1) Bernard d’Espagnat (France) is the recipient of Templeton Prize 2009.
2) Surjit Singh Barnala is the recipient of the Mother Theresa Life Acheivment award 2009.
3) Air India got ‘Cargo Airline Of The Year’.
4) Abdul Kalam got Hooper Model awarded By America in the service of social service and he also the first person to get the award y an asian.
5) British government awarded the award ‘Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire’ to Ramdorai(TCS CEO).
6) The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper journalism, literature and musical composition.
7) DRDO Officer Jayaprakash Rao has been awarded the ‘Best Active Member’ award amongst Public Relations Professional and also he Translated “Wings of Fire’ into Kannada.
8) 13th Annual Satyajit Ray Award was won by an Italian film ‘Mid-August Lunch" which is directed by Gianni di Gregorio.
9) Ekta Choudhary was crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe 2009.
10) Pooja Chopra was crowned Miss India World.
11) Shriya Kishore is Miss India Earth 2009.
12) Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal to Ratan Tata.
13) Britain's Plain English Campaign International Media Award 2008 was given to TOI for "demonstrating a positive attitude in raising the awareness of plain English within its press coverage throughout India."
14) Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United received the FIFA World Player Award for 2008 by Brazilian soccer legend Pele, which held in Zurich, on Monday night. Ronaldo had won this Award for the first time in his career.
15) Rafael Nadal clinched Rome Masters title defeating Djokovic in the finals
16) Svetlana Kuznestsnova defeated Dinara Safina to clinch Stuttgart Open 2009.
17) Yuki Bamri clinched the title ITF mens Futures Singles defeating Southafrica ravlan clases.
18) Women Tennis Association 2008 player of the year? Serena Williams.
19) Javed Miandad was appointed as an adviser to the Chinese Cricket.
20) British Man Ben Southal has won the Best Job in the world.
21) In ice hockey, Russia wins the 2009 IIHF World Championship and Ilya Kovalchuk is named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
22) Recently an 8 year old from Mumbai participated and successfully completed the 19th International Swim across the Gulf Of Mesiniakos from Koroni-Kalamata, a distance of 30km, in 11 hours 10 minutes and made a record. What is her name?Swapnali Yadav.
23) Conservationist from Mysore, M D Madhusudan, is among three from India who won the Whitley Award, considered the ‘Green Oscar’.
24) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will be awarded with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) annual peace prize.
25) Peter Zumthor (Switzerland) is the recipient of Pritzker prize (architecture) for 2009.
26) Tony Horwitz won a Pulitzer Prize as an investigative journalist while working for The Wall Street Journal.
27) Apa Sherpa broke his own record by reaching the top of Everest for the nineteenth time on May 21 2009.
28) Manchester United Football club win 2008-09 season of Premier Leauge.
29) Canadian short story writer Alice Munro has won this year's Man Booker International Prize worth 60,000 pounds (106,900 Canadian dollars).
30) In association football, FC Barcelona defeat Manchester United to win the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final.
31) The Austrian film The White Ribbon wins the Golden Palm at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
32) Kavya Shivshankar an Indian origin girl won the US National Spelling Bee Champiomship for 2009.
33) 18th CommonWealth Table Tennis Championship held at Glasgow(Scotland).Singapore won the Championship beating India.
34) Who has won his maiden International Tennis Federation (ITF) title at Delhi Lawn Tennis Association on
April 25, 2009? Yuki Bhambari.
35) Grand Master Surya Sekhar Ganguly won the Asian Chess Championship held at Philippines.
36) 34th National games in 2009 to be held at Jharkhand.
37) 16th Asian Games will be held in Guangzhou, China, 2010.
38) Miss Universe 2008 is Dayana Mendoza from Venezuela.
39) Miss World 2008 is Ksenia Sukhinova from Russia.
40) Miss Earth 2008 is karla Henry from Philippines.
41) Miss International 2008 is Jayana Altman.
42) Albel Prize, 2009 was given to Mikhail Gromov(Russian-French Mathematician) for his revolutionary contributions to geometry.
43) Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2008 :in Government Service for Grace Padaca (Philippines),in Public Service for CARD MRI(Philippines), Therdchai Jivacate (Thailand),in Journalism, Literature & Creative Communication Arts for Akio Ishii(Japan),in Peace & International Understanding for Ahmad Syafii Maarif(Indonesia),in Emergent leadership for Ananda Galapatti(srilanka).
44) Stockholm water Prize, 2009 was given to Dr.Bindeshwar pathak (India).
45) 2009 Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace? Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
46) Ramanujan Prize, 2008 was given to Enrique R Pujals.
47) Indira Gandhi Peace Prize was given to Mohamed Elbaradei.
48) Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2007 is Manoj Kumar (director).
49) Jnanpith award for 2008 is given To Rahi (Kashmiri Poet).
50) Shanti Swarup bhatnagar Prize for Science & Technology 2008 given to Dr.Srikanth Sastry.
51) Dronacharya Award 2008 was given to Jagminder Singh (Wrestling).
52) Rajiv Gandhi khel ratna award for 2008 M S Dhoni.
53) Nobel Prize for 2008 for Peace=Marti Ahtisaari (Finland),Literature=Jean-Marie Gustave (France),Economics=Paul Krugman (USA),Physics=Kobayashi,masukawa,nabu (Japan),Chemistry= Chalfe,Tsien,Shimomura, Medicine=monatagnier, Sinoussi (germany).
54) A M Naik (chairman of L&T) has been given the Economic Times Business leader of the year Award for 2008.
55) Hindu Media Research Center has been given Jawaharlal Nehru Prize for 2008.
56) Himachal Pradesh state govt. has been given National Award for e-governance 2008-09.
57) Usain Bolt has been chosen the sportswoman of the year 2008 by the International Media.
58) Yelena Isnbayeva has been chosen the sportswoman of the year 2008 by the international Media
59) Christianao Ronaldo is the FIFA world footballer of the year 2008.
60) Romila Thapar and Peter Brown has received 2008 Kluge Prize.
61) CNN IBN Best Indian Award for 2008 was given to Madhavan Nair.
62) Taufique Hidayat of Indonesia won the Men’s single title in Indian Open Championship 2009.
63) Pi Hongyan of France won the Women’s single title in Indian Open Championship 2009.
64) Tamilnadu beat Bengal to won 2009 Vijay Hazare Trophy.
65) WestZone beat EastZone to win Deodhar Trophy 2009.
66) Goa beat Bengal to Win Santhosh Trophy held at Chennai in June 09.
67) Well Armed won Dubai World Cup 2009.
68) Saina Nehwal wins Indonesian Open Title with a stunning victory over higher ranked Chinese Lin Wang in Jakarta.
69) The Pakistan Cricket Team wins the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 world cup after a hard match against Sri Lanka at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, England.
70) England defeats New Zealand in the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20 held in London,England..
71) England defeated New Zealand in 2009 ICC Womens World ODI held in Australia.
72) Sebastian Vettel wins 2009 British Grand Prix.
73) Jorge Lorenzo won the French Grand Prix on May 17, 2009.
74) IIFA(International Indian Film Academy) awards 2009 ceremony held in Macau,China.
75) Azim Premji wins Global Vision Award at USIBC.
76) Bindeshwar Pathak of Sulabh International gets UN award.
77) Amrita & Joseph win Research awards in America.
78) Bina Agarwal, Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Growth gets Leontif Award 2009.
79) John Higgins is the World Championship Snooker 2009 winner.
80) Dinara safina winner of Italian Open Tennis Tournament in May 2009.
81) Legendary British actor Christopher Lee will receive a knighthood award.
82) Manchester United accepts a record $130 million dollars for Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer to Madrid Real in Spain.
83) Jose Brasa of Spain has been selected as the new Chief Coach for the Indian Men's Hockey team.
84) ShahRukh Khan to Receive UK doctorate in the field of arts & culture.
85) Roger Federer defeats Andy Roddick to win the men's singles of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.
86) Serena Williams wins the women's singles at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships after defeating her sister, Venus Williams.
87) Canvera. Com, India’s fastest growing online digital photography company, was given the Best Photobook prize for the second year in a row at the recently concluded Asia-Pacific & Japan HP Digital Print Award 2009 in Beijing, China.
88) 35th National Games are scheduled to held in May 2010 in Kerala.
89) “Sheru" is official mascot of Commonwealth Games 2010.
90) 4th Indian Idol Winner and 1st women winner: Sourabhee Debbarma.
91)SriLankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge has been posthumously awarded the World Press Freedom Prize in may 2009. Which among the following gives this award?UNESCO.
92)Franco-Russian mathematician Mikhail Gromov receives the 2009 Abel Prize.
93) Indra Nooyi has been named as 2009 CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group (GSCLG).
94)The World Games 2009 takes place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from July 16, 2009 to July 26, 2009.The Game Feature Sports that are not contested in Olympic Games.
95)Kathak exponent Sitara Devi, stage designer Khaled Chowdhury, performing arts scholar R C Mehta and noted singer and musician Bhupen Hazarika were conferred with the coveted Sangeet Akademi Ratna by Prez Pratibha Patil.
96)Former Indian Skipper Sourav Ganguly has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the University of Central Lancashire.
97)Bharti Airtel was named the Service Provider of the Year and wireless Service provider of the year in the Asia Pacific region for its exemplary performance.
98)Azim Premji conferred of Humane Letters by Wesleyan University.
99) J.C Daniel Award for 2008 instituted by Kerala Government is won by K.Ravindranath Nair.
100) Bill Gates received the 2007 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace , Disarmament and Development on behalf of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that has been actively working in India in the field of health and Development, especially HIV/AIDS.
101)2010 Hockey world cup will takes place in Delhi, India.
102) Myanmar's long-detained democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is receiving Amnesty International's highest honor.
103)Noted theatre Director Mr Ibrahim Alkaji was conferred Hindi Ratna Samman.
104) Prominent Indian Social activist Deep Joshi has been named for the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2009.
105) Bollywood actors Dharmendra and Asha Parekh were honoured with lifetime achievement awards during the second Nashik International Film Festival (NIFF) held in Nasik.
106)Indore will host the first "Global Film Festival" to be organized in the city on the lines of Goa Film Festival from 8th to 15th of October 2009.
107)The 17th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award will be given to Gautam Bhai of Pawanar Ashram, Wardha in Maharashtra for his contribution towards promotion of communal harmony, peace and goodwill.
108)BWSSB (Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board) was awarded the National Urban Water Awards 2009.
109)Sanskrit poet Satya Vrat Shastri and Konkani author Ravindar Kelekar conferred the 42nd Jnanpith award for the year 2006.
110) Abhinav Bindra to receive Comonwealth Games from Baton Queen Elizabeth II.
Golden Boot Winner(top goal scorer) & Best Young Player(best player under 21 years): Thomas Mueller(Germany)
Golden Glove Winner(best goalkeeper): Iker Casillas(Spain)
