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942 police, fire, home guard and correctional personnel awarded medals on Republic Day 2025

The Ministry of Home Affairs announced Gallantry and Service Medals for 942 personnel of Police, Fire, Home Guard & Civil Defence and Correctional Services on 25 January 2025.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 India

President approves Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards-2024 for 49 persons

The President approved the Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards-2024 for 49 persons, including 17 Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padaks, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on 25 January 2025.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 India

Indian Railways wins Best Electoral Practices Award; Doordarshan gets ECI media award

On the 15th National Voters' Day on 25 January 2025, Indian Railways received the Best Electoral Practices Award 2024-25 as best government department and Doordarshan won the ECI media award in the TV category.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 Telangana Must know

INCOIS Hyderabad selected for Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2025

The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, was selected on 23 January 2025 for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2025 in the institutional category.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India Important

Scheme and web portal for PM's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration 2024 launched

The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances launched the scheme and web portal for the Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration 2024 on 20 January 2025, with 16 awards in three categories.

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🏆 Sports Awards 📍 Delhi Must know

President Murmu presents Sports and Adventure Awards 2024; Khel Ratna for Gukesh, Harmanpreet, Praveen Kumar and Manu Bhaker

President Droupadi Murmu presented the Sports and Adventure Awards 2024 at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 17 January 2025, with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna going to Gukesh D., Harmanpreet Singh, Praveen Kumar and Manu Bhaker.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 Odisha Must know

President Murmu presents Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards at 18th PBD valedictory in Bhubaneswar

Trinidad and Tobago President Christine Kangaloo was among those conferred the award.

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🏆 Sports Awards 📍 India Must know

National Sports Awards 2024: Khel Ratna for Gukesh D, Harmanpreet Singh, Praveen Kumar and Manu Bhaker

The Sports Ministry also named 32 Arjuna Award winners; the President will present the awards on 17 January 2025.

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🏆 Sports Awards 📍 India Important

National Sports Awards 2024: Dronacharya, Arjuna (Lifetime) and MAKA Trophy winners named

Chandigarh University won the MAKA Trophy; the selection committee was headed by Justice (Retd.) V. Ramasubramanian.

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🏆 International Awards 📍 Netherlands Important

Indian Chemical Council wins the 2024 OPCW-The Hague Award

On 25 November 2024 in The Hague, the Indian Chemical Council received the 2024 OPCW-The Hague Award during the 29th Conference of the States Parties of the OPCW — the first time the award recognised a chemical industry body.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 India Important

National Gopal Ratna Awards 2024 announced; special award for North Eastern States added

On 23 November 2024, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying announced the National Gopal Ratna Awards 2024 winners, to be given on National Milk Day, 26 November, in New Delhi, and added a special award for North Eastern Region States.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Delhi

President Murmu presents Aaj Tak Sahitya Jagriti Samman; Gulzar gets Lifetime Achievement Award

On 23 November 2024 in New Delhi, President Droupadi Murmu attended Sahitya Aaj Tak and presented the Aaj Tak Sahitya Jagriti Samman, specially congratulating Gulzar on the Lifetime Achievement Award.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 Delhi

82 young artists receive Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2022 and 2023

On 22 November 2024 at Dr Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi, 82 young artists were conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi's Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2022 and 2023.

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🏆 International Awards 📍 South America Must know

PM Modi receives Guyana's and Dominica's highest awards; Barbados announces its Honorary Order of Freedom

On 20 November 2024 in Georgetown, Guyana, PM Modi received Guyana's 'Order of Excellence' and the 'Dominica Award of Honour', and Barbados announced its 'Honorary Order of Freedom of Barbados' for him.

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🏆 International Awards 📍 United Kingdom Important

Coal India wins Green World Environment Award 2024 for its thalassemia CSR project

On 18 November 2024 in London, Coal India Ltd received the Green World Environment Award in the CSR category, with the title of Green World Ambassador, for its Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojna.

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🏆 International Awards 📍 Nigeria Must know

Nigeria confers 'Grand Commander of the Order of Niger' on PM Modi

On 17 November 2024 at the State House in Abuja, Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu conferred the national award 'Grand Commander of the Order of Niger' on PM Modi.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 India Important

Ministry of Jal Shakti launches 6th National Water Awards, 2024

On 24 October 2024, in India, the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation launched the 6th National Water Awards, 2024 on the Rashtriya Puraskar portal, with applications open till 31 December 2024.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 Delhi Must know

President Murmu confers 5th National Water Awards 2023; Odisha best State

On 22 October 2024, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, President Droupadi Murmu conferred the 5th National Water Awards, 2023, with Odisha winning first prize in the best State category.

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🏆 International Awards 📍 Norway Must know

Nobel Peace Prize 2024 awarded to Japan's Nihon Hidankyo

On 11 October 2024, in Oslo, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2024 to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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🏆 Literature & Arts Awards 📍 South Korea Must know

Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 awarded to South Korean author Han Kang

On 10 October 2024, the Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 was awarded to South Korean author Han Kang 'for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life'.

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🏆 International Awards 📍 Sweden Must know

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024: David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for work on proteins

On 9 October 2024, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 half to David Baker for computational protein design and half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for protein structure prediction.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 Delhi Must know

President presents 70th National Film Awards; Mithun Chakraborty gets Dadasaheb Phalke Award

On 8 October 2024, in New Delhi, President Droupadi Murmu presented the 70th National Film Awards and conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award for 2022 on Mithun Chakraborty.

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🏆 International Awards 📍 Sweden Must know

Nobel Prize in Physics 2024: John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for machine learning with neural networks

On 8 October 2024, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for foundational work enabling machine learning with artificial neural networks.

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🏆 International Awards 📍 Sweden Must know

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for discovery of microRNA

On 7 October 2024, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA.

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