CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The 2016 Best Innovation Award was awarded to Plukon Food Group in the Netherlands for their ‘Windstreek Stable’ – a new design of broiler shed incorporating multiple features for improved welfare.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gujar Mal Modi Award for Science & Technology This award is to acknowledge and reward excellence in research and development and outstanding contribution to Innovative Science & Technology in India. The award consists of a cash prize of Rs 2.01 Lakh, a scroll of honour and a silver shield.

Detailed explanation-3: -The CES Innovation Awards program is an annual competition honoring outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products. The program recognizes honorees in a multitude of consumer technology product categories and distinguishes the highest rated in each.

Detailed explanation-4: -Innovator of the Year: Recognizes distinguished innovators who have demonstrated excellence by developing a breakthrough idea, process or technology and shown its transformational potential to improve lives and create economic value.

Detailed explanation-5: -SSB Prize. The award is named after the founder Director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) India, the late Dr (Sir) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar and is known as the ‘Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science and Technology’.