Awards and Honours
The Dalai Lama declared Winner of One of World's Leading Religion Prizes, Templeton Prize for 2012
Tamil Writer A A Manavalan to be Awarded Saraswati Samman 2011 for his Book on Ramayana
Legendary Bengali Actor Soumitra Chatterjee selected for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2012
National Award for Sanitation & Water in name of Maharashtrian Saint, Sant Gadge Baba initiated
Bollywood Actress Vidya Balan named Best Actress at the 59th National Film Awards
The Artist & Hugo emerged Winners at 84th Academy Awards ceremony winning 5 Oscars Each
Meryl Streep was awarded the Best Actress for her role in the Iron Lady at the sixty-fifth annual British Academy Film awards, the BAFTA’s
Veteran Music Composer Rajesh Roshan honoured with Lata Manageshkar Award
Union Minister for Labour & Empployment Mallikarjun Kharge presented Pride of India Award
President Pratibha Patil conferred the Ashoka Chakra on Lt. Navdeep Singh on 63rd Republic Day
The Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences chose Steve Jobs to be posthumously honoured with Grammy award
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation(DMRC) won a green award for reducing emissions of polluting gases in the national capital
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