Awards Current Affairs on 17-Dec-2018

Awards Current Affairs

17-Dec-2018

Star Screen Awards 2018 Announced: Complete List of Winners

Star Screen Awards 2018 were announced recently in Mumbai. The hosts of the night were Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal.

Alia Bhatt won Best Actor for her performance in Raazi and Ranveer Singh was given best actor award for Padmaavat.

NITI Aayog Organises 3rd Edition of Women Transforming India Awards

The NITI Aayog organised the 3rd Edition of the Women Transforming India Awards 2018 and launched the upgraded portal of the Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP).

The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu presided over as the chief guest of the event where he launched the WEP Portal 2.0 and conferred WTI Awards 2018. This year’s theme is “Women and Entrepreneurship”.

Philippines' Catriona Gray Crowned Miss Universe 2018

Philippines' Catriona Gray has been crowned Miss Universe 2018, becoming the fourth woman from the country to win the title. Tamaryn Green from South Africa was named the first runner-up while Miss Venezuela Sthefany Gutiérrez stood third at the pageant which was held in Bangkok, Thailand.
The 24-year-old Gray was born in Australia and studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. India was represented by 22-year-old Nehal Chudasama.