awards Flashcards

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The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to the novelist ______________
Gurnah grew up on one of the islands of __________
No black African writer has won the prize since ____________ in 1986
Gurnah is the first black writer to win since ___________ in 1993.
Gurnah has published ____ novels, including Paradise and Desertion and a number of short stories
first awardee:
first indian awardee:
only woman in the list:

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The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to the novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah
Gurnah grew up on one of the islands of Zanzibar
No black African writer has won the prize since Wole Soyinka in 1986
Gurnah is the first black writer to win since Toni Morrison in 1993.
Gurnah has published ten novels, including Paradise and Desertion and a number of short stories.
first awardee: Sully Prudhoe(1901)
first indian awardee: Rabindranath tagore (1913)
only woman in the list: mother teresa

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___________________ wins best screenplay for ‗The Disciple‘ at Asian Film Awards

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Chaitanya Tamhane wins best screenplay for ‗The Disciple‘ at Asian Film Awards

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Two scientists have been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on building molecules that are mirror images of one another. German-born \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and Briton \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
total awarded: 
women awarded:
person to win twice: 
first awardee:
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Two scientists have been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on building molecules that are mirror images of one another. German-born Benjamin List and Briton David MacMillan
Total awarded: 187
women awarded: 7
person to win twice: British Frederick Sanger in 1958 and 1980
first awardee: Jacobus Henricus Van’t Hoff (Netherlands)

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___________________ becomes first Indian to win Best Actress at Global Achiever‘s Award

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Deepika Padukone becomes first Indian to win Best Actress at Global Achiever‘s Award

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Japanese-born American _______________, German ________________ and Italian _____________ won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics
One half of the prize, worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.15 million), goes in equal parts to _________, who is 90, and ____________ for modelling earth‘s climate and reliably predicting global warming and the other half to _________
First awardee:
first indian awardee:

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Japanese-born American Syukuro Manabe, German Klaus Hasselmann and Italian Giorgio Parisi won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics
One half of the prize, worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.15 million), goes in equal parts to Manabe, who is 90, and Hasselmann for modelling earth‘s climate and reliably predicting global warming and the other half to Parisi
first awardee: William Rontegen (x-rays)
first indian awardee: CV Raman (1930)

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The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to journalists ____________ of Philippines and ____________ of Russia for their fight for freedom of expression in their countries

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The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia for their fight for freedom of expression in their countries

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A U.S.based Canadian ______________, Israeli-American ____________ and Dutch-American ____________ won the Nobel Economics Prize for insights into the labour market and ―natural experiments‖
Half of the prize went to ________

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A U.S.based Canadian David Card, Israeli-American Joshua Angrist and Dutch-American Guido Imbens won the Nobel Economics Prize for insights into the labour market and ―natural experiments‖
Half of the prize went to Card

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A Delhi-based entrepreneur‘s agricultural waste recycling project was named among the winners of Prince William‘s inaugural Earthshot Prize, dubbed the __________, at a gala ceremony in London
Prize:
The prize was launched in:

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A Delhi-based entrepreneur‘s agricultural waste recycling project was named among the winners of Prince William‘s inaugural Earthshot Prize, dubbed the ―Eco Oscars‖, at a gala ceremony in London
Prize: 1 million euro
The prize was launched in: 2020 ( By prince William and David attenborough)

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_________ wins award for city with most sustainable transport system

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Kerala wins award for city with most sustainable transport system

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Earth Guardian Award for _____________________

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Earth Guardian Award for Parambikulam Foundation

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___________ was conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award at a ceremony to honour the winners of 67th National Film Awards at Delhi‘s Vigyan Bhawan
awarded by:
The ________________ Award is India‘s highest award in the field of cinema.
It is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the __________________.
award comprises:
India’s first film:
father of indian cinema:
first recipient:
total awardees:
posthumous awardees:

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Rajinikanth was conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award at a ceremony to honour the winners of 67th National Film Awards at Delhi‘s Vigyan Bhawan
Awarded by: Vice president venkaiah Naidu
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India‘s highest award in the field of cinema.
It is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals
Award Comprises: Swarna kamal medallion, shawl, cash prize of 1000000 rupees
India’s first film: raja Harishchandra (1913)
father of indian cinema: dadasaheb phalke
first recipient: Devika Rani (at 17th national film awards)
total awardees: 51
posthumous awardees: Prithviraj kappor (1971) and vinod khanna ( 2017)

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