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Accepting the Award, Lula in New Delhi on a three For Creative Writing :

day visitdedicated it to all who want a peaceful world 1. Avipsha Das


and described Nehru as a source of inspiration for 2. Siddhartha Chandra
people who were struggling for independence and laid 3. Tanya Anne Pinto
the groundwork for an egalitarian nation. The award, 4. Mohan Lal Delu
given by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations 5. Shivali Unishree
(ICCR) since 1965, a year after the death of Indias first
Prime Minister, was described by the Brazilian leader as NCCL Gets Dubai International Award
an honour for him since it placed him on same pedestal Ahmedabad based NGO, the National Council for
as towering personalities like Martin Luthar King Jr., Civil Liberties (NCCL), has been given the Dubai
Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela and Indira Gandhi who International Award under the United Nations Human
were previous recipients of the award. Settlement Programme (UNHABITAT) for its initiative in
connection with the Mission ENDURE project to reduce
Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, who was
the dust pollution in Ahemdabad city.
the Chairman of the Jury, saidit was the unanimous
decision of the jury to confer this Award on the The Mission ENDURE (which stands for Ensuring
Brazilian President for his contribution to international DUST Reduction) project, being jointly implemented
peace and understanding. with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), is
based on a simple but workable methodology of paving
Bal Shree Honours to Twenty-two Children the roads across the city with eco-friendly materials to
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presented Bal Shree remove dust accumulation and in turn preventing raising
Honours to twenty two children on June 1, 2007. Under of dust by vehicles and pedestrians.
the National Bal Shree The NCCL has been working for two years and
Scheme which is a covered 88,000 square metre which is just about 5% of the
unique endeavour of 40 lakh odd square metre area in Ahmedabad city. It was
National Bal Bhavan selected for its imovative idea and taking the initiative
to honour the most for the project.
creative Children of
India. The Bal Shree Man Booker International Prize for 2007
Honour is an effort to Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe won the 2007 Man
provide proper condi- Booker International Prize for fiction on June 13, 2007,
tions for overall deve- beating nominees including Salman
lopment of childrens Rushdie, Doris Lessing, Phillip Roth,
personality by maste- Margaret Atwood and Ian McEwan. The
The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
presenting the Bal Shree Honour-2006 ring their creativity in 60,000 prize is awarded once every
to Ms. Bhavya Pandit (Bal Bhavan four streams namely two years for a body of fiction.
Mumbai) Rashtrapati Bhavan in New (1) Creative Perfor-
Delhi on June 01, 2007. Achebe 76, has written more than
mance, Creative Arts,
20 books including novels, short stories,
Creative Scientific Innovation and Creative Writing. The essays and poetry. But he is best known
creative children falling in the age group of 9 to 16 years for his first novel Things Fall Apart
are identified for the honour. The names of children (1958) and for another published more Chinua Achebe
selected for National Bal Shree Honour 2006 are than 30 years later, Anthills of the Savannah. In all, 15
For Creative Performance : writers from Canada, Britain, the United States, Australia,
1. Mrs. Manjari Mukharjee Ireland, France, Israel, Mexico, Nigeria and the
2. Ms. Barkha Prashant Naik Netherlands were short listed for the 2007 Man Booker
3. Ms. Arza Varshini International Prize for Fiction Award.
4. Ms. Bhavya Pandit Launched in 2004 as a spin off from Britains
5. Ms. Ridhi N. Gupta prestigious Booker Prize awarded for a single novel by a
For Creative Arts : writer from Britain, Ireland and the commonwealth of
former British colonies, the prize is awarded every two
1. Mr. Protyayi Chatterjee
years to a living author who has published fiction in
2. Master Neeraj A. Choksi
English or whose work has been translated into English.
3. Master A. Velmusugan Albanian writer Ismail Kadare won the Inaugural Prize in
4. Ms. K. Manogana 2005.
5. Dinesh Army Receives Golden Peacock Eco-Innova-
For Creative Scientific Innovation : tion Award
1. Ms. Jigisha Arun Marwale
The Award Jury of the World Environment
2. Ms. P. Sharmila Yadav Foundation, under the Chairmanship of Justice P.N.
3. Ms. Mansi Gokhale Bhagwati, former Chief Justice of India has selected the
4. D. Padamnabhan Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army as the winner of
5. Ishan Wadhwa the Golden Peacock Eco-Innovation Award for the year
6. Ms. Neha Mehrotra 2007.

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