1. Power of Dog win best film awards at BAFTA awards
The British Academy Film Awards or BAFTA awards was announced on 14 March 2022 at the Royal Albert hall, London, England.
Winners list
Best Feature film : The Power Of The Dog
Best Actress: Joanna Scanlan. She got the award for acting in the film “After Love”.
Best Actor : Will Smith. He got the award for acting in the film “King Richard”.
Best Director : Jane Campion. He got the award for directing the film “ The Power Of The Dog”.
Best Animated film: Encanto
Best supporting actor : Troy Kotsur. He got the award for acting in the film CODA. He is a deaf actor.
Best supporting actress: Ariana DeBose. She got the award for acting in the film “ West Side Story”.
Best British Film: Belfast. It was directed by Kenneth Branagh.
2. Axis bank is the IFR Asia’s Asian bank of the Year 2021
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The third largest private bank of India ,Axis bank was chosen as the IFR Asia’s Asian Bank of the Year .
The International Financing Review (IFR) awards are regarded as one of the most coveted recognitions in the banking and capital markets industry.
The Asian Bank of the year award went to Morgan Stanley of the United States of America .
Important for Exam
Axis Bank : It started its business as UTI bank in 1993. It’s name was changed to Axis bank in 2007.
Headquarters of Axis Bank : Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer : Amitabh Chaudhary.
3. Coal India wins “Most Dependable Public Sector in India” Award
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Coal India limited was conferred with the “Most Dependable Public Sector in India” at the “Energy Meet & Excellence” awards function organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Kolkata .
Coal India Limited
It is the world’s largest coal producing company in the world.
It is a Maharatna company under the Ministry of Coal, Government of India.
Its Headquarters : Kolkata, West Bengal .
Current Chairman and Managing Director (MD): Pramod Aggarwal
Minister of Coal, Government of India : Prahlad Joshi
4. IBA 17th Annual Banking Technology Award 2021
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Indian Bank Association (IBA) has announced its banking technology award for 2021 on 14 February 2022 .
Winner Banks lists :
| Serial No | Category | Segment | Winner |
| 1 | Best Technology Bank of the Year | Large banks Medium Banks Small Bank Foreign Bank RRB Co-operative Bank | Bank of Baroda |
| 2 | Best Use of AI/ ML T & Data | Large banks Small Banks Regional Rural Banks | ICICI Bank Ltd |
| 3 | Best IT Risk & Cyber Security Initiatives | Large bank Medium bank Small Bank Foreign Bank Regional Rural Banks Co-operative Banks Small Finance/Payments Bank | Union Bank of India |
| 4 | Best Digital Financial Inclusion Initiatives | Large Banks Small Banks Regional Rural Banks | State Bank of India |
| 5 | Best Payments Initiatives | Public Banks Private Banks | State Bank of India |
| 6 | Cloud Adoption | Large Banks Medium Banks Small Banks Foreign Bank Regional Rural Bank | Union Bank of India |
| 7 | Best Fintech Adoption | Large Banks Medium Banks Small Banks Regional Rural Bank | ICICI Bank |
Source IBA
Indian Bank Association
The Indian Banks' Association (IBA) was formed on September 26, 1946 with 22 members. As of April ,2018 the total Membership of the Association is 239.
It includes Public sector Bank., Private Sector Banks , Foreign Banks , Co-operatives ,Regional Rural Bank,and All India Financial Institutions .
It is a representative body of banks in India to promote and develop in India sound and progressive banking principles, practises and conventions and to contribute to the developments of creative banking.
It helps the government in formulating Human Resources policy for the banking sector .
Current Chairman : UCO Bank CEO Atul Kumar Goel is the chairman of the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) for 2021-22
Headquarters of IBA : Mumbai
5. Saudi Arabia Award for Salman Khan
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- Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has been honoured with the Personality of the Year award at the Joy Awards in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia on 30 January 2022.
- The Joy Awards was held at the Baker Al Sheddi Theatre in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
6. P. R. Sreejesh gets World Games Athlete of the Year Award 2021
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Former Indian men's hockey team captain and veteran goalkeeperzz, Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh (PR Sreejesh) won the prestigious World Games Athlete of the Year award for 2021.
- He is the second Indian after Indian women’s hockey team captain Rani Ramphal to win this award.
- Rani Ramphal won this award in 2020.
- He got 1,27,647 votes in a poll conducted on TheWorldGames.Org . He got the maximum fan votes amongst the 24 nominees.
- In second place was Spain's Sport Climbing ace Albert Ginés Lopez, who got 67,428 votes.
7. Koozhangal (Pebbles) wins best film award at 20th Dhaka International Film Festival
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Indian movie Koozhangal(Pebbles in English) won the best film award in the Asian Film category at the recently concluded 20th Dhaka International Film Festival in Bangladesh.
The Koozhangal (or Pebble in English) is a Tamil movie directed by Vinothraj PS . This movie was also India's official entry in the international feature film category at the 2022 Academy Awards(oscar).
Other Indians to get the award are as follows :
The Best actor Award: Jayasurya for the Ranjith Sankar-directed film ‘Sunny’.
Special audience award: It was given to Indian film Semkhor, which was directed by noted Assamese actor Aimee Baruah.
The best script writer award: It was given to Indranil Roychowdhury and Sugata Sinha for India-Bangladesh film Mayar Jonjal. The movie was directed by Indranil Roychowdhury.
8. Gallantry Award and other Military Honours 2022
On the eve of Republic Day 2022 (i.e. 25th January 2022) the President and the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Ram Nath Kovind approved award of 317 Gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed forces personnels.
- The President honours the country’s military personnel for their show of gallantry and valour with a total of six awards: Param Vir Chakra, Mahavir Chakra, Vir Chakra, Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra, Shaurya Chakra.
- This year’s list of Gallantry and Distinguished awards being conferred on the occasion of Republic Day- 2022:
- Param Vishisht Seva Medal: 19
- Uttam Yudh Seva Medal: 4
- Ati Vishisht Seva Medal: 33
- Shaurya Chakra: 6
- Yudh Seva Medal: 10
- Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry): 3
- Sena Medal (Gallantry): 81
- Sena Medal (Distinguished): 40
- Bar to Vishisht Seva Medal: 3
- Vishisht Seva Medal: 74
- Mention-in-dispatches (Various military operations): 44
The President will also honour the winners of :
- The 3 President’s Police Medals for meritorious service, for distinguished service, and for gallantry to law enforcement personnel in the country.
- Correctional Services Medal under two categories “Distinguished Service- 5”, and “Meritorious Service- 37” for their duties in the country’s correctional facilities.
- The 42 President’s Fire Medals which are similar to the President’s Police Medals. Out of these, the President’s Fire Service Medal for Gallantry is awarded to one personnel and the Fire Service Medal for Gallantry is awarded to two personnel for their respective acts of valour and gallantry.
- 25 Civil Defence & Home Guards Medals
- 51 Jeevan Raksha Padak awards to the civilians for saving lives from drowning, fire, or natural calamities. It is divided into three categories: Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and Jeevan Raksha Padak.
9. Padma Awards 2022
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Ahead of Republic Day 2022, the Government of India on 25th January 2022 announced the Padma Awards. Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian awards of the country which is conferred in three categories, i.e. Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
- A total of 4 Padma Vibhushans, 17 Padma Bhushans and 107 Padma Shri awards have been conferred this year. 34 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 Posthumous awardees.
- These awards are conferred by the President of India at the ceremonial functions which are held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March / April every year.
Padma Vibhushan (4):
This award is awarded for exceptional and distinguished services.
- Former Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, India’s first CDS General Bipin Rawat, Hindustani Classical vocalist Prabha Atre and Radheshyam Khemka of Gita Press have been named for the Padma Vibhushan.
- Apart from Gen. Rawat, Singh and Khemka have been conferred the award posthumously.
Padma Bhushan (17):
This award is awarded for distinguished service of a high order.
Name | Field - State/Country |
Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad | Public Affairs - Jammu and Kashmir |
Shri Victor Banerjee | Art - West Bengal |
Ms. Gurmeet Bawa (Posthumous) | Art - Punjab |
Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | Public Affairs - West Bengal |
Shri Natarajan Chandrasekaran | Trade and Industry - Maharashtra |
Shri Krishna Ella and Smt. Suchitra Ella* (Duo) | Trade and Industry - Telangana |
Ms. Madhur Jaffery | Others-Culinary - United States of America |
Shri Devendra Jhajharia | Sports - Rajasthan |
Shri Rashid Khan | Art - Uttar Pradesh |
Shri Rajiv Mehrishi | Civil Service - Rajasthan |
Shri Satya Narayana Nadella | Trade and Industry - United States of America |
Shri Sundararajan Pichai | Trade and Industry - United States of America |
Shri Cyrus Poonawalla | Trade and Industry -Maharashtra |
Shri Sanjaya Rajaram (Posthumous) | Science and Engineering - Mexico |
Ms. Pratibha Ray | Literature and Education - Odisha |
Swami Sachidanand | Literature and Education - Gujarat |
Shri Vashishth Tripathi | Literature and Education - Uttar Pradesh |
Padma Shri (107):
This award is awarded for distinguished service in any field.
Name | Field - State/Country |
Shri Prahlad Rai Agarwala | Trade and Industry - West Bengal |
Prof. Najma Akhtar | Literature and Education - Delhi |
Shri Sumit Antil | Sports - Haryana |
Shri T Senka Ao | Literature and Education - Nagaland |
Ms. Kamalini Asthana and Ms. Nalini Asthana* (Duo) | Art - Uttar Pradesh |
Shri Subbanna Ayyappan | Science and Engineering - Karnataka |
Shri J K Bajaj | Literature and Education - Delhi |
Shri Sirpi Balasubramaniam | Literature and Education - Tamil Nadu |
Srimad Baba Balia | Social Work - Odisha |
Ms. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay | Science and Engineering - West Bengal |
Ms. Madhuri Barthwal | Art - Uttarakhand |
Shri Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat | Literature and Education - Ladakh |
Dr. Himmatrao Bawaskar | Medicine - Maharashtra |
Shri Harmohinder Singh Bedi | Literature and Education - Punjab |
Shri Pramod Bhagat | Sports - Odisha |
Shri S Ballesh Bhajantri | Art - Tamil Nadu |
Shri Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia | Art - Sikkim |
Shri Maria Christopher Byrski | Literature and Education - Poland |
Acharya Chandanaji | Social Work - Bihar |
Ms. Sulochana Chavan | Art - Maharashtra |
Shri Neeraj Chopra | Sports - Haryana |
Ms. Shakuntala Choudhary | Social Work - Assam |
Shri Sankaranarayana Menon Chundayil | Sports - Kerala |
Shri S Damodaran | Social Work - Tamil Nadu |
Shri Faisal Ali Dar | Sports - Jammu and Kashmir |
Shri Jagjit Singh Dardi | Trade and Industry - Chandigarh |
Dr. Prokar Dasgupta | Medicine - United Kingdom |
Shri Aditya Prasad Dash | Science and Engineering - Odisha |
Dr. Lata Desai | Medicine - Gujarat |
Shri Malji bhai Desai | Public Affairs - Gujarat |
Ms. Basanti Devi | Social Work - Uttarakhand |
Ms. Lourembam Bino Devi | Art - Manipur |
Ms. Muktamani Devi | Trade and Industry - Manipur |
Ms. Shyamamani Devi | Art - Odisha |
Shri Khalil Dhantejvi (Posthumous) | Literature and Education - Gujarat |
Shri Savaji Bhai Dholakia | Social Work - Gujarat |
Shri Arjun Singh Dhurve | Art - Madhya Pradesh |
Dr. Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre | Medicine - Maharashtra |
Shri Chandraprakash Dwivedi | Art - Rajasthan |
Shri Dhaneswar Engti | Literature and Education - Assam |
Shri Om Prakash Gandhi | Social Work - Haryana |
Shri Narasimha Rao Garikapati | Literature and Education - Andhra Pradesh |
Shri Girdhari Ram Ghonju (Posthumous) | Literature and Education - Jharkhand |
Shri Shaibal Gupta (Posthumous) | Literature and Education - Bihar |
Shri Narasingha Prasad Guru | Literature and Education - Odisha |
Shri Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) | Art - Andhra Pradesh |
Shri Ryuko Hira | Trade and Industry - Japan |
Ms. Sosamma Iype | Others - Animal Husbandry - Kerala |
Shri Avadh Kishore Jadia | Literature and Education - Madhya Pradesh |
Ms. Sowcar Janaki | Art - Tamil Nadu |
Ms. Tara Jauhar | Literature and Education - Delhi |
Ms. Vandana Kataria | Sports - Uttarakhand |
Shri H R Keshavamurthy | Art - Karnataka |
Shri Rutger Kortenhorst | Literature and Education - Ireland |
Shri P Narayana Kurup | Literature and Education - Kerala |
Ms. Avani Lekhara | Sports - Rajasthan |
Shri Moti Lal Madan | Science and Engineering - Haryana |
Shri Shivnath Mishra | Art - Uttar Pradesh |
Dr. Narendra Prasad Misra (Posthumous) | Medicine - Madhya Pradesh |
Shri Darshanam Mogilaiah | Art - Telangana |
Shri Guruprasad Mohapatra (Posthumous) | Civil Service - Delhi |
Shri Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan | Art - Puducherry |
Ms. R Muthukannammal | Art - Tamil Nadu |
Shri Abdul Khader Nadakattin | Others - Grassroots Innovation - Karnataka |
Shri Amai Mahalinga Naik | Others - Agriculture - Karnataka |
Shri Tsering Namgyal | Art - Ladakh |
Shri A K C Natarajan | Art - Tamil Nadu |
Shri V L Nghaka | Literature and Education - Mizoram |
Shri Sonu Nigam | Art - Maharashtra |
Shri Ram Sahay Panday | Art - Madhya Pradesh |
Shri Chirapat Prapandavidya | Literature and Education - Thailand |
Ms. K V Rabiya | Social Work - Kerala |
Shri Anil Kumar Rajvanshi | Science and Engineering - Maharashtra |
Shri Sheesh Ram | Art - Uttar Pradesh |
Shri Ramachandraiah | Art - Telangana |
Dr. Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao | Medicine - Andhra Pradesh |
Ms. Gamit Ramilaben Raysingbhai | Social Work - Gujarat |
Ms. Padmaja Reddy | Art - Telangana |
Guru Tulku Rinpoche | Others - Spiritualism - Arunachal Pradesh |
Shri Brahmanand Sankhwalkar | Sports - Goa |
Shri Vidyanand Sarek | Literature and Education - Himachal Pradesh |
Shri Kali Pada Saren | Literature and Education - West Bengal |
Dr. Veeraswamy Seshiah | Medicine - Tamil Nadu |
Ms. Prabhaben Shah | Social Work - Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |
Shri Dilip Shahani | Literature and Education - Delhi |
Shri Ram Dayal Sharma | Art - Rajasthan |
Shri Vishwamurti Shastri | Literature and Education Jammu and Kashmir |
Ms. Tatiana Lvovna Shaumyan | Literature and Education - Russia |
Shri Siddhalingaiah (Posthumous) | Literature and Education Karnataka |
Shri Kaajee Singh | Art - West Bengal |
Shri Konsam Ibomcha Singh | Art - Manipur |
Shri Prem Singh | Social Work - Punjab |
Shri Seth Pal Singh | Others - Agriculture - Uttar Pradesh |
Ms. Vidya Vindu Singh | Literature and Education - Uttar Pradesh |
Baba Iqbal Singh Ji | Social Work - Punjab |
Dr. Bhimsen Singhal | Medicine - Maharashtra |
Shri Sivananda | Others - Yoga - Uttar Pradesh |
Shri Ajay Kumar Sonkar | Science and Engineering - Uttar Pradesh |
Ms. Ajita Srivastava | Art - Uttar Pradesh |
Sadguru Brahmeshanand Acharya Swami | Others - Spiritualism - Goa |
Dr. Balaji Tambe (Posthumous) | Medicine - Maharashtra |
Shri Raghuvendra Tanwar | Literature and Education - Haryana |
Dr. Kamlakar Tripathi | Medicine - Uttar Pradesh |
Ms. Lalita Vakil | Art - Himachal Pradesh |
Ms. Durga Bai Vyam | Art - Madhya Pradesh |
Shri Jyantkumar Maganlal Vyas | Science and Engineering - Gujarat |
Ms. Badaplin War | Literature and Education - Meghalaya |
Note:
- Former West Bengal Chief Minister buddhadeb Bhattacharjee turned down the Padma Bhushan.
- Veteran singer Sandhya Mukherjee refused to accept the Padma Shri.
10. Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually interacted with the 29 winners of the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar on 24th January 2022 and awarded them certificates digitally using blockchain technology.
- Blockchain Technology was used for the first time for giving certificates to awardees.
- Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar is given as recognition to children with exceptional abilities and outstanding achievement in 6 fields of innovation, scholastic achievements, sports, arts and culture, social service and bravery.
- Category wise distribution of awards:
- Innovation: 7
- Scholastic: 1
- Sports: 8
- Art & Culture: 6
- Social Service: 4
- Bravery: 3
- This year, 29 children from across the country, under different categories of Bal Shakti Puraskar, have been selected for PMRBP-2022. The winners include 15 boys and 14 girls belonging to 21 states and UT’s.
- Each child has been given a medal, a cash prize of Rs 1,00,000 (which will be transferred to the respective accounts of PMRBP 2022 winners) and a certificate.
