1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Oscar 2022: Suriya's Tamil socio-drama 'Jai Bhim' nominated for Best Featured Film
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Suriya's Tamil socio-drama Jai Bhim is India's entry into The Academy.
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the list of 276 films that are eligible for consideration at the 94th Oscars, on 20th January 2022.
- 'Jai Bhim', which has gained a nomination for best feature film, is in competition with other acclaimed flicks like 'Jockey,' 'Cruella,' 'Dune, 'Eternals,' 'Godzilla VS Kong,' 'King Richard,' among other movies.
- Jai Bhim is the fourth Indian film to get nominated for Oscars after Mother India, Salaam Bombay, and Lagaan.
- Malayalam superstar Mohanlal’s latest period drama Marakkar Arabikadalinte Simham has also officially made it to the Oscars 2021 list. The film has been nominated for the Global Community Oscar Awards 2021.
6. FIFA AWARD 2021
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The governing body of World Football FIFA held its 6th annual award function at, Its Headquarters Zurich, Switzerland. The annual award was started by FIFA in 2017 and it is always held on 17 January at Zurich.
This Year Awardee
FIFA Player of the Year:
- Male: Robert Lewandowski of Poland. He plays for German club Bayern Munich.
- Female: Alexia Putellas of Spain. She plays for Spanish club Barcelona.
Special Best Men’s award
Cristiano Ronaldo, for being the top men’s international goal scorer of all time. He is from Portugal and plays for English football club Manchester United.
Best Goalkeeper of the Year
- Men : Edouard Mendy of Senegal. He plays for English football club Chelsea.
- Female: Christiane Endler of Chile. She also plays for French club Olympique Lyonnais.
FIFA Coach of the Year
- Men: Thomas Tuchel. He is the coach of English club Chelsea.
- Female: Emma Hayes. She is the coach of English Football club Chelsea.
Puskas Award
It is given to the best goal scored by a player in a football match. This year it was given to:
Erik Lamela of Argentina for the goal he scored against Arsenal playing for English club Tottenham Hotspur.
FIFA Fan Award
Denmark and Finland fans
FIFA Fair Play Award
Denmark national team (players and staff)
7. 79th Golden Globe Awards: Get to know who won!
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Hollywood opened its awards season account with a pale version of the 79th Golden Globes held behind closed doors on 9th January 2022 at the Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A.
- The Golden Globe Award is held to honor the vast industry - The American TV Series and Films as per the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA) choice.
- The nominations were announced on December 13, 2021 by rapper Snoop Dogg and HFPA president Helen Hoehne.
For the Films:
The complete list of winners who took the trophy for the films at the Golden Globe Awards 2022 are given below:
Category of Awards | Winners |
Best Film - Drama | The Power Of The Dog |
Best Film - Musical/Comedy | West Side Story |
Best Director | Jane Campion (The Power Of The Dog |
Best Actress - Drama | Nicole Kidman (Being The Ricardos) |
Best Actor - Drama | Will Smith (King Richard) |
Best Actress - Musical/Comedy | Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) |
Best Actor - Musical/Comedy | Andrew Garfield (tick, tick...BOOM!) |
Best Supporting Actress | Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) |
Best Supporting Actor | Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power Of The Dog) |
Best Screenplay | Kenneth Branagh (Belfast) |
Best Foreign Language Film | Drive My Car (Japan) |
Best Animated Feature | Encanto |
Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer |
Best Original Song | No Time To Die from No Time To Die by Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell |
For the TV Shows
The complete list of winners who took the trophy for the TV Series at the Golden Globe Awards 2022 are given below:
Category of Awards | Winners |
Best TV Series - Drama | Succession |
Best TV Series - Musical/Comedy | Hacks |
Best Miniseries or TV Film | The Underground Railroad |
Best Actress - Drama | Michaela Jae (Mj) Rodriguez (Pose) |
Best Actor - Drama | Jeremy Strong (Succession) |
Best Actress - Musical/Comedy | Jean Smart (Hacks) |
Best Actor - Musical/Comedy | Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso) |
Best Supporting Actress | Sarah Snook (Succession) |
Best Supporting Actor | O Yeong-su (Squid Game) |
Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film | Kate Winslet (Mare Of Easttown) |
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film | Michael Keaton (Dopesick) |
For the first time since 2008, there was no traditional, televised ceremony. In support of boycotts of the HFPA by various media companies, actors, and other creatives over its lack of action to increase the membership diversity of the organization, the Golden Globes' regular broadcaster National Broadcasting Company (NBC) declined to televise the 79th Golden Globe Awards.
8. 3rd National Water Awards 2020
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Union Minister of Jal Shakti Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat announced 3rd National Water Awards-2020, on 7 January 2022.
- The Award is given by the Union Jal Shakti Ministry every year .
- The first award was announced in 2018.
Water Awards 2020
Best State Categories
First prize Uttar Pradesh , followed by Rajasthan and Tami Nadu.
Best District
North Zone :-Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh
South Zone :-Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
West Zone :-Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Eastern Zone :-East Champaran, Bihar
North East Zone :-Goalpara, Assam
9. Sahitya Akademi Award 2021
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- India's National Academy of Letters popularly known as “Sahitya Akademi” announced its awards for 2021.
- The awards declared are Sahitya Akademi Main Award, Sahitya Academi Yuva Puraskar, and Bal Sahitya Puraskar.
- It is a literary honor that is awarded annually since 1954 to writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages enumerated in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India as well as English and Rajasthani.
- The award comprises a plaque and a cash prize of ₹ 1,00,000.
- The plaque awarded by the Sahitya Akademi was designed by the Indian film-maker Satyajit Ray.
Highlights from Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 - - Namita Gokhale won the award for the English novel “Things to Leave Behind”
- In 2021 seven books of poetry, five short stories, one each of biography, autobiography, criticism, and epic poetry, and two plays had won the awards
- Some of the other winners include:
- Daya Prakash Sinha (Hindi) for his play “Samrat Ashok”
- Anuradha Sarma Pujari (Assamese) - Iyat Ekhan Aaronya Asil (Novel) ,
- Bratya Basu (Bengali)- For his play “Mirjafar O Ananya Natak” (Bratya Basu is the Education Minister of West Bengal),
- DS Nagabhushana (Kannada) - Gandhi Kathana (Biography),
- Wali Mohd Aseer Kashtawari (Kashmiri) - Tawazun (Criticism),
- George Onakkoor (Malayalam) - Hrudayaragangal (Autobiography)
- Vindeshwariprasad Mishr “Vinay” (Sanskrit) - Srijati Shankhnadam Kil, Kavita (Poetry),
- Niranjan Hansda (Santali) - Mane Rena Arhang (Short Stories),
- Ambai (Tamil) - Civappuk Kazuttu Tan Oru Paccaip Paravai (Short Ambai Stories)
10. RedInk Award for excellence in Journalism
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- RedInk Awards for Lifetime Achievement has been bestowed on senior journalist and author Prem Shankar Jha, 83, for his long and distinguished career of incisive and analytical writing.
- Danish Siddiqui, who was Reuters’ Chief Photographer based in India, has been posthumously awarded the ‘Journalist of the Year – 2020’ for his spectrum of investigative and impactful news photography.
- The RedInk Awards for Excellence in Journalism, instituted by the Mumbai Press Club, have special significance this year as they mark their 10th edition of peer recognition for excellent writing and good journalism.
- Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana was the Chief Guest at the virtual event.
