Awards in News
Ashok Chakra
- Babu Ram (ASI, J&K Police) was awarded posthumously Ashok Chakra - the highest peacetime military decoration of India.
- This year, for the first time in J&K police history, Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra awards were given to the force together.
Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2021
- Asia’s highest honour - Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2021 was announced on 31 August 2021.
- Five persons will receive this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award — regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize.
Awardees and their Contribution
- Muhammad Amjad Saqib (Pakistan): He developed a “first-of-its-kind’ interest-and-collateral-free microfinance programme, Akhuwat, which uses places ....