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21 stories for “Awards” · October 2026
Clear filtersJindal Steel Limited has received the 2026 Steelie Award in the “Excellence in People” category. The honour recognises its programme titled Dakshata Engineering Safety: One Duty Position at a Time. Under Dakshata, worker...
State Bank of India (SBI) has been chosen by Global Finance magazine as the “World’s Best Consumer Bank 2026”, the second year in a row it has received this honour. The magazine cited the bank’s work in digital innovatio...
Vummidi Ethiraj, one of the principal craftsmen who made the historic Sengol, died in Chennai aged 99. In 1947 he took part in crafting the gold-plated silver Sengol, which stood for the transfer of power from British ru...
The Sub-Commission for the Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO), which functions under UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), has elected Dr. T. M. Balakrishnan Nair as its Chair. Dr. Nair heads the Indian Nationa...
Sunil Bharti Mittal, the founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, has been honoured by France. He was made a Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, one of the distinctions France confers. The recognitio...
Cheruvayal Raman, the Padma Shri recipient celebrated for safeguarding traditional rice varieties, has passed away in Kerala. A member of the Kurichya tribal community from Kammana village in Wayanad, he was fondly calle...
The birth anniversary of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was marked on 15 October, recalling his work for science, education and young people. Born on 15 October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, he served as India's 11th Presi...
The 2026 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (formally the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel) has gone to two American economists, Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford. They were...
Guruvayur Dorai, one of the most respected mridangam players in Carnatic music, passed away at the age of 92. The mridangam is the principal percussion instrument that accompanies Carnatic concerts, and Dorai was regarde...
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has picked Kumkum Anil Mohod (archery) and Sujeet Kalkal (wrestling) to be the inaugural winners of two new honours for their showing at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan. Th...
Anne Carson, the Canadian writer, has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The honour recognises her inventive writing, which shapes fresh forms of contemporary literature by engaging in a conversation with c...
The Ramanujan Prize 2026 has been conferred on Professor Mahesh Kakde, who works at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, honouring his contributions to algebraic number theory. The prize has been presented...
