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On 18 April 2016 Laureus World Sports Awards 2016 were given. The award ceremony was held in Berlin, Germany for the first time. Tennis player Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the Laureus Sportsman of the Year Award for a third time, whereas US tennis player Serena Williams won the Sportswoman of the Year Award.

21st April, 2016 Sports

Laureus World Sports Awards 2016

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On 19 April 2016 the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee presented the Hindi Sevi Samman Awards for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014. The awards were distributed at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan. President Pranab Mukherjee honoured the Chinese professor Ge Fuping with the George Grierson prize for his remarkable works done for the promotion of Hindi abroad. These Awards were instituted by Central Hindi Institute, Agra in 1989. Fourteen scholars receive this award in seven different categories every year for their contribution in the field of Hindi language and literature.

21st April, 2016 Awards/Honors President Pranab Mukherjee presented Hindi Sevi

Samman Awards



On 19 April 2016 US President Barack Obama nominated Indian-American Geeta Pasi as the country's next envoy to Chad. Ms Pasi is the Director of the Office of Career Development and Assignments in the Bureau of Human Resources at the Department of State. Pasi, who served as the US Ambassador to Djibouti from 2011 to 2014, is a career member of the Foreign Service.

21st April, 2016 India and the World Indian-American Geeta Pasi nominated as US

envoy to Chad by Obama



On 19 April 2016 India's Durga Thakur was promoted as International Outdoor Umpire by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The decision was taken after watching her performance at the Hawkes Bay Cup in Hastings, New Zealand.

21st April, 2016 Sports India's Durga Thakur promoted as International

Hockey Umpire



'The making of India: The untold story of British Enterprises' authored by Kartar Lalvani, the book, discusses the British rule and its role in creating a unified India. It was in news in the third week of April 2016. The book supposedly brings out the many positive aspects of the colonial rule that remained hitherto untold. The book outlines the British enterprise’s contributions in the 19th and 20th centuries that helped to create a unified India, out of multi-cultural, multi-linguistic and divided regions of the vast Indian-subcontinent.

21st April, 2016 Books/ Authors The Making of India: The Untold Story of British

Enterprises by Kartar Lalvani



Beti Bachao Beti Padho Scheme (BBBP) was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22 January 2015. On 19 April 2016 Union Government extended the Beti Bachao Beti Padho (BBBP) Scheme in additional 61 districts across 11 States and Union Territories. The scheme was extended in the districts with low Child Sex Ratio. Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi extended the scheme while addressing the function in New Delhi. The key elements of the scheme include awareness and advocacy campaign, multi-sectoral action and effective enforcement of pre-conception and pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act.

21st April, 2016 Policies/Initiatives Beti Bachao Beti Padho Scheme extended to 61

more districts with low Child Sex Ratio



World Press Freedom Index is published annually by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) since 2002. It measures the level of freedom available to journalists in 180 countries using the following criteria – pluralism, media independence, media environment and self-censorship, legislative environment, transparency, infrastructure, and abuses. On 20 April 2016 the 2016 World Press Freedom Index was released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The Index ranks 180 countries according to the freedom allowed journalists. Finland, the Netherlands and Norway occupied the first three places. India ranked 133 out of the 180 countries. India ranks low; • Because of the number of journalists killed and the impunity for crimes of violence against the media. • Frequent lawsuits against journalists by local officials. • Frequent verbal and physical violence, attacks by armed groups are on the rise in several states. • With almost one attack on a journalist every month and four journalists murdered in 2015, the state of Uttar Pradesh has become one of India’s most dangerous regions. • Indian government has made no provision for the creation of a special unit to combat impunity for crimes of violence against journalists.

21st April, 2016 Reports/Surveys

2016 World Press Freedom Index released:

India ranked 133rd



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