Introduction
Awards and Honors topic is very important in general knowledge and current affairs sections of the different competitive exams. SPLessons has made a sincere effort to provide a list of important awards related to several fields. It will be very useful for the aspirants to get the complete list of Awards and Honors at one place. The article June 2019 Awards and Honors plays a prominent role in GA/GK section of many governments employment-related competitive exams such as IBPS, SBI, UPSC, etc in India.
June 2019 Awards and Honors
| Winners | Awards |
|---|---|
| Pratibha Patil (Former Indian President) | "Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca" (Order of the Aztec Eagle) Mexico's highest civilian honour |
| Sheela | J C Daniel Award (Kerala government's highest honour for outstanding contribution to Malayalam cinema) |
| SundarPichai and Nasdaq president Adena Friedman | Global Leadership Awards 2019 |
| Tayari Jones | £30,000 Women's Prize for Fiction for her novel An American Marriage |
| Greta Thunberg (Sweden) | Amnesty International prize |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Maldives' highest honour 'Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen' |
| Mahindra automobile(India) | Gold Award in South Africa |
| Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar | Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)’s 'Distinguished Alumni Award' |
| Priyanka Chopra | UNICEF's Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award |
| Akshay Patra's school meals project | BBC World Service Global Champion Award |
| Suman Rao (Rajasthan) | Femina Miss India World 2019 |
| ShivaniJadhav (Chhattisgarh) | Femina Miss Grand India 2019 |
| Shreya Shanker(Bihar) | Miss India United Continents 2019 |
| Akshay Patra's school meals project | BBC World Service Global Champion Award |
| Suman Rao ( Rajasthan) | Femina Miss India World 2019 |
| Social activist Makarand Tilloo | ‘Save Water Hero Award’ |
| Dr Gaurav Nigam | 'Innovative Research Excellence Award 2019' at Asian Leadership Summit |
| Rachna Khaira | Redink ‘Journalist Of The Year’ Award For ‘Aadhar’ Expose |
| 'Veyil Marangal'(directed by Bijukumar Damodaran) | ‘Outstanding Artistic Achievement’ at the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival |
| Priya Serrao (India born) | Miss Universe Australia |
| Pullela Gopichand (India's chief national badminton coach) | Honorary doctorate by IIT Kanpur |
| Nirmala Sitharaman | List of 100 most powerful women influencing India-UK relations |
| Sameer Gulati | ‘World’s best coder’ (at [latex]{6}^{th}[/latex] Edition of TechGig Code Gladiators |
| Nitesh Kumar Jangir | Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Innovation for Sustainable Development Award (For creating low-cost neonatal breathing device) |
| Amitav Ghosh | [latex]{54}^{th}[/latex] Jnanpith Award (first English writer) |
| Jimmy Carter | George H. W. Bush Award for Statesmanship in U.S.-China Relations |
| Flight Lieutenant Mohana Singh | First woman pilot to fly Hawk fighter jet |
| Jay-Z | World's first billionaire rapper by Forbes magazine |
PM Yoga Award 2019 |
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|---|---|
| Swami Rajarshi Muni of Life Mission, Gujarat | Individual Category |
| Antonietta Rozzi of Italy | Individual Category |
| Bihar School of Yoga, Munger | Organisation Category |
| Japan Yoga Niketan of Japan | Organisation Category |
Matri Shree Media Awards |
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|---|---|
| Durga Prasad Mishra | PTI Photo Journalist |
| Agraj Pratap Singh | UNI |
| Jitender Kumar | Univarta |
| Namita | PTI Bhasha |
| Poonam Gaur | Navbharat Times |
| Kunal Kashyap | Punjab Kesari |
| Sandeep Ashwario Chief Cartoonist | Times of India |
| Ravi Bhushan Dwivedi | Sandhya Times |