List of Important Awards and Honours- August 2017 | GK Updates:
Dear Readers, List of Awards and Honours that conferred in the month of August 2017 was given here. Candidates those who are preparing for Bank PO/Clerk, SSC and Upcoming competitive exams 2017 can use these GK materials.
| Awards | Winners |
| ‘Prem Nazir’ Award | Veteran Actress Sharada (She had won three national awards with the first being for her performance in 1968 tragedy film “Thulabharam”,)
‘Prem Nazir’ Award was instituted by people of Chirayankeezhu, in memory of Kerala’s evergreen actor Prem Nazir. |
| Honoured with UAE’s prestigious Community Service Medal | Firoz Merchant, (an Indian businessman in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) |
| First Medal of Honor Awarded by Donald Trump | Vietnam Army Medic (Trump presented America’s highest military honor to James McCloughan at a White House ceremony) |
| Asia Society Game Changers Award | Dev Patel (Indian-origin actor) |
| The Hindu Playwright Award 2017 | Gerish Khemani and Akshat Nigam (for their play ‘In Search of Dariya Sagar’) |
| Chosen for the First Kesari Media Award | Veteran journalist T J S George |
| Recently Honoured with Kalpana Chawla award | Preethi Srinivasan (the former State under-19 cricket captain) |
| Prestigious Agriculture Leadership Award-2017 | Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao |
| UEFA’s Best Player of the Year for the 2016/17 season | Cristiano Ronaldo (become the first footballer to receive the honour thrice) |
| Biju Patnaik Award for Scientific Excellence for the year 2016 | Prof Digambar Behera (senior professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, the award is given by OdishaBigyanAcademy(OBA)) |
| First Miss TransQueen India | Nitasha Biswas (a transwoman from Kolkata, The competition was held in Gurugram, Haryana) |
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2017
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, is first Indian actress to hoist the Indian flag at the event. She Hoisted the Indian flag to mark the 70th Independence Day celebration.
Full Winners List:
Best Film – Pink
Best Actress – Konkona Sen Sharma for Lipstick Under my Burkha
Best Actor – Sushant Singh Rajput for Dhoni
Best Actor – (Special Mention) – Raj Kumar Rao for Trapped
Best Director – Nitesh Tiwari for Dangal
People’s Choice Award – Dangal & Bahubali 2
Best Indie Film – Lipstick Under My Burkha
Equality in Cinema Award – Director/Actor Rahul Bose for Poorna
Leadership in Cinema – Karan Johar (he also presented the IFFM Diversity Award to Garth Davis, director of the Academy nominated film LION)
Westpac IFFM Excellence in Global Cinema – Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
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