Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Awards: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar presented the one-time Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Awards to 84 artists from varied fields of performing arts. Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Awards is a national honour bestowed on performing artists as well as teachers and scholars in the field of performing arts. The recipients are selected […]
Category: Important Awards
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards 2022
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards 2022: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) announced the list of awardees for the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) awards for 2022. Twelve male scientists were awarded India’s top Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (SSB) for Science and Technology in 2022. The awards were announced at the inaugural session of the […]
National Teachers Award 2023
National Teachers Award 2023: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with the winners of the National Teachers Award 2023. Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with the winners at his official residence in New Delhi on the eve of Teachers’ Day. Seventy-five award winners participated in the interaction. The Prime Minister appreciated the efforts of teachers in […]
M S Swaminathan Award 2023
M S Swaminathan Award 2023: Dr P V Satyanarayana, Principal Scientist at the Agricultural Research Station, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Ragolu, has been recently awarded the prestigious Dr MS Swaminathan Award. M S Swaminathan Award was instituted in 2004 with the objective to recognise the lifetime contributions of eminent persons who have made great […]
Ramon Magsaysay Award 2023
Ramon Magsaysay Award 2023: The Ramon Magsaysay Award, often called the ‘Nobel Prize of Asia’. This year, in the ceremony’s 65th edition, four Asians were given the Ramon Magsaysay Award. (Dr Ravi Kannan R. From India) Dr Ravi Kannan R., the first formally trained oncologist in the Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (CCHRC), helped […]
Grand Cross Of The Order Of Honour
Grand Cross Of The Order Of Honour: The Indian Prime minister was recently conferred with the Grand Cross of the Order of Honour by the Greek President in Athens. Grand Cross of the Order of Honour is the second-highest civilian honour in Greece. It is conferred to “eminent personalities who, by reason of their distinguished […]
India Smart Cities Award Contest, 2022
India Smart Cities Award Contest, 2022: Indore has been named the best Smart City and Madhya Pradesh as the top State for their outstanding performance in the Smart Cities Mission. The second and third positions among cities were secured by Surat and Agra, while Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh were ranked second, third, and […]
Kirti Chakras And Shaurya Chakras
Kirti Chakras And Shaurya Chakras: President Droupadi Murmu has sanctioned 76 gallantry awards for armed forces and Central Armed Police Forces personnel on the eve of India’s 77th Independence Day. Among these, the Kirti Chakra, the second-highest peacetime gallantry award, will be presented to four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) members who lost their lives […]
Lokmanya Tilak National Award
Lokmanya Tilak National Award: Prime Minister will be honoured with the Lokmanya Tilak National Award on his visit to Pune. Lokmanya Tilak National Award was instituted in 1983 by the Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust. This award is given every year on 1st August, the death anniversary of Lokmanya Tilak, to persons who have made remarkable […]
UNESCO’s Asia Pacific Cultural Heritage Award
UNESCO’s Asia Pacific Cultural Heritage Award: The heritage Byculla Railway station which has been restored to its original glory, received the UNESCO award. The UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation is supported by a partnership between UNESCO and Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation since 2021. UNESCO introduced the new category, ‘Special Recognition for Sustainable […]
