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Sun, 22 Dec 2024

🏆 International Awards 📍 Kuwait Must know

PM Modi conferred The Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer, Kuwait's highest national award

Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah conferred the award on 22 December 2024, during the first visit of an Indian Prime Minister to Kuwait in 43 years.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +8 3 MCQs

Sat, 21 Dec 2024

🏆 National Awards 📍 India Important

Ashwini Vaishnaw confers 69th Ati Vishisht Rail Seva Puraskar on 101 railway officials and 22 shields to zones

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw presented the 69th Ati Vishisht Rail Seva Puraskar at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 21 December 2024.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 3 MCQs

Fri, 20 Dec 2024

🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Telangana Important

President Droupadi Murmu awards President's Colours to College of Defence Management, Secunderabad

The College of Defence Management in Secunderabad, Telangana, received the President's Colours, the highest award to a defence institution, on 20 December 2024.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 3 MCQs

Sun, 15 Dec 2024

🛡️ Internal Security 📍 Chhattisgarh Important

Chhattisgarh Police receives President's Colour

Union Home Minister Amit Shah presented the President's Colour to the Chhattisgarh Police in Raipur on 15 December 2024.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 2 MCQs

Wed, 11 Dec 2024

🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Delhi Must know

President confers National Panchayat Awards 2024 on 45 awardees

On 11 December 2024, at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Panchayat Awards 2024 on 45 awardees - 42 Panchayats and 3 capacity building institutes.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 5 MCQs

Mon, 25 Nov 2024

🏆 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.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 2 MCQs

Sat, 23 Nov 2024

🏆 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.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 2 MCQs
🎭 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.

For: State PSC · Judiciary 2 MCQs

Fri, 22 Nov 2024

🏆 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.

For: State PSC · Teaching · Judiciary 3 MCQs

Wed, 20 Nov 2024

🏆 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.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +8 3 MCQs

Mon, 18 Nov 2024

🏆 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.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 2 MCQs

Sun, 17 Nov 2024

🏆 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.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +8 2 MCQs

Thu, 24 Oct 2024

🏆 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.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 2 MCQs

Tue, 22 Oct 2024

🏆 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.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 3 MCQs

Fri, 11 Oct 2024

🏆 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.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +8 4 MCQs

Thu, 10 Oct 2024

🏆 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'.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +8 3 MCQs

Wed, 09 Oct 2024

🏆 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.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +8 4 MCQs

Tue, 08 Oct 2024

🏆 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.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 3 MCQs
🏆 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.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +8 4 MCQs

Mon, 07 Oct 2024

🏆 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.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +8 4 MCQs