Important Awards and Honors 2020-21 for upcoming competitive exams

❖ Best Director ➥ Chloe Zhao
• Director of the picture Nomadland.

❖ Best Actress ➥ Frances McDormand, from Nomadland

❖ Best original screenplay ➥ Promising Young Woman

❖ Best Documentary Feature ➥ My Octopus Teacher
❖ Best Animated Features Film ➥ Soul
❖ Best International Features Film ➥ Another Round

❖ Best Actor (Female) ➥ Deepika Padukone, Chhapaak

❖ Best Actor (Male) ➥ Akshay Kumar, Laxmii

❖ Critic’s Best Actress ➥ Kiara Advani, Guilty

❖ Critic’s Best Actor ➥ Late Sushant Singh Rajput, Dil Bechara

❖ Best Film ➥ Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior

❖ Best International Feature Film ➥ Parasite

❖ Most Versatile Actor ➥ Kay Kay Menon

❖ Best Director ➥ Anurag Basu, Ludo

❖ Best Actor (Supporting Role) ➥ Vikrant Massey, Chhapaak

❖ Best Actress in Supporting Role ➥ Radhika Madan, Angrezi Medium

❖ Best Actor in Comic Role ➥ Kunal Kemmu, Lootcase

❖ Best Actor (Web Series) ➥ Bobby Deol, Aashram

❖ Best Actress (Web Series) ➥ Sushmita Sen, Aarya

❖ Best Web Series ➥ Scam (1992)

❖ Album of the Year ➥ Titliyaan

❖Best Television Series ➥ Kundali Bhagya

Photographer of the Year ➥ Daboo Ratnani

❖ Style Diva of the Year ➥ Divya Khosla Kumar

❖ Best Actress in Television Series ➥ Surbhi Chandna

❖ Best Actor in Television Series ➥ Dheeraj Dhoopar

❖ Performer of the Year ➥ Nora Fatehi

❖ Outstanding Contribution to Film Industry ➥ Dharmendra

❖Outstanding Contribution to Literature in Indian Cinema ➥ Chetan Bhagat

➧ Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2020 ➝ Arunachal Pradesh filmmaker Kezang D Thongdok
• for a short documentary “Chi Lupo“

➧ Von Karman Award 2020 ➝ K. Sivan

➧ Nelson Mandela Prize 2020 ➝ Morissana Kouyate and Marianna Vardinoyannis

➧ Global Humanitarian Award 2020 ➝ Sachin Awasthi

➧ Richard Dawkins Award 2020 ➝ Javed Akhtar

➧ E-Panchayat Puraskar 2020 ➝ Himachal Pradesh

➧ German Book Trade Peace Prize 2020 ➝ Amartya Sen

➧ World Food Prize 2020 ➝ Ratan Lal

➧ NASA Distinguished Service Medal 2020 ➝ Renjith Kumar

➧ Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2020 ➝ Kritika Pandey

➧ Fed Cup Heart Award for Asia , Oceania Zones ➝ Sania Mirza

➧ Swami Vivekananda Karamyogi Award 2020➝ Jadav Peyang

➧ IIFTC Tourism Impact Award 2020 ➝ Zoya Akhtar

➧ Dan David Prize 2020 ➝ Gita Sen

➧ Polly Umrigar Award 2020 ➝ Jaspreet Bumrah

➧ Global Child Prodigy Award 2020 ➝ Sucheta Satish & Ishwar Sharma

➧ Best Plastic Waste Management Award 2020 ➝ Sirmour (HP) Indore (MP) Puri (Odisha) Assam (Dibrugarh)

➧ Venkaiah Naidu National Award for Excellence ➝ Subramanian Swami

➧ 1st Men’s Khelo India Ice Hockey Tournament 2020 ➝ Ladakh Scouts Regimental Centre

➧ Best Film in 92nd Oscar Awards 2020 ➝ Parasite

➧ PC Mahalanobis Award 2020 ➝ C Rangarajan

➧ Gulbenkain Prize for Humanity 2020 ➝ Greta Thungberg

➧ Abel Prize 2020 in the fild of Mathematics ➝ Hillel Furstenberg, Gregory Margulis

➧ Ig Nobel Prize 2020 for Medical Education ➝ Narendra Modi

➧ Tansen Samman 2020 ➝ Santoor Player Pandit Satish Vyas

➧ Engineer of the Year 2020 ➝ V.K Yadav

➧ Gandhi Peace Prize 2020 ➝ Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

➧ Sanctuary Reserve Lifetime Service Award 2020 ➝ S. Theodore Baskaran

➧ Senior Scientist Award 2020 ➝ Dr. Samir Damare

➧ Saraswati Samman 2020 ➝ Dr. Sharankumar Limbale
• For his Novel “Sanatan”

➧ Global Teacher Award 2020 ➝ Ranjitsingh Disale
• He is a primary teacher from Maharashtra’s Solapur

➧ Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2020 ➝ Asha Bhosle
• It is the Maharashtra government’s highest honour

➧ Vyas Samman 2020 ➝ Sharad Pagare
• For his novel Patliputra ki Samragi

➧ ” Order of the Rising Sun” by the Japanese government ➝ Shyamala Ganesh
• He is a Bengaluru based Japanese teacher.
➧ American Legion of Excellence Award 2021 ➝ Narendra Modi

➧ 2021 World Food Award ➝ Dr. Shakumtala Haraksingh

➧ 2021 “Wild Innovator Award” ➝ Dr. Krithi K Karanth
• Dr. Krithi K Karanth is a chief Conservation Scientist at Bengaluru-based Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS).
• She becomes the first Indian woman to get ‘Wild Innovator Award’.

➧ Green Urja Award ➝ IRDEA (Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency, Ltd)

➧ 15th Sheikh Zayed Book Award ➝ Dr. Tahera Qutbuddin
• She won the award for her recent book Arabic Oration: Art and Function.
• She is the first person from India to win the award.
• The award is considered to be the Nobel Prize of the Arab world.

➧ Nelson Mandela World Humanitarian Award 2021 ➝ Rumana Sinha Sehgal (Hyderabad)
• For her contribution to the field of developing innovative and functional green products by recycling varied materials and non-biodegradable materials.

➧ 2021 FIAF (International Federation of Film Archives) Award ➝ Amitabh Bacchan

➧ Arline Pacht Global Vision Award 2021 ➝ Former Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir High Court, Justice Gita Mittal

➧ Etienne Glichitch Award 2021 ➝ Indian Hockey Team

➧ European Golden Boot ➝ Robert Lewandouski

➧ Best Actor award at the New York City International Film Festival ➝ Anupam Kher
• for his short film Happy Birthday, Directed by Prasad Kadam

➧ Kalinga Ratna Samman 2021 ➝ Biswabhusan Harichandan

➧ Abu Dhabi’s Top Civilian Award ➝ Yusuf Ali M.

➧ BBC Lifetime Achievement award ➝ Anju Bobby George

➧ BBC Indian Sportswoman of the year award ➝ Koneru Humpy (Chess)

➧ BBC Emerging Player of the year award ➝ Manu Bhakar (Shooter)

➧ Asiamoney Best Bank Award 2021 ➝ HDFC Bank

➧ Anti -Corrpon Champions Award ➝ Anjali Bharadwaj

➧ Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award ➝ YS Jagmohan Reddy

➧ Sahitya Gaurav Samman 2021 ➝ Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’

➧ Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2021 ➝ Dr. Rajendra Kr. Bhandari

➧ Frist Prize in Republic Day 2021 ➝ U.P Tableau

➧ Prestigious SKOCH Challenger Award ➝ Ministry of Tribal Affairs
• for the “Best Performance In E-Governance”

➧ Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2021 ➝ Virat Kohli

➧ Hero to Animal Award by PETA India ➝ Naveen Patnaik

➧ Forbes World’s Best Banks 2021 ➝ Singapore based DBS Bank

➧ WHO Director-General Special Award For Efforts In Tobacco Control ➝ Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

➧ PEN Pinter Prize 2021 ➝ Zimbabwean Novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga

➧ ICC Hall of Fame 2021 ➝ Former Indian Cricketer Vinoo Mankad

➧ International Booker Prize 2021 ➝ David Diop
• 1st French Writer to Win the Award

➧ ACI Asia–Pacific Green Airports Recognition ➝ Delhi, Hyderabad Airports

➧ SDG Pioneer of the Year by UNGC ➝ Sumant Sinha

➧ Japan’s Fukuoka Grand Prize 2021➝ Journalist P Sainath

➧ Natwest Group Earth Heroes Award- 2021 ➝ Satpura Tiger Reserve

➧ Norman Borlaug National Award 2020 ➝ Kajal Chakraborty

Tokyo Olympics 2020 Medal Tally

• Neeraj Chopra – Gold – Men’s javelin throw (87.58 m)
• Mirabai Chanu – Silver – Weightlifting , Women’s 49 kg
• Ravi Kumar Dahiya – Silver – Wrestling , Men’s freestyle 57 kg
• India men’s hockey team – Bronze, Field Hockey/ Men’s tournament
• Lovlina Borgohain – Bronze – Boxing/Women’s Welterweight
• Bajrang Punia – Bronze – Wrestling , Men’s freestyle 65 kg
• PV Sindhu – Bronze – Badminton, Women’s singles

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