Current Affairs 2014-15

FIFA WORLD CUP 2014: Useful Facts & Information
Host: Brazil, Participants: 32
Winner: Germany
Runner Up: Argentina
Previous Winner: Spain (in 2010); Venue and Year of Next Edition: Russia (in 2018)

List of Nobel Prize Winners (2014)

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine:

• John O'Keefe (Prize share 1/2)
  
• May-Britt Moser (Prize share 1/4)
  
• Edvard I. Moser (Prize share 1/4)

For their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain

Nobel Prize in Physics:

• Isamu Akasaki (Prize share 1/3)
• Hiroshi Amano (Prize share 1/3)    
• Shuji Nakamura (Prize share 1/3)

For the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry:

• Eric Betzig (Prize share 1/3)
  
• Stefan W. Hell (Prize share 1/3)
  
• William E. Moerner (Prize share 1/3)
  

For the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.

Nobel Prize in Literature:

• Patrick Modiano

For the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation.

Nobel Peace Prize:

• Kailash Satyarthi (Prize share 1/2)
• Malala Yousafzai (Prize share 1/2)

For their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences:

• Jean Tirole

For his analysis of market power and regulation.

List of Awards and Honours 2014-15

Bharat Ratna 2014: Madan Mohan Malaviya, Atal Bihari Vajpayee

(Bharat Ratna 2013: Sachin Tendulkar, C.N.R. Rao)

Saraswati Samman 2013: Govind Mishra for his book Dhool Paudho Par published in the year 2008

The Saraswati Samman, which is named after an Indian goddess of learning, is given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any Indian language listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. It is one of the highest literary awards in India. It was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. The winner of this award gets Rs 7.5 lakh, a citation and a plaque.

(Saraswati Samman 2012: Sugathakumari for the collection of her poems 'Manalezhutu')

Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013: Gulzar
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. This award was introduced in 1969, the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke who is considered as the father of Indian cinema. This award comprises a Swarna Kamal  medallion, a cash prize of 1 million and a shawl.
(Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2012: Pran)

Ramon Magsaysay Award Winners 2014:

Emergent Leadership (EL): Randy Halasan (Philippines)

Uncategorized: Hu Shuli (China); Wang Canfa (China); Saur Marlina Manurung (Indonesia); Omara Khan Massoudi (Afghanistan); The Citizens Foundation (Pakistan)
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