Pak Lawyer Asma Jahangir Wins UN Human Rights Prize Posthumously

Pakistan's iconic human rights activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir was posthumously awarded the 2018 UN Human Rights Prize.
She was one of the four winners of the award which was announced by the United Nations on Thursday. 

Roopam Sharma Wins World Health Summit Startup Award in Berlin 

Roopam Sharma, a 23-year old Indian scientist, won the World Health Summit Startup award, 2018 for his invention, Manovue – the world’s first intelligent personal assisting system for the visually impaired. Sharma was awarded at an annual event of the health summit in Berlin recently.

Roopam is also listed in the UNESCO Youth forum and Innovators under 35.

Prof. M S Swaminathan Received 1st World Agriculture Prize

Professor M.S. Swaminathan — founder of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) — was awarded the first World Agriculture Prize at the 11th Global Agriculture Leadership Summit in New Delhi recently.

He received the award from Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu at the event hosted by the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture. The M.S. Swaminathan Junior Research Fellowship — to be awarded from 2019 onwards — was also instituted on the occasion.