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Jul 10, 2015

[CA] Important Summits and their Venues (2014 - 2015)

IMPORTANT SUMMITS [2014-2015*]

ADB Annual
ä  ADB Annual Meeting 2014 — Astana, Kazakhstan
ä  ADB Annual Meeting 2015 –Baku, Azerbaijan

APEC Summit
ä  26th APEC Summit 2014 – China
ä  27th APEC Summit 2015 – Philippines
ä  28th APEC Summit 2016 – Lima, Peru
ä  29th APEC Summit 2017 – Hano, Vietnam

ASEAN Summit
ä  24th ASEAN Summit 2014 (May)– Naypyidaw, Myanmar
ä  25th ASEAN Summit 2014 (November) — Naypyidaw, Myanmar
ä  26th ASEAN summit 2015 — Langkawi , Kuala Lumpur

BIMSTEC
ä  3rd BIMSTECH Summit 2014–Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar)
ä  4th BIMSTEC Summit 2015— Nepal

BRICS Summit
ä  6th BRICS Summit 2014 – Fortaleza, Brazil
ä  7th BRICS Summit 2015 – Ufa, Russia
ä  8th BRICS Summit 2016 – New Delhi, India

Earth Hour
ä  Global earth hour 2015 – Seoul
ä  Global earth hour 2016- Australia

G8 (now called as G7 Summit)
ä  40th – G8 – 2014 – Sochi, Russia
ä  41st – G7 – 2015 – Schloss Elmau, Germany

G20 Meeting
ä  9th G20 Meeting 2014 Brisbane, Australia
ä  G-20 — labours and employment ministerial meet — Australia
ä  10th G20 Meeting 2015, Antalya (Turkey)
ä  11th G20 Meeting 2016, China

Indian science congress
ä  100th edition – 2013 – Kolkata
ä  101st edition – 2014 – Sri Nagar
ä  102nd edition – 2015 – Mumbai
ä  103 rd edition – 2016 - Mysuru

NATO Summit
ä  NATO Summit 2014 - Wales (Britain), UK
ä  NATO summit 2016 – Warsaw, Poland

Nuclear Security Summit
ä  1st Nuclear Security Summit 2010 : USA
ä  2nd Nuclear Security Summit 2012: Seoul, South Korea
ä  3rd Nuclear Security Summit 2014 : The Hague, Netherlands
ä  4th Nuclear Security Summit 2016 : United States

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD)
ä  12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2014 — New Delhi
ä  13th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2015 — Gujarat (Gandhinagar)
ä  14th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2016– Agra
 
SAARC Summit
ä  18th SAARC Summit 2014– Kathmandu, Nepal
ä  5th SAARC Health Ministers Meet – New Delhi
ä  19th SAARC summit — Islamabad, Pakistan

SCO Summit
ä  13th SCO Summit – Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
ä  14th SCO Summit, 2014 – Dushanbe,  Tajikistan
ä  15th SCO Summit, 2015 – Ufa, Russia
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Summits in India
ä  RE-Invest 2015– New Delhi
ä  29th Indian Economy Summit in– Delhi
ä  PERTOTECH summit -2015 — New Delhi
ä  15th Sustainable Development Summit–Delhi
ä  3rd India 2015 –Africa Forum Summit – New Delhi
ä  World Diamond Conference 2015– New Delhi
ä  1st Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet & Expo– New Delhi
ä  1st World ocean science congress — Kochi
ä  11th Metropolis Congress – Hyderabad
ä  7th Global Insurance Summit 2014 – Hyderabad
ä  Global Investors meet (GIM), 2015 – Chennai
ä  1st Counter-Terrorism Conference 2015 – Jaipur
ä  7th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2016– INDIA
ä  World Congress on Information Technology in 2018–Hyderabad
ä  18th National Conference on e-Governance held in– Gujarat
ä  8th India-Republic of Korea Joint Commission meeting –South Korea
ä  77th Annual Convention of Presiding Officers of Legislative Bodies held in Lucknow
ä  10th World Hindi Conference, 2015 – Bhopal

International summits
ä  Arab Summit 2015 –Cairo
ä  Sanskrit summit – 2015– Bangkok
ä  23rd CHOGM 2015–Port Louis, Mauritius
ä  World water summit 2015–Athens , Greece
ä  UN climate change conference 2015 – Paris
ä  The Economist Insurance Summit 2015–United Kingdom
ä  EU-US 2015 — United States and the European Union –Brussels
ä  8TH IRENA — International Renewable Energy Agency — Abu Dhabi
ä  6th International Nuclear Energy Forum Atomexpo 2014 –Moscow
ä  3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction — Sendai, Japan
ä  13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice — Doha


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Mar 31, 2015

[CA] National Film Awards 2014



Feature Films
#
Name of
the Award
Name of the Film
(Languages)
Awardees
Medal & Cash Prize (all in Rs)
Citation
1
Best Feature Film
Court
(Marathi, Hindi,
Gujarati & English)
Producer:
Zoo Entertainment
Director:
Chaitanya Tamhane
Swarna Kamal
& Rs. 250000 to each
Court is a powerful and stark depiction of the mundaneness of judicial procedure revealed brilliantly by the film’s form, forcing us to reflect on the heart-wrenching insensitivity of institutional structures.
2
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director
Asha Jaoar Majhe
(Bengali)
Producer:
FOR Films
Director:
Aditya Vikram
Swarna Kamal
& Rs. 125000 to each
For the portrayal of routine ordinary life with extraordinary cinematic finesse.
3
Best Popular Film providing wholesome Entertainment
Mary Kom
(Hindi)
Producer:
Viacom 18
Director:
Omung Kumar
Swarna Kamal
& Rs. 200000 to each
For an inspiring tale of a woman who becomes a national icon through her determined pursuit of sporting excellence.
4
Best Film on Social Issues
Chotoder Chobi
(Bengali)
Producer:
Shree Venkatesh Films
Director:
Kaushik Ganguly
Rajat Kamal
& Rs. 150000 to each
For its empathetic portrayal of marginalized people and their struggle for a life of dignity.
5
Best Film on Environment Conservation / Preservation
Ottaal
(Malayalam)
Producer:
Cutz Film
Director:
Jayaraj
Rajat Kamal
& Rs. 150000 to each
Ottal, a visual poem, expresses the beauty and serenity of the protagonist’s rural environment and a way of life whose value is measured by the poignancy of its loss.




6




Best Children’s Film

Kaakkaa Muttai
(Tamil) 


Producer:
Grass Root Film
Director:
Manikandan



Swarna Kamal & Rs. 150000 [cash shared b/w all]

Kaakkaa Muttai for narrating a charming story of two brothers who are unaware of their deprived status and have a confrontation with the tastelessness of globalization.
Elizabeth Ekadashi
(Marathi)
Producer: Essel Vision
Director: Paresh Mokashi
Elizabeth Ekadashi is a delightful tale that reaffirms children`s ability to negotiate the complexities of life with relative ease.
7
Best Direction
Chotushkone
(Bengali)
Srijit Mukherji
Swarna Kamal & Rs. 250000
For its brilliantly reflexive use of the cinematic idiom through a playful and innovative mise-en-scene that tautens to an unexpected and gripping climax.
8
Best Actor
Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)
Vijay
Rajat Kamal &
 Rs. 50000
For his subtle and non-stereotypical playing of a woman trapped in a man’s body, portraying a gamut of emotions as s/he struggles through confusion, rejection and humiliation to finally chart her own course with confidence and dignity.
9
Best Actress
Queen (Hindi)
Kangana Ranaut
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For an endearingly etched out performance that is grounded in contextual specificity and at the same time is disarmingly spontaneous as to appear almost improvisatory.
10
Best Supporting Actor
Jigarthanda
(Tamil)
Bobby Simhaa
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For an engaging portrayal of a dreaded Mafia don who plays both the villain and the comic with a rare flamboyance and abandon.
11
Best Supporting Actress
Pagdi The Honour
(Haryanavi)
Baljinder Kaur
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For a very expressive performance as a gritty rustic woman who struggles as wife and mother to keep her family intact in a society obsessed with patriarchal honour.


12


Best Child Artist


Kaakaa Muttai
(Tamil)


J Vignesh and Ramesh


Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000 [cash to be shared]


For their portrayal of inseparable siblings living in a slum who innocently struggle with rare dignity to acquire what attracts them in this vast market of products unleashed by a liberal economy only to realise the harsh reality of invincible class boundaries.
13
Best Male Playback Singer
Haider
(Hindi)
Sukhwinder Singh
(Song: Bismil…)
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For a powerful rendition which effectively reflects the agony and anger of the protagonist.
14
Best Female Playback Singer
Saivam
(Tamil)
Uttara Unnikrishnanan
(Song: Azhagu…)
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For evoking an emotional resonance through the purity and innocence of her voice.
15
Best Cinematography
Chotushkone
(Bengali)
Sudeep Chatterjee
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For exhibiting a wide spectrum of space and time while effortlessly knitting   the emotional fabric of the film.
16
Best Screenplay Writer (original)
Chotushkone
(Bengali)
Srijit Mukherjee
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
Chotushkone for the masterful telling of a taut suspense thriller which weaves a sinister web around the journey and lives of four egotistical characters. 
17
Best Screenplay Writer (adapted)
Ottal
(Malayalam)
Joshy Mangalath
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
Ottal for beautifully transposing Anton Chekov’s short  story onto a canvas of nature that enhances the shades of the original.
18
Best Dialogues
Haider
(Hindi)
Vishal Bharadwaj
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
Haider for the multi layered and resonant dialogues that evoke angst and passion with crispness and brevity.
19
Best Audiography (Location Sound Recordist)
Khadwa
(Marathi)
Mahaveer Sabbanwal
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
Khwada for its excellent live sound quality which skillfully captures all the ambient sounds with the right tonal balance.
20
Best Audiography  (Sound Designer)
Asha Joar Majhe
(Bengali)
Anish John
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
Asha Jaoar Majhe for creating a brilliant soundscape which enhances the narrative even in the absence of the spoken word.
21
Best Audiography (Re-recordist)
Nirbashito
(Bengali)
Anirban Sengupta and Dipankar Chaki
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
Nirbashito for the seamless movement from chaos into the quietness of solitude while integrating various elements of sound.
22
Best Editing
Jigarthanda
(Tamil)
Vivek Harshan
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For structuring the different narratives of raw cruelty and urban cunning that eventually intermingle with positive and humourous overtones through skillful editing.
23
Best Production Design
Nachom – IA Kumpasar (Konkani)
Aparna Raina
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For convincingly recreating spaces from a different era and with minute attention to detail.
24
Best Costume Design
Haider
(Hindi)
Dolly Ahluwalia
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For capturing the essence of the characters and moods with creative flourish.
25
Best Make-up Artist
Nanu Avanalla Avalu
(Kannada)
Nangaraju & Raju
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For the realistic creation of gender duality in a character through different phases of life.
26
Best Music Direction (Songs)
Haider
(Hindi)
Vishal Bharadwaj
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For developing the conflict of the inner and outer landscape through haunting music.
27
Best Music Direction (Background)
Nineteen Eighty Three
(Malayalam)
Gopi Sunder
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For maintaining the tempo of the film with an in-sync background score.
28
Best Lyrics
Saivam (Tamil)
Na. Muthukumar
(Azhagu..)
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For embodying the world as seen through the eyes of a child using common place images to make an appeal to an adult world. 
29
Special Jury Award
Khwada
(Marathi)
Director:
Bhaurao Karhade
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 200000
For a hard-hitting but restrained narration of the harsh realities of a nomadic shepherd community who are in search of stability.
30
Best Choreography
Haider
(Hindi)



Sudesh Adhana
(Bismil….)
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For the evocative fusion of performative grammars, interweaving a staccato whirling of masculinised bodies with larger than life puppets, to create a dance that is firmly embedded within the narrative.

Best Films in selected Languages
1
Assamese
Othello



Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 100000 to each
[Producer and Director]






Language Haryanvi: Haryana
Language Rabha: Assam, West Bengal
2
Bengali
Nirbashito
3
Hindi
Queen
4
Kannada
Harivu
5
Konakani
Nachom – IA Kumpasar
5
Malayalam
Ain
6
Marathi
Killa
7
Odiya
Aadim Vichar
8
Punjabi
Punjab 1984
9
Tamil
Kuttram Kadithal
10
Telugu
Chandamama Kathalu
11
Haryanvi
Pagdi The Honour
12
Rabha
Orong

















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