Current Affairs - Awards and honors

Recipient of UN FAO's highest 'Agricola Medal' in May 2026

Narendra Modi

Country of mathematician Gerd Faltings, winner of the Abel Prize 2026

Germany

Director of 'One Battle After Another' (Best Picture at 98th Academy Awards / Oscars 2026)

Paul Thomas Anderson

Historic record held by Graça Machel, recipient of the 'Indira Gandhi Prize 2026'

Only woman to serve as First Lady of two independent nations (Mozambique & South Africa)

Sport associated with Carlos Alcaraz, named 'Sportsman of the Year' at 27th Laureus Awards 2026

Tennis

Primary research field of Crafoord Prize 2026 laureate Prof. Veerabhadran Ramanathan

Greenhouse effect of CFCs and black carbon (Climate Science)

Endangered bird protected by Whitley Gold Award 2026 ('Green Oscar') winner Parveen Shaikh

Indian Skimmer

Space mission associated with Ashoka Chakra recipient Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla

Axiom-4 (Ax-4) Mission

Novel by Daniel Kraus that won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction

Angel Down

Artist behind 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos', the first all-Spanish album to win Album of the Year at the Grammys

Bad Bunny

Environmental researcher awarded the 2026 'Tyler Prize' for mapping underground fungal networks

Prof. Toby Kiers

Tech company founded and led by Jensen Huang, winner of the IEEE Medal of Honor 2026

NVIDIA

Two District Panchayats jointly selected best in India under Nanaji Deshmukh Awards 2026

Sepahijala (Tripura) and Ganjam (Odisha)

First female combat aviator honored as 'UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year 2026'

Major Abhilasha Barak

Country of Vladimir Mestvirishvili, the first foreign wrestling coach awarded Padma Shri (posthumously)

Georgia

Country of Cristian Mungiu, director of Palme d'Or-winning film 'Fjord' at Cannes 2026

Romania

Space mission team conferred the AIAA Goddard Astronautics Award 2026

ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 Mission Team

Indian educator Soma Mandal, winner of Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards 2026, teaches in

Delhi (GD Goenka Public School) [Representing West Bengal in options]

Indian industrialist conferred the 'Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy' in 2026

Shrinivas Dempo

Indian institute awarded the WHO Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion 2026

NIMHANS, Bengaluru

Northeast state police force presented the 'President's Colours' by President Droupadi Murmu in 2026

Sikkim Police

Primary field of contribution of 'Order of Mapungubwe (Gold)' recipient Prof. Salim Abdool Karim

HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment

Country whose student team won the youth environmental award 'The Earth Prize 2026' for wastewater treatment

India

Organization where Royal Society Fellow (FRS) Dr. Soumya Swaminathan served as the inaugural Chief Scientist

World Health Organization (WHO)

Literary festival co-founded and directed by Bhartendu Harishchandra Award recipient Namita Gokhale

Jaipur Literature Festival

State of farmer Valluvan, named FAO's 'Soil Farmer Hero 2026' for natural tree-based farming

Tamil Nadu (Pollachi)

British-Jamaican author awarded the PEN/Pinter Prize 2026 for literary courage

Zadie Smith

Indian military officer honored with UN Secretary-General Special Service Award for leadership in South Sudan

Major Swathi Shanta Kumar

Artists who won Song of the Year for 'Wildflower' at the 68th Grammy Awards (2026)

Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell

Maharatna CPSE that received the 'Great Place to Work' national certification in 2026

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)