Monthly Current Affairs August 2016 “AWARDS AND HONORS” key points to Remember.
Nayeemuddin conferred Mohun Bagan Ratna
Artist Anita Gopalan gets PEN/Heim grant
Shubha Mudgal to get Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award
Singer Shubha to Get RG Sadbhavana Award
Honoured to be paying tribute to MS Subbulakshmi at UN on Independence Day
AzimPremji, Shiv Nadar in ‘Forbes’ list of 100 richest tech tycoons
Sonam, Nawazuddin win top awards at IFF Melbourne
CLRI scientist bags A P J Abdul Kalam award
A R Rahman honoured with Tamil Ratna Award
U.P. to confer Rani Laxmi Bai award on Sakshi Malik
Hindi author Sunita Jain conferred Vyas Samman award
Indian-American inducted in Texas Women’s Hall of Fame
BEL head bags top award
Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma to get lifetime achievement award
Steve Jobs enters Int’l Photography Hall of Fame
Kamal Haasan to get prestigious French honour
National Sports Awards announced
Olympic Order for IOA chief Ramachandran
2 Indian-American women named White House fellows
China’s unmanned submersible sets new national record
First Tibetan-language search engine launched in China
FSS launches new authentication platform ‘FSS Access Control Server’ for online transactions
Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award will be conferred with the Jharkhand Dungdung
Cristiano Ronaldo crowned UEFA Best Player in Europe
Padma Sachdev gets Saraswati Samman for year 2015