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    Pandit Ravi Shankar honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Grammy award Sitar legend Pandit Ravi Shankar was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Grammy award, which was jointly accepted by his daughters Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones on 9 February 2013.He was posthumously awarded the best world music album trophy at the 55th Grammys, a day after being honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award by The Recording Academy.He got “55 Grammy award for his album ‘The Living Room Sessions Part 1’ . National e-Governance award for Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh had been conferred upon the prestigious National e-Governance Gold Award for 2012-13, for its ‘Sparsh Abhiyan’ aimed towards the disabled and the aged. Amartya Sen honoured with France’s highest civilian award The French president Mr Francois Hollande honoured the Amartya Sen with the France’s highest civilian award, ‘Commandeur de la Legion d’Honneur’ (Legion of Honour) after delivering the Madhavrao Scindia Memorial Lecture in New Delhi on 15 February 2013.The prestigious honour is the reason for his enormous contribution to the field of economics and for his exchanges with French academic institutions would also be recognised. Paul Hansen Won “2012 World Press Photo “ Award On 15 February Swedish photographer Paul Hansen has won the “2012 World Press Photo award” with a picture of two Palestinian children killed in an Israeli missile strike being carried to their funeral.The picture shows a group of men marching the dead bodies through a narrow street in Gaza City.World Press Photo, one of photojournalism’s most prestigious contests, issued awards in nine categories to 54 photographers of 32 nationalities. 63rd Berlin Film Festival Awards The awarding ceremony of the 63rd Berlinale ended on 16 February in Berlin.Romanian film “Child’s Pose” won the Golden Bear, the top jury prize awarded to the best film in the Berlin International Film Festival. Best Film :- Child’s Pose ( Romania ) Best Actor :- Nazif Mujic in “Life of an Iron Picker” (Bosnia/France/Slovenia) Best Actress :- Paulina Garcia in “Gloria” (Chile/Spain) Best Director :- David Gordon Green for “Prince Avalanche” (US) Best ScreenPlay :- Jafar Panahi for “Parde” (Closed Curtain) Iran. Ela Bhatt honoured with Indira Gandhi Peace Prize Ela Bhatt, founder of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), was presented with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2011 by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on 18 February 2013.Ela Bhatt was honoured for her life time achievements in empowering women, promoting grassroot level entrepreneurship and for her contribution towards promoting equitable development and peace. Ratan Tata receives E&Y lifetime award Former Tata Group head Ratan Tata is this year’s recipient of the ‘life time achievement award’ instituted by Ernst & Young, for ‘asserting a greater role for Indian entrepreneurs on the global business landscape’.The entrepreneur of the year (2012) award went to Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej.The entrepreneur of the year is the only business award to be based on self-nomination. Oscars Awards-2013 85th Oscar awards presentation ceremony held in Los Angels on 25 February 2013.In this ceremoney Life of Pi cinema got a 4 Oscar awards. Best Picture: Argo Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) Best Supporting Actress:Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables) Best Directing: Ang Lee(Life of Pi) Best Adapted Screenplay:Chris Terrio( Argo) Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained) Best Documentary Feature: Searching for Sugar Man Best Original Song:Skyfall” from Skyfall, music and lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth Best Original Score: Life of Pi Best Animated Feature: Brave Best Cinematography:Life of Pi Best Costume Design: Anna Kar

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    Pandit Ravi Shankar honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Grammy award Sitar legend Pandit Ravi Shankar was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Grammy award, which was jointly accepted by his daughters Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones on 9 February 2013.He was posthumously awarded the best world music album trophy at the 55th Grammys, a day after being honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award by The Recording Academy.He got “55 Grammy award for his album ‘The Living Room Sessions Part 1’ . National e-Governance award for Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh had been conferred upon the prestigious National e-Governance Gold Award for 2012-13, for its ‘Sparsh Abhiyan’ aimed towards the disabled and the aged. Amartya Sen honoured with France’s highest civilian award The French president Mr Francois Hollande honoured the Amartya Sen with the France’s highest civilian award, ‘Commandeur de la Legion d’Honneur’ (Legion of Honour) after delivering the Madhavrao Scindia Memorial Lecture in New Delhi on 15 February 2013.The prestigious honour is the reason for his enormous contribution to the field of economics and for his exchanges with French academic institutions would also be recognised. Paul Hansen Won “2012 World Press Photo “ Award On 15 February Swedish photographer Paul Hansen has won the “2012 World Press Photo award” with a picture of two Palestinian children killed in an Israeli missile strike being carried to their funeral.The picture shows a group of men marching the dead bodies through a narrow street in Gaza City.World Press Photo, one of photojournalism’s most prestigious contests, issued awards in nine categories to 54 photographers of 32 nationalities. 63rd Berlin Film Festival Awards The awarding ceremony of the 63rd Berlinale ended on 16 February in Berlin.Romanian film “Child’s Pose” won the Golden Bear, the top jury prize awarded to the best film in the Berlin International Film Festival. Best Film :- Child’s Pose ( Romania ) Best Actor :- Nazif Mujic in “Life of an Iron Picker” (Bosnia/France/Slovenia) Best Actress :- Paulina Garcia in “Gloria” (Chile/Spain) Best Director :- David Gordon Green for “Prince Avalanche” (US) Best ScreenPlay :- Jafar Panahi for “Parde” (Closed Curtain) Iran. Ela Bhatt honoured with Indira Gandhi Peace Prize Ela Bhatt, founder of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), was presented with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2011 by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on 18 February 2013.Ela Bhatt was honoured for her life time achievements in empowering women, promoting grassroot level entrepreneurship and for her contribution towards promoting equitable development and peace. Ratan Tata receives E&Y lifetime award Former Tata Group head Ratan Tata is this year’s recipient of the ‘life time achievement award’ instituted by Ernst & Young, for ‘asserting a greater role for Indian entrepreneurs on the global business landscape’.The entrepreneur of the year (2012) award went to Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej.The entrepreneur of the year is the only business award to be based on self-nomination. Oscars Awards-2013 85th Oscar awards presentation ceremony held in Los Angels on 25 February 2013.In this ceremoney Life of Pi cinema got a 4 Oscar awards. Best Picture: Argo Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) Best Supporting Actress:Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables) Best Directing: Ang Lee(Life of Pi) Best Adapted Screenplay:Chris Terrio( Argo) Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained) Best Documentary Feature: Searching for Sugar Man Best Original Song:Skyfall” from Skyfall, music and lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth Best Original Score: Life of Pi Best Animated Feature: Brave Best Cinematography:Life of Pi Best Costume Design: Anna Kar

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    Pandit Ravi Shankar honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Grammy award

    Sitar legend Pandit Ravi Shankar was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Gram
    my award, which was jointly accepted by his daughters Anoushka Shankar and Norah
    Jones on 9 February 2013.He was posthumously awarded the best world music album
    trophy at the 55th Grammys, a day after being honoured with a Lifetime Achievem
    ent award by The Recording Academy.He got 55 Grammy award for his album The Living
    Room Sessions Part 1 .
    National e-Governance award for Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh had been conferred upon the prestigious National e-Governance Gol
    d Award for 2012-13, for its Sparsh Abhiyan aimed towards the disabled and the age
    d.
    Amartya Sen honoured with France s highest civilian award
    The French president Mr Francois Hollande honoured the Amartya Sen with the Fran
    ce s highest civilian award, Commandeur de la Legion d Honneur (Legion of Honour) afte
    r delivering the Madhavrao Scindia Memorial Lecture in New Delhi on 15 February
    2013.The prestigious honour is the reason for his enormous contribution to the f
    ield of economics and for his exchanges with French academic institutions would
    also be recognised.
    Paul Hansen Won 2012 World Press Photo
    Award
    On 15 February Swedish photographer Paul Hansen has won the 2012 World Press Phot
    o award with a picture of two Palestinian children killed in an Israeli missile s
    trike being carried to their funeral.The picture shows a group of men marching t
    he dead bodies through a narrow street in Gaza City.World Press Photo, one of ph
    otojournalism s most prestigious contests, issued awards in nine categories to 54
    photographers of 32 nationalities.
    63rd Berlin Film Festival Awards
    The awarding ceremony of the 63rd Berlinale ended on 16 February in Berlin.Roman
    ian film Child s Pose won the Golden Bear, the top jury prize awarded to the best fi
    lm in the Berlin International Film Festival.
    Best Film :- Child s Pose ( Romania )
    Best Actor :- Nazif Mujic in Life of an Iron Picker (Bosnia/France/Slovenia)
    Best Actress :- Paulina Garcia in Gloria (Chile/Spain)
    Best Director :- David Gordon Green for Prince Avalanche (US)
    Best ScreenPlay :- Jafar Panahi for Parde (Closed Curtain) Iran.
    Ela Bhatt honoured with Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
    Ela Bhatt, founder of the Self Employed Women s Association (SEWA), was presented
    with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year
    2011 by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New D
    elhi on 18 February 2013.Ela Bhatt was honoured for her life time achievements i
    n empowering women, promoting grassroot level entrepreneurship and for her contr
    ibution towards promoting equitable development and peace.
    Ratan Tata receives E&Y lifetime award
    Former Tata Group head Ratan Tata is this year s recipient of the life time achieve
    ment award instituted by Ernst & Young, for asserting a greater role for Indian en
    trepreneurs on the global business landscape .The entrepreneur of the year (2012)
    award went to Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej.The entrepreneur of the year is t
    he only business award to be based on self-nomination.
    Oscars Awards-2013
    85th Oscar awards presentation ceremony held in Los Angels on 25 February 2013.I
    n this ceremoney Life of Pi cinema got a 4 Oscar awards.
    Best Picture: Argo
    Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
    Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
    Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
    Best Supporting Actress:Anne Hathaway (Les Misrables)
    Best Directing: Ang Lee(Life of Pi)
    Best Adapted Screenplay:Chris Terrio( Argo)
    Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)
    Best Documentary Feature: Searching for Sugar Man
    Best Original Song:Skyfall from Skyfall, music and lyrics by Adele Adkins and Pau

    l Epworth
    Best Original Score: Life of Pi
    Best Animated Feature: Brave
    Best Cinematography:Life of Pi
    Best Costume Design: Anna Karenina
    Best Documentary Short Subject:Inocente
    Best Film Editing:Argo
    Best Foreign Language Film:Amour (Austria)
    Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Les Misrables
    Best Production Design:Lincoln
    Best Short Film (Animated): Paperman
    Best Short Film (Live Action): Curfew
    Best Sound Editing: Skyfall (TIE), Zero Dark Thirty (TIE),
    Best Sound Mixing: Les Misrables
    Best Visual Effects: Life of Pi
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    SPORTS & GAMES
    Leander Paes, Jaideep Mukherjee Received Davis Cup Commitment

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