Skip to main content

ISRO selected For Indira Gandhi Prize For Peace – 2014

Awards and Honours
Manmohan Singh Received Japan’s Top National Award
Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was conferred with the “Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers” Award on 5 November. The “Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers” is perceived as the second highest civilian award of Japan after “Order of the Chrysanthemum”. The award was presented to Manmohan Singh by Japanese Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. He was given this award for his “significant contribution to the enhancement of relations and promotion of friendship” between Japan and India. He became the first Indian to receive this prestigious award.

West Bengal’s Darjeeling Zoo Selected For Earth Heroes Award 2014
The Darjeeling Zoo or the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park was on 1 November selected for the prestigious International Award The Earth Heroes Award 2014. It has become the first zoo in India. It has competed with 300 zoos across the world. Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park  is largest high altitude zoo of India. It is located in West Bengal.The Earth Heroes award is annually awarded by the Royal Bank of Scotland in collaboration with the Government of United Kingdom.

Neha Gupta Received International Children’s Peace Prize 2014
Indian-American student Neha Gupta has won the 2014 International Children’s Peace Prize Award for her exceptional work to raise money for underprivileged children around the world. Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu the patron of the Dutch children’s rights organization presented her with the award on 18 November in The Hague, Netherlands. She is the first American to be awarded with this prize.

ISRO selected For Indira Gandhi Prize For Peace – 2014
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been selected for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2014 in recognition of its path-breaking achievements including the Mars Orbiter Mission and contribution in strengthening international cooperation in peaceful use of outer space. ISRO was selected for the award by a jury chaired by Vice President Hamid Ansari on 19 November 2014.


Comments

Popular Post

Most Important Topics. International , Science , UPSC, BPSC..

  International Relations Prev First in-Person Meeting of Quad Countries           Star marking (1-5) indicates the importance of topic for CSE Tags:  GS Paper - 2 Groupings & Agreements Involving India and/or Affecting India's Interests Why in News Recently, the first in-person meeting of  Quad  leaders was hosted by the US. Issues like climate change, Covid-19 pandemic and challenges in the Indo Pacific, amidst China's growing military presence in the strategic region, were discussed in the meeting. Key Points Background: In  November 2017, India, Japan, the US and Australia gave shape to the long-pending proposal of setting up the Quad  to develop a new strategy to keep the critical sea routes in the Indo-Pacific free of any influence. China claims nearly all of the disputed  South China Sea , though Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam all claim parts of it. The South China Sea is an arm of the Western ...

UPSC MCQ

Consider the following statements: 1. Polavaram Project is a multi-purpose irrigation project. 2. It is a dam located across Krishna River. 3. The dam is located in Telangana state. Which of the above written statements is/are true? Choose the correct code from the options given below: A. 1 only B. 3 only C. 1 and 2 D. 2 and 3 Explanation : Polavaram Project is a dam located across Godavari River, located in Andhra Pradesh. It was accorded national project status as part of the legislation bifurcating Andhra Pradesh in 2014. Recently, the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR), National Water Development Agency (NWDA) and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) signed a fresh Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to provide for a total Rs 1,400 crore as part of the central share. Which of the following statements regarding military exercises is/are correct? 1. Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) is bilateral naval exercise held between India and Indonesia. 2. Rim of ...

code project , How to learn app development,website ,etc

Welcome to the CodeProject Daily Build Read online version     Wednesday, July 15, 2020 UnoConf 2020 – Virtual & Free Uno Platform’s one day, single-track free online conference on WinUI and Uno Platform powered cross-platform application development for Desktop, Web and Mobile with C# and XAML. Speakers from Microsoft and Uno Platform’s open-source team.  Register now. Headline article Introduction to ELENA Programming Language   (57 votes) by Alex Rakov, Alexandre Bencz (updated  19 hours ago) ELENA is a general-purpose, object-oriented, polymorphic language with late binding New Articles, Tech Blogs and Tips Applications & Tools Tip about importing old fashioned JavaScript libraries into ES6 / ES11 project with webpack   (0 votes) by Sem Shekhovtsov (updated  yesterday) Importing jQuery UI library into ES6 project Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Face Touch Detection with TensorFlow.js Part...

So Far Away from the Martin Garrix. Song of the Day.

🔰SONG OF THE DAY🔰 🔰🎼 So Far Away from The Martin Garrix Collection: Deluxe Edition 🎤 by Martin Garrix feat. David Guetta, Jamie Scott & Romy Dya🔰 Light 'em up, light 'em up Tell me where you are, tell me where you are Summer nights, bright lights And the shooting stars, they break my heart Calling you now, but you're not picking up Shadow's so close if you are still in love Then light a match, light a match Baby, in the dark, show me where you are Oh, love How I miss you every single day when I see you on those streets Oh, love Tell me there's a river I can swim that will bring you back to me 'Cause I don't know how to love someone else I don't know how to forget your face No, love God, I miss you every single day, and now you're so far away So far away It's breaking me, I'm losing you We were far from perfect, but we were worth it Too many fight...

Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman

Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman has been chosen for the first Bhagwan Mahavir Ahimsa Puraskar constituted by the Akhil Bharatiya Digambar Jain Mahasamiti. The award which carries a cash prize of Rs. 2.51 lakh, a memento and a citation will be presented to  Abhinandan Varthaman on April 17 the Mahavir Jayanti.

Follow the Page for Daily Updates!