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2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who has been posthumously awarded the Mumbai Press Club’s ‘Journalist of the Year’ award?
A
Danish Siddiqui
B
Shujaat Bukhari
C
Isravel Moses
D
Rakesh Singh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Danish Siddiqui’s wife Frederike Siddiqui received the award. “He was a man with a magical eye and was rightly regarded as one of the foremost photojournalists of this era.

Detailed explanation-2: -TNIE-Kerala chief photographer T P Sooraj wins Redink Award for ‘The Big Picture’ Instituted by the Mumbai Press Club, the Redink Awards honour excellence in Indian journalism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thayil Jacob Sony George, a Padma Bhushan awardee, won the lifetime achievement award and Dainik Bhaskar Group’s national editor Om Gaur won the journalist of the year award.

Detailed explanation-4: -The winning entries in each category will be awarded a total cash prize of Rs. 1 Lakh, a trophy, and a citation.

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