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Sahitya akademi awards 2022 announced
Sahitya akademi awards 2022 announced
Why In News
The Sahitya Akademi
Award: The award has been given by the central government for the best
literature of every year.
Key Points
The Sahitya Akademi
Award: The award has been given by the central government for the best
literature of every year. Accordingly, the central government has announced the
Sahitya Akademi Award for literature on December 22. Writer M. Rajendran from
Tamil Nadu has received this award for his novel ‘Kala Pani’. The awardee will
be presented with a cash prize of one lakh rupees and a copper Shield. This
‘Kala Pani’ novel is a historical novel based on the war of Kalayarkovil or
Kalayarkool.
Sahitya Akademi,
announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 23 languages:
07 books of poetry,
06 of novel,
02 of short stories,
03 Play/Dramas,
02 Literary
Criticism,
one each of
Autobiographical Essays,
Collection of
Articles and Literary History have won the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2022.
Award in Bengali
language will be announced on a later date.
The Awards,
recommended by distinguished Jury members in 23 Indian languages, were approved
by the Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi, under the Chairmanship of Dr.
Chandrashekhar Kambar, President, Sahitya Akademi.
The books were
selected on the basis of recommendations made by a Jury of three members in the
concerned languages in accordance with the procedure laid down for the purpose.
According to the procedure, the Executive Board declared the Awards on the
basis of unanimous selections made by the Jurors or selection made on the basis
of majority vote. The Awards relate to books first published during the five
years immediately preceding the year of Award (i.e. between 1 January 2016 and
31 December 2020).
The Award in the form
of a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque, a shawl and an amount of Rs.
1,00,000/- towards cash content each will be presented to the awardees at the
award.
Sahitya akademi awards 2022 announced
Sahitya akademi awards 2022 announced
Why In News
The Sahitya Akademi
Award: The award has been given by the central government for the best
literature of every year.
Key Points
The Sahitya Akademi
Award: The award has been given by the central government for the best
literature of every year. Accordingly, the central government has announced the
Sahitya Akademi Award for literature on December 22. Writer M. Rajendran from
Tamil Nadu has received this award for his novel ‘Kala Pani’. The awardee will
be presented with a cash prize of one lakh rupees and a copper Shield. This
‘Kala Pani’ novel is a historical novel based on the war of Kalayarkovil or
Kalayarkool.
Sahitya Akademi,
announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 23 languages:
07 books of poetry,
06 of novel,
02 of short stories,
03 Play/Dramas,
02 Literary
Criticism,
one each of
Autobiographical Essays,
Collection of
Articles and Literary History have won the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2022.
Award in Bengali
language will be announced on a later date.
The Awards,
recommended by distinguished Jury members in 23 Indian languages, were approved
by the Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi, under the Chairmanship of Dr.
Chandrashekhar Kambar, President, Sahitya Akademi.
The books were
selected on the basis of recommendations made by a Jury of three members in the
concerned languages in accordance with the procedure laid down for the purpose.
According to the procedure, the Executive Board declared the Awards on the
basis of unanimous selections made by the Jurors or selection made on the basis
of majority vote. The Awards relate to books first published during the five
years immediately preceding the year of Award (i.e. between 1 January 2016 and
31 December 2020).
The Award in the form
of a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque, a shawl and an amount of Rs.
1,00,000/- towards cash content each will be presented to the awardees at the
award.
Indian National Farmer’s Day 2022 celebrates on 23 December
Indian National Farmer’s Day 2022
celebrates on 23 December
Why In News
National Farmers’
Day: December 23 is observed as Farmers’ Day or Kisan Diwas across India.
Key Points
National Farmers’
Day: December 23 is observed as Farmers’ Day or Kisan Diwas across India.
Farmers are the backbone of our economy and to honour their hardship, this day
was coined by the government of India in 2001. This day also marks the birth
anniversary of the ‘Champion of Indian Peasants’ and the fifth Prime Minister
of India, Chaudhary Charan Singh.
The day aims to
spread awareness of the contributions of farmers to the socioeconomic
development of the nation. It also recognises the efforts of the former Prime
Minister who helped in uplifting the farmers in the country, introduced Debt
Redemption Bill and Land Holding Act.
Significance
National Farmers Day
or Kisan Diwas is the day marked every year to honor each and every farmer who
is working continuously for the nation. Farmers are considered to be the
backbone of the nation as without them none of us can survive. Agriculture is
the basis for all our growth and consumption.
History
As mentioned above
the history of the day is related to the birth anniversary of the fifth Prime
Minister of the nation Choudhary Charan Singh.
He served the nation
for a very short period from July 28, 1979 to January 14, 1980 but made
marvelous contributions for the farmers in his short tenure.
He introduced and
implemented various schemes for the betterment of farmers and wrote several
books highlighting the problems faced by the farmers of the nation along with
giving the solution of the same.
Person Of The Year: Dr. Subramaniam Jaishankar, Foreign Minister Of India
Person Of The Year: Dr. Subramaniam
Jaishankar, Foreign Minister Of India
Subrahmanyam
Jaishankar, a former diplomat who served as Foreign Secretary, was inducted
into Narendra Modi's cabinet as a Union Minister of External affairs in 2019.
Subrahmanyam
Jaishankar, a former diplomat who served as 31st Foreign Secretary of India
between 28 January 2015 – 28 January 2018, was inducted into Narendra Modi’s
cabinet as a Union Minister of External affairs in 2019. Prior to diving into
Indian Political Sphere, he served as Indian Ambassador to the United States,
China and the Czech Republic. In addition to this eminent portfolio, he also
served as High Commissioner to Singapore (2007–09). Jaishankar also played a
vital role in negotiating the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement.
Dr. S.
Jaishankar’s Career:
Upon retirement from
diplomacy, Jaishankar joined Tata Sons as President, Global Corporate Affairs.
2015: Jaishankar was
appointed as Foreign Secretary of India on 29 January 2015.
2013: Jaishankar was
appointed as India’s Ambassador to United States in September 2013. He took
charge on 23 December 2013 succeeding Nirupama Rao.
2012 :Jaishankar became
India’s longest-serving ambassador to China, with a four and a half-year term.
2007: From 2007 to
2009, Jaishankar served as India’s High Commissioner to Singapore.
2004: From 2004 to
2007, Jaishankar was Joint Secretary (Americas) at the Ministry of External
Affairs in New Delhi.
2000: He was
appointed India’s ambassador to the Czech Republic.
1996: From 1996 to
2000, he was Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indian Embassy in Tokyo.
1991: He was the
Director (East Europe) in the Ministry of External Affairs. Also, he served as
press secretary and speechwriter for President of India Shankar Dayal Sharma.
1990: 1990 to 1993:
He was the Counsellor at the Indian mission in Budapest.
1988: 1988 to 1990:
he served in Sri Lanka as First Secretary and political adviser to the Indian
Peacekeeping Force (IPKF).
1985: He was
appointed as the first secretary at the Indian embassy in Washington, D.C.
1979:1979 to 1981: He
served as third secretary and second secretary in the Indian mission to the
Soviet Union in Moscow.
1977: He Joined
Indian Foreign Service.
Dr S. Jaishankar’s
Personal Life:
Full Name:
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Date of Birth: 09 Jan
1955 (Age 67)
Place of Birth: New
Delhi, India
Party name: Bharatiya
Janta Party
Education: PhD
Profession Civil Servant
Father’s Name: K.
Subrahmanyam
Mother’s Name:
Sulochana.
Spouse’s Name: Kyoko
Jaishankar
Childrens: 2 Son(s) 1
Daughter(s)
Religion: Hindu
Caste: Brahmin
Dr. S Jaishankar’s Educational Qualification:
S. Jaishankar began
education from The Air Force School and graduated in Chemistry from St.
Stephen’s College at the University of Delhi. After that, he pursued M.A. in
Political Science and an M.Phil. and PhD in International Relations from
Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Dr S. Jaishankar’s Father:
He is a son of K.
Subrahmanyam who was a strategic affairs analyst, commentator, and civil
servant and he himself is a graduate of St. Stephen’s College at the University
of Delhi, and has an M.A. in Political Science and an M.Phil. and PhD in International
Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), where he specialised in
nuclear diplomacy. So, he can be considered as a qualified figure in foreign
strategies.
Dr S. Jaishankar’s Awards & Achievements:
He was proffered the
Padma Shri in 2019.
He started his career
in Moscow in 1978 and speaks Russian fluently, a skill that hold the capacity
of boosting Indo-Russian ties .
Jaishankar had a
pivotal role in ending the Doklam crisis between India and China which took the
two nations on a brink of war in Arunachal Pradesh. During his tenure in
Beijing, Jaishankar helped India improve ties with China in trade, border and
cultural relations.
He is the
longest-serving Indian ambassador to China and played pivotal role in
reinforcing economic, trade and cultural relations between the two countries.
He played a key role
in negotiating the landmark India-US civil nuclear deal and other initiatives
and worked with the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh closely.
Dr S Jaishankar’s Book:
‘The India Way:
Strategies for an Uncertain World’. It is a book to browse through for an
international relations update, dwell on ideas that present themselves and seem
more suitable for discussions in the classrooms of the Foreign Policy
Institute.