 Indian-American high school student Avi Goel has won the world championship at the International Geography Bee’s junior varsity division which was held in Berlin, Germany. 14-year old Avi is a tenth grader at Silver Creek High School in Evergreen, San Jose, California. He won a gold medal in seven out of the 10 medal events, and a silver medal in two of the events, topping the overall medals table. He also bagged the top spot in all the three events counting towards the world championship title: the International Geography Exam, the International Geography Showdown, and the International Geography Bee. |
| Source- AIR World Service |
 Akshay Venkatesh, a renowned Indian-Australian mathematician, is one of four winners of mathematics’prestigious Fields medal, known as the Nobel prize for math. New Delhi-born Venkatesh, 36, who is currently teaching at Stanford University, has won the Fields Medal for his profound contributions to an exceptionally broad range of subjects in mathematics. Each winner receives a 15,000 Canadian-dollar cash prize. The other three winners are: Caucher Birkar, a Cambridge University professor of Iranian Kurdish origin; Germany’s Peter Scholze, who teaches at the University of Bonn and Alessio Figalli, an Italian mathematician at ETH Zurich. |
| Source- The Hindu |
President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the years 2013-2017, in New Delhi. The Outstanding Parliamentarian Award was presented to the Best Parliamentarians from 2013 to 2017 for their remarkable contributions.
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Winners of the award are listed below:
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 Gopalkrishna Gandhi has been chosen for the 24th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award for his contribution in promoting communal harmony, peace and goodwill. Gopalkrishna Gandhi is a former governor of West Bengal. He will be presented with this award at an event on 20th August 2018 at Jawahar Bhawan in Delhi. The award contains a citation and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh. The award is presented on the birthday anniversary of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. |
| Source- The Hindu |
 The 3rd BRICS Film Festival took place in Durban, South Africa, along with the International Durban Film Festival (DIFF). The last day of the festival (27th July) was celebrated as India Country Day, followed by Awards and Closing Ceremony. The film festival is aimed at celebrating world-class film productions from the BRICS nations with the objective of inspiring more collaboration from these nations. |
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Awards won by Indian films in the 3rd BRICS Film Festival, Durban, South Africa:
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The festival screened four Indian Films in the following category:
(a) Films in Competition Section:
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(b) Films in Non-competition Section:
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| Source- Press Information Bureau (PIB) |
 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) was awarded the INFRA Icon Award in the ‘Global Energy’ category at the mid-day INFRA Icons Awards 2018, in Mumbai. The award was given away by Additional Metropolitan Commissioner, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), Pravin Darare. ONGC has received this award as a recognition of its valuable contribution in upgrading India as a whole. INFRA aims to bring a change with trendsetters related to the infrastructure of India. The theme of the event was: ‘Smart cities envisages to take infrastructure development to a next level’. |
| Source- ANI News |
 Mohun Bagan ‘Ratna’, the highest honour of Mohun Bagan club was awarded to former India international Pradip Chowdhury at its foundation day programme. Pradip Chowdhury is a former Mohun Bagan captain. He is the 18th recipient of Mohun Bagan ‘Ratna’ award. This award was first given to Sailen Manna in 2001. |
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Other awardees are:
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| Source- The Tribune |
 The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. |
| Two Indians, Bharat Vatwani (for Restoring Health & Dignity to troubled lives) and Sonam Wangchuk (for Harnessing nature, culture & education) made the country proud as their names figured in the list of 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award winners. |
| Here is the Complete list of winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2018: |
| Sl.No. | Winner | Country |
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| 1. | Bharat Vatwani | India |
| 2. | Sonam Wangchuk | India |
| 3. | Youk Chhang | Cambodia |
| 4. | Maria de Lourdes Martins Cruz | East Timor |
| 5. | Howard Dee | Philippines |
| 6. | Vo Thi Hoang Yen | Vietnam |
 The All India Football Federation (AIFF), the governing body of football in India named India and Bengaluru FC Captain Sunil Chhetri as the AIFF Player of the Year in the Federation's Executive Committee Meeting in Mumbai. The meeting was chaired by AIFF President Praful Patel. The All India Football Federation has announced several other awards as well in the Meeting. Kamala Devi bagged the 2017 AIFF Woman Player of the Year. |
| Here is the complete list of 2017 AIFF Award Winners: |
| SlNo | Award For | Winner |
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| 1. | Player of the Year | Sunil Chhetri |
| 2. | Woman Player of the Year | Kamala Devi |
| 3. | Best Grassroots Development Programme | Kerala FA |
| 4. | long-time contribution to Indian Football | Hero Motocorp |
| 5. | Best Referee | CR Srikrishna |
| 6. | Best Assistant Referee | Sumanta Datta |
| 7. | Emerging Player of the Year | Anirudh Thapa |
| 8. | Emerging Woman Footballer of the Year | E Panthoi |
| Source- Sportskeeda.com |
 Repco Micro Finance Ltd, a non-banking finance company promoted by Repco Bank, received Nabard 2018 award for its service to self-help group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal year 2017-18. Since its inception, the NBFC has disbursed loans amounting to Rs2,500 crore to over 10 lakh beneficiaries through 50,000 SHGs. |
| Source- The Hindu Business Line |
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