Green Leaf Award The Mangalore City Corporation recently won the Green Leaf Award held at the

Cen tre for Economics & Social studies on April 23, Hyderabad, organised by NGO Sukuk i Exanora for Best Sanitary Landfills Category.

Phalke Award for K. Balachander Director K. Balachander, one of the influential filmmakers and trendsetters in I ndian cinema, will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2010

KISS award for UK legal luminary KISS Humanitarian Award 2011 will be conferred on legal luminary Nicholas Addiso n Phillips, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

NHPC awarded Gentle Giants Award NHPC, the country's premier hydro-power company, has been conferred the Gentle Gi ants Award under the Non-Manufacturing Mini Ratna category by Dalal Street Invest ment Journal. NHPC Chairman and Managing Director A.B.L. Srivastava received the award from Un ion Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde at the PSU Awards-2011 ceremony

South Korean award for Binayak Sen Rights activist Binayak Sen, who was freed on bail by the Supreme Court in a cas e of sedition, has been chosen for the South Korean Gwangju Award for human righ ts for 2011.

HMRI bags NASSCOM award The Health Management and Research Institute (HMRI) has bagged National Associat ion of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) and KPMG Healthcare IT Awards 20 11 under the best technology solution for healthcare inclusion category for its t elemedicine project.

VA Tech Wabag bags award VA Tech Wabag, water and wastewater management solutions provider, has received GWI Global Water Award, recognising the significant contribution made in the int ernational water arena. The award was presented by Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations, at function in Berlin on April 18

Award for forest conservation announced The Rajasthan Government has selected the Forest Protection and Management Commi ttee (Van Suraksha Evum Prabandhan Samiti) of Balicha range in Pratagarh distric t for the conservation award, Amrita Devi Vishnoi Smriti Puraskar, for 2010. The annual award, given to non governmental agencies, societies and groups engag ed in exemplary acts of forest conservation and wildlife protection in the State , carries a cash component of Rs.50,000. International award for Gopinath Muthukad Gopinath Muthukad has been selected by the International Magicians Society (IMS) of the US for the International Merlin Award. He is the second Indian magician, after P.C. Sorcar Jr. of West Bengal, to receive the award. Aryabhata International Award Karnataka Bank MD P. Jayarama Bhat was conferred with the Aryabhata Internationa l Award instituted by Aryabhata Cultural Association, Bangalore by Dr. V.S. Acha rya, Karnataka's Minister for Higher Education.

Bajaj Allianz bags award Bajaj Allianz has bagged awards in multiple categories of recently announced Blo omberg UTV Financial Leadership Awards 2011. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has been awarded General insurer of the year-private sector', while Bajaj Allianz Li fe Insurance, along with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, was recognised for Best contribution in investor education and category enhancement of the year' in ins urance.

Saraswati Samman for Kannada writer, S. L. Bhyrappa Kannada writer S. L. Bhyrappa chosen for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for hi s novel Mandra. The award, constituted by the K. K. Birla Foundation, consists of Rs.7.50 lakh, a citation and a plaque. The jury which selected Bhyrappa was headed by former C hief Justice of India G. B. Patnaik. Award for BMTC Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has won the best large public transport fleet operator Apollo-commercial vehicle magazine organisation award 2011 . The award was presented to BMTC for its passenger-friendly services and financia l stability.

WikiLeaks coverage wins Guardian

Newspaper of the Year'' award

The Guardian's coverage of the secret U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLea ks has won it recognition as Britain's Newspaper of the Year'' at the prestigious 2011 Press Awards

NMDC gets SCOPE award The National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) has won a commendation certi ficate of SCOPE (Standing Conference of Public Enterprises) meritorious award fo r corporate social responsibility and responsiveness for 2009-10. G.B. Joshi, Di rector (Personnel), received the certificate from President Pratibha Patil in De lhi. Gebran Tueni Prize for Moroccan journalist Aboubakr Jama, co-founder and former managing director of the weekly newspaper Le Journal Hebdomadaire, was presented the 2010 Gebran Tueni Award in Beirut on Ap ril 12.

Mysore division gets efficiency award The Mysore division of the South Western Railway (SWR) bagged the Overall Efficie ncy Shield for the year 2010-11, by registering best performances in most of the departments. India's Sunitha ajwala, Global Sunitha Krishnan receives Vital Voices award Krishnan, an anti-human trafficking pioneer and co-founder of the NGO Pr was honoured with the Human Rights award of the prestigious Vital Voices Leadership Award.