- 90th Annual Academy
Awards (also known as Oscar Awards) were held at the Dolby Theatre in Los
Angeles, the USA. The Shape Of Water won the top prize of the night - Best
Picture. Jimmy Kimmel hosted the ceremony for the second year in a row.
- Actor-politician
Shatrughan Sinha has been honoured with the lifetime achievement award for
his contribution to the fields of arts & politics in the United
Kingdom.
- Architect Balkrishna
Vithaldas Doshi has become the first Indian to win the Pritzker Prize, the
highest award in architecture.
- The Bank of Canada, this
year’s Central Bank of the Year, emerged as a beacon of best practice for
much of the community. The list of the important Winners-
5.
1. Transparency: Central Bank of Ireland. 2. Reserve manager of the year:
Bank of Korea.
1.
Banknote & currency manager of the year:
Norges Bank.
- India has won
the "Best Exhibitor Award " at ITB – Berlin. ‘ITB- Berlin World
Tourist Meet’ was convened at Berlin, Germany. India was represented by
the Minister of State (Independent charge) for Tourism Mr. K. J. Alphons
along with a couple of Tourism Ministry officials. India's Incredible
India (Ministry of Tourism) presented a short film named "Yogi of the
Racetrack " in the meet. The said the short film has got 3.2 million
hits in 60 hours.
7.
The government has decided to institute an award
for carrying out best investigation of crime for promoting high professional
standards among police forces. The award - Union Home Minister's Medal for
Excellence in Police Investigation - will be given to the best investigators of
police forces of States, Union Territories & central investigating
agencies. Based on the average crime
data for the last three years, a total of 162 medals will be awarded every
year.
- Indian Council
of Medical Research (ICMR) was awarded the International Kochon Prize 2017
for encouraging research & development (R&D) efforts towards
tuberculosis treatment.
- Actor Jackie Shroff's
short film 'Shunyata' has won an award at Best of India Short Film
Festival in Los Angeles, US.
- Indian filmmaker Nila
Madhab Panda's "Halkaa", which had its world premiere at the
21st Festival International du Film Pour Enfants de Montreal Film (FIFEM),
has bagged the Grand Prix de Montreal at the gala.
11.
Canadian mathematician Robert Langlands won the
prestigious Abel Prize for developing a programme connecting representation
theory to number theory. The programme has enlisted hundreds of the world’s
best mathematicians over the last 50 years.
- The NHAI (National
Highways Authority of India) pavilion at 105th Indian Science Congress has
been adjudged as Best Design Pavilion. The award was conferred by Dr.
Najma Heptulla, Governor of Manipur.
- Defence Research &
Development Organisation (DRDO) has received the ‘Most Informative
Pavilion’ Award in Pride of India Expo organized as part of the 105th
Indian Science Congress at Manipur University, Imphal.
- Former PM Manmohan Singh
presented the G.K. Reddy Memorial National Award for journalism to senior
journalist & television presenter Karan Thapar.
- South
Asian Cinema Foundation (SACF), a London based organisation has received
the Frederick Pincott Award for 2017 from the Indian High Commissioner, Y
K Sinha for promoting Hindi cinema in Britain for the last 18 years.
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