Current Affair Category: Awards

Sahitya Akademi Award for 2024 Key Announcement: The Sahitya Akademi Award 2024 in the Dogri language has been posthumously awarded to late Chaman Arora for his book “Ik Hor Ashwthama”. The book is a collection of short stories and was selected for the award based on the unanimous recommendation of a jury comprising three members. […]

67th Annual Grammy Awards 2025 : Event Overview The Grammy Awards were held amid California’s wildfire crisis, with the Recording Academy raising funds for relief efforts and honoring first responders. Biggest Nominee Beyoncé: 11 nominations, setting a new record for most Grammy nominations by a female artist (99 total). Key Winners Album of the Year: […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with Kuwait’s highest national honor, the Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer, by His Highness Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Amir of Kuwait, on December 22, 2024. The Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer, established in 1974, is named after Mubarak Al-Sabah, known as “Mubarak the Great,” who ruled Kuwait from 1896 […]

Rashtriya Tansen Samman 2023: The Rashtriya Tansen Samman is one of India’s most prestigious awards in the field of classical music. It was instituted in 1980 by the Madhya Pradesh Government to honor exceptional contributions to Indian classical music, especially in the fields of vocal and instrumental music. The award is presented during the Tansen […]

Noted Kannada literary critic and linguist Dr K V Narayana has been selected for the prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award-2024. Recipients: Narayana: Awarded for his Kannada work, Nudigala Alivu. Gagan Gill: Recognized for her Hindi poetry book Main Jab Tak Aai Bahar. Easterine Kire: Honored for her English novel Spirit Nights. Mukesh Thali: Awarded for […]

An artist whose work exploring her Scottish Sikh identity includes a vintage Ford car draped in a crocheted doily won the U.K.’s prestigious Turner Prize recently, during a ceremony picketed by pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Jasleen Kaur was awarded the 25,000-pound ($32,000) prize by actor James Norton at the Tate Britain gallery in London. Kaur used her […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be conferred with the highest civilian award of the Commonwealth of Dominica, the Dominica Award of Honour. The award will be in recognition of PM Modi’s contributions to Dominica during the Covid-19 pandemic. “The Commonwealth of Dominica will bestow its highest national award, the Dominica Award of Honour, upon His […]

Booker Prize 2024 : Samantha Harvey has won the prestigious Booker Prize for her novel “Orbital”. The award ceremony took place on November 12, 2024. Harvey’s book is a unique exploration of life aboard the International Space Station. It reflects on human connections and the beauty of Earth. The novel was inspired by the isolation […]

The Nobel laureates in the economic sciences have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity. Societies with a poor rule of law and exploitative institutions do not generate growth or change for the better. Where does India fit into this understanding? The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday awarded the Sveriges […]

Why in New?The Norwegian Nobel Committee has selected the Japanese anti-nuclear weapons organization Nihon Hidankyo for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian committee chose the Nihon Hidankyo organization for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and to demonstrate through the victims of nuclear weapons that nuclear weapons should never be […]