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Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Awards, Honours & Persons in News Current Affairs 2026–27 covers important national and international awards, notable personalities, appointments, obituaries, rankings, and recognitions relevant for competitive exams.
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NSA Ajit Doval Receives Lokmanya Tilak National Award

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval received the Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2026 on 1 August 2026 in Pune, Maharashtra. The award was presented by the Lokmanya Tilak Smarak...

August 1, 2026

Air Marshal Sandeep Thareja Appointed DGAFMS

Air Marshal Sandeep Thareja has been appointed as the Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) of India with effect from 31 August 2026. He will take charge...

August 1, 2026

Franco Baresi, AC Milan Legend, Dies at 66

Franco Baresi, the former AC Milan captain and Italy international footballer, died on 31 July 2026 at the age of 66. He played his entire senior club career...

July 31, 2026

Brigadier B.K. Ponwar, Jungle Warfare Pioneer, Dies at 77

Brigadier (Retired) Basant Kumar Ponwar, founder of the Counter Terrorism and Jungle Warfare College in Kanker, Chhattisgarh, died at the age of 77 in Mhow in Madhya Pradesh....

July 30, 2026

Inventor of Plastination Dr. Gunther von Hagens Dies at 81

Dr. Gunther von Hagens was a German anatomist, inventor of plastination, and creator of the Body Worlds exhibitions. He died on 24 July 2026 at the age of...

July 29, 2026

Hira Singh Bisht, Former Uttarakhand Minister, Dies at 85

Former Uttarakhand minister Hira Singh Bisht died on 26 July 2026 at the age of 85 in Dehradun. He died of cardiac arrest while undergoing treatment in a...

July 27, 2026

Pralhad Joshi Takes Charge as Education Minister

Pralhad Joshi was appointed Union Education Minister on 25 July 2026 after the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan from the Union Council of Ministers. He took charge of the...

July 26, 2026

Chess Legend Viswanathan Anand Becomes FIDE Interim President

Viswanathan Anand, a five-time world chess champion, took over as the interim president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) on 24 July 2026. He assumed the post after...

July 24, 2026

Anurag Jain Appointed CEO of NITI Aayog

On 22 July 2026, the Centre appointed Anurag Jain as the Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog for a period of two years. Jain is a 1989-batch Indian...

July 23, 2026

James Gray to Receive Locarno Career Pardo Award

American filmmaker James Gray will receive the Pardo alla Carriera, also called the Honorary Career Pardo Award, at the 79th Locarno Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland. The award...

July 20, 2026

Food Delivery Rider Wins China’s Lu Xun Literary Prize

Wang Jibing, a food delivery rider and poet from Jiangsu province, won the poetry category of China’s Lu Xun Literary Prize on 15 July 2026 for his collection...

July 20, 2026

National Film Awards 2026 Announced

The 72nd National Film Awards were announced on 18 July 2026 in New Delhi. The awards covered films certified by the Central Board of Film Certification in 2024,...

July 18, 2026

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