Bezwada Wilson, a renowned campaigner against manual scavenging, and Carnatic singer T.M. Krishna from Chennai were, in July 2016, named for the prestigious Magsaysay Award. Wilson received the award for “asserting the inalienable right to a life of human dignity.” He is the national convener of the Safai Karmachari Andolan.

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Bezwada Wilson, a renowned campaigner against manual scavenging, and Carnatic singer T.M. Krishna from Chennai were, in July 2016, named for the prestigious Magsaysay Award. Wilson received the award for “asserting the inalienable right to a life of human dignity.” He is the national convener of the Safai Karmachari Andolan.

President Pranab Mukherjee, in July 2016, conferred the 51st Jnanpith Award on renowned Gujarati writer and litterateur Dr. Raghuveer Chaudhari at a function in New Delhi. Chaudhary is the fourth Gujarati litterateur to bag this prestigious award after Uma Shankar Joshi (1967), Pannalal Patel (1985) and Rajendra Shah (2001). Note : The most recent recipient of the award is Bengali poet and critic Shankha Ghosh who was awarded for the year 2016.

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President Pranab Mukherjee, in July 2016, conferred the 51st Jnanpith Award on renowned Gujarati writer and litterateur Dr. Raghuveer Chaudhari at a function in New Delhi. Chaudhary is the fourth Gujarati litterateur to bag this prestigious award after Uma Shankar Joshi (1967), Pannalal Patel (1985) and Rajendra Shah (2001). Note : The most recent recipient of the award is Bengali poet and critic Shankha Ghosh who was awarded for the year 2016.

Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory and for his interest in the problems of society’s poorest members. Sen was best known for his work on the causes of famine, which led to the development of practical solutions for preventing or limiting the shortages of food.

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Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory and for his interest in the problems of society’s poorest members. Sen was best known for his work on the causes of famine, which led to the development of practical solutions for preventing or limiting the shortages of food.

Aditi Krishna kumar, an Indian woman author in Singapore, in fourth week of May 2016 won the ‘Scholastic Asian Book Award’. She was awarded for her 32000-word manuscript “Codex: The Lost Treasure of the Indus”.

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Aditi Krishna kumar, an Indian woman author in Singapore, in fourth week of May 2016 won the ‘Scholastic Asian Book Award’. She was awarded for her 32000-word manuscript “Codex: The Lost Treasure of the Indus”.

The Gold Panda is the highest conservation award by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the leading global environmental organisation. WWF is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961, working in the field of the wilderness preservation, and the reduction of humanity’s footprint on the environment.

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The Gold Panda is the highest conservation award by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the leading global environmental organisation. WWF is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961, working in the field of the wilderness preservation, and the reduction of humanity’s footprint on the environment.