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Sun, 14 Dec 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu presented the National Energy Conservation Awards 2025 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on National Energy Conservation Day, 14 December 2025.
• Miyana Railway Station in Guna, Madhya Pradesh received the National Energy Conservation Award 2025 as the Best Performing Unit among railway stations at the national ceremony on 14 December 2025.

Tue, 09 Dec 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Shilp Guru Awards and National Handicraft Awards for 2023 and 2024 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, on 9 December 2025.

Wed, 03 Dec 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu presented the National Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for 2025 to 32 awardees at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 3 December 2025, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Fri, 28 Nov 2025

• At the closing of the 56th International Film Festival of India in Goa on 28 November 2025, the Vietnamese film 'Skin of Youth' (dir. Ash Mayfair) won the Golden Peacock, and Rajinikanth was honoured for 50 years in cinema.

Thu, 27 Nov 2025

• The 44th India International Trade Fair (IITF), organised by ITPO at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, concluded on 27 November 2025 with the IITF 2025 Awards for Excellence in Display.

Tue, 18 Nov 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu conferred the 6th National Water Awards, 2024 and the Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari Awards at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 18 November 2025, with Maharashtra ranked the best state, followed by Gujarat and Haryana.

Mon, 17 Nov 2025

• The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying announced the winners of the National Gopal Ratna Awards (NGRA) 2025 on 17 November 2025; the awards will be presented on 26 November 2025, National Milk Day.

Tue, 11 Nov 2025

• Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil announced the winners of the 6th National Water Awards for 2024 in New Delhi on 11 November 2025, with Maharashtra first in the Best State category, Gujarat second and Haryana third.

Sun, 09 Nov 2025

• The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced on 9 November 2025 that 10 films will compete for the ICFT–UNESCO Gandhi Medal at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2025 in Goa, judged by a jury chaired by Algerian director Dr Ahmed Bedjaoui.

Mon, 03 Nov 2025

• Union DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated the North Eastern Science & Technology (NEST) Cluster at IIT Guwahati, Assam, on 3 November 2025 and laid the foundation stone for development projects worth ₹635 crore across Assam.

Sun, 02 Nov 2025

• Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar received the Distinguished Alumni Award of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur at a ceremony on its campus on 2 November 2025, during the institute's 66th Foundation Day.

Fri, 31 Oct 2025

• UNESCO named Lucknow a Creative City of Gastronomy on 31 October 2025, making it India's second city with the title after Hyderabad.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs announced on 31 October 2025 that 1,466 personnel of States, UTs, CAPFs and CPOs will receive the Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak for 2025.

Sun, 26 Oct 2025

• The Government of India announced the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025 on 26 October 2025, with the Vigyan Ratna conferred posthumously on physicist Prof. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar.

Wed, 15 Oct 2025

• The Bureau of Energy Efficiency invited entries by 7 November 2025 for the 35th National Energy Conservation Awards, to be presented on 14 December 2025, National Energy Conservation Day, with a new category for digital content creators (PIB, 15 October 2025).

Mon, 13 Oct 2025

• On 13 October 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, Piyush Goyal launched the Logistics Excellence, Advancement, and Performance Shield (LEAPS) 2025 of DPIIT; entries are open on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal until 15 November 2025.

Wed, 08 Oct 2025

• India received the International Social Security Association's Outstanding Achievement in Social Security Award 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya highlighted it on 8 October 2025.

Mon, 06 Oct 2025

• On 6 October 2025 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, President Droupadi Murmu presented the MY Bharat–National Service Scheme Awards for 2022-23 to ten NSS units, their ten Programme Officers and 30 volunteers.

Fri, 26 Sept 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu presented the National Geoscience Awards 2024 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre on 26 September 2025, with the Lifetime Achievement award going to Prof. Shyam Sundar Rai.

Tue, 23 Sept 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu presented the 71st National Film Awards at Vigyan Bhawan on 23 September 2025, conferring the Dadasaheb Phalke Award on Mohanlal, while '12th Fail' won Best Feature Film.

Mon, 22 Sept 2025

• Gram Panchayats received the National Awards for e-Governance 2025 under a new grassroots category at the 28th National Conference on e-Governance in Visakhapatnam on 22 September 2025, with Rohini in Maharashtra winning Gold.

Sun, 07 Sept 2025

• Union Minister Jitendra Singh on 7 September 2025 felicitated the Indian team that won seven medals – 1 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze – at the 18th International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO-2025) in Jining, China.

Fri, 05 Sept 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Awards on teachers in New Delhi on Teachers' Day, 5 September 2025, honouring 45 school teachers selected by the Ministry of Education along with faculty from higher education institutions.

Thu, 17 Jul 2025

• On 17 July 2025 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 awards hosted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

Fri, 11 Jul 2025

• On 11 July 2025 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, the World Heritage Committee inscribed the 'Maratha Military Landscapes of India' on the World Heritage List as India's 44th property.

Fri, 30 May 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards 2025 to nurses at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 30 May 2025.

Mon, 26 May 2025

• The Department of Atomic Energy said on 26 May 2025 that the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to the ATLAS, CMS, ALICE and LHCb collaborations at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, with Indian scientists playing a significant role in ALICE and CMS.

Thu, 22 May 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu conferred six Kirti Chakras (four posthumous) and 33 Shaurya Chakras (seven posthumous) at Phase-I of the Defence Investiture Ceremony 2025 at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 22 May 2025.

Tue, 20 May 2025

• 'Heart Lamp' by Banu Mushtaq, translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi, was announced as the winner of the International Booker Prize 2025 at London's Tate Modern on 20 May 2025 — the first short story collection to win the prize.