Recent Awards / Rewards

Slovakia becomes the 16th country to adopt the Euro
The Euro was launched exactly 10 years ago.
Slovakia abandoned its currency, koruna and adopted the Euro.
Slovakia's PM: Robert Fico.

Tata Steel bags awardTata Steel has been conferred CII-ITC sustainability award, 2008, in recognition to the company's performance in corporate services.

Russia wins Miss World 2008; India’s Parvathy 1st runners upIndia's Parvathy Omanakuttan has been narrowly missed out on winning the Miss World 2008 crown which went to Russia's Ksenya Sukhinova at a glittering African extravaganza held in Johannesburg. The 21-year-old Parvathy, who hails from Kottayam in Kerala, finished first runner up and failed to join five Indian glamour queens Reita Faria (1966), Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan (1994), Diana Hayden (1997), Yukta Mookhey (1999) and Priyanka Chopra (2000) who had won the title

Obama is Time ‘Person of the Year’U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has been named ‘Person of the Year’ for 2008 by Time magazine.

New Chief Justice for J&K High CourtPatna High Court Judge, Justice Barin Ghosh appointed the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge.

Award for MindTreeMindTree, an IT and R&D services company, has won the national award for excellence in corporate governance, given by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

Madhusoodan Tripathi gets Human Rights AwardThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has awarded Prof Madhusoodan Tripathi for his book "Child Rights and Child Exploitation" based on recent scenerio of child rights and exploitation.

HDFC Bank bags NASSCOM awardPrivate sector HDFC Bank has won the Nasscom IT User Award 2008 for best IT Adoption in the Banking sector.The award recognises enterprises across sectors that have implemented projects, demonstrating benefits of IT to the Enterprise, thereby leading the wave of IT adoption in India.

Mubarak conferred Nehru Award after 13 yearsEgypt's President Hosni Mubarak was conferred the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by President Pratibha Patil 13 years after it was announced.

ISRO Chairman selected for K R Narayanan awardISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair has been selected for this year's K R Narayanan award.He was selected for the award for his exemplary work in the field of science and successful launch of India's first unmanned mission to moon Chandrayaan-I