March One Liner : Awards

1. Winner of the best actor award at the 63rd National Film Awards 2016 – Amitabh Bachchan

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• The bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has won the Best Actor Award for his role in the movie ‘Piku’ at the 63rd National Film Awards 2016.
• Kangana Ranaut has been selected for Best Actress award for her role in the movie ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’

• Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has won the best director award for his movie ‘Bajirao Mastani’

• “Baahubali: The Beginning” has won the Best Film award.

1. Winner of CV Kunhiraman Literary Prize - M Sukumaran

Note: The noted Malayalam writer M Sukumaran has been chosen for CV Kunhiraman Literary Prize.

1. Winner of the Laadli Media and Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity 2014-2015 – Aruna Gali

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• Aruna Gali won the award for the Laadli Media and Advertising Gender Sensitivity 2014-2015.
• Her Telugu blog ‘Vivakshaku Mugimpu Palakaali’ has been selected as the best blog under the web category for bringing to the fore core issues faced by women in the agriculture sector.

1. Haldhar Nag, who was recently honored with Padma Shri award, is a poet of which language - Kosli

Note: Haldhar Nag, popularly known as Lok Kabi Ratna, is a renowned poet in Kosli language from Bargarh, Odisha.

1. Who has been conferred with the France’s Knight of the Legion of Honour - Tikka Shatrujit Singh

Note: Tikka Shatrujit Singh, the royal scion of Kapurthala’s Ahluwalia dynasty, has been conferred with the prestigious Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by the French Government.

1. 2016 Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award – Shankar Laxman

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• Late Captain Shankar Laxman (posthumously) has won the 2016 Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award. He was a goalkeeper and was part of the Olympic medal winning teams of 1956 (Melbourne, Gold), 1960 (Rome, Silver), and 1964 (Tokyo, Gold).

1. Winner of the first Noor Inayat Khan Prize for 2016 - Geetakshi Arora

Note: An Indian student Geetakshi Arora is the winner of the first Noor Inayat Khan Prize for 2016 for her excellent dissertation on “Goddess Myths in Graphic Novels: Reimagining Indian Feminity”.

1. Which film has won the best film award at the 2016 Asian Film Awards (AFA) - The Assassin

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• The 10th edition of Asian Film Awards (AFA) 2016 has been held at the Venetian theatre in Macau, China.
• ‘The Assassin’, a movie about a highly trained female, has bagged the prizes for best film, best actress (Shu Qi), best supporting actress (Zhou Yun) and best director (Hou Hsiao-Hsien ), best cinematography (Mark Lee Ping-bing) and best original music (Lim Giong) at a glittering ceremony.

1. Winner of 2016 Skoch Lifetime Achievement Award - Venkaiah Naidu

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• Venkaiah Naidu, union urban development minister, has been conferred with the 2016 Skoch Lifetime Achievement Award at the 43rd SKOCH summit held in New Delhi for his contributions to inclusive growth and towards poverty alleviation in India.
• Beside him, Taraka Rama Rao, Telangana Minister for IT, Municipal Administration and Panchayat Raj, has been awarded the most prestigious Skoch Challenger of the Year Award for 2016.

1. Winners of 2015-16 Chameli Devi Jain Award - Priyanka Kakodkar and Raksha Kumar

Note: The annual Chameli Devi Award is the premier award for women media persons in India.

1. Winner of 2016 Abel Prize - Andrew Wiles

Note: The British mathematician Andrew J. Wiles has won 2016 Abel Prize for solving a centuries-old hypothesis-Fermat’s Last theorem.

1. Winner of 2016 Global Teacher Prize - Hanan Al Hroub

Note: Palestinian primary school teacher Hanan al-Hroub has won the 2016 Global Teacher Prize in Dubai for educating her students about non-violence.

1. Who has been conferred with the France’s highest civilian award? - Anand Mahindra & Muhammad bin Nayef

Note: Muhammad bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz is a Saudi Arabian Prince.

1. Who has been conferred with the 2016 Mahindra Samriddhi Krishi Shiromani Samman?- Amrita Patel

Note: Dr. Amrita Patel has been conferred with the prestigious 2016 Mahindra Samriddhi India Agri Lifetime Achievement Award (also known as the Krishi Shiromani Samman) in New Delhi for her contribution that made a difference in the field of agriculture to increase productivity and rural prosperity.

1. 2015 Krutitava Smagra Samman was conferred on - Padma Sachdev

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• The renowned Dogri poetess and writer Padma Sachdev has been awarded 2015 Krutitava Smagra Samman by Bharatiya’s Bhasha Parishad, Kolkata.
• She has received the award for her outstanding contribution in literature and great service to Dogri Language. The award carries an amount of Rs. 1.0 lakh, a shawl and citation.

1. Who has been chosen for Innovation Award 2016 for developing laterite based arsenic water filter? - Sirshendu De

Note: Dr. Sirshendu De, Professor of the Chemical Engineering department of the IIT, Kharagpur, has been selected for the Innovation Award 2016 for developing low cost eco-friendly laterite based arsenic filter for providing safe drinking water for less than 3 paisa per litre.

1. Who has won Global Green Hero award at the 13th Annual Global Green USA pre-Oscar party? - Stevie Wonder

Note: The renowned singer Stevie Wonder has been honoured with Global Green Hero award at the 13th Annual Global Green USA Pre Oscar party. His hit songs are “Living in the City”, “Boogie on a Reggae Woman”, etc.

1. Who has been conferred with the 47th Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2015? – Manoj Kumar

Note: The veteran Film Actor and Director Manoj Kumar conferred with the 47th Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2015 for his outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian Cinema.

1. Who has been chosen for the 2015 Bihari Puraskar? - Bhagwati Lal Vyas

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• The renowned poet Dr.Bhagwati Lal Vyas has been chosen for the 2015 Bihari Puraskar for his anthology of Rajasthani poems “Katha Sun Aawe Hai Sabad”.
• The award is instituted by the K K Birla Foundation in 1991 and is given annually for an outstanding literary work in Hindi or Rajasthani published during last 10 years by a Rajasthani writer.

1. Who has been conferred with an award for his efforts in science and technology communication on television? Pallava Bagla

Note: Noted science journalist Pallava Bagla conferred with an award for his efforts in science and technology communication on television.

1. Which Indian has won the 2016 Windham-Campbell in the fiction category? - Jerry Pinto

Note: The Indian columnist and author Jerry Pinto has won the 2016 Windham-Campbell Prize for his novel “Em and The Big Hoom” in the fiction category at the Yale University, United States.

1. Who has conferred with the Lifetime Achievement honour at the 2016 Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META)? - Ratan Thiyam

Note: The renowned playwright and director Ratan Thiyam has conferred with a Lifetime Achievement Award in the 11th edition of the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) 2016.