Whitley Gold Award 2024: Dr Purnima Devi Barman from India has been awarded the 2024 Whitley Gold Award (dubbed ‘Green Oscar’) by the UK charity Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) for her efforts to save the Greater Adjutant Stork (Hargila). Barman’s campaign has increased the stork population in Assam from 450 to over 1,800. She […]
Category: Important Awards
Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Award
Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Award: The prestigious Sahitya Akademi Fellowship has been given to Ruskin Bond, a renowned British-Indian author. This honor was given to him on a Saturday at his home in Mussoorie. At first, Bond was named the winner of this prestigious award in September 2021. The official presentation had to be pushed back […]
Goldman Environmental Prize 2024
Goldman Environmental Prize 2024: Alok Shukla, a forest and tribal rights activist, has been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize 2024 for his successful campaign that saved 4.45 lakh acres of biodiversity-rich forests from 21 planned coal mines in Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo Aranya region. The forest of the Hasdeo Aranya is spread over 1.70 lakh hectares […]
Padma Awards 2024
Padma Awards 2024: President Droupadi Murmu presented the prestigious Padma Awards of 2024 to a distinguished group of people. The group included former Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu, actor and politician Mithun Chakraborty, singer Usha Uthup, and tennis player Rohan Bopanna and others. The founder of Sulabh International Bindeshwar Pathak and Bharatanatyam dancer Padma Subrahmanyam were […]
Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2024
Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2024: Amitabh Bachchan will be honoured with the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar award on April 24, 2024. Lata Mangeshkar family instituted the award in memory of the late legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who passed away on February 6, 2022. The Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar award, also known as the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar […]
John L. ‘Jack’ Swigert Jr. Award : Chandrayaan 3 Team
John L. ‘Jack’ Swigert Jr. Award : Chandrayaan 3 Team Chandrayaan-3 was the first to land on the uncharted South Pole region of the Moon. In recognition of this groundbreaking accomplishment, the Chandrayaan-3 team has been honored with the prestigious 2024 John L. ‘Jack’ Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration. The award, presented by the […]
SKOCH ESG Award 2024
SKOCH ESG Award 2024: REC Limited, a Maharatna Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power and a leading Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) has been awarded the prestigious SKOCH ESG Award 2024 in the ‘Renewable Energy Financing’ category. The award recognizes REC’s commitment to sustainable financing, facilitating India’s transition to renewable energy and a […]
Hockey India Awards 2023
Hockey India Awards 2023: The Hockey India Awards 2023 were held in New Delhi on March 31, 2024 to celebrate the outstanding Indian hockey players from the previous calendar year. The event saw several players being recognized for their exceptional performances and contributions to the sport. Mens Player of the Year: Hardik Singh, the vice-captain […]
Order Of The Druk Gyalpo : Bhutan’s Highest Civilian Award
Order Of The Druk Gyalpo : Bhutan’s Highest Civilian Award The Prime Minister of India received Bhutan’s highest civilian award, the ‘Order of the Druk Gyalpo’, during his two-day State visit to Bhutan. He is the first foreign Head of the Government to receive the honour. India and Bhutan have also exchanged several MoUs and […]
Pritzker Architecture Prize 2024
Pritzker Architecture Prize 2024: Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto was declared the winner of the prestigious 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize, often called the “Architecture Nobel”. This award is the highest international honour in the field. Yamamoto is the ninth laureate from Japan. The prize was established by Jay A Pritzker and his wife Cindy in 1979 […]
