Awards & Honours
Goldman Environmental Prize
Alessandra Korap has been awarded 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize
- Alessandra Korap, a Munduruku Indigenous woman from the Brazilian Amazon, has been awarded a 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize.
- Alessandra Korap, a leader of the Munduruku people in the Brazilian Amazon, was declared winner of this prize for her fight against mining in the tribe’s territory.
- The Goldman Environmental Prize, or the “Green Nobel” as some know it, is awarded yearly to activists from six regions of the world in recognition of their grassroots work. Winners get a $200,000 grant to use how they see fit.
Dalai Lama receives Ramon Magsaysay Award in person after 64 years
- Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama was presented the 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Award personally by members of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation after 64 years at his residence in the hill town of Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh
- This was the first international award given to the Dalai Lama “for community leadership in recognition of his leadership of the Tibetan community’s gallant struggle in defence of the sacred religion that is the
inspiration of their life and culture” by the Foundation in the Philippines in August 1959.
About Ramon Magsaysay Award
- The Ramon Magsaysay Award, established in 1957, is Asia’s greatest honour and distinction.
- The award is managed by the Ramon Magsaysay Awards Foundation (RMAF). It is named after Ramon Magsaysay, the third president of the Philippines.
- The award is regarded around the world as ‘Asia’s Nobel Prize’.
- The prize is annually presented in a ceremonial ceremony in Manila, Philippines on August 31.
- The first Ramon Magsaysay Awards ceremony was held on 31st August 1958.
HUDCO Award for cleanliness drive clinched by Uttar Pradesh
- The Swachh Bharat Mission has been awarded the country’s prestigious HUDCO (Housing and Urban development Corporation) Award for 2022-2023.
- Cash prize of Rs 1 lakh was awarded in the Best practices to improve the living Environment 2022-2023 category for cleanliness.
