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September 15, 2018

‘Swachhta Hi Seva’ (Cleanliness Service) campaign launched in Kendriya Vidyalayas (Central Schools) throughout the country by HRD Minister of India

Clean India Drive

Photo: India’s Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar, with the students, during the “Swachhta Hi Seva” Abhiyan (Cleanliness Drive), in New Delhi on September 15, 2018.

Clean India Drive

Photo: India’s Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar, participates in cleanliness drive with the students of Central Schools, during the “Swachhta Hi Seva” Abhiyan (Cleanliness Drive), in New Delhi on September 15, 2018.

New Delhi — September 15, 2018 — The Human Resource Development Minister of India, Prakash Javadekar, participated in the ‘Swachhta hi Seva’ (Cleanliness Service) programme organized by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (Central Schools Organization) at Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School), New Delhi, today. The schedule included many cleanliness activities both inside and outside the campus.

The Minister participated in the ‘Shramdaan’ (Labour Donation) activities at the programme venue along with the students of classes 9th to 12th. Many teachers and officials also took part in the Shramdaan. Mr. Javadekar himself collected plastics and waste papers to clean the roads.

Mr. Javadekar said that the students ‘swacchagrahis’ are our ambassadors of cleanliness and will bring out positive change through awareness and sensitization programs. He said that we should collectively make an effort to make our country clean and beautiful by personalizing the public hygiene.

Mr. Javadekar envisioned a plastic-free India, as plastic is non-biodegradable and an acutely hazardous waste for our environment. He also assured that the government would start these sanitation drives in all schools across the country.

The Swachhata hi Seva movement, which aims at generating greater public participation towards Cleanliness, is being organized in the run-up to the fourth anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Mission, on October 2nd, 2018, which will also mark the commencement of the celebrations of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Source: Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

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The Longines Prize for Elegance awarded to Aleksandra Soldatova at the 36th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia

Longines Prize for Elegance

Longines Prize for Elegance

Longines Prize for Elegance

Photos: The Longines Prize for Elegance awarded to Aleksandra Soldatova at the 36th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia. Images provided by & copyright © Longines.

Saint-Imier (Switzerland) / Sofia (Bulgaria) - 15 September 2018 - As the long-term partner of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), Longines is also the Official Partner and Official Timekeeper of the 36th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships 2018 in Sofia, Bulgaria. In this context, the Swiss watch brand presented tonight its Longines Prize for Elegance to Russia’s Aleksandra Soldatova, who distinguished herself for the outstanding grace and charisma she displayed throughout the all-around final.

Source: Longines

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September 13, 2018

ACADEMY REVEALS 2018 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS — ALL WINNING FILMS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR OSCARS

Student Academy Awards

Photo: Sofia Carson arrives on the red carpet of The 90th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, March 4, 2018. Image Credit: Aaron Poole / A.M.P.A.S. [File Photo].

LOS ANGELES, CA — The Academy has voted 19 students as winners of the Student Academy Awards 45th competition. This year, the Student Academy Awards competition received a total of 1,582 entries from 278 domestic and 122 international colleges and universities, which were voted upon by a record number of Academy members. The 2018 winners join the ranks of such past Student Academy Award winners as Patricia Cardoso, Pete Docter, Cary Fukunaga, John Lasseter, Spike Lee, Trey Parker, Patricia Riggen, and Robert Zemeckis.

The winners are (listed alphabetically by film title):

Alternative (Domestic Film Schools)

Animation (Domestic Film Schools)

Animation (International Film Schools)

Documentary (Domestic Film Schools)

Documentary (International Film Schools)

Narrative (Domestic Film Schools)

Narrative (International Film Schools)

First-time honors go to MOPA (Motion Pictures in Arles) France, and the University of Hertfordshire, England. This year, the Student Academy Awards honors one returning winner in the Domestic Narrative category, Brian Robau, a Silver Medal winner in 2016 for “It’s Just a Gun.” Additionally, for the first time, a team of five directors is being honored in the International Animation category.

All Student Academy Award-winning films are eligible to compete for 2018 Oscars in the Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film or Documentary Short Subject category. Past winners have gone on to receive 59 Oscar nominations and have won or shared 11 awards. This year, two 2017 Student Academy Award winners received Oscar nominations in the Live Action Short Film category: Kevin Wilson, Jr., a Gold Medal winner in the Domestic Narrative category for “My Nephew Emmett,” and Katja Benrath, a Gold Medal winner in the International Narrative category for “Watu Wote/All of Us.”

Students will arrive in Los Angeles for a week of industry activities that will culminate in the awards ceremony on Thursday, October 11 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. There, the Academy will announce the medal winners - gold, silver, and bronze - in the seven award categories.

The Student Academy Awards were established in 1972 to provide a platform for emerging global talent by creating opportunities within the industry to showcase their work.

Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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September 12, 2018

Tissot makes its come back this year as the Official Timekeeper of the Tour de Suisse

Tissot Watches

Tissot, Cycling

Tissot, Cycling

Tissot, Cycling

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Photos: Tissot is now the Official Timekeeper of the Tour de Suisse (an annual cycling race in Switzerland). Images provided by & Copyright © Tissot Ltd.

Cycling is one of the sports that Tissot has been most involved in for the past 50 years. The brand was Official Timekeeper of the Tour de France from 1988 to 1992 and still is since 2016. Tissot got further involved in 1995 by joining forces with the UCI International Cycling Union. Since then, Tissot has been the Official Timekeeper of road, trail, and BMX cycling world championships, cycling world cup, and the Mountain Bike.

Tissot is now the Official Timekeeper of the Tour de Suisse (an annual cycling race in Switzerland).

Tissot is celebrating its partnership with Tour de Suisse by launching a new watch: T-Race Cycling Special Edition Tour de Suisse.

Source: TISSOT

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September 9, 2018

Executive Editors of the Washington Post and the New York Times to accept 2018 National Press Club Fourth Estate Award at November 29 Gala

National Press Club

National Press Club, Washington DC

Photo: UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, addresses the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. 16 April 2015. Washington, DC, United States. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe. [File Photo].

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 2018 — Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron and New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet will receive the National Press Club’s most esteemed prize, the Fourth Estate Award, at a Press Club gala in their honor on November 29, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

Baquet and Baron are the 46th recipients of the award, which recognizes journalists who have made significant contributions to the field.

“As the editors of two of our most influential newspapers, Marty Baron and Dean Baquet have risen to the challenges of our times and emerged as thought-provoking and pathfinding leaders, steadfast in their commitment to excellence in journalism and the defense of a free press,” said National Press Club President Andrea Edney.

The Fourth Estate Award is the top honor bestowed on a journalist by the National Press Club Board of Governors. Previous winners include Wolf Blitzer, Gwen Ifill, Andrea Mitchell, Bob Woodward, Jim Lehrer, Walter Cronkite, Christiane Amanpour, and David Broder.

“At a time when the governments accuse the press of being ‘the enemy of the people,’ ‘the opposition party,’ and the peddlers of ‘fake news,’” Edney said, “two of the nation’s most venerable news organizations, the New York Times and the Washington Post, continue to rise above the vitriol, producing award-winning reporting and garnering record numbers of digital subscriptions.”

Martin “Marty” Baron:

Martin “Marty” Baron became the executive editor of the Washington Post in 2013. Under his leadership, The Post has won seven Pulitzer Prizes, winning four times for national reporting, once for explanatory reporting, once for investigative reporting and once for public service. Baron received the Pulitzer Prize for public service in recognition of revelations of secret surveillance by the National Security Agency. Previously, Baron served as editor of the Boston Globe. During his 11 years there, the Globe won six Pulitzer Prizes - for public service, explanatory journalism, national reporting, and criticism. Before the Globe, Baron held top editing positions at the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Miami Herald, where his journalism career began back in 1976.

Dean Baquet:

Dean Baquet was named Executive Editor of the New York Times in 2014, having served as the paper’s managing editor and Washington bureau chief. Baquet first joined The Times in 1990 as a Metro Reporter, and became the paper’s National editor in 1995 before taking a seven-year hiatus from The Times to serve as managing editor, and later Editor-in-Chief, of the Los Angeles Times. After graduating from Columbia University in 1978 with a major in English, Baquet started reporting for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans. He was at the Times-Picayune for nearly seven years before he became the Chicago Tribune’s associate Metro editor for investigations and chief investigative reporter, covering corruption in politics. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his investigative reporting in March 1988 for documenting corruption in the Chicago City Council and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 in the investigative reporting category.

Founded in 1908, the National Press Club, located in Washington, D.C., is the world’s leading professional organization for journalists. It has more than 3,100 members worldwide.

Source: National Press Club

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September 8, 2018

UN Peacebuilding Commission Meets on Leadership, Accountability, and Capacity

United Nations

Photo: UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaks during the UN Peacebuilding Commission’s meeting on “Leadership, Accountability, and Capacity in Supporting Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace.” 07 September 2018. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.

Source: United Nations, New York.

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September 7, 2018

New Zealand Fashion Week 2018, 'Twenty-Seven Names' Show

New Zealand Fashion Week

New Zealand Fashion Week

New Zealand Fashion Week

New Zealand Fashion Week

New Zealand Fashion Week

New Zealand Fashion Week

New Zealand Fashion Week

New Zealand Fashion Week

Photos: Models walk the runway during the show by the brand ‘Twenty-Seven Names’ during New Zealand Fashion Week 2018 on August 28, 2018, in Auckland, New Zealand. Photos © Phil Walter/Getty Images. Images provided by New Zealand Fashion Week (NZFW).

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September 5, 2018

US Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, and US Secretary of State, Michael R. Pompeo, in New Delhi for '2+2 Dialogue'

India, USA

India, USA

Photos: India’s Minister for Defence, Nirmala Sitharaman, receives the US Secretary of Defence, James Mattis, in New Delhi on September 05, 2018. Mr. Mattis is in India for the first ever ‘2+2 Dialogue’ between the two nations. [Source: Government of India].

India, USA

Photo: US Secretary of Defense James Mattis meets with Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj at the U.S.-India 2+2 Dialogue in New Delhi, India, on September 6, 2018. [State Department Photo].

India, USA

ENLARGE

Photo: US Secretary of Defense James Mattis, US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, and Indian Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the U.S.-India 2+2 Dialogue in New Delhi, India, on September 6, 2018. [State Department Photo].

Sources: Ministry of Defence, India & U.S. Department of State.

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UN Security Council President Briefs Press on Programme of Work for September 2018

United Nations, Security Council

Photo: Nikki R. Haley, Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of September, briefs press on the Council’s programme of work for the month. 04 September 2018. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.

UN Security Council

Photo: Nikki R. Haley, Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of September, chairs the Security Council meeting on the programme of work for the month of September. 04 September 2018. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Manuel Elias.

Source: United Nations, New York.

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September 1, 2018

Asian Games 2018 in Pictures — Editor's Picks

Asian Games Gold Medal

Photo: A winner displays his Gold Medal won at the Asian Games 2018, Jakarta, Indonesia. ANTARA FOTO/INASGOC/Sutanta Aditya/thv/18.

Asian Games2018

ENLARGE

Photo: Chinese shooter, Hui Zicheng, aims at the target during the final round of shooting in the 50m Air Rifle in the shooting arena of Jakabaring Sports City (JSC), Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, August 21, 2018. ANTARA FOTO/INASGOC/Sutanta Aditya/thv/18.

AsianGames 2018

Photo: Thailand Lawn Tennis Player, Sirungreang, returns the ball in the Asian Games 2018 women’s lawn tennis qualifying round in Jakabaring Sports City, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, August 31, 2018. ANTARA FOTO/INASGOC/Hendra Nurdiyansyah/nym/18.

AsianGames 2018

Photo: A supporter of the South Korean team poses after the South Korean handball team defeated the Chinese team in the final in the 2018 Asian Games at GOR Popki, Cibubur, Jakarta, Thursday, August 30, 2018. ANTARA FOTO/INASGOC/Fulli Syafi/mes/18.

AsianGames 2018

Photo: Vietnamese athlete, Vu Thi Men, participates in the Women’s Triple Jump Final of the 2018 Asian Games at the Bung Karno Main Stadium, Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday, August 30, 2018. ANTARA FOTO/INASGOC/M Agung Rajasa/mes/18.

AsianGames 2018

Photo: Qatar equestrian athlete, Ali Althani, jumps obstacles in the individual Asian Games 2018 jumping final, at the Jakarta International Equestrian Park, Pulomas, Jakarta, Thursday, August 30, 2018. ANTARA FOTO/INASGOC/Melvinas Priananda/tom/18.

AsianGames 2018

Photo: Indonesian runner, Bayu Kertanegara (left) touches the finish line in the final round of the 2018 Asian Games Men’s 4x100m Relay Run at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday, August 30, 2018. ANTARA FOTO/INASGOC/Andika Wahyu/mes/18.

AsianGames 2018

Photo: Thailand judo player, Ikumi Oeda (below), plays against Chinese judo player, Zhenzhao Ma (above), in the women’s class -78 kilograms quarter-finals of the 2018 Asian Games judo competition at the JCC, Plenary Hall, Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, August 31, 2018. ANTARA FOTO/INASGOC/Bram Selo Agung/MTG/18.

AsianGames 2018

Photo: Hong Kong player, Wong (right,) competes for the ball with Kazakh player, Domashneva, while competing in the women’s hockey in the 2018 Asian Games at Hoki Square, Bung Karno Complex, Jakarta, Friday, August 31, 2018. Hong Kong won 2-0 over Kazakhstan. ANTARA FOTO/INASGOC/Dhoni Setiawan/pras/18.

AsianGames 2018

Photo: Rollerskaters compete in the 20 km speed event of the 2018 Asian Games at Arena Roller Skate Kompleks Jakabaring Sports City, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, August 31, 2018. ANTARA FOTO/INASGOC/Ahmad Rizki Prabu/thv/18.

Asian Games Table Tennis

Photo: Chinese table tennis player, Chen Meng, returns the ball in the final of the 2018 Asian Games individual women’s singles competition at JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta, Indonesia, on Saturday, September 1, 2018. ANTARA FOTO/INASGOC/Hermanus Prihatna/ang/18.

Asian Games Lawn Tennis

Photo: Chinese Lawn Tennis Player, Yu Yuanyi, returns the ball in the Women’s Lawn Tennis Semifinal match of the 2018 Asian Games at JSC Tennis Courts, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, on Saturday, September 1, 2018. ANTARA FOTO/INASGOC/M N Kanwa/nym/18.

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