2) Britain honoured Krishna Menon by placing Blue plaque on his First Home in London
3) Zubin Mehta named for Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony.
4) Vidya Balan got the Best Actress Award at IIFA 2013
5) Five Indian-American Kid Chefs won White House Healthy Lunchtime Challenge 2013
6) Pranab Mukherjee conferred National Youth Award 2011-12.
7) Mukesh Hariawala conferred Indian Healthcare Visionary of the Decade Award.
8) Oomen Chandy received the UN Public Service Award
9) Russian Film the Major won Golden Goblet at Shanghai Film Festival.
10) Amrit Singh received the India Abroad Publisher's Special Award for Excellence 2012.
11) UIDAI won 21st Century Achievement Award 2013.
12) Three Ad Agencies Won Gold and Bronze Lions at Cannes Advertising Festival 2013.
13) Prof Michael Stratton, the scientist who identified genes causing breast cancer, was awarded knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
14) Tan Twan Eng, the Malaysian author was declared as the winner of Walter Scott Prize for his English fiction novel The Garden of Evening Mists.
15) Anish Kapoor, the Indian-origin sculptor was honoured with Knighthood, which is the highest honour of Britain by Queen Elizabeth II.
16) Indian street food vendors Ashok Sah and Vijay Chaudhary won the critics award at the World Street Food Congress in Singapore.
17) Central Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA), an NGO in Uttarakhand on 6 June 2013 bagged a French award for its contribution to protection of human rights.
18) Kevin Barry won IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his debut novel City of Bohane. In the novel he has portrayed Ireland of 2053.
19) Michael Christian, one of the Australian radio presenters responsible for Royal prank, was awarded with Jock by the employer.
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