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TEMPLETON PRIZE
*Templeton Prize was established in
Ans : 1972
*Templeton Prize was first awarded in
Ans : 1973
*Templeton Prize is presented by
Ans : Templeton Foundation
*First winner
Ans : Mother Teresa (1973)
*First Indian President who got the Templeton Prize
Ans : Dr.S.Radhakrishnan (1975)
TEMPLETON PRIZE WINNERS
YEAR RECIPIENT
2015 Jean Vanier
2016 Jonathan Sacks
2017 Alvin Plantinga
PULITZER PRIZE
*The International award given for the outstanding performance in Journalism, Music composition and Literary Achievements
Ans : Pulitzer Prize
PULITZER-2017
FIELD
RECIPIENT
*Fiction - Colson Whitehead
*Drama - Lynn Nottage
*Poetry - Tyehimba Jess
*Journalism (Public Service) -Sarah Ryley
RIGHT LIVELIHOOD AWARD
*The award which is known as Alternative Nobel Prize
Ans : Right Livelihood
*Right Livelihood was established in
Ans : 1980
*Right Livelihood was instituted by.
Ans : Jakob Von Uexkull
*First laureates of Right Livelihood Award
Ans : Hassan Fathy and Plenty International
*First Indian laureate of Right Livelihood Award
Ans : SEWA (Self Employed Women's Association)
2016 WINNERS OF RIGHT LIVELIHOOD AWARD
*Cumhuriyet (Turkey)
*Syrian Civil Defence (Syria)
*Mozn Hassan and Nazra for Feminist Studies (Egypt)
*Svetlana Gannushkina (Russia)
*Pulitzer Prize was instituted by
Ans : Joseph Pulitzer
*Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in
Ans : 1917
*First Indian woman to win Pulitzer Prize
Ans : Jumpa Lahiri
WORLD FOOD PRIZE
*World Food Prize Award was given for the first time in
Ans : 1987
*World Food Prize Award is presented by
Ans : World Food Prize Foundation
*First Winner
Ans : M.S.Swaminathan
*Varghese Kurian got World Food Prize in
Ans : 1989
*The Indian origin Sanjay Rajaram got World Food Prize in
Ans : 2014
WORLD FOOD PRIZE
YEAR
RECIPIENT
*2015 - Fazle Hasan Abed (Bangladesh)
*2016 - Dr.Jan Low (USA)
*2016 - Dr. Howarth Bouis(USA)
*2016 - Dr.Maria Andrade (Cape Verde)
*2016 - Robert Mwanga (Uganda)
ABEL PRIZE
*The prize given for the outstanding performance in Mathematics
Ans : Abel Prize
*First Abel Prize was given in
Ans : 2003
*The prize known as the Nobel Prize in Mathematics
Ans : Abel Prize
*First Indian American Mathematician to get Abel Prize
Ans : Srinivasa Varadhan
YEAR RECIPIENT
*2016 - Andrew Wiles (USA)
*2017 - Yves Meyer (France)
ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION
*Other name of Orange Prize for Fiction
Ans : Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
*Orange Prize was first awarded in
Ans : 1996
ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION
Year
Recipient
Work
*2015 - Ali Smith - How to be Both
*2016 - Lisa Mclnerney - The Glorious Heresies
*2017 - Naomi Alderman - The Power
FIELDS MEDAL
*The International medal which is given for outstanding discoveries in Mathematics
Ans : Fields Medal
*Fields Medal was awarded for the first time in
Ans : 1936
*First winner of Fields Medal
Ans : Jesse Douglas and Lars Ahlfors
*First Indian origin Mathematician to win Fields Medal
Ans : Manjul Bhargava (2014)
*Orange Prize is presented by
Ans : Women's Prize for Fiction
*First winner
Ans : Helen Dunmore
*'A Spell of Winter' is authored by
Ans : Helen Dunmore
GANDHI PEACE PRIZE
*International Gandhi Peace Prize was named after
Ans : Mahatma Gandhi
*Gandhi Peace Prize was instituted in
Ans : 1995 (125th birth anniversary of Gandhiji)
*Gandhi Peace Prize is awarded by
Ans : Government of India
*Prize Money of Gandhi Peace Prize
Ans : One Crore
*First winner of Gandhi Peace Prize
Ans : Julius Nyerere
*First Indian Organisation which won Gandhi Peace Prize
Ans : Ramakrishna Mission (1998)
*First Indian who won Gandhi Peace Prize
Ans : Baba Amte (1999)
*Gandhi Peace Prize 2013 won by
Ans : Chandi Prasad Bhatt
Gandhi Peace Prize 2014 won by
Ans : ISRO
KALINGA PRIZE
*Kalinga prize is given for popularizing
Ans : Science
*Kalinga Prize is given by
Ans : UNESCO
*Kalinga Prize was created in
Ans : 1952
*Kalinga Prize was created in 1952 following a donation from
Ans : Biju Patnaik
*Founder President of Kalinga Foundation Trust in India
Ans : Biju Patnaik
*First recipient of Kalinga Prize
Ans : Louis De Broglie
*First Indian to win Kalinga Prize
Ans : Jagajit Singh
*The country which got most number of Kalinga Prize
Ans : UK
*The rank of India in winning Kalinga Prize
Ans : 3rd
INDIRA GANDHI PEACEPRIZE
*Indira Gandhi Prize is given for outstanding contribution in
Ans : Peace
*Indira Gandhi Peace Prize was first awarded in
Ans : 1986
*Indira Gandhi Peace Prize is given by
Ans : Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust
*First organisation to win Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
Ans : Parliamentarian for Global Action (1986)
*First person to win Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
Ans : Mikhail Gorbachev (1987)
*First Indian to win Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
Ans : Rajiv Gandhi
*First Indian woman to get Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
Ans : Ela Bhatt (2011)
*UNICEF got Indira Gandhi Peace Prize in
Ans : 1989
*Indira Gandhi Peace Prize - 2014 won by
Ans : ISRO
*Indira Gandhi Peace Prize - 2015 won by
Ans : UNHCR
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU AWARD
*Jawaharlal Nehru Award is given for
Ans : International understanding
*Jawaharal Nehru Award is presented by
Ans : Government of India
*Jawaharlal Nehru Award was instituted in
Ans : 1965
*First winner of Jawaharlal Nehru Award
Ans : U.Thant
*First Indian to win the Jawaharlal Nehru Award
Ans : Mother Teresa (1969)
*First person to be honoured with Jawaharlal Nehru Award posthumously
Ans : Indira Gandhi (1984)
*Jawaharial Nehru Award was given for the last time in
Ans : 2009
*The winner of 2009 Jawaharlal Nehru Award
Ans : Angela Merkel
OSCAR
89TH ACADEMY AWARD 2017
*Best Picture - Moonlight
*Best Actress - Emma Stone (La La Land)
*Best Actor - Casey Affleck (Manchester By The Sea)
*Best Director - Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
*The youngest director to win Oscar - Damien Chazelle
*Best Supporting Actor - Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
*First Muslim to win acting Oscar - Mahershala Ali
*Best Foreign Language Film - The Salesman (Iran)
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
*World's largest film festival
Ans : Cannes Film Festival
*Cannes Film Festival was founded on
Ans : September 20,1946
*Earlier name of Cannes Film festival
Ans : International Film Festival
*Cannes Film festival is an annually held in
Ans : Cannes, France
*Awards Presented for Best Film
Ans : Palm d'Or
70TH CANNES FILM FESTIVAL -2017
*Best Film-The Square (Director -Ruben Oustland)
*Best Director - Sofia Coppola (The Beguiled)
*Best Actor - Joaquin Phoenix (You were never really here)
*Best Actress- Diane Kruger (In the Fade)
*Best Short Film - A Gentle Night (Director - Qiu yang)
*Jury Prize - Loveless (Director- Andrei Zvyagintsev)
BAFTA 2017
*Best Film — La La Land
*Rising Star Award - TomHolland
*Best British Film - I, Daniel Blake
EMMY AWARD
*The award which is given for the excellence in the Television industry
Ans : Emmy Award
*First Emmy Award ceremony was held in
Ans : 1949
EMMY AWARD 2016
*Outstanding Drama series
Ans : Game of Thrones
*Outstanding Lead Actor
Ans : Rami Malik
*Outstanding Lead Actress
Ans : Tatiana Maslany
GRAMMY AWARDS
*international award for outstanding achievements in music industry
Ans : Grammy Awards
*Grammy Awards were given for the first time in
Ans : 1959
*Grammy Awards are presented by
Ans : The Recording Academy
59TH GRAMMY AWARD
*59th Grammy Awards were announced
Ans : Staples Center in Los Angeles, California
*Most number of awards were won by
Ans : Adele (five; British Singer)
*Most number of nominations were in the name of
Ans : Beyonce (9)
*Album of the year
Ans : 25 - Adele
*Record of the year
Ans : Hello-Adele
*Song of the year
Ans : Hello-Adele
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