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List of Important Awards and Honours in December 2017:

Dear Readers, List of Awards and Honours in December 2017 that conferred in the month of December 2017 was given here. Candidates those who are preparing for Bank PO/Clerk, SSC and Upcoming competitive exams 2018 can use these GK materials.

LIST OF AWARDS AND HONOURS IN DECEMBER 2017

Name of the Person/Field/Place	Fields	Award / Places in Magazines	Useful Info
Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra	Actor	Variety’s list of 500 ‘influential business leaders	The list also includes directors Karan Johar, Aditya Chopra, producer Ekta Kapoor, and the Ambani brothers, Sidharth Roy Kapur, Punit Goenka, Kishore Lulla, Uday Shankar and Subhash Chandra.
Yuvraj Singh	Cricketer	doctorate degree in Philosophy	The institute awarded the Doctorate to Yuvraj for his “extraordinary sporting prowess and as a catalyst of change with great integrity and humility.”
Miss Korea Jenny Kim	Model	Miss Supranational 2017	Tica Martinez of Colombia and Bianca Tirsin of Romania were named the first runner-up and second runner-up respectively
Rajkummar, Irrfan, Vidya	Actor	Star screen awards	Rajkummar Rao was named Best Actor (Critics Choice) for ‘Newton‘ while Irrfan Khan won the Best Actor award for ‘Hindi Medium’
Dipak Das	Driver	Manush Sanman award	Kolkata-based driver Dipak Das will be felicitated with the Manush Sanman award for not honking in the past 18 years.
Mohamad Al Jounde	16 year old refugee	International Children’s Peace Prize	Al Jounde received the prize from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai who had won the prize in 2013 for her activist work in education.
Kamala Harris	Indian-American senator	topped the prestigious Foreign Policy magazine’s 2017 list of ’50 Leading Global Thinkers’	Indian-origin stand-up comedian Hasan Minhaj has also made it to the list which recognizes a remarkable range of individuals who have found ways to exert enormous influence, often in unexpected ways, on a wide range of issues.
Pramila Jayapal	Indian-American Congress woman	Politico’s Power List	Jayapal, 52, ranked fifth on 18, is the only Indian-American to figure in the Politico’s power list.
Narendra Modi	Prime Minister of India	Most Followed Indians	Cricket legend, Sachin Tendulkar, who ranked eighth in the list, saw a growth of 56 per cent in his follower base on Twitter this year.
Mohammed bin Salman	Politician	Saudi Crown Prince	Last year, Indian PM Narendra Modi won the poll while US President Donald Trump won the title.
Dangal	Film	Best Asian Film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA) 2017	The Amitabh Bachchan starrer ‘Pink‘ was also nominated in the category.
Trump , Modi	Politician	Famous in twitter	first and second “most tweeted about world leaders” for the year 2017.
Kumbh Mela	India’s largest religious festival	UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage status	The decision to include the festival in UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity was taken at the ongoing meeting of the organisation’s World Heritage Committee in South Korea.
Irrfan Khan	Actor	Honorary Award at the 14th edition of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF)	He was awarded for the “incredible body of work of more than 80 films in India as well as his work in British films and Hollywood”
Narendra Modi	Politician	Yahoo India’s Most Searched Personality in 2017	Virat Kohli tops list of Yahoo’s Most Searched Sportsperson in 2017
Taj Mahal	Heritage Site	2nd best UNESCO world heritage site	UNESCO Cultural and Natural heritage sites best rated by travellers around the globe.
Italy’s pizza toss	Heritage Site	UNESCO ‘intangible heritage’	The art of pizzaiuolo – which has been handed down for generations in Naples, southern Italy
Shah Rukh Khan	Actor	Internet Movie Data Base (IMDb).	Aamir Khan and Salman Khan occupied the second and third spots respectively
Ultra Violet	Color	2018 Colour of the Year	“According to the Institute, the meaning behind the hue is multi-fold: purple conjures images of mindfulness and mysticism, and it also often represents experimentation, non-conformity, and artistic brilliance
Surana family in Chennai	Home	ISO 9000 certified home	If you’re visiting the Suranas, you will most likely be termed ‘temporary customers’ and will be served a customer feedback form along with your cup of tea, wherein you can respond with the level of satisfaction with the hospitality and the food.
Priyanka Chopra	Actor	Mother Teresa Memorial Award	The award was received by her mother Dr Madhu Chopra.
12-foot-tall statue of Diego Maradona	Statue	1986 World Cup-winning captain holding the trophy he helped Argentina win.	The 57-year-old also gave out cheques to 11 cancer patients at the event, which was attended by around 1,000 people.
Six diplomats	Social Activist	‘Power of One’ award	The awards were presented on the occasion of the first anniversary of the US Postal Service‘s issuing of a forever Diwali stamp last year.
KC Rekha	Fisher Woman	licensed fisherwoman	A native of Kerala, she has also been felicitated by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) earlier this year.
Jitesh Singh Deo	Model	winner of the 2017 Mr India pageant	Indian footballer Prathamesh Maulingkar won the title of Mr India Supranational and will compete at Mr Supranational 2018.
Three space station astronauts	Astronauts	spending 139 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS)	53rd set of crew members, NASA’s Randy Bresnik, ESA’s Paolo Nespoli, and Roscosmos’ Sergey Ryazanskiy have landed in Kazakhstan.
Wajib	Palestinian film	Suvarna Chakoram	Thai filmmaker Anucha Boonyawatana won the Rajatha Chakoram (Silver Crow Pheasant) award for the best director for the film Malila – The Farewell Flower.
‘Youthquake’	Word	word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries	Youthquake is defined by Oxford Dictionary as “a significant cultural, political, or social change arising from the actions or influence of young people”.
England’s women cricket team	Cricket team	BBC Team of the Year Award	Overseas Sports Personality of the Year – Roger Federer Lifetime Achievement – Jessica Ennis-Hill Coach of the Year – Benke Blomkvist, Stephen Maguire and Christian Malcolm
Jayaprakash Joghee Bojan	Photographer	National Geographic Nature photographer of the Year	Selected from over 11,000 entries, a photo of an orangutan crossing a river in Indonesia, captured byJayaprakash Joghee Bojan of Singapore has won him the 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year carrying a $10,000 cash prize.
Mamang Dai, Ramesh Kuntal	Literates	Sahitya Akademi award	Mamang Dai will get the award in English language for his novel The Black Hill. Ramesh Kuntal Megh has won the award in Hindi for his literary criticism work Vishw Mithak Sarit Sagar.
United Kingdom	Country	best countries for business in 2018	The list ranks 153 countries ohe UK is followed by New Zealand and the Netherlands, while India was ranked 62nd on the list.
Municipal Administration and Urban Development	Department of State	SKOCH award	Capital – Hyderabad Chief Minister –Chandrasekhar Rao Governor -E.S LaNarasimhan
Virat Kohli	Cricketer	Forbes Top 100 Indian Celebrity List	India skipper’s tally reads Rs 100.72 crore, putting him in third place in the 100 lebrities list, behind Bollywood actors Salman Khan (Rs 232.83 crore) and Shah Rukh Khan (Rs 170.5 crore)
Patanjali	Product Brand	India’s most trusted FMCG Brand	Patanjali has been ranked as India’s most trusted FMCG Brand in a study covering 11000 brands across 16 cities by The Brand Trust Report India Study 2017.
IndiGo	Budget carrier	first Indian carrier to operate 1,000 daily flights	Notably, IndiGo is India’s largest passenger airline currently with a market share of 39.4% as of November.
ICAN	Organization	Nobel Peace Prize at ceremony held in Oslo, Norway	ICAN, a coalition of 468 grassroots non-governmental groups has been in forefront of pushing for end to use of nuclear weapons through United Nations.
Mamta Kalia	Hindi scholar and writer	Vyas Samman 2017	Renowned Hindi scholar and writer Mamta Kalia (77) was chosen for Vyas Samman 2017 for her novel “Dukkham Sukkham”
Cristiano Ronaldo	Footballer	2017 Ballon d’Or (Golden Ball)	Real Madrid and Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the 2017Ballond’Or(GoldenBall)for world player of the year in Paris, France for the fifth time.
Time	Magazine	The silence breakers	It was referring to those individuals, mostly women, who came forward this year with movement to publicly expose patterns of sexual harassment
Joy Gousami	Bengali Poet	31^st Moorthi devi award.	First time that the award given for Bengali poet
Rekha	Actress	Smitha patil memorial awrad	Her contribution towards cinema ,national award winner .
Anushka sharma	Actress	PETA 2017 person of the year	Anushka Sharma has taken the title for her wide-reaching work for animals, from helping to protect dogs from fireworks to advocating for horses who are forced to pull carriages in Mumbai.