64th National Filmfare Awards 2019

Date: - 23rd March 2019

Location: - Jio Garden, BKC, Mumbai
Most Awards: - Raazi & Andhadhun (5 Awards)
Most Nominations: - Padmavat (18 nominations)
 Best Film: - Raazi
 Best Director: - Meghna Gulzar (Raazi)
 Best Actor: - Ranbir Kapoor (Sanju)
 Best Actress: - Alia Bhatt ( Raazi)
 Best Actor in a Supporting Role: - Vicky Kaushal (Sanju) &
Gajraj Rao ( Badhai ho)
 Best Actress in a Supporting Role: - Surekha Sikri (Badhai
ho)
 Best Male Debut: - Ishaan Khattar ( Dhadak & Beyond the
Clouds)
 Best Female Debut: -Sara Ali Khan ( Kedarnath)
 Best Music Director: - Sanjay Leela Bhanshali (Padmavat)
 Best Playback Singer (Male): - Arijit Singh (Ae Watan)
 Best Playback Singer (Female): - Shreya Ghoshal (Ghoomar)
 Critics’ Awards for Best Film: - Andhadhun
 65th National Filmfare Awards 2020
Most Awards: - Gully Boy (13)
Most Nominations: - Gully Boy (19)
Location: -Indira Gandhi Athlete Stadium, Guwahati
Started in : - 21st March 1954
 Best Film: - Gully Boy
 Critics Best Film: - Article 15 & Sonchiriya
 Best Director: - Zoya Akhtar (Gully Boy)
 Best Actor in a Leading Role: - Ranveer Singh (Gully Boy)
 Best Actress in a Leading Role: - Alia Bhatt (Gully Boy)
 Critics Best Actor in a Leading Role: - Ayushman Khurrana
(Article 15)
 Critics Best Actress in a Leading Role: - Bhumi Pendekar
& Taapsee Pannu(Saand Ki Aankh)
 Best Actor in a Supporting Role: - Siddhant Chaturvedi
(Gully Boy)
 Best Actress in a Supporting Role: - Amruta Subhash
(Gully Boy)
 Best Playback Singer (Male): - Arijit Singh (Kalank)
 Best Playback Singer (Female): - Shilpa Rao (Ghungroo)
 Best Debut Director: - Aditya Dhar (Uri)
 Best Action: - War
 Best Cinematography: - Gully Boy
 Lifetime Achievement Award: - Ramesh Sippy
 Excellence in Indian Cinema Award: - Govinda
 Filmfare R D Burman Award: - Sashwat Sachdev
 Best Story: - Article 15
 66th National Film Awards 2019

 Best Feature Film: - Hellaro (Gujarati)

 Best Hindi Film: - Andhadhun
 Best Direction: - Aditya Dhar (Uri: The Surgical Strike)
 Best Actor: - Ayushman Khurrana (Andhadhun) & Vicky
Kaushal (Uri)
 Best Actress: - Keerthy Suresh (Mahanati)
 Best Film on Social Issues: - Padman
 Best Supporting Actor: - Swanand Krikire (Chumbak)
 Best Supporting Actress: - Surekha Sikri ( Badhai ho)
 Dadasaheb Phalke Award: - Amitabh Bachchan

50th IFFI (International Film Festival of India)

Awards
Host: - Goa
Focus Country: - Russia
 Golden Peacock Award for Best Film: - Particles
 Best Director: - Lijo Jose Pellissery (Jallikattu)
 IFFI Best Actor Award: - Seu Jorge (Marighella)
 IFFI Best Actress Award: - Usha Jadhav (Mai Ghat : Crime No
103/2015)
 Lifetime Achievement Award: - Isabelle Hupert (French)
 Special Mention: - Hellaro (Gujarati)
 The ICFT – UNESCO Gandhi Medal: - Rwanda (Italian Film)
 Special Icon of Golden Jubilee Award: - Rajinikanth
 20th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy)
Awards 2019
Most Awards: - Andhadhun (6)
Most Nominations: - Padmavat (10)
 Best Film: - Raazi
 Best Director: - Sriram Raghavan (Andhadhun)
 Best Actor: - Ranveer Singh (Padmavat)
 Best Actress: - Alia Bhatt (Raazi)
 Best Supporting Actor: - Vicky Kaushal (Sanju)
 Best Supporting Actress: - Aditi Rao Hydari (Padmavat)
 Star Debut of the year (Male): - Ishaan Khattar (Dhadak)
 Star Debut of the Year ( Female): - Sara Ali Khan
(Kedarnath)
 Best Male Playback Singer: - Arijit Singh (Ae Watan)
 Best Female Playback Singer: - Harshdeep Kaur (Dilbaro)
 IIFA BIG 20 Award for Best Film: - Kaho Na Pyaar Hai
(Rakesh Roshan)
 IIFA BIG 20 Award for Best Director: - Rajkumar Hirani (3
Idiots)
 IIFA BIG 20 Award for Best Actor: -Ranbir Kapoor (Barfi)
 IIFA BIG 20 Award for Best Actress: - Deepika Padukone
(Chennai Express)
 Dadasaheb Phalke International Film
Festival Award 2020
Loctaion: - Mumbai

 Best Film: - Super 30

 Best Actor: - Hrithik Roshan
 Best Promising Actor: - Kiccha Sudeep
 Best Male Playback Singer: - Arman Mallik
 Best Female Payback Singer: - Tulsi Kumar
 Best TV Series: - Kumkum Bhagya
 Best Actor in TV Series: - Dheeraj Dhoopar
 Best Actress in TV Seies: - Divyanka Tripath
 Most Favourite TV Actor: - Harshd Chopda
 Most Favourite Jodi in TV Series: - Sriti Jha & Shabbir
Ahluwalia (Kumkum Bhagya)
 Best Reality Show: - Bigg Boss 13
 Best Anchor: - Manish Paul
 Decade Star 2020: - Anupam Kher
 92nd OSCAR (Academy) Awards 2020
Most Awards: - Parasite (4 Awards)
Most Nominations: - Joker (11)

 Best Picture: - Parasite

 Best Actor in a Leading Role: - Joaquim Phoenix (Joker)
 Best Actress in a Leading Role: - Renee Zellweger (Judy)
 Best Actor in a Supporting Role: - Brad Pitt ( Once Upon a
Time in Hollywood)
 Best Actress in a Supporting Role: - Laura Dern (Marriage
Story)
 Best Director: - Bong John-ho (Parasite)
 Best Animated Feature: - Toy Story 4
 Best Documentary Feature: - American Factory
 Best International Feature: - Parasite
 Best Cinematography: - 1917

91st OSCAR (Academy) Awards 2019

Most Awards: - Bohemian Rhapsody (4)
Most Nominations: - The favourite & Roma (10)
 Best Picture: - Green Book
 Best Director: - Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
 Best Actor: - Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
 Best Actress: - Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
 73rd BAFTA (British academy of Film &
Television Arts) Awards 2020

Most Awards: - 1917 (7)

Most Nominations: - Joker (11)

 Best Film: - 1917

 Best Director: - Sam Mendes (1917)
 Best Actor: - Joaquim Phoenix (Joker)
 Best Actress: - Renee Zellweger (Judy)
 Best Actor in a Supporting Role: - Brad Pitt ( Once Upon a
Time in Hollywood)
 Best Actress in a Supporting Role: - Laura Dern ( marriage
Story)
 Best Cinematography: -1917
 Best Film not in the English language: - Parasite
 Best Documentary: - For Sama
 Best Animated Film: - Klaus
 EE Rising Star Award: - Micheal Ward
 ICC Awards 2019
Player of the Year: - Ben Stokes
Test Cricketer of the Year: - Pat Cummins (59 wkts in 23 inns)
ODI Cricketer of the Year: - Rohit Sharma
Emerging Cricketer of the Year: - Marnus Labuschagne
Spirit of the Cricket Award: - Virat Kohli
T20 Performance of the Year: - Deepak Chahar (7/6 against
Bangladesh)
Umpire of the Year: - Richard Illingworth (England)
Associate Player of the Year: - Kyle Coetzer (Scotland)

The International Man Booker Prize

2018 – Flights by Olga Tokarczuk
2019 – Celestial Bodies by Jokha Al – Harthi

International Booker Prize

2018 – Milkman by Anna Burns
2019 – The Testaments by Margret Atwood
Girls, Women, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
 Nobel Prize 2019
 Physics: -
James Peebles: - for theoretical discoveries in physical
cosmology
Michel Mayor & Didier Queloz: - for the discovery of an
exoplanet orbiting a solar – type star
 Chemistry: -
John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham & Akira
Yoshino: - for the development of Lithium – ion batteries
 Physiology or Medicine: -
William G Kaelin, Peter J Ratcliffe & Gregg L Semenza: - for
their discoveries of how cells sense & adapt to oxygen
availability
 Economics: -
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo & Michael Kremer: - For
their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty
 Peace: -
Abiy Ahmed Ali: - for his efforts to achieve peace and
international cooperation & in particular for his decisive
initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring
Eritrea.
 Literature: -
2018: - Olga Tokarczuk
2019: - Peter Handke
 All Formula 1 Grand Prix 2019
Lewis Hamilton: - Bahrain Grand Prix
(Mercedes) Spanish Grand Prix
Chinese Grand Prix
Monaco Grand Prix
Canadian Grand Prix
French Grand Prix
British Grand Prix
Hungarian Grand Prix
Mexican Grand Prix
Russian Grand Prix
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Vatteri Bottas : - Australian Grand Prix

(Mercedes) Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Japanese Grand Prix
United States Grand Prix

Max Verstappen: - Austrian Grand Prix

(Red Bull) German Grand Prix
Brazilian Grand Prix

Charles Leclere : - Belgium Grand Prix

(Ferrari) Italian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel : - Singapore Grand Prix

(Ferrari)
 Laureus World Sports Awards 2020

 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year: - Lionel Messi

(Football) & Lewis Hamilton (Formula 1)
 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year: - Simone Biles
(Gymnastics)
 Laureus World Team of the Year: - South Africa Rugby
Union Team
 Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year: - Egan Bernal
(Cycling, Colombia)
 Laureus World Comeback of the Year: - Sophia Florsch
(Motor Racing, Germany)
 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year with a Disability: -
Osakana Masters (Cross Country Skiing, US)
 Laureus World Action Sportsman of the Year: - Chole Kim
(Snows Boarding, US)
 Laureus Sporting Moment of the Year: - Sachin Tendulkar
( 2011 WC winning moment )
 Laureus Sports for Good Award: - South Bronx United
(Football, US)
 Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award: - Dirk Nowitzki
(Basketball, Germany)
 Laureus Academy Exceptional Achievement Award: -
Spanish Basketball Federation
 ESPN India Awards 2019

Sportsperson (Male) of the Year: - Saurabh Chaudhary

(Shooter)
Sportsperson (Female) of the Year: - P V Sindhu (Shuttler)
Emerging Sportsperson of the Year: - Deepak Punia (Wrestler)
Coach of the Year: - Pullela Gopichand (Badminton)
Team of the Year: - Saurabh Chaudhary & Manu Bhakar
(Shooting)
Comeback of the Year: - Koneru Humpy (Chess)
Differently abled Athlete of the Year: - Manasi Joshi
(Badminton)
Moment of the Year: - PV Sindhu’s World Championships final
win
The Courage Award: - Dutee Chand (Sprinter)
Lifetime Achievement Award: - Balbir Singh Sr (Hockey)
 3rd Khelo India Youth Games 2020
Host: - Guwahati, Assam
10th -22nd Jan, 2020
Medal tally
States Gold Silver Bronze Total
Maharashtra 78 77 101 256
Haryana 68 60 72 200
Delhi 39 36 47 122
Note: - 1st Edition – New Delhi (2018)
2nd Edition – Pune (2019)
1st Khelo India University Games, Bhubaneshwar

13th South Asian Games 2019

Host: - Kathmandu & Pokhara, Nepal
1st-10th Dec 2019
Medal Tally (Total 7 Nations)
Countries Gold Silver Bronze Total
India 174 93 45 312
Nepal 51 60 95 206
SriLanka 40 83 128 251
Note: - Max medals India in Swimming (27 gold, 19 silver, 6 bronze,
total- 52)
 Important Rankings 2019-20
Ease of Doing Business 2019
Released by World Bank (HQ – Washington DC)
1. New Zeland
2. Singapore
3. Hong Kong
63. India (77th in 2018-19)
190. Somalia (last)
Global Competitiveness Index 2019
Released by World Economic Forum (HQ –Cologny,
Switzerland)
1. Singapore
2. United States
3. Hong Kong
68. India (58th in 2018)
Global Digital Competitiveness Index 2019
Released by Institute for Management Development (IMD)
(HQ – Switzerland)
1. United States
2. Singapore
3. Sweden
44. India
 UNDP Human Development Index 2019
UNDP HQ – New York
1. Norway
2. Switzerland
3. Ireland
129. India
189. Niger

EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) Democracy Index

2020
EIU HQ – London
1. Norway
2. Iceland
3. Sweden
51. India (41st in 2019)
167. North Korea

Global Gender Gap Index 2020

Released by WEF (HQ –Cologny, Switzerland)
1. Iceland
2. Norway
3. Finland
112. India (50. Bangladesh, 85. Indonesia, 92. Brazil)
153. Yemen
 UNCTAD’s Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce Index
2019
UNCTAD HQ – Geneva, Switzerland
1. Netherlands
2. Switzerland
3. Singapore
73. India (80th in 2018)

Social Progress Index 2019

1. Norway
2. Denmark
3. Switzerland
102. India

Corruption Perception Index 2019

Released by Transparency International
1. Denmark
1. New Zeland
3. Finland
80. India
180. Somalia
 IMD World Talent Ranking 2019
1. Switzerland
2. Denmark
3. Sweden
59. India (53rd in 2018)

TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix 2019

1. New Zeland
2. Norway
3. Denmark
78. India
178. Bangladesh (worst in South Asian country)
200. Somalia

International IP Index 2020

Released by GIPC (Global Innovation Policy Centre)
1. United States
2. United Kingdom
3. France
40. India (36th in 2019)
53. Venezuela (Last)
 Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2020
Released by INSEAD (HQ – Fontainebleau, France)
1. Switzerland
2. United States
3. Singapore
73. India
132. Yemen

Global Social Mobility Index 2020

Released by WEF (HQ – Cologny, Switzerland)
1. Denmark
2. Norway
3. Finland
76. India
82. Cote d’Ivoire

World Giving Index 2019

Released by CAF (Charities Aid Foundation, HQ – Kent, UK)
1. United States
2. Myanmar
3. New Zeland
82. India
Bottom three countries: -Yemen, Greece, China (Total 128
countries)
 Henley Passport Index 2020
1. Japan (Score 191)
2. Singapore (Score 190)
3. Germany (Score 189)
84. India (Score 58, 82nd in 2019)
107. Afghanistan (Score 26)

Global Innovation Index 2019

Released by Cornell University, INSEAD & WIPO (HQ Geneva)
1. Switzerland
2. Sweden
3. United States
52. India
129. Yemen

World Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2019

Released by World Economic Forum (HQ – Cologny)
1. Spain
2. France
3. Germany
34. India (40th in 2018)
140. Yemen
 Global GDP Rankings 2019
Released by World Bank (HQ – Washington DC)
1. United States
2. China
3. Japan
7. India (5th in 2017)

Global Peace Index 2019

Released by Institute of Economics & Peace (HQ –
Sydney)
1. Iceland
2. New Zeland
3. Portugal
141. India (137th in 2018)
163. Afghanistan

Kids Rights Index 2019

1. Iceland
2. Portugal
3. Switzerland
117. India
181. Afghanistan
World Press Freedom Index 2019
Released by Reporters Without Borders (HQ – Paris)
1. Norway
2. Finland
3. Sweden
140. India
180. Turkmenistan

UN World Happiness Report 2019

Released by UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
(HQ – New York)
1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Norway
140. India
156. South Sudan

World Gold Council Report 2019

World Gold Council (HQ – London)
1. United States
2. Germany
3. International Monetary Fund
10. India
 UN Sustainability Index 2020
1. Norway
2. South Korea
3. Netherlands
77. India

Global Terrorism Index 2019

Released by Institute of Economics & Peace (HQ – Sydney)
1. Afghanistan
2. Iraq
3. Nigeria
7. India
Mercer’s Quality of Living Index 2019
HQ – New York, US
1. Vienna
2. Zurich
3. Vancouver
105. Chennai
QS Best Student Cities 2019
1. London
2. Tokyo
3. Melbourne
81. Bengaluru
 Global Liveability Index 2019
Released by Economist Intelligence Unit (HQ –London)
1. Vienna
2. Melbourne
3. Sydney
118. Delhi
119. Mumbai

Tom Tom Traffic Index 2020 (Ranking of Most Congested

traffic)
HQ – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1. Bengaluru
2. Manila, Philippines
3. Bogota, Colombia
Best Travel Destination 2020
Released by Lonely Planet
1. Salzburg, Austria
2. Washington DC, US
3. Cairo, Egypt
7. Kochi, India
Financial Time Masters (Management Colleges Ranking
2019)
1. University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
2. HEC Paris
3. London School of Business, UK
17. IIM Calcutta
FIFA Ranking 2019
1. Belgium
2. France
3. Brazil
108. India
Women Peace & Security Index 2019
Released by The Georgetown University's Institute for
Women, Peace and Security
1. Norway
2. Switzerland
3. Finland
133. India
Driving Cities Index 2019
Released by Mister Auto
1. Calgary, Canada
2. Dubai
3. Ottawa
100. Mumbai (Last)
 Fortune Business Person of the Year 2019
1. Satya Nadella (CEO of Microsoft)
2. Elizabeth Gaines (CEO of Fortescue Metal Group)
3. Brian Niccol (CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill)
8. Ajay Banga (CEO of MasterCard)
18. Jayshree Ullas
*(3 Indians in the list)

QS World University Ranking 2020

1. MIT
2. Stanford University
3. Harvard University
152. IIT Bombay (34th in Asia)
182. IIT Delhi (43rd in Asia)
184. IISc, Bengalore (50th in Aisa)

Global Climate Risk Index 2019

1. Japan
2. Philippines
3. Germany
5. India
 JIL City Momentum Index 2020
1. Hyderabad
2. Bengaluru
6. Delhi

Greenpeace India Report 2020 Most Populated Cities

1. Jharia, Jharkhand
2. Dhanbad, Jharkhand
3. Noida

India Innovation Index 2019

Released by NITI Aayog
1. Karnataka
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Maharashtra
Among UTs & Small States
1. Delhi
2. Chandigarh
3. Goa
Composite Water Management Index 2019
Released by NITI Aayog
1. Gujarat
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Madhya Pradesh
 Good Governance Index 2019
Released by Union Deptt of Administrative Reform &
Grievance
1. Tamil Nadu
2. Maharashtra
3. Karnataka
Among NE states & Hill Category
1. Uttrakhand
2. Tripura
3. Mizoram
Among UTs
1. Puducherry
2. Chandigarh
3. Delhi

Quality of Life Index by City 2020

1. Canberra, Australia
2. Raleigh, United States
3. Adelaide, Australia
73. Mangalore, India