Eminent journalist P. Sainath, economist Jairam Ramesh awared Jawaharlal Nehru fellowship

Selected: Harsh Vardhan, Delhi health minister, for the World Health Organisation's highest award, the Director-General's Medal of the year, for his "outstanding achievements in promoting the concept of tobacco-free societies". He is the first Indian to receive this award.

Died: Darbara Singh, governor of Rajasthan, of a heart attack, in Delhi, at the age of 71. He served as a deputy minister in the Punjab government and was also elected Speaker of the state assembly in 1969.

Awarded: Eminent journalist P. Sainath and economist Jairam Ramesh, the Jawaharlal Nehru fellowship. The two-year fellowship carries a stipend of Rs 10,000 per month and a grant of Rs 15,000 per year. Sainath's fellowship project is "Dalits in India-1998", while Ramesh's topic is "Understanding the three transitions in India".

Awarded: Prof Jagdish Bhagwati, noted economist, the 1998 Freedom Prize, from the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation, for his contribution to the maintenance and further development of a free social and economic order.