Nari Shakti Puraskar Current Affairs, GK & News

Nari Shakti Puraskar are awards conferred on occasion of International Women’s Day (March 8) every year in recognition of individuals’ work in the field of women empowerment. It is conferred by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to individuals, institutions, groups and NGOs. Individuals are to be at least 25 years of age and institutions are required to have worked in the field for 5 years. the government extended the last date for submission of nominations for the 2021 awards.

Nari Shakti Puraskar-2020

February 3, 2021

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has recently extended the last date for submission of nomination for Nari Shakti Puraskar-2020. The last date has been extended till February 6, 2021. About Nari Shakti Puraskar Nari Shakti Puraskar are conferred every year on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The award is conferred by the Ministry of Women ..

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President Ram Nath Kovind presents ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’

March 9, 2020

On the occasion of International Women’s day, President Ram Nath Kovind recently presented the ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’ to IAF’s first women fighter pilots, Mohana Jitarwal, Avani Chaturvedi and Bhawana Kanth, among the 15 total wardees. After the Government of India decided to open fighter stream in the Air force for women on an experimental basis, ..

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Nari Shakti: Hindi Word of the Year 2018

January 27, 2019

The word Nari Shakti is chosen as the word of the Year 2018 by the Oxford dictionaries. The announcement regarding this was made in the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF). Why Nari Shakti was chosen as word of the year? The Oxford dictionaries have cited following reasons for choosing Nari Shakti as word of the year: ..

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INSV Tarini team awarded Nari Shakti Puraskar 2017

May 25, 2018

India’s Navy all six women crew of INSV Tarini who completed India’s first all-women circumnavigation expedition of the globe was conferred prestigious Nari Shakti Puraskar 2017. The crew included Lt Commander Vartika Joshi, Lt Commander Swathi Patarpalli, Lt Commander Pratibha Jamwal, Lt Aishwarya Bodapatti, Lt SH Vijaya Devi and Lt Payal Gupta. These six women ..

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Gita Mittal becomes first Indian woman from field of law and justice to be conferred ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’

March 8, 2018

Gita Mittal, the Delhi High Court Acting Chief Justice, has become the first woman from the field of law and justice to be conferred the ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’, India’s highest civilian honour for women. Justice Mittal, who took over as Acting Chief Justice after the retirement of Justice G Rohini in April 2017, has introduced ..

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