Awards

National Panchayat Awards 2025

42 Panchayats selected across two categories|Karnataka led with 6 winners|Andhra Pradesh and Odisha had 5 each

Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar

Honours Gram Panchayats across 9 LSDG themes|Ranks based on Panchayat Advancement Index 2.0|34 Gram Panchayats selected

Nanaji Deshmukh Sarvottam Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar

Recognises best Panchayats at district, block and gram levels|8 Panchayats selected|3 district, 2 block, 3 gram Panchayats

Kawrthah North Village Council

Top national rank under Clean and Green Panchayat category|Located in Mizoram|National Panchayat Awards 2025

Agricola Medal 2026

Conferred on PM Narendra Modi by FAO|At FAO HQ, Rome|FAO established 16 Oct 1945; World Food Day

International Booker Prize 2026

Won by Taiwan Travelogue|Author: Yang Shuang-zi|Translator: Lin King; translated from Mandarin Chinese

Major Abhilasha Barak

Won UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award 2025|Serving with UNIFIL in Lebanon|Indian Army officer

Parveen Shaikh

Won 2026 Whitley Award|For conservation of Indian Skimmer along Ganga up to Prayagraj|Whitley Award called Green Oscars

Sukumar Azhikode Birth Centenary National Award

Selected: Medha Patkar and Perumal Murugan|Given by Sukumar Azhikode Trust|Award current affair

National Florence Nightingale Awards 2026

Conferred by President Droupadi Murmu on 15 nursing professionals|Award instituted in 1973 by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|Cash prize ₹1,00,000 + medal + certificate

Pulitzer Prize 2026 Illustrated Reporting and Commentary

Won by Suparna Sharma and Anand RK|For Bloomberg graphic investigative expose trAPPed|About digital arrest scam captivity

Goddard Astronautics Award 2026

Awarded to Chandrayaan-3 by AIAA|Accepted by Vinay Mohan Kwatra on behalf of ISRO|Recognised lunar mission success

Chandrayaan-3

Key details: launched July 14, 2023; touchdown Aug 23, 2023|Launch vehicle LVM3-M4 from SDSC Sriharikota|Landing site named Shiv Shakti Point

NDRF President’s Colour

NDRF received President’s Colour at Ghaziabad|Coincided with 20 years since raising in 2006|President’s Colour/Nishaan is highest ceremonial honour for military/paramilitary/police unit

Sikkim Police President’s Police Colour

Presented by President Droupadi Murmu at Gangtok|Award honour to Sikkim Police|Awards current affair