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Clear filtersPresident Droupadi Murmu conferred the Sant Kabir Handloom Awards and National Handloom Awards 2025 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in New Delhi. Of the 22 awards, three were Sant Kabir Handloom Awards, given t...
Karthikeyan Lanka, Associate Professor at IIT Bombay, has been chosen for the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) Young Scientist Award 2026. The award will be handed over at the 96th NASI Annual Session, schedule...
The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways conferred the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak on 12 rat-hole miners in New Delhi for their bravery in saving lives.It is the highest category of the Jeevan Raksha Padak, a...
Astrophysicist Annapurni Subramaniam has been awarded the COSPAR Vikram Sarabhai Medal 2026 for her contribution to space research.Instituted in 1990 in honour of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, the medal is given jointly by the Co...
Justice M.S. Liberhan, former Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh and Madras High Courts, passed away in Chandigarh at the age of 87. He had earlier been a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.He headed the Liberha...
Palaeontologist Varsha Ashok Aglawe has taken charge as the 54th Director General of the Geological Survey of India (GSI), succeeding Asit Saha.She is the first woman to head the GSI in its 176-year history. The GSI, und...
India observed the 150th birth anniversary of Pingali Venkayya on 2 August 2026, and the Prime Minister paid tribute to him.Venkayya (1876–1963), born at Bhatlapenumarru in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district, was a freedo...
Social activist Dr. Nandini Azad has been honoured with the Bharat Samman 2026 for Women's Empowerment. She was recognised for decades of grassroots work that has helped lift hundreds of thousands of economically margina...
National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval has been chosen for the Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2026. He is being recognised for his contribution to India's national security over a long career in intelligence and s...
For the first time in the history of Indian cinema, a film in the Santhali language has won a National Film Award. The short film 'Angen (Invisible)' was honoured at the 72nd National Film Awards, and its director Ravi R...
Sir Garfield Sobers, the legendary cricketer from the West Indies, has passed away at the age of 89. Sobers is widely remembered as one of the greatest all-rounders the game has produced, excelling with both bat and ball...
India's Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) finished as runner-up at the Best Egmont Case Award (BECA) 2026.The award ceremony was held in Baku, Azerbaijan.FIU-IND was recognised for its investigation into a larg...
