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CA MARATHON CLASS
Awards

56th & 57th Jnanpith award

News: Eminent Assamese Poet Nilmani Phookan Jr. has won the 56th 

Jnanpith Award while the 57th Jnanpith Award has gone to the Konkani 
novelist Damodar Mauzo.

About Winners:

 Phookan is the third Assamese author to win the Jnanpith award. He is

a well‐known poet from Guwahati who has penned Surya Henu Nami
Ahe Ei Nodiyedi, Gulapi Jamur Lagna, and Kobita.

 Mauzo is based in Majorda, Goa, and has won the Sahitya Akademi
Award. He is most known for his books Karmelin and Tsunami Simon
and his short tales Teresa’s Man and Other Goa Stories.

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 About Jnanpith Award: The Jnanpith, the country’s highest literary prize, is given to writers for
“great contributions to literature.” The Bharatiya Jnanpith organization bestows the Jnanpith Award
on a writer from India every year. Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers
writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and English,
with no posthumous conferral.

 No. of Languages in Eighth Schedule: 22

Sahitya Akademi winners: 2021

News: The Sahitya Akademi announced a list of 22

winners each of the Yuva Puraskar and the Bal
Sahitya Puraskar for 2021.

❏ What all are given as a Prize: According to the

board, an engraved copper plate, shawl and
an amount of Rs 1 lakh will be given to the
main Sahitya Akademi prize winner and an
engraved copper plate and an amount of Rs
50,000 each will be given to the Yuva Puraskar
and Bal Sahitya Puraskar.

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Details:

 Seven books of poetry, two novels, five books of short stories, two plays, one book each of
biography, autobiography, criticism, and epic poetry have won the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2021.
Author, Namita Gokhale was awarded for her novel Things to Leave Behind.

 The Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2021 were awarded for 22 Indian languages and the award in
Tamil will be declared later, there was no award given in Rajasthani language this year.
Author Megha Majumdar won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2021 for her debut book ‘A
Burning’, published in 2020.

 The Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 was given in 22 Indian languages, no Bal Sahitya Puraskar was given
in Gujarati and Punjabi languages this year. Anita Vachharajani has been named as the recipient of
the Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 for the biography “Amrita Sher‐Gil: Rebel with a Paintbrush”. Hindi
writer Devendra Mewari won the award for his play titled “Natak Natak me Vigyan”.

Asom Baibhav
To whom: The government of Assam has decided to honour renowned
industrialist Ratan Tata with the award of ‘Asom Baibhav’. . Ratan Naval Tata
is a well‐known Indian Industrialist and also a philanthropist serving as the
head of the Tata Group’s charitable trusts.

What is Asom Baibhav?: Highest civilian honour of the state of Assam.

Why to Ratan Tata?: The Assam government conferred ‘Asom Baibhav’ to

Ratan Tata for his contribution to setting up cancer treatment facilities in the
state.

To whom else?: The Assam government will confer the state’s highest
civilian awards to industrialist Ratan Naval Tata, Olympian Lovlina Borgohain
and an array of personalities from diverse fields.

to setting up cancer treatment facilities in the state.

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Details: 
 The state government has decided to
confer Assam Baibhav, Assam Saurav and Assam
Gaurav Awards, 2021 to 19 personalities and the
award ceremony will be held on January 24,
2022. For this year, Assam Baibhav award will be
conferred to Ratan Tata, Assam Saurav award to
be conferred to five personalities Prof
Kamalendu Deb Krori, Dr Lakshmanan S, Prof
Dipak Chand Jain, Lovlina Borgohain and Neel
Pawan Baruah Kotak.

Republic Day Parade 2022
 Winners: The tableau of Uttar Pradesh has been picked
as the best tableau among the 12 States/UTs which
participated in the Republic Day parade on January 26,
2022.
 Theme of Uttar Pradesh: The theme of the tableau of
Uttar Pradesh was ‘One District One Product and Kashi
Vishwanath Dham’.
 Total No. of states participated: A total of 12 states and
union territories had participated in the Republic Day
parade on January 26.

 Other Winners: The second place went to Karnataka for its tableau based on ‘cradle of traditional
handicrafts’ while the third position went to Meghalaya for its tableau based on ‘Meghalaya’s 50
years of Statehood and its tribute to women‐led cooperative societies & SHGs’.

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Selection Process: The selection process of the tableaux is conducted by the Ministry of Defence, which
involves a number of guidelines. The ministry recommends that tableaux represent a historical event,
heritage, culture, development programmes and environment. The tableaux must not carry any logos
and should carry some animation and sound.

Other winners of Republic Day parade 2022:

 Best marching contingent among three Services: Indian Navy

 Best marching contingent among CAPF/other auxiliary forces: Central Industrial Security Force
(CISF)

 The tableaux of the ministry of education and the ministry of civil aviation have been declared as
joint winners in the category of central ministries and departments. The theme of the tableau of the
ministry of education and the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship was ‘National
Education Policy. The tableau of the ministry of civil aviation was based on the theme ‘Ude Desh Ka
Aam Nagrik’.

Popular Choice Awards

The popular choice category award was introduced for the first time in 2022, wherein the general public
was invited to vote for the best marching contingents and best tableaux through the MyGov platform.
The online poll was conducted between January 25‐31, 2022.

List of winners:

 Best state/UTs Tableau: Maharashtra (Theme ‘Biodiversity and State Bio‐symbols of Maharashtra’.);

 Best marching contingent among three Services: Indian Air Force;

 Best marching contingent among CAPF/other auxiliary forces: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF);

 Central Ministry: Ministry of Communication/Department of Posts (Theme ‘India Post: 75 years @

Resolve – Women Empowerment’.)

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Dadasaheb Phalke International 

Film Festival Awards 2022

When: The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film

Festival Awards 2022 were presented on February
20, 2022, at Taj Lands End throughout Mumbai.
Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the event, honoured the
grandeur of Indian cinema and marked the
country’s 75th anniversary of independence.

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List of Winners:
Best Actor : Ranveer Singh
Outstanding Contribution To Film Industry :
Asha Parekh
Best Actress : Kriti Sanon
Best Director : Ken Ghosh
Film of the Year : Pushpa: The Rise
Best FilmShershaah
Best International Feature Film : Another Round
Best Actress in Supporting Role : Lara Dutta
Best Debut : Ahan Shetty
Best Actor in Supporting Role : Satish Kaushik
Best Actor in a Negative Role : Aayush Sharma
Critics Best Actress : Kiara Advani
Critics Best Film : Sardar Udham
People’s Choice Best Actress : Radhika Madan
People’s Choice Best Actor : Abhimanyu Dassani

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List of Winners:
Television Series of the Year : Anupama
Best Web Series : Candy
Best Actress in Web Series : Raveena Tandon
Best Actor in Web Series : Manoj Bajpayee
Best Actress in Television Series : Shraddha
About the Award: The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in the field of cinema. It is
presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an
organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.The recipient is honoured for their
"outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema"and is selected by a
committee consisting of eminent personalities from the Indian film industry.The award comprises
a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion, a shawl, and a cash prize of ₹1,000,000 (US$13,000).

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 History of this Award: Presented first in 1969, the award was introduced by the GoI to
commemorate Dadasaheb Phalke’s contribution to Indian cinema. Phalke (1870–1944), who is
popularly known as and often regarded as "the father of Indian cinema", was an Indian filmmaker
who directed India's first full‐length feature film, Raja Harishchandra (1913).

 The first recipient of the award was actress Devika Rani, who was honoured at the 17th National
Film Awards.

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Grammy awards

News: The 64th Grammy Awards were given out in Las

Vegas. During the show’s pre‐telecast ceremony, Jon
Batiste won for best American roots performance, best
American roots song, best music video and tied with Carlos
Rafael Rivera for best score soundtrack for visual media.
His song “Freedom” in the music video category beat out
several other tough competitors, including Olivia Rodrigo,
Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish. Jon Batiste received the most
nominations with eleven and Batiste also received the
most awards with five.

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List of Winners:
 Record Of The Year: “Leave the Door Open” — Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown,
Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Silk Sonic)
 Album of the Year: We Are — Jon Batiste
 Song of the Year: “Leave the Door Open” — Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst
Emile II & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Silk Sonic)
 Best New Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
 Best Pop Vocal Album: Sour — Olivia Rodrigo
 Best Dance/Electronic Recording: “Alive” — Rüfüs Du Sol
 Best Alternative Music Album: Daddy’s Home — St. Vincent
 Best R&B Performance: “Leave the Door Open” — Silk Sonic (TIE)
“Pick Up Your Feelings” — Jazmine Sullivan (TIE)
 Best R&B Song: “Leave the Door Open” — Silk Sonic
 Best Progressive R&B Album: Table for Two — Lucky Daye

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 Best Rap Performance: “Family Ties” — Baby 
Keem featuring Kendrick Lamar
 Best Rap Album: Call Me if You Get Lost — Tyler, 
The Creator
 Best Global Music Performance: “Mohabbat” —
Arooj Aftab
 Best Music Video: “Freedom” — Jon Batiste
About the Award: The Grammy Award is an award
presented by the Recording Academy to recognize
achievements in the music industry. The first
Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4,
1959, to honour and respect the musical
accomplishments of performers for the
year 1958. The trophy represents a gilded
gramophone.

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UN Public Service Award 2022

News: The United Nations (UN) awarded ten global initiatives

with the prestigious UN Public Service Award (UNPSA) on June
22 for their effort in helping the world recover from the
pandemic.

Details: Odisha's public transport service 'Mo Bus' is one of those

recipients, according to the announcement by the global
organisation.Almost 40 per cent of Mo Bus conductors are
women, and 100 per cent of Mo E‐Ride drivers are women,
transgender people, and people from marginalised communities,
thereby earning the UNPSA. cent of Mo Bus conductors are
women, and 100 per cent of Mo E‐Ride drivers are women,
transgender people, and people from marginalised communities,
thereby earning the UNPSA.

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 What Are UN Public Service Awards? The UNPSA, launched in 2003, aims to identify excellence in
delivering public service, which further promotes effectiveness, inclusiveness, and transparency to
achieve the region's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and award 10 of them. This year's
winners also used ICT and digital government initiatives to help the world recover from the COVID‐
19 pandemic while showing resilience and inventiveness in times of need.

 United Nations Public Service Day: The United Nations Public Service Day is celebrated on June 23
of every year. The UN Public Service Day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly's
resolution A/RES/57/277 of 2003, to “celebrate the value and virtue of public service to the
community”.

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68th National Film Awards
News: The 68th National Film Awards were announced on July 22 in an event during which the
Directorate of Film Festivals (Director: Senthil Rajan) presented the Awards to honour the best films
of 2020 in Indian cinema.
 The awards ceremony is originally slated to be held on 3 May 2021 but was postponed due to the
COVID‐19 pandemic.
 The winners were declared on 22 July 2022, and the awards are yet to be presented.
About the National Film Awards:
 First given out in 1954, they were called the ‘State Awards’
 The jury deciding the winners comprises “persons distinguished in the field of cinema, other allied
arts and humanities”.
 The Directorate of Film Festivals in India is an organisation that initiates and presents the International
Film Festival of India, the National Film Awards and the Indian Panorama.

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Award winners:

 Tamil film ‘Soorarai Pottru’ won in five categories: Best Feature Film,
Best Actor for Suriya, Best Actress for Aparna Balamurali, Best Music
Direction (Score) for G V Prakash Kumar, and Best Original Screenplay
for Sudha Kongara, who also directed the film.

 Ajay Devgn, has shared the Best Actor for his role in ‘Tanhaji: The
Unsung Warrior’ with Suriya. The film has also won the award for Best
Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.

 Sachidanandan K R has won the Best Direction Award for the

Malayalam film ‘Ayyappanum Koshiyum’ and Madonne Ashwin has
won the Best Debut Film of a Director Award for the Tamil film
‘Mandela’.

 The Best Book on Cinema went to Kishwar Desai’s ‘The Longest Kiss’

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OSCARS: 2022
 The Oscars 2022 or the 94th Academy Awards ceremony which is presented
by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). This event was
held on 27th March 2022 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
 This event was mired with controversy after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock for
joking about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith who is diagnosed with alopecia.
Overview:
 This event honoured the best films that were released between 1st March to
31st December 2021.
 On 1st February 2022, the voting for nominations concluded and on
8th February 2022, the nominations were announced.
 The hosts for this ceremony were Amy Schumer, Regina Hall, and Wanda
Sykes.
 For the first time since the 83rd Academy Awards held in 2011 that multiple
hosts were featured.

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Winners  Best Supporting Actor: Troy Kotsur for the movie 

 Best Picture: CODA CODA
 Best Actress: Jessica Chastain for the movie   Best Original Screenplay: Bellfast
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye  Best Adapted Screenplay: CODA
 Best Director was won by Jane Campion for   Best International Feature Film: Drive My Car 
The Power Of The Dog. (Country‐Japan)
 Best Actor: Will Smith for the movie King   Best Documentary Feature: Summer Of Soul
Richard
 Best Animated Feature Film: Encanto
 Best Supporting Actress went to Ariana
 Best Animated Short: The Windshield Wiper
DeBose for the movie West Side Story.
 Best Original Score: Dune

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 Best Live Action Short : The Long Goodbye

 Best Cinematography : Dune

 The Queen of Basketball received the award for Best Documentary (Short)

 Best Original Song: No Time To Die (Movie‐ No Time To Die)

 Best Production Design: Dune

 Best Costume Design: Cruella

 Best Sound: Dune

 Best Makeup and Hair went to the movie The Eyes of Tammy Faye

 Best Visual Effects: Dune

 Best Film Editing: Dune

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About the Award: The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and
technical merit for the American and international film industry.

The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment
industry worldwide. Given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the
awards are an international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the
Academy's voting membership. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette
as a trophy, officially called the "Academy Award of Merit", although more commonly referred to by its
nickname, the "Oscar". The statuette depicts a knight rendered in the Art Deco style.

The award was originally sculpted by George Stanley from a design sketch by Cedric Gibbons. AMPAS
first presented it in 1929 at a private dinner hosted by Douglas Fairbanks in The Hollywood Roosevelt
Hotel in what would become known as the 1st Academy Awards.

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BAFTA 2022

News: The 75th edition of the British Academy Film Awards, also known as
the BAFTA Award, was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The awards,
presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts
(BAFTA), honours the best national and foreign films of 2021. The ceremony
was hosted by actress and comedian Rebel Wilson. The film that received
maximum nominations was Dune, with 11 nominations. The film that
received the maximum number of awards was Dune as well with 5 awards.

About the Award: British Academy Television Awards are presented annually
to recognize the outstanding work in British Television. It is mainly given to
British programs. It was founded in 1947 as the British Film Academy. In
1976, it merged with the Guild of Television producers and directors and
became The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

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Important Winners:
 Best Film: The Power of the Dog
 Best British Film: Belfast
 Best Actor: Will Smith (King Richard) 
 Best Actress: Joanna Scanlan (After Love) 
 Most awards: Dune (5)
 Most nominations: Dune (11)

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BBC Sportsperson of the Year Award

About: The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award is the

main award of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony,
which takes place each December. The winner is the
sportsperson, judged by a public vote, to have achieved the most
that year. The recipient must either be British or reside and play
a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom. The
winner is selected from a pre‐determined shortlist. The most
recent award‐winner is tennis player Emma Raducanu, who won
the 2021 award.

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BBC Sportsperson of the Year Award

 News: BBC Indian Sportswoman Of The Year award in 2022: Saikhom Mirabai Chanu. Indian
weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu has been announced the winner of the third edition of the BBC
Indian Sportswoman Of The Year (ISWOTY) award. Mirabai Chanu became the first Indian weightlifter
to clinch a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The ‘BBC Emerging Player’ award has been presented
to Shafali Verma, the youngest female cricketer who played for India in T20 International match in
2019. Karnam Malleswari was presented the BBC Lifetime Achievement award.

 The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award (abbreviated as
BBC ISWOTY) is an initiative by the BBC Hindi in India to celebrate and honour sportswomen from
India who have excelled in their respective fields. The first edition of the award took place in 2020,
and P.V. Sindhu was the winner.

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Nomination procedure

The shortlist is announced a few weeks before the award ceremony, and the winner is determined on
the night by a public telephone and online vote. Prior to 2012, a panel of 30 sports journalists each
submitted a list of 10 contenders. From these contenders a shortlist of ten nominees was
determined. This method was criticized following the selection of an all‐male shortlist in 2011. The
selection process for contenders was changed for the 2012 and subsequent awards by the
introduction of an expert panel. The panel produces a shortlist that reflects UK sporting
achievements on the national and/or international stage, represents the breadth and depth of UK
sports and takes into account 'impact' within and beyond the sport or sporting achievement in
question.

FirstThe award was first instituted in 2020. Sprinter Dutee Chand, para‐badminton player Manasi
Joshi, boxer Mary Kom, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, and badminton player P.V. Sindhu, were the final
nominees who proceeded for public voting. On 8 March 2020, BBC held the award ceremony in
Delhi, marking International Women’s Day, and P.V. Sindhu was named the Indian Sportswoman of
the Year 2020. Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (India) Kiren Rijju was present as the guest of
honour at the event. As a part of the program, retired Track and field athlete P.T. Usha , was awarded
the Lifetime Achievement Award

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Pulitzer Award 2022
News: The 106th class of Pulitzer Prize winners in Journalism, Books, Drama and
Music were announced. The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in
newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature and musical composition
within the United States.
Background:
Established: 1917
Introduced by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune
as a newspaper publisher.
Administered by: Columbia University.
 Basically, newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer gave money in his will to
Columbia University to launch journalism school and establish the Prize. He
allocated $250,000 to the prize and scholarships.
 After his death on 29th October, 1911, first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded
June 4, 1917.

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 Originally, the award categories included 4 awards in journalism, 4 in letters and drama, 1 in
education, and 4 travelling scholarships.

 It is now awarded annually in 21 categories.

 Pulitzer winner in Public Service Category is awarded Gold Medal.

Indian Journalist in the Pulitzer Prize 2022 List

 Danish Siddiqui, who was awarded posthumously, along with Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo
and Amit Dave were awarded Pulitzer prize 2022 from India.

 Danish Siddiqui of Reuters has been given the award posthumously. He was killed during the
conflict between Taliban and the Afghan army.

 Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, and Amit Dave were awarded for their images of Covid toll in
India.

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Indians who have won Pulitzer Prize: 

 A member of the Ghadar Party in America, Indian‐American journalist Gobind Behari Lal, was the
first from India to win the Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1937. he also received the Padma Bhushan
in 1969.
 In 2003, Mumbai‐born Geeta Anand was part of the team at Wall Street Journal that won a Pulitzer
Prize for reporting on corporate corruption.
 In 2016, Indian‐American Sanghamitra Kalita, then managing editor of Los Angeles Times, won the
Pulitzer in the Breaking News Reporting category with her team for their coverage of the San
Bernardino shooting in California in 2015.
 In 2000, London‐born Indian‐American writer Jhumpa Lahiri won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her
debut short story collection Interpreter of Maladies.
 In 2011, Siddhartha Mukherjee (Indian‐American physician, biologist and author) won the Pulitzer
Prize for General Non‐Fiction for his demystification of cancer in The Emperor of All Maladies: A
Biography of Cancer.
 In 2020, Channi Anand, Mukhtar Khan and Dar Yasin of Associated Press won the Pulitzer in the
Feature Photography category “for striking images captured during a communications blackout in
Kashmir depicting life in the contested territory as India stripped it of its semi‐autonomy,”.

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Raman Magsaysay Award 2022
News: The Ramon Magsaysay Awards Foundation (RMAF), which is
widely regarded as the “Nobel Peace Prize of Asia,” recently announced
this year’s awardees in a global announcement ceremony. The 2022
Ramon Magsaysay Awardees are Sotheara Chhim (Cambodia),
Bernadette Madrid (Philippines), Tadashi Hattori (Japan) and Gary
Bencheghib (Indonesia).

About the Award: The Ramon Magsaysay Award, established in 1957, is

Asia’s greatest honour and distinction. The award is managed by RMAF.
It is named after Ramon Magsaysay, the third president of the
Philippines. The award is regarded around the world as ‘’Asia’s Nobel
Prize’’. The prize is annually presented in a ceremonial ceremony
in Manila, Philippines on August 31. The first Ramon Magsaysay
Awards ceremony was held on 31st August 1958.

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About recipients Ramon Magsaysay Award 2022:

 Sotheara Chhim‐He is a mental health advocate from Cambodia. He is a leading voice in
Cambodian trauma syndrome. He is being recognized for “his calm courage in surmounting deep
trauma to become his people’s healer”. As a child, he was forced to work in Khmer Rouge camps for
more than three years until their rule ended in 1979.
 Tadashi Hattori‐He is a sight‐saving humanitarian from Japan. He is being recognized for his simple
humanity and extraordinary generosity as a person and a professional. He decided to become a
doctor at age 15 when he witnessed the rude treatment that his cancer‐stricken father received in
a hospital.
 Bernadette J. Madrid‐She is a children’s rights crusader from the Philippines. She is being
recognized for “her unassuming and steadfast commitment to noble and demanding advocacy.
Since 1997, she has led the country’s first child protection centre at the Philippine General Hospital
in Manila. It has served more than 27,000 children as of last year.
 Gary Bencheghib‐He is an anti‐plastic pollution warrior from Indonesia. He is being recognized for
Emergent Leadership for “his inspiring fight against marine plastic pollution.

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About Raman Magsaysay:

 Ramon Magsaysay ‐ Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay, born on 31 August 1907 and passed away on 17
March 1957, was the 7th President of the Philippines. His tenure as the president was from 30th
December 1953 ‐ to 17th March 1957.

 In recognition of his outstanding service as a guerrilla leader during the Pacific War, Magsaysay was
appointed Governor of Zambales.

 After spending two terms as a member of the Liberal Party in the House of Representatives
representing the Zambales district, he was appointed Secretary of Defense.

 He was elected President of the Nacionalista Party he founded.

 He was the 1st president of the Philippines, born after the Spanish colonial rule, and the first
president of the Philippines born in the 20th century.

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Nobel Prize 2022

News: The announcement of the Nobel Prize 2022 took place on

October 3, 2022, and continued till October 10, 2022. The Nobel
Prize 2022 winners received a cash prize of 10,00,000 Swedish
Krona. The Nobel Prize was given out for the first time in 1901,
and since then, 989 laureates and organisations have received it
615 times.

In 2022, the Nobel Prizes were given to fourteen laureates for

their contributions that had the most positive impact on
humanity. Their research encompasses everything including war
crime documentation, click chemistry, paleogenomics etc.

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Winners: 

 Physiology or medicine: Dr. Svante Pääbo, a

Swedish geneticist, won for his discoveries
concerning the genomes of extinct hominins
and human evolution.

 Physics: Shared by three men, Alain Aspect,

John F. Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger, for their
work in quantum technology.

 Chemistry: Carolyn R. Bertozzi Morten Meldal

and K. Barry Sharplessn for the development of
click chemistry and bio‐orthogonal chemistry.

 Literature: Annie Ernaux, a French novelist

 Peace: Ales Bialiatski, a jailed Belarusian

activist; Memorial, a Russian organization; and
the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine.

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Important Facts:

 Since the beginning in 1901, there have been a few years in which no Nobel Prizes have been given. There have been 49 
times in all. the majority of them during World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939‐1945).

 Malala Yousafzai (age 17 years then) is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate among all categories who received the peace 

prize in 2014 with Kailash Satyarthi.

 Between 1901 and 2022 the Nobel Prize have been awarded 61 times to women.

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Swachh Sarvekshan Award 2022

News: Recently, the President awarded Indore as

the cleanest city for the sixth consecutive year as
part of the Azadi@75 Swachh Survekshan 2022,
hosted as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission‐
Urban 2.0. Indore further emerged as India’s first
7‐star Garbage Free city, while Surat, Bhopal,
Mysuru, Navi Mumbai, Vishakhapatnam, and
Tirupati earned 5‐star Garbage Free certifications.

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What are Swachh Survekshan Awards?

About: Swachh Survekshan has been conducted since 2016 and is the world’s largest urban sanitation
and cleanliness survey.

It has been instrumental in fostering a spirit of healthy competition among towns and cities to improve
their service delivery to citizens and towards creating cleaner cities.

It is conducted under the ambit of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban),

Goal: The primary goal of Swachh Survekshan is to encourage large‐scale citizen participation and
create awareness amongst all sections of society about the importance of working together toward
making towns and cities better places to reside in.

Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).

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Key Highlights of Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022

 Cleanest City : More than 1 lakh Population: Indore, the city of lakes and palaces, walked away 
with the Cleanest City title, while Surat was adjudged the second cleanest city, for the second time 
in a row, Navi Mumbai bagged the third spot.

 Less than 1 lakh Population : Panchgani and Karad from Maharashtra bagged the first and third 

positions respectively, while Patan from Chhattisgarh bagged the second position.

 Best Ganga Town : Haridwar in Uttarakhand received the award for the best Ganga town in more 

than one lakh population cities.

 Fast Mover City Award: Shivamogga in Karnataka.

 Cleanest States : States with More than 100 Urban Local Bodies: Madhya Pradesh emerged as the 
‘Cleanest State’, Chattisgarh in second place and third in Maharashtra.

 States with less than 100 Urban Local Bodies: Tripura emerged as the Cleanest State. Jharkhand 
and Uttarakhand received the second and third spots respectively.

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UNESCO Peace Prize
News: Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has been
awarded the Unesco Peace Prize 2022 for “her efforts to
welcome refugees”. In the summer of 2015, as refugees were
streaming into Europe, Merkel opened her country’s borders
and famously declared to Germans “Wir schaffen das”, “We
can do this.”

She eventually pulled back on her pro‐immigration stance as

support eroded among the public and within her own
conservative party. All the members of the jury were touched
by her courageous decision in 2015 to welcome more than 1.2
million refugees, notably from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and
Eritrea.

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About the UNESCO Peace Prize:

The honour, which is officially called Felix Houphouet‐Boigny‐Unesco Peace Prize, is named after the
former president of Ivory Coast. It has been awarded each year since 1989 to individuals, organisations
or institutions that have made a special effort to promote, research or secure peace. It is awarded
annually. The prize includes a cheque of USD 150,000, a gold medal and a peace diploma. If there are
multiple recipients, the cheque is shared equally.

Relevant Static Gk:

 UNESCO Founded: 16 November 1945;

 UNESCO Headquarters: Paris, France;

 UNESCO Members: 193 countries;

 UNESCO Head: Audrey Azoulay.

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SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 
News: The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for
2022 will be awarded to Yunqing
Tang Assistant Professor at the University
of California, Berkeley, USA. The Award is
instituted by the Shanmugha Arts,
Science, Technology & Research
Academy (SASTRA) in 2005. The award
includes a cash prize of $10,000 and it is
presented annually to individuals aged 32
and below, who made an outstanding
contribution to the field of mathematics.

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Key Points related to the SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2022

 Ms. Yunqing Tang’s works display a remarkable combination of sophisticated techniques in which
the arithmetic and geometry of modular curves and Shimura varieties play a central role.

 Tang’s recent woke in collaboration with Frank Calegari and Vesselin Dimitrov on the modular
equation is of great significance.

 Ms. Yunqing Tang is praised as one of the deepest and most creative Mathematicians of her age.

 The prize will be awarded at the International Conference on Number Theory during December
20‐22, 2022 at SASTRA University.

About Yunqing Tang

 Ms. Yunqing Tang was born in China and she completed her B.Sc at Peking University in 2011,
following which she went to Harvard University for higher education. In 2016, she completed her
Ph.D. under the supervision of Mark Kisin.

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Global Nursing Award 2022
News: Anna Qabale Duba from Marsabit County, Kenya was conferred the
Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2022 in an award ceremony that was
held at Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai.
How many nurses were selected for this prize?
From 24,000 nurses 10 were selected as the top 10 finalists from which 1 won
this award.
Who is Anna Qabale Duba?
She was her village’s first graduate and her family’s only educated child. She
had understood early that illiteracy was holding people back from knowing
about new things and thus she chose education. She had also won the Miss
Tourism Kenya 2013 while studying nursing. She has advocated for education
and gender equality in her community.

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Why was the Global Nursing Awards established?

The Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award was launched by

Aster DM Healthcare with the aim of recognizing the
phenomenal contribution that nurses have to humanity. This
award was launched on International Nurses Day 2021 or
12th May 2021. The winner gets USD 250,000 prize money.

What is Aster DM Healthcare?

It is one of the world’s largest private healthcare service

providers that cater to the whole globe. It has 366
healthcare facilities which include 115 clinics, 26 hospitals,
and 225 pharmacies spread across 7 countries.

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Stockholm Water Prize 2022
News: Professor Emeritus Wilfried Brutsaert has been named as
the Stockholm Water Prize Laureate 2022. He has been awarded for his
groundbreaking work to quantify environmental evaporation. Wilfried
Brutsaert is Professor in Engineering Emeritus at Cornell University,
USA. His innovative works on Evaporation and Hydrology are of lasting
theoretical and practical importance, particularly in view of climate
change. In addition, Wilfried Brutsaert has pioneered novel approaches to
understanding changes in groundwater storage.

About the award:

 The Stockholm Water Prize is the world’s most prestigious water

award and is often described as the Nobel Prize of water.
 The prestigious Prize has been awarded since 1991 to people and
organizations for extraordinary water‐related achievements.
 The Prize is awarded by the Stockholm International Water Institute
(SIWI) in cooperation with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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About Stockholm International Water Institute

 SIWI is a not‐for‐profit, independent organization that aims to strengthen freshwater governance

regionally, globally, locally, and nationally. This organization was founded in 1991 and is
headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Torgny Holmgren is the current Executive Director. This
organization performs research, provides advisory services, and builds institutional capacity in five
areas of transboundary water management, water governance, the water‐energy‐food nexus,
water and climate change, and water economics.

Important Information:

 SIWI Headquarters location: Stockholm, Sweden;

 SIWI Executive Director: Torgny Holmgren;

 SIWI Founded: 1991.

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Abel Prize 2022
News: The winner of the Abel Prize 2022 is Dennis Parnell Sullivan, an
American mathematician. This award also includes prize money which
amounts to 7 Million NOK (Norwegian Krone)

Overview:

He received this award for his contributions to topology, especially its

geometric, algebraic, and dynamical aspects.

Topology is a field of mathematics that considers two things of different

forms to be equivalent only if they can be deformed into each other.

Topology is a new field of mathematics as it was born at the end of the 19th
century.

Topology is important in maths and various other fields like data science,
economics, and physics.

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About Abel Prize

 The King of Norway presents the Abel Prize and it is given annually to an individual who has done a
remarkable job in the mathematics field. This prize has been named after Niels Henrik Abel who
was a famous Norwegian mathematician. This award took inspiration from the famous Nobel Prize.
Nobel Prize doesn’t have a section for mathematics, though some mathematicians have won this
prestigious prize in other fields. The Fields Medal is an annual award that is also considered to be
the ‘Mathematics Nobel’ but it is only awarded to those individuals who are below the age of 40.

 The Abel Prize was first awarded in 2003 to Jean‐Pierre Serre, a French mathematician, for his
contribution to algebraic geometry, topology, and number theory.

 In 2007, S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, who is an Indian‐American citizen had won the Abel Prize for his
contribution in probability theory and for creating a unified large deviation theory.

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