Nobel Prize Series - 2017 - Part 1

Serial Number	Name/s	Field
1.	·         Rainer Weiss ·         Barry C Barish ·         Kips S. Thorne	Physics – For decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves
2.	·         Jacques Dubochet ·         Joachim Frank ·         Richard Henderson	Chemistry – For developing cryo-electron microscoy for high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution
3.	·         Jeffrey C. Hall ·         Michael Rosbash ·         Michael W. Young	Physiology or Medicine – for discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rthym
4.	·         Kazuo Ishiguro	Literature – Nobel Prize Academy mentions his work of that having “Emotional force”
5.	·         ICAN – International Campaign to abolish nuclear weapons	Peace – for drawing attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences due to nuclear use
6.	·         Richard H. Thaler	Economics – for his work in Behavioural Economics

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International Days ( as per UN ) - January to March - Series 1

Serial Number	Date & Month	Celebrated  As	Keyword
1.	27th January	International Day of Commemoration of victims of the Holocaust	Holocaust
2.	4th February	World Cancer Day	Cancer
3.	6th February	International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation	Zero Tolerance
4.	11th February	International Day of Women and Girls in Science	Women and Girls
5.	13th February	World Radio Day	Radio
6.	20th February	World Day of Social Justice	Social Justice
7.	21st February	International Mother Language Day	Mother Language
8.	1st March	Zero Discrimination Day
9.	3rd March	World Wild Life Day
10.	8th March	International Women’s Day	Women
11.	20th March	International Day of Happiness	Happiness
12.	21st March	International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination	Racial
13.	21st March	World Poetry Day	Poetry
14.	21st March	International Day of Nowruz	Nowruz
15.	21st March	World Down Syndrome Day	Down Syndrome
16.	21st March	International Day of Forests	Forests
17.	22nd March	World Water Day	Water
18.	23rd March	World Meteorological Day
19.	24th March	World Tuberculosis Day
20.	24th March	International Day for the Right to the truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims	Human Rights
21.	25th March	International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade	Slavery
22.	25th March	International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members	Solidarity

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PADMA AWARDS 2017 & 2018 Awardees ( Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan )

PADMA AWARDS 2018 - by Ministry of Home Affairs

Statistics :

Number of Padma Vibhushan Awardees	3
Number of Padma Bhushan Awardees	9
Number of Padma Shri Awardees	72
Number of Female Awardees	14
Number of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI	16
Number of Posthumous Awardees	4

Padma Vibhushan Awardees 2018 List

Serial Number	Name	Field	State
1.	Shri Illaiyaraaja	Art-Music	Tamil Nadu
2.	Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan	Art-Music	Maharashtra
3.	Shri P. Parameswaran	Literature and Education	Kerala

 Padma Bhushan Awardees 2018 List

Serial Number	Name	Field	State
1.	Shri Pankaj Advani	Sports-Billiards/Snooker	Karnataka
2.	Rev Dr. Philipose	Others- Spiritualism	Kerala
3.	Shri Mahendra Singh Dhoni	Sports - Cricket	Jharkhand
4.	His Excellency Alexander Kadakin ( Foreigner/Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Russian Federation
5.	Dr. Ramachandran Nagaswamy	Others- Archaeology	Tamil Nadu
6.	Prof Ved Prakash Nanda	Literature and Education	USA
7.	Pandit Arvind Parikh	Art-Music	Maharashtra
8.	Dr. Sharda Sinha	Art-Music	Bihar
9.	Shri Laxman Pai	Art-Painting	Goa

PADMA AWARDS 2017 - by Ministry of Home Affairs

Statistics :

Number of Padma Vibhushan Awardees	7
Number of Padma Bhushan Awardees	7
Number of Padma Shri Awardees	75
Number of Female Awardees	19
Number of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI	5
Number of Posthumous Awardees	6

Padma Vibhushan Awardees 2017 List

Serial Number	Name	Field	State
1.	Shri K.J Yesudas	Art-Music	Kerala
2.	Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev	Others- Spiritualism	Tamil Nadu
3.	Shri Sharad Pawar	Public Affairs	Maharashtra
4.	Shri Murli Manohar Joshi	Public Affairs	Uttar Pradesh
5.	Prof Udipi Ramachandra	Science & Engineering	Karnataka
6.	Late Shri Sunder Lal (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Madhya Pradesh
7.	Late Shri PA Sangma	Public Affairs	Meghalaya

                                                   Padma Bhushan Awardees 2017 List

Serial Number	Name	Field	State
1.	Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt	Art-Music	Rajasthan
2.	Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous)	Literature & Education - Journalism	Tamil Nadu
3.	Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj	Others - Spiritualism	Gujarat
4.	Prof Devi Prasad Dwivedi	Literature & Education	Uttar Pradesh
5.	Shri Tehemton Udwadia	Medicine	Maharashtra
6.	Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati	Others - Yoga	Bihar
7.	H.R.H Princess Maha Chakri Sirindorn (Foreigner)	Lierature & Education	Thailand

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