[raj_oct_2002]

92nd Pulitzer Awards
92nd Pulitzer Awards treated as international highest honors in Journalism are announced. The journalist team of Washington Post, Mr. Ann Hall, Dana Priest, and Michel Dusile is selected for 2008. Washington Post won prizes also for “Breaking News” and “National News”. These awards are started in 1911 in the Name of American Journalist Mr.Joseph Pulitzer.

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Nobel Prizes
Nobel Prizes for 2007:
According to the BBC, this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Professor Gerhard Ertl of Germany. Peter Grunberg (Germany) and Albert Fert (France) are jointly selected for Nobel for Physics. Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine is announced to Americans Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies along with Briton Sir Martin J. Evans. Britain's Doris Lessing (Swedon) is selected for Nobel Prize for literature. U.S. Vice president Al Gore is honored with Nobel Prize for peace. The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences is jointly announced to Americans Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson. The winners will collect the prizes at award ceremonies on Dec. 10 in Stockholm and Oslo.

Nobel Prize for peace 06:
Nobel Prize Committee awarded the peace prize to Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh and his Grameen Bank for their work in advancing economic and social opportunities for the poor. The 65 Years old economist also known as "Banker of the Poor" in his country, and the bank he established were cited for their efforts to help and create economic and social development from below in Bangladesh where they have been instrumental in helping millions of poor people improve their standard of living by letting them borrow small sums to start business.

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Padma Awards 2008
Government of India announced Padma Awards 2008 of which 13 are Padma Vibhushan, 35 are Padma Bushan, and 71 are Padma Sri. Padma Awards are civilian awards announced by Government of India every year. Government has not been declaring Bharatna the highest civilian award since 2001.

Padma Vibhushan:
Sachin Tendulkar (cricket), Viswanath Anand (Chess), Pranab Mukherji (Central Minister), I. Sridharan (Engineer), Edmand Hillary (Everest Mountaineer), R.K. Pachouri (Recipient of Nobel Peace Prize), P.R.O.S. Oberay (Hotel Industrialist), Ratan Tata (Industrialist), Justice A.S. Anand (Chairman of Human Rights Commission),A.L.N. Mittal (Industrialist) Narayana Murthy (INFOSYS), P.N. Dhar (P.S to Indira Gandhi) and Asha Bonsle (Singer) are the recipient of Padma Vibhushan Awards. Shri Pranab Mukherji is the first man to receive Padma Vibhushan as a Central Cabinet Minister.

Padma Bhushan:
P.Susila (Singer), Sunitha Williams (Astronaut), Shri K.V. Kamat (Chairman of I.C.I.C.I Bank), Siva Nadar (Chairman H.C.L. Technologies), Baba N. Kalyani (C.M.D. Bharath Forge, Suresh Kumar Niotia (Chairman Gujarat Ambuja Cements), Shri Vikram Pandit (Chairman of City Bank), Jas Dev Sing (Commentator) Shri Padma Nabhaiah (I.A.S. Officer), Dominic Lapiar (International Journalist for Paris Mach Magazine and author), are among the recipients of Padma Bushan Awards.

Padma Sri:
Bollywood Star Madhuri Dixit, Hollywood Producer Manoj Night Syamalan, Actor Tom Alter, Foot Ball Captain (India) Bichung Bhutia, Swimmer Bula Choudary, Rajdeep Sardesai (C.N.N.I.B.N.), Barkha Dutt (Political Editor, N.D.T.V), Vinod Duva (N.D.T.V), Ella Venkateswara Rao (Mridungam), Dr. Kutikuppala Surya Rao (Efforts made for controlling AIDS), Dr. Amit Mithra (FICCI) Colet Madhur (World Economic Forum) and Jonnala Gadda Gurrappa Chetty (Arts) are among the recipients of Padma Sri Awards for 2008.