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Sebi bags 'Best Conduct of Business Regulator' award by The Asian Banker

Sebi has been given 'Best Conduct of Business Regulator' award in Asia Pacific by The Asian Banker for its role in enhancing the regulatory framework for securities markets in India. The award was received by Sebi's Whole Time Member Kamlesh Chandra Varshney in a ceremony held in Hong Kong. "This authority (Sebi) has been actively working towards instantaneous settlement. In 2021, T+1 settlement was introduced in a phased manner, which was fully implemented from January 2023. This move has provided investors with faster access to their funds following trade execution and settlement, enhancing market efficiency and liquidity," The Asian Banker said in a statement. Through rigorous enforcement and innovative regulatory practices, Sebi has significantly improved the conduct of business in the country's financial markets, ensuring fair treatment of consumers and robust market integrity, it added. The Asian Banker creates platforms to build a greater sense of community amongst players i

Major Radhika Sen receives UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award

Major Radhika Sen is the second Indian peacekeeper to receive this award, after Major Suman Gawani in 2019

Infosys Prize gets age limit, now only for researchers up to 40 yrs old

The existing prize categories will remain largely unchanged, except for Economics, which will now be a separate category instead of being under Social Sciences

Sunil Bharti Mittal receives Honorary Knighthood from King Charles III

Sunil Bharti Mittal said in a statement that he was 'deeply humbled' by the gracious recognition from King Charles III

Dadasaheb Phalke Awards 2024: Check the complete winners' list here

Dadasaheb Phalke Awards 2024 took place on February 20, 2024. Shah Rukh Khan won Best Actor and his film Jawan bagged the best film award. Check the full award list here

Shashi Tharoor awarded top French honour for deepening India-France ties

Shashi Tharoor was given the honour, also called 'Knight of the Legion of Honour' by Gerard Larcher, Chairman of the French Senate, on behalf of the President of the French Republic in New Delhi

77th BAFTA Film Awards: Oppenheimer bags 7 awards, Deepika stuns in Saree

77th BAFTA Film Awards: Oppenheimer again emerged as the major winner at an award night, but Barbie failed to get even one. Indian actress also stuns everyone in a Sabyasachi saree

Gulzar, Sanskrit scholar Rambhadracharya selected for 58th Jnanpith Award

Renowned Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya have been named the recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award, the Jnanpith selection committee announced on Saturday. Gulzar is known for his works in Hindi cinema and is considered one of the finest Urdu poets of this era. He has earlier received Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu in 2002, Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2013, Padma Bhushan in 2004, and at least five National Film awards for his works. Rambhadracharya, the founder and head of Tulsi Peeth in Chitrakoot, is a renowned Hindu spiritual leader, educator and writer of more than 100 books. In a statement, the Jnanpith selection committee said, "It has been decided to give the award (for 2023) to eminent writers from two languages: Sanskrit litterateur Jagadguru Rambhadracharya and well known Urdu litterateur Shri Gulzar." Goan writer Damodar Mauzo had received the prestigious award for 2022.

Grammy Awards 2024: India Shines at Award night, check the full list here

Indian music shines at Grammy Awards on Monday morning. Indian musician Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain's fusion band 'Shakti' won the 'Best Global Music Album' award at the Grammy Awards

Reliance wins IFR Asia's 'Issuer of the Year' award for record fourth time

Reliance Industries Ltd has been conferred on IFR Asia's 'Issuer of the Year' Award for 2023 for achieving most optimal pricing for super-sized funding deals while overcoming multiple market challenges. International Financing Review (IFR) is the pre-eminent financial publication globally for fixed income, capital markets, and investment banking news, analysis and commentary. In a two-page commentary on Reliance that was titled 'Blockbuster Producer', IFR said "the Indian blue chip firm balanced onshore and offshore funding to achieve optimal pricing results from supersized deals". In a tumultuous year for debt markets, it found increased demand from lenders as it reshaped its business to seize future opportunities. Reliance is now the only entity in Asia to have won this prestigious award four times -- 2006, 2015, 2018, and 2023. The financing deals in 2023 that enabled Reliance win the award were raising of USD 7.5 billion in syndicated loans -- this was the largest amount raised

From C Rajagopalachari to Karpoori Thakur: List of Bharat Ratna winners

Bharat Ratna is awarded to people for their exceptional public service and performance of the highest order in any field like literature, science and art

Emmy Awards 2024 held on January 15; check the full winners list here

Emmy Awards 2024: After several delays due to actors and writers' strike, the award night finally took place at the Peacock Theatre. Check the complete winners list here

Critics Choice Awards 2024: Oppenheimer leads with 8 awards, Barbie wins 6

The prestigious Critics Choice Awards 2024 is happening in Los Angeles on Sunday (Monday in India) and the winners are being declared. Oppenheimer was the biggest winner at the Critics Choice Awards

Golden Globes 2024: Barbie and Oppenheimer dominate 81st Award night

The 81st Golden Globe Awards took place today, January 8, 2024. The Awards night was dominated by Oppenheimer and Barbie. Here's all you need to know about it

National Sports Awards 2023: Mohammed Shami to get Arjuna Award, check list

The Sports Ministry released the final list of National Sports Awards nominations, 26 sports personalities, including Mohammed Shami to get the Arjuna Award. Check the complete list below

Business Standard wins two golds at afaqs! The Future of News Awards

Business Standard won in the categories of 'Best Business Programme' and 'Best Use of Infographics in a Business Story'

Salman Rushdie gets 'Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award' in New York

The recipient of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade got another surprise honour - this time for 'disturbing the peace' by the Vaclav Havel Center at an event in New York

Karnataka Rajyotsava Awards: Check the complete list of awardees here

Karnataka government has awarded the Rajyotsava award to 68 people including ISRO Chairman S Somanath and golfer Aditi Ashok. Here's the complete list

Waheeda Rehman receives Dadasaheb Phalke Award from President Murmu

Screen icon Waheeda Rehman on Tuesday became the eighth woman artiste to receive the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest recognition in the field of Indian cinema, an honour she dedicated to her "dear film industry" and its various departments. President Droupadi Murmu presented the award to Rehman, 85, during the 69th National Film Awards ceremony, held at Vigyan Bhawan here. The cinema veteran, who received a standing ovation from the A-list gathering as she walked to the stage, spoke about how filmmaking is a collaborative process. "I feel very honoured and humbled... But whatever I have achieved today, it is because of my dear film industry. Luckily, I got to work with top directors, producers, filmmakers, technicians, writers, dialogue writers, music directors and musicians," Rehman said in her acceptance speech. "I got a lot of support, respect and love from them," she said, also crediting the make-up artists, hair and costume designers. "...Which is why I am sha

Waheeda Rehman to get Dadasaheb Phalke Award; all you need to know

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is part of the National Film Awards, a highly coveted collection of honours in the film industry