This post provides the list of Awards & Honors that are presented in the month of July 2020 for various PSC Exams.
Awards & Honors
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▶ July 1
- First Prof. P.C. Mahalanobis Award in Official Statistics for lifetime achievements – Chakravarthi Rangarajan (Former RBI Governor)
- For his contribution in providing solutions in the issues related to the estimation of national income.
- Instituted by – Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
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▶ July 2
- Natvarya Prabhakar Panshikar Award – Ratnakar Matkari (Marathi writer & Playwright, posthumous)
- Instituted by – Maharashtra Government
- Award – Rs five lakh, citation, and a memento.
- Virtual Race Across America (vRAAM) 2020 – Lt Col Bharat Pannu
- First Indian to win a podium place at an international ultra-cycling race – Lt Col Bharat Pannu
- Race Across America (RAAM) – 5000 km transcontinental race from the West Coast to the East Coast of the USA with a cut-off time of 12 days.
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▶ July 3
- People of Indian origin included in the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s 2020 list of ‘Great Immigrants – Siddhartha Mukherjee & Raj Chetty (For combating COVID 19)
- Siddhartha Mukherjee –
- Padma Shri in 2014.
- Pulitzer Prize (2011) for his book, "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer."
- Book included in “All-Time 100 Nonfiction Books” –"The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer."
- Raj Chetty –
- Padma Shri (2015), John Bates Clark Medal of the American Economic Association (2013) & Young Labor Economist Award (2010).
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▶ July 4
- Diana Award of 2020 – Freya Thakral (13-year-old student of British School, New Delhi) for her Recycler App for waste management.
- Diana Award –
- Instituted in – 1999 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Princess Diana on July 1.
- For – social works and humanitarian efforts of youngsters across the UK and the world
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▶ July 10
- European 2020 US Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership Award – International Olympic Committee (IOC)
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▶ July 11
- United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) award for environment – Indian battalion (INDBATT)
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▶ July 13
- Dada Saheb Phalke Award of 2020 – Kezang D. Thongdok
- – for a short documentary “Chi Lupo“ on honey hunting practices of Shertukpen community, an ethnic group of Arunachal Pradesh.
- CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2019 – NTPC Ltd
- CII-ITC Sustainability Award –
- Headquarters – New Delhi
- Instituted by – CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD) in 2006.
- NTPC Ltd –
- Established in – 1975
- Headquarters – New Delhi
- Largest power corporation in India.
- Became Maharatna Company in May 2010.
- Paul Harris Fellow recognition award of 2020 – Edappadi K Palaniswami (Tamil Nadu CM)
- Instituted by – Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, Chicago
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▶ July 14
- “Elites Excellence Awards 2020 – Chhattisgarh (CM' Darpan website & mobile app)
- Von Karman Award 2020 – K. Sivan (ISRO Chairman)
- Mohun Bagan Ratna – Gurbux Singh (Hockey) & Palash Nandi (Cricketer)
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▶ July 15
- “Top Publicist” award in the Global Humanitarian Awards 2020 – Sachin Awasthi for his Vande Gange Swachhata Jan Jagran Yatra ( a 5-day long clean Ganga awareness journey which was begun from Haridwar to Varanasi)
- ‘Infra Business Leader of the Year’ award for 2020 – Parkash Dudeja (Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA))
- Instituted by – Rail Infra and Mobility Business Digital Awards (RIMBDA)
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▶ July 16
- US-India Business Council (USIBC) Global Leadership Award 2020 – N. Chandrasekaran (Tata Group Chairman) & Jim Taiclet (President & CEO of Lockheed Martin)
- Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Tribute Actor Award 2020 – Kate Winslet
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▶ July 17
- International Press Freedom Awards 2020 – 4 journalists
- – Shahidul Alam from Bangladesh
- – Dapo Olorunyomi from Nigeria
- – Svetlana Prokopyeva from Russia
- – Mohammad Mosaed from Iran
- Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award 2020 – Amal Clooney
- Both International Press Freedom Award & Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Awards are instituted by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
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▶ July 20
- Nelson Mandela Prize of 2020 – Dr. Morissana Kouyate (Guinea) & Marianna Vardinoyannis (Greece)
- Legend of Animation Award 2020 – Arnab Chaudhuri (Posthumous)
- Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity – Greta Thunberg (Sweden, First Winner)
- Karamveer Chakra Award – Sunil YDV SS (Founder of SS Motivation, a Telegram Channel)
- Karamveer Chakra Award –
- Instituted by – UN & International Confederation of NGO (iCONGO)
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- President’s Award for Nurse 2020, Singapore – Kala Narayanasamy
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- Premier League Golden Boot Football Award – Jamie Vardy
- Oldest player to receive the award.
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- Gustave Trouve Award for Excellence in Electric Boats and Boating – Aditya (Kerala)
- Aditya –
- India's First Solar Ferry
- Operates in the Vembanad Backwaters, Kerala (between Thavanakadavu in Alappuzha & Vaikom in Kottayam district)
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SideNotes:
- Rao Inderjit Singh – Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)
- Bimal Kumar Roy – Chairman of the National Statistical Commission (NSC)
- Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay – Director of Indian Statistical Institute.
- Headquarters of International Olympic Committee (IOC) – Lausanne
- Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh – Bhupesh Baghel
- Governor of Chhattisgarh – Anusuiya Uikey
- Headquarters of Committee to Protect Journalists – New York
- Nelson Mandela International Day – July 18
- Singapore President – Halimah Yacob