- New India
- Leader
- Young India
- Free Press Journal
- Ashoka
- Samudragupta
- Kanishka
- Harshavardhana
Which Indian personality has been conferred the PLuS Alliance Prize for Global Leadership?
- N R Narayana Murthy
- Narendra Modi
- Mukesh Ambani
- Sumitra Mahajan
Explanation:
Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy and Mumbai-born scientist Veena Sahajwalla have been conferred the PLuS Alliance Prize – a prestigious honour that recognises Research Innovation, Education Innovation, Global Leadership and Global Innovation. The Prize of $ 50,000 was awarded in two categories; Education Innovation and Research Innovation. Both winners were recognised for the development and implementation of innovative solutions to significant global issues. Murthy was presented the PLuS Alliance Prize for Global Leadership while Professor Sahajwalla was awarded the PLuS Alliance Prize for Research Innovation for her project ‘The new science of green manufacturing’. The awards were presented to Murthy, Sahajwalla and the other winners by Professor Sir Malcolm Grant, Chairman of NHS England and Chair of the PLuS Alliance Advisory Board, at a ceremony at the T-H-E World Academic Summit in London on September 3, 2017. The PLuS Alliance is an international collaboration between Arizona State University, King’s College London, and UNSW Sydney.
- Mahmud Ghaznavi
- Akbar
- Humayun
- Shershah
Mohamad Al Jounde has been honoured with the International Children’s Peace Prize 2017. He hails from which country?
- United Arab Emirates
- Syria
- Liberia
- Philippines
Explanation:
Mohamad Al Jounde (16) from Syria has been honoured with the International Children’s Peace Prize 2017 for his efforts to ensure the rights of Syrian refugee children. Al Jounde, a refugee of the Syrian civil war, set up a school together with his family in a Lebanese refugee camp that currently provides 200 children with education. The prize is an initiative of the KidsRights Foundation, an international children’s aid and advocacy organisation based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is awarded annually to a child who has made a significant contribution to advocating children’s rights and improving the situation of vulnerable children such as orphans, child labourers and children with HIV/AIDS.
- Dutch Viceroy in India
- Portuguese Viceroy in India
- French Viceroy in India
- English Viceroy in India
- Kochi
- Hyderabad
- Udaipur
- Bhopal
Explanation:
India’s first university only for Dalit students will come up in Hyderabad by 2018 as part of the Telangana government’s policy of free education to students from weaker sections from kindergarten to post-graduation (KG to PG) level. The proposal was mooted by a government arm, Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS), which runs nearly 268 residential institutions for Dalit students from class 5 to under-graduate level. The purpose of establishing an exclusive university for Dalit students is to provide them a comprehensive education, so that they would come out as complete and knowledgeable citizens.
- Lord Cornwallis
- Lord Wellesley
- Sir John Shore
- Lord Auckland
- Genghis Khan
- Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat Beg
- Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari
- Iitutmish
Explanation:
Iitutmish , the Sultan of Delhi, was contemporary of Mongol leader Chengiz Khan. In 1221 A.D., there was a danger of expected attack of Chengiz khan on Delhi.
- West Bengal
- Uttar Pradesh
- Bihar
- Assam
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The Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary (MWS) is located on the foothills of the Himalayas, between the Teesta and Mahananda rivers. It is situated in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal. It got the status of a sanctuary in 1959 to protect the Indian bison and royal Bengal tiger, which were facing the threat of extinction It is also home to very endangered birds like Rufous-necked Hornbill, Oriental Pied Hornbill, Great Hornbill etc.