Category: Important Awards

Chef Sanjeev Kapoor honoured by the World Food Prize Foundation as a 2025: Celebrated chef, author and Padma Shri awardee Sanjeev Kapoor has been recognised by the World Food Prize Foundation (WFPF) as one of its 2025 Top Agri‑Food Pioneers (TAP). The honour highlights his work far beyond the kitchen linking culinary expertise, nutrition advocacy, and agricultural sourcing into […]

Vajra Chandrasekera Wins 2025 Le Guin Fiction Prize: Sri Lankan writer Vajra Chandrasekera has won the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for his speculative novel Rakesfall. The $25,000 award recognises a single author whose imaginative fiction explores critical themes such as power, freedom, equity, and humanity’s place in the world. Praised as […]

Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025: The Indian government announced the recipients of the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025, the nation’s highest civilian honour for contributions to science, technology, and innovation. Instituted to celebrate excellence across diverse scientific fields, these awards aim to foster a culture of research and innovation in India.Vigyan Ratna (Posthumous) was given to Prof. […]

Children’s Booker Prize: The Booker Prize Foundation announced the launch of the Children’s Booker Prize, a new global award for fiction written for children aged 8 to 12, to debut in 2027 with a prize. The Children’s Booker Prize is a new global literary award recognising fiction written for children aged 8–12 years, either in […]

IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas: The Director of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve” Dr. Sonali Ghosh” has received the Kenton R. Miller Award, constituted by the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA). IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas is one of six technical commissions of the International Union for Conservation of Nature […]

Forest Rangers Honored with 2025 International Ranger Awards: Forest rangers often the first and last line of defense for global biodiversity—were honored at the 2025 International Ranger Awards, recognizing their unmatched courage and unwavering service to wildlife protection and forest conservation. The awards, presented by the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), highlighted the […]

Nobel Prize in Economics 2025: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 has been awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt for their groundbreaking contributions to understanding innovation-driven economic growth. Their work explains how technological progress and creative destruction have transformed economies from stagnation to sustained prosperity […]

Nobel Peace Prize 2025: The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Maria Corina Machado, a fearless advocate of democracy in Venezuela. Recognized by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Machado has tirelessly fought for democratic rights, free elections, and a peaceful transition from authoritarian rule to democracy. Her dedication to civilian courage and nonviolent resistance […]

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 has been awarded to László Krasznahorkai, the celebrated Hungarian novelist renowned for his dense, poetic, and apocalyptic prose. The Swedish Academy honored him “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.” Krasznahorkai’s works delve […]