Page-7 of Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Anurag Jain Takes Over as NITI Aayog CEO
Anurag Jain, a 1989-batch Indian Administrative Service officer, took charge as the Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog on 17 August 2026. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet...
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...
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...
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,...
Sahitya Akademi Award-Winning Writer Poomani Dies
Renowned Tamil writer Poomani, also known as Pulithurai Manickavasagam, died on 12 July 2026 at the age of 79 due to age-related health issues. He was a novelist...
Soumya Swaminathan inducted as Fellow of the Royal Society
Soumya Swaminathan was formally inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of London on 10 July 2026. She was elected to the fellowship in May 2026. The...
Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar Recognises Haveli Sangeet
The Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar-2025 was announced for the years 2024-25 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi under the Union Ministry of Culture. Acharya Shri Ranchhodlalji Goswami, a...
Girish Bharadwaj, Bridge Man of India, Dies at 76
Girish Bharadwaj, a Padma Shri awardee known as the “Bridge Man of India”, died at the age of 76 on 7 July 2026 in a private hospital in...
PM Modi Receives Indonesia’s Bintang Adipurna
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Indonesia’s highest civilian honour, Bintang Adipurna, on 7 July 2026 at Istana Merdeka, the Presidential Palace in Jakarta. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto presented...
Prashant Sitaram Appointed Additional Secretary in Home Ministry
Lokhande Prashant Sitaram, a 2001-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of the AGMUT cadre, was appointed Additional Secretary in the Department of Home under the Ministry of Home Affairs...
RBI Appoints Ravi Shankar as Executive Director
The Reserve Bank of India appointed Ravi Shankar as Executive Director with effect from 1 July 2026. He previously served as Adviser-in-Charge of the Department of Statistics and...
