Posted by admin on November 24, 2018
An Indian-origin man in Singapore has won the grand prize of $1 million (over Rs 8 crore) in a lucky draw held at Mustafa Jewellery. Balasubramanian Chithambaram, a project engineer, won the grand prize after purchasing gold ornaments for his wife at Mustafa Jewellery three months ago. The lucky winner walked away with the prize after correctly answering all six questions in the quizzes conducted by Mustafa Jewellery.
The third annual Earthshot Prize 2023 was announced at a ceremony hosted by actor Hannah Waddingham, with the help of a number of celebrity guests including singers One Republic and Bebe Rexha. The ceremony was held at the theater of state-owned Media Corp, with the Prince looking coordinated in a dark green Alexander McQueen blazer as he and other presenters walked a “green carpet.”
This year, the prize had a new category to recognise the contributions of people who have made significant contribution to the preservation of Singapore’s natural environment, such as protecting our biodiversity or safeguarding the city’s landscapes. The winners were announced at a special awards dinner attended by a host of prominent guests, including the finalists and their families.
For the first time, two of the winners in this category were women – Straits Times journalist Akshita Nanda’s debut novel Nimita’s Place about the titular character navigating expectations of family and society in India and Singapore, and speculative short story collection Lion City by Epigram Books editor Ng Yi-Sheng. In English poetry, Marylyn Tan was also a first-time winner in the prize’s 28-year history with her arcane and unapologetic debut collection Gaze Back, a searing clarion call for gender and linguistic reclamation.
Each of the winning authors will receive $3,000, a trophy and a 12-month Storytel audiobook gift subscription. All winners were selected by a panel of judges, which included Esplanade communications and content head Clarissa Oon for English creative non-fiction, Cultural Medallion recipient KTM Iqbal for Tamil poetry and Dr Sa’eda Buang from the Asian Languages and Cultures Academic Group for Malay fiction.
The winners of the NUS Singapore History Prize 2024 were also announced at a special awards ceremony hosted by historians, arts and literary figures and Singapore historians. The prize is an international competition open to all works of non-fiction or fiction written in any language about Singapore’s past, and aims to spur interest in and understanding of the country’s unique and complex history.
The NUS Singapore History Prize is a joint venture between the NUS Department of History and Conservation International (CI), which brings its long experience in spotlighting and securing the benefits of nature for humanity to the selection process and connects the prize winners with their network of partners committed to scalable, innovative solutions. NUS and CI will collaborate to drive public engagement with the prize through a series of events and outreach programmes across Asia. The winners will be honoured at an awards ceremony in November in Singapore.
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