The Kalinga-FCC Awards for Excellence in Journalism are a first of its kind award in India.
It aims to encourage extensive and informed coverage in the global media of India and the 7 SAARC Countries.
It was instituted this year by the New Delhi-based Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia (FCC) and the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar.
Reuters News agency journalists bagged top two awards.
The BBC of the UK, Germany-based European Press Photo Agency (EPA), and PBS News Hour of USA shared the other three awards.