ONE-LINER AWARDS & HONOURS (2024–25)
🔵 Major International Awards
Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2024
- Michelle Bachelet, former Chile President & ex-UN Human Rights Chief, received the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament & Development (2024).
Sakharov Prize 2025 (EU’s Top Human Rights Award)
- Awarded to journalists Andrzej Poczobut (Belarus) & Mzia Amaghlobeli (Georgia).
UNDP Equator Prize 2025
- Bibi Fatima SHG, Teertha village (Karnataka), won for eco-friendly farming & millet promotion.
International Booker Prize 2025
- Banu Mushtaq, Kannada writer, won for Heart Lamp, translated by Deepa Bhasthi — first Kannada work ever to win.
Pulitzer Prizes 2025
- Fiction: James by Percival Everett.
- Drama: Purpose by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.
- Public Service: ProPublica for reporting on abortion law–linked maternal deaths.
UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize 2024
- Awarded to Palestinian journalists covering Gaza.
UNESCO Press Freedom Prize 2025
- La Prensa (Nicaragua) honoured amid state repression.
🔵 Science & Mathematics Awards
SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2025
- Awarded to Dr Alexander Smith, Northwestern University.
Abel Prize 2025
- Awarded to mathematician Masaki Kashiwara.
Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025
- Vigyan Ratna (Lifetime Award): Jayant Vishnu Narlikar (posthumous).
- Vigyan Shri: 8 scientists incl. G.P. Singh, Y.M. Shaikh, K. Thangaraj, etc.
First Vigyan Ratna (New Category)
- Awarded to Govindarajan Padmanabhan.
🔵 Literature & Culture
Jnanpith Award 2024
- Vinod Kumar Shukla, first from Chhattisgarh, won the 59th Jnanpith Award.
Saraswati Samman 2024
- Awarded to Bhadreshdas for Swaminarayan Siddhant Sudha.
Sahitya Akademi Awards 2025
- Yuva Puraskar: Advait Kottary (Eng), Parvati Tirkey (Hindi), Latshmihar (Tamil), Prasad Suri (Telugu).
- Bal Puraskar: 24 young authors.
Booker Prize 2025
🔵 Film, Arts & Music Awards
Critics Choice Awards 2025
97th Academy Awards (Oscars) 2025
- Best Picture: Anora.
- Best Actor: Adrien Brody (The Brutalist).
- Best Actress: Mikey Madison (Anora).
- Best Animated Film: Flow.
- Best Visual Effects & Sound: Dune: Part Two.
67th Grammy Awards 2025
- Record & Song of the Year: Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us.
- Album of the Year: Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter.
- Best New Artist: Chappell Roan.
🔵 National Honours (India)
Republic Day Parade 2025 — Best Tableau
- Andhra Pradesh won Central Government Jury Award.
National Water Awards 2024
Padma Awards 2025
- Total: 139 awards (7 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan, 113 Padma Shri).
- 23 women, 10 foreigners/OCI/PIO, 13 posthumous.
Notable Individual Padma Honours 2025
- Kumudini Lakhia — Kathak legend — Padma Vibhushan (posthumous).
- L. Subramaniam — violin maestro — Padma Vibhushan.
- Jatin Goswami — Sattriya exponent — Padma Bhushan.
- Shobana Chandrakumar — Bharatanatyam dancer/actor — Padma Bhushan.
🔵 Diplomatic & Special State Honours
PM Modi
- Conferred Mithra Vibhushana medal by Sri Lanka.
President Droupadi Murmu
- Honoured with Key to the City of Lisbon (Portugal).
Humanitarian Award
- Madhusudan Sai, Karnataka — Fiji’s highest civilian honour.
Updated - 11 Dec 2025 ; 12: 23 PM | Admin Team