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18 stories for “Awards & Personalities” · March 2026
Clear filtersKailash Satyarthi has released a new book titled 'Karuna: The Power of Compassion'. Satyarthi is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate known for his long campaign against child labour and for the rights of children. Through this...
The Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards 2026 recognised 24 journalists across 19 categories at a ceremony in New Delhi. Presented by the Ramnath Goenka Foundation, the awards were handed over by Vice-President...
Two Indians have received high foreign honours:Jawed Ashraf: The former Ambassador has been conferred the rank of Commandeur in the Legion of Honour, France's highest order of merit.N. Chandrasekaran: The Chairman of the...
Two major international honours were announced:Stockholm Water Prize 2026: Awarded to Kaveh Madani for his contributions to water research and water policy.Mark Lynton History Prize 2026: Won by historian William Dalrymp...
The Sahitya Akademi has announced its awards for outstanding literary works in 24 Indian languages, covering poetry, novels, short stories, essays, memoirs and criticism. In Tamil, Sa. Tamilselvan won for Thamiz Sirukath...
The 98th Academy Awards (Oscars 2026) were presented in Los Angeles, United States. The Best Picture award went to One Battle After Another, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor for his role...
Yashwant Gupta has been honoured with the MP Birla Memorial Award in recognition of his contributions to radio astronomy. Radio astronomy studies celestial objects by detecting the radio waves they emit, and India has a...
Jürgen Habermas (1929–2026), the influential German philosopher and sociologist, has died aged 96. A leading 20th-century social theorist and a member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, he championed deliberativ...
Vairamuthu has been conferred the Jnanpith Award 2026, becoming the third Tamil writer to receive it and the first in 24 years. The earlier Tamil laureates were Akilan and Jayakanthan. Vairamuthu had won the Sahitya Akad...
The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has received the 12th PSU National Award for Dhwani Spandana, its initiative to make bus travel accessible.Dhwani Spandana is an onboard system that enables visually...
R.M. Nachammai has become the first woman to head a working nuclear power plant in India. She takes charge as Chief Superintendent of Units 3 and 4 of the Kaiga Generating Station in Karnataka from 15 March 2026. As Chie...
Former Chief Economic Adviser K.V. Subramanian has become the first Indian economist to receive the University of Chicago Alumni Award for Professional Achievement (2026). This is the first time in the award's 85-year hi...
