20 November 2013 Current Affairs
Waheeda Rehman Received Centenary Award at IFFI
Veteran actress Waheeda Rehman received the inaugural Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year at the opening ceremony of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) at Panaji on 20 November.The Government of India has instituted the award to commemorate 100 years of Indian Cinema .She was felicitated by Bollywood star Rani Mukerji with a citation, a certificate, a medal (silver peacock), a shawl and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh.
Indian Senior Women Hockey Team Coach Inderjit Singh Gill Died
India’s senior women’s hockey team coach Inderjit Singh Gill passed away in a fatal road accident near Sangrur in Punjab on 20 November 2013. Gill died at the age of 59. He was a Sports Authority of India (SAI) coach.He was also part of the Coaching staff of the Senior Women Team that won Silver medal at the 3rd Women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2013 in Japan.He was also part of the Indian women’s team in major tournaments, including the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Asian 2002 Games in Busan, 2007 Asia Cup in Hong Kong, 2012 FIH Olympic Qualifying Tournament in New Delhi and FIH World League Round 2 in New Delhi early this year.