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Clear filtersManipur observed the 75th death anniversary of Lamyanba Hijam Irabot on 26 September 2026. Irabot (1896–1951) was a noted freedom fighter, social activist and communist leader from Manipur who championed the social and p...
Stanford University mathematician Sarah Peluse has been announced as the winner of the 2026 SASTRA-Ramanujan Award. The prize was instituted in 2005 by SASTRA (Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy). It...
ZT Lalrithangi, a farmer from Mizoram popularly known as Pi Mari-i, has been chosen for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 100 Women Heroes in Agri food Systems and Rural Development Award. The FAO honour recogn...
Angh, a film set in Nagaland and directed by Theja Rio, has won the Platform Prize at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The Platform section of TIFF showcases films with strong directorial vision, and...
Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Dipak Misra was presented the Kalinga Ratna Award 2026 at a function in Cuttack, Odisha.
Kishor Makwana, Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), has been conferred the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Jan Seva Award 2026.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports named four winners of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards 2024. Baljeet Kaur (Himachal Pradesh) won the Land Adventure award as the first Indian to climb five 8,000-metre...
Veteran Kannada actor Anant Nag will be conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024. The honour, India's highest recognition in cinema, will be presented at the National Film Awards ceremony to be held in Kevadia, Guja...
Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Kremer was appointed World Bank Group Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics on September 16, 2026. Kremer shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Scienc...
The Tata Sons Board has reappointed N. Chandrasekaran as Executive Chairman for a further five-year term, running from February 2027 to February 2032.
Chennai-born scientist Sethuraman Panchanathan has been named the 2026 recipient of the IEEE Robert Bosch Bueche Award, becoming the first Indian-American to receive it. The Bueche Award honours outstanding contributions...
Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjukta Parashar, popularly called the "Iron Lady of Assam", has become the first woman officer to lead the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)'s elite CoBRA commando unit. She takes...
