Awards and Honours in September 2018
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In this we have given, September 2018 Awards and Honours and other important events held on that day. This is very important for all Competitive exams like UPSC, SSC, RRB, and all PSC Examinations.
International Awards:
| S. No | Awards | Awardees |
| 1 | UEFA Men’s Player of the Year trophy | Croatia captain Luka Modric (Voted the best player in Europe) |
| 2 | FIFA’s best player of the year award | Croatian footballer Luka Modric |
| 3 | UN Champions of the Earth Award | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (For his leadership of the International Solar Alliance and pledge to eliminate single use plastic in India by 2022) |
| 4 | Award for Entrepreneurial Vision | Cochin International Airport |
| 5 | Policy Leadership category (For their pioneering work in championing the International Solar Alliance) | i)French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi |
| 6 | 2018 honorary award | Thelma Aldana of Guatemala and Colombia’s Ivan Velasquez |
| 7 | The Right Livelihood Award known as the “Alternative Nobel” | Abdullah al-Hamid, Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani and Waleed Abu al-Khair [Saudi Arabia] |
| 8 | Miss America | Nia Imani Franklin |
| 9 | Meryl Streep award for Excellence | Aishwarya Rai Bachchan |
| 10 | UN Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) Award | Shri Manoj Jhalani |
| 11 | Platinum certification by the United States Green Building Council. | i) The Mysuru campus (LEED EBOM (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – Existing Building Operation & Maintenance)) ii) Infosys |
| 12 | Two Pacific Asia Travel Association gold awards ( For an innovative poster for Kochi-Muziris Biennale) | Kerala Tourism (‘Yalla Kerala’ travel advertisement print media campaign in the Gulf countries) |
| 13 | Zoological Society of London honour | Biospeleologist Shabuddin Shaik |
National Awards:
| S. No | Awards | Awardees |
| 1 | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | 1) Virat Kohli 2) Mirabai Chanu |
| 2 | National Tourism Awards 2016-17 | 1) Andhra Pradesh |
| 2) Kerala | ||
| 3) Rajasthan & Goa | ||
| 3 | Best Airport Award in Major Cities category | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad |
| 4 | Best Airport Award in ‘Rest of India’ category | Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport, Indore |
| ‘Best Airport by Region’ | ||
| 5 | Prestigious Dr B.C. Roy National Award | Dr B.K. Misra (Eminent Medical Person of the Year) |
| 6 | Jal Bachao, Video Banao, Puraskar Pao Contest | 1) Mohd Amjad from Patna |
| 2) Sh. Supreeth Dev from Tumkur, Karnataka | ||
| 3) Sh. Chandan Kumar from Champaran | ||
| 7 | WiFi Leadership Awards 2018 | BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) |
| 8 | WiFi leader of the year | Vipin Tyagi |
| 9 | Gandhi Global Foundation’s Gandhidarsan International Award [Kerala] | Dalai Lama |
| 10 | Gandhidarsan National Award | Arun Jaitley |
| 11 | Best Chief Minister Award | Pinarayi Vijayan |
| 12 | Business awards | 1)A. Yusuf Ali |
| 2)B.R. Shetty | ||
| 3)B. Govindan | ||
| 13 | Award for philanthropy to be given posthumously | Joseph Pulikunnel |
| 14 | E-governance award by the Karnataka government | For e-auction of cocoons in Karnataka. |
| Third South Asia Digital Media Awards @ 26th annual conference of WAN-IFRA India 2018 | ||
| 15 | Gold trophy | Madras Courier |
| 16 | Silver trophy | The Hindu’s mobile app Briefcase & Sakal Media’s Agrowon App |
| 17 | Bronze trophy | The Hindu Group’s Sportstar Live |
