National Florence Nightingale Award 2025: The President of India presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards for the year 2025 to the nurses at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. It was instituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India in the year 1973. It is a prestigious award given to outstanding […]
Category: Important Awards
Breakthrough Prize Physics 2025
Breakthrough Prize Physics 2025: The 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics has been awarded to major experimental teams at CERN—ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, and LHCb—based on their findings from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Run-2 data (2015–2024).Often dubbed the “Oscars of Science,” the Breakthrough Prize honors transformative achievements in fundamental physics.Awarded by: Given annually by the […]
Indian writer and activist Banu Mushtaq has etched her name in history by securing the 2025 International Booker Prize
Indian writer and activist Banu Mushtaq has etched her name in history by securing the 2025 International Booker Prize: Indian author, lawyer, and activist Banu Mushtaq has made literary history by winning the International Booker Prize 2025 for her short story anthology, Heart Lamp. The award marks the first time a Kannada-language work has received […]
World Food Prize 2025
World Food Prize 2025: Brazilian scientist Mariangela Hungria recently won the 2025 World Food Prize for her pioneering work in reducing the use of chemical fertilisers and developing biological seed and soil treatments to boost crop yields and nutrition. Brazilian microbiologist Mariangela Hungria is the winner of the 2025 World Food Prize for her work […]
58th Jnanpith Award
58th Jnanpith Award: The President of India conferred the 58th Jnanpith Award on Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Ji at a function held at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi recently. Jnanpith Award is the highest literary honour of India, given to writers who have excelled in literature in different Indian languages. It is given every year […]
La Prensa Honoured with UNESCO Press Freedom Prize Amidst Government Repression
La Prensa Honoured with UNESCO Press Freedom Prize Amidst Government Repression: Nicaragua’s century-old newspaper La Prensa has been awarded the 2025 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Despite facing escalating repression from the Ortega-Murillo regime—including arrests, exile, and asset confiscation—La Prensa has continued its fearless reporting, championing truth and accountability in a country where press […]
Dadasaheb Phalke Birth Anniversary
Dadasaheb Phalke Birth Anniversary: On April 30, 2025, India celebrates the 155th birth anniversary of Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, famously known as Dadasaheb Phalke. Hailed as the Father of Indian Cinema, Phalke’s pioneering journey began in an era when filmmaking was virtually unknown in India. Through his vision, persistence, and courage, he created India’s first full-length […]
Padma Awards
Padma Awards: The President of India conferred 4 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan, and 57 Padma Shri Awards at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I at Rashtrapati Bhawan’s Ganatantra Mandap The Padma Awards were established in 1954 alongside the Bharat Ratna. Initially, Padma Awards had three classes: Pahela Varg, Dusra Varg, and Tisra Varg. These were renamed […]
National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC) Honored with Udyog Vikas Award
National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC) Honored with Udyog Vikas Award: The National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC) received the Udyog Vikas Award at a prestigious event organized by Janmabhumi Daily in Kerala. The award acknowledges NICDC’s pivotal role in India’s industrial transformation, particularly through the development of the Palakkad Industrial Smart City. This project, […]
Kumar Mangalam Birla to Receive Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2024
Kumar Mangalam Birla to Receive Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2024: Kumar Mangalam Birla, the 57-year-old Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, will be conferred with the prestigious Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award on April 24, 2024, in a grand ceremony to be held at the Deenanath Mangeshkar Auditorium in Vile Parle East, Mumbai.A Padma Bhushan awardee, […]
