CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Cyrus Poonawalla Chairman of the Pune-based vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) was awarded the Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2021. The award was given by Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Trust at Pune in the presence of Dr. Deepak J Tilak, President of Tilak Samrak Mandir, and former Union Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.

Detailed explanation-2: -New Delhi, Jul 29 (PTI) Senior scientist Tessy Thomas, popularly known as India’s missile woman, will be conferred the Lokmanya Tilak National Award for the year 2022 at a function in Pune on Monday.

Detailed explanation-3: -UPSC Mains. Q. Who was recently presented with the ‘Lokmanya Tilak National Journalism Award’? Notes: Sanjay Gupta, the Chief Editor of the leading Hindi daily, ‘Jagran’ was recently honoured with the ‘Lokmanya Tilak National Journalism Award’.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cyrus Poonawalla wins Lokmanya Tilak National Award.