The Order of the Green Crescent is the highest civilian honour of Comoros. This honour was actually started by a Turkish organization in the year 1920. The aim of this organization was to ban de-addiction and drugs.
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THE TEMPLETON PRIZE
THE TEMPLETON PRIZE honors individuals whose exemplary achievements advance Sir John Templeton’s philanthropic vision: harnessing the power of the sciences to explore the deepest questions of the universe and humankind’s place and purpose within it. Templeton Prize Awarded for Outstanding contributions in affirming life’s spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works Country […]
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Abel Prize
The Abel Prize is a Norwegian prize awarded annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians. It is named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829) and directly modeled after the Nobel Prizes. It comes with a monetary award of 7.5 million Norwegian Kroner (NOK), award prize money enhanced from 6 […]
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Moortidevi Award
The Moortidevi Award is an India literary award annually presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a literary and research organisation, to an author. The award is given only to Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India, and in English, with no posthumous conferral or self nomination. Moortidevi […]
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Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
The Indira Gandhi Prize or the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize or the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development is the prestigious award accorded annually by Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust to individuals or organisations in recognition of creative efforts toward promoting international peace, development and a new international economic order; ensuring that scientific discoveries […]
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50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)
Started way back in 1952, the first ever IFFI was organized by the Films Division, Government of India, with the patronage of the first Prime Minister of India – Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) aims at providing a common platform to the cinemas across the world to project the excellence […]
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Indian Railway Zone, headquarters and their divisions
The total number of railway zones is 18, newly is South Coast Railway (HQ Visakhapatnam) and the largest Railway Zone is North Zone. Indian Railways Zone, Headquarters & Divisions Sr No Indian Railway Zone Headquarters Divisions 1. Northern Railway (Largest) Baroda House, New Delhi 1) Delhi-I 2) Delhi-II 3) Ambala 4) Moradabad 5) Lucknow 6) […]
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Restructuring of Central Sector Schemes
Schemes are now classified into three types: Core of the Core (Total 6 schemes) Core (Total 18 schemes) Optional (Total 3 scheme Special Category states are: 11 total ( 8 North Eastern states + 3 Himalayan states i.e. Uttarakhand, HP & JK) Funding pattern for these types of schemes would be For Core of the […]
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Jal Marg Vikas Project
Jal Marg Vikas project of Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), plans to reach LNG (liquefied natural gas) to Nepal via Gazipur in UP. It aims to promote river transport on 1,600 km stretch of Ganga from Varanasi to Kolkata, also referred as National Waterway-I. The Project on River Ganga is being assisted by World […]
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Mission XI Million
It is the biggest school sports outreach programme in the country launched in New Delhi. It aims to take football to at least 11 million boys and girls around the country The programme is to make football as the sport of choice in India, to encourage children gain healthy habits and learn important life lessons […]