In the recently concluded 21st National conference of the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology held from 13-16 October at Jaipur, Dr. Rajesh Gupta was awarded first prize in Special Mention Poster.

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David Beckham has asked for thousands of footballs for his birthday.

The UNICEF ambassador has asked people to make his next birthday “the best ever” by donating £21 to the children’s body UNICEF so they can buy footballs for disadvantaged kids.

Beckham said: “I was given my first football when I was very young and it was the best present I ever had.

“Often kids have to play football with cans and discarded rubbish – or they have nothing at all and miss out totally.”

This time of year is known in showbiz circles as ‘awards season’ – with back-to-back BAFTA/Oscar/Grammy Awards all vying to hand out gongs to the same old celebrities, seemingly year after year.

Thank god, then, for the BRITs. They may be laughable at times, usually due to the hapless presenters, but they’ll never be boring.

Tom Townshend takes a look back at the most shocking moments in Brit Awards history