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Who has won the 2016 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award and is a journalist of which country? |
Didi Akinyelure from Nigeria |
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Who has become the first-ever Indian to won the Mr. World title, recently? |
Rohit Khandelwal |
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Who has won the 17th edition of prestigious Caine Prize 2016 ? |
Lidudumalingani for his short story ''Memories We Lost'' |
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Which Indian teenager has won the 2016 Google Community Impact Award from Asia? |
Advay Ramesh |
for creating a device that enhances fishermen’s safety and productivity. |
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The Mother Teresa International Film Festival (MTIFF) will be started from which city of India? |
Kolkata |
The Mother Teresa International Film Festival (MTIFF) will be started from Kolkata, West Bengal on August 26, 2016 , after which it will travel all over the world for the next 6 months to mark the canonisation of Mother Teresa on September 4,2016. The Roman Catholic nun Mother Teresa, who passed away in 1997 after serving the poor and sick on the streets of Kolkata for 45 years, will be declared a saint by Pope Francis in the Vatican City on September 2016. The film festival will be organised by the World Catholic Association for Communication’s India chapter and will focus on her life and teachings. |
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who has become the first person to complete the Indian Golden Quadrilateral on foot, is belonged to which city of India? |
Michelle Kakade from Pune |
It took her 193 days, 1 hour & 9 minutes to cover 5968.4 kms of the Golden Quadrilateral that connects the 4- major metros of India. With this, she booked her name in the Guinness Book of World Records for “Fastest time to travel the Indian Golden Quadrilateral on foot (female)” across 57 major cities in India and on the India’ most valuable and largest highway project. |
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Who is the first female violinist to get the Sangita Kalanidhi award? |
Avasarala Kanyakumari |
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Who has won the 2016 William E. Colby Award for best military book? |
Indian author and foreign affairs expert Nisid Hajari has won the 2016 William E. Colby Award for his book “Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition”. |
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Who of the following has been named BCCI Cricketer of the Year 2015? |
Virat Kohli |
1. Mithali Raj was picked for the top women’s award by BCCI. 2. Karnataka all-rounder Robin Uthappa has been picked for the Madhavrao Scindia Award for being the highest run-scorer in Ranji Trophy. |
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Who of the following has been conferred with 2015 Sangita Kalanidhi award? |
Sanjay Subrahmanyam |
Sangita Kalanidhi award is a prestigious award bestowed annually upon an expert of Carnatic Music by the Madras Music Academy. |
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Who of the following has been selected for Kerala Tourism’s Nishagandhi Puraskaram 2016? |
Ilaiyaraja |
Music maestro Ilaiyaraja has been selected for Kerala Tourism’s Nishagandhi Puraskaram 2016 for his artistic excellence and contribution to the Indian film music industry. http://www.gktoday.in/gk-current-affairs-january-1-2016/ |
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Sayed Haider Raza was a well known personality of which field? |
Painting |
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