July 2019 Awards

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Mohun Bagan Ratna Award 2019: Keshav Dutt, Prasun Banerjee
Keshav Dutt, Prasan Banerjee Chosen for Mohun Bagan Ratna Award 2019.

Two-time Olympic gold medal-winning hockey player Keshav Dutt and former India football captain Prasun Banerjee will get this year’ MOHUN BAGAN Ratna Award on the annual celebration of Mohun Bagan Day on July 29.

Mohun Bagan Ratna Award is an award presented each year on Mohun Bagan Day to outstanding former players. Every year 29 July is celebrated as Mohun Bagan Day. It is on this day in 1911 the Mariners became 1st club to defeat a British club. First recipient was former captain Sailen Manna in 2001. Mohun Bagan Day to outstanding former players. First recipient was former captain Sailen Manna in 2001.

The 93 year old Dutt, who played as a half-back, was part of National hockey team that won gold medals after India’s Independence– 1948 London Games. From where India won the 1st gold post-Independence and 2nd Olympic gold in 1952 Helsinki. He is one of the oldest surviving hockey Olympians of country.

The 64-year-old Banerjee, was a prominent midfielder of his times. He is the younger brother of iconic footballer P.K. Banerjee.
Other Awards:
The club will also confer life membership to distinguished personalities- Chuni Goswami, Sourav Ganguly, Dr.Vece Paes, Deb Shankar Halder and Prasenjit Chatterjee

Arijit Bagui: The Best Football Player for the season 2018-19

Mohammed Shami: India’s hat-trick hero of 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Ashok Chatterjee (Footballer): The Lifetime Achievement Award.
Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik wins People’s Choice Award in U.S.
Renowned Indian sand artist and Padma Awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the People’s Choice Award at a prestigious sand sculpting festival in the U.S., wowing the American public with his sculpture that highlighted the message of combating plastic pollution in oceans.

Mr. Pattnaik was among the 15 top sand artists selected from across the world to participate in the 2019 Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival in Boston, Massachusetts. He won the People’s Choice Award for his sand sculpture ‘Stop Plastic Pollution, Save Our Ocean’

“This is a very big award and honour for me in the US. This award is for India, which is also doing a great deal to beat plastic pollution” and raise awareness on this very important matter, Mr. Pattnaik told PTI over phone from Boston.
Gandhi-Mandela Peace Medal 2019 announced
The annual Gandhi-Mandela Peace Medal 2019 has been awarded to Thich Nhat Hanh.

Thich Nhat Hanh is a global spiritual leader, poet and peace activist. The first edition of Gandhi-Mandela Peace Initiative was held in New Delhi.

The Initiative was organised by Believe Foundation in association Dr. Raman Bhai Patel Foundation (RBF).
Ustad Bismillah Yuva Puraskars announced
The Sangeet Natak Akademi has selected 32 artists of India for Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2018.

In the field of music, there are 8 recipients of Yuva Puraskar including Sameehan Kashalkar and Ruchira Kedar for Hindustani Vocal Music.

The award carries a purse money of Rs 25,000. The Yuva Puraskar will be presented at a special ceremony, by the Chairman, Sangeet Natak Akademi.
Govt's ''Find the Incredible You'' campaign wins PATA award
The "Find the Incredible You" campaign of the Tourism Ministry, has won the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award, 2019.

The campaign focuses on digital and social media and the promotion of niche tourism products of the country.

This year's awards attracted 198 entries from 78 organisations and individuals worldwide.

The campaign won the award under the "Marketing - Primary Government Destination" category.

The Ministry of Tourism, as part of its promotional initiatives, annually releases Global Media Campaigns under the 'Incredible India' brand-line in the television, print, digital and social media platforms, in key and potential source markets overseas.

To take the campaigns to the next level, the 'Incredible India 2.0' campaign was launched in September 2017.

As part of the 2.0 campaign, five new television commercials were produced by the ministry, which were aired globally on television and social media.

The campaign strategy was to shift the focus from the external experience of tourist destinations to the internal experience of travellers themselves.

This series of transformative experiences was brought alive through unique storytelling in the format of autobiographies of travellers, with the tagline “Find the Incredible You”.

The series of films received a good response and have registered over 153 million views on social media.

PATA Gold Awards are given to tourism industry organizations and individuals making an outstanding contribution towards the successful promotion of the travel industry throughout the Asia Pacific Region.
Raksha Mantri trophy for best command hospitals
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh awarded Raksha Mantri Trophy for the Best and Second Best Command Hospitals of the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) for the year 2018, on 16 July 2019.

Command Hospital Air Force Bengaluru was adjudged Best Command Hospital.

Command Hospital Central Command Lucknow was adjudged the Second-Best Command Hospital.
NALCO to get President's award
Odisha-based Navaratna Company NALCO has been selected for President's award for utilisation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund in social development.

It started a scheme Aliali Jhia in 2015 to adopt and promote the poor and talented girls for education.

Under this scheme, 416 girls from BPL families of 66 villages in Anugul and Koraput districts have been adopted by Company.
Sir Mark Tully was conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 at UK-India Awards in London
Veteran British journalist Sir Mark Tully was conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 at UK-India Awards in London.

The award celebrate special talents and organisations who use their worldwide influence to strengthen UK-India ties.

Sir William Mark Tully, KBE is the former Bureau Chief of the BBC, New Delhi. He worked with the BBC for a period of 30 years before resigning in July 1994.

He held the position of Chief of Bureau, BBC, Delhi, for 20 years. He has received awards and written books.

He is a member of the Oriental Club. He has been previously knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in the UK and conferred with the Padma Bhushan in India.
First battery-powered cruise ship sails
The world’s first cruise ship propelled partially by battery power sailed out from northern Norway on its maiden voyage.

The hybrid expedition cruise ship, the Roald Amundsen, can take 500 passengers and is designed to sail in harsh climate waters.

It is named after the Norwegian explorer who navigated the Northwest Passage in 1903-1906 and was first to reach the South Pole in 1911.