in a single night is in the name of Late King of Pop Michael Jackson.
Grammy Award Winners 2023
Category | Winner | Album |
Album of the Year | Harry Styles | Harry's House |
Song Of The Year | Bonnie Raitt | Just Like That |
Best Musica Urbana Album | Bad Bunny | Un Verano Sin Te |
Best pop solo performance | Adele | Easy On Me |
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | Sam Smith / Kim Petras | Unholy |
Best dance/electronic album | Beyoncé | Renaissance |
Best Rap Album | Kendrick Lamar | Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers |
Best Country Album | Willie Nelson | A Beautiful Time |
Record of the Year | Lizzo | About Damn Time |
10. Former PM Manmohan Singh conferred Lifetime Achievement Honour in UK
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Former prime minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh was conferred a Lifetime Achievement Honour by the India-UK Achievers Honours in London for his contribution to economic and political life.
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The award will be handed over to Dr Singh in New Delhi by the National Indian Students and Alumni Union (NISAU) UK.
The India-UK Achievers Honors is organised by the National Association of Indian Students and Alumni UK in partnership with the British Council in India and the UK's Department for International Trade (DIT).
The 'Life Time Achievement Honor' recognizes Dr Manmohan Singh's contribution to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
75 people who have achieved achievements in various fields have been honoured with this honour while some people have been honoured with 'Outstanding Achievers'.
Lord Karan Bilimoria, a British citizen of Indian origin, was honoured with the 'Living Legend Honor' at a ceremony held on 25 January.
Britain's opposition Labor Party MP Virendra Sharma was also honoured with the 'Living Legend Honor'.
Dr. Manmohan Singh, a 90-year-old economist, served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004–2014.
