Page-9 of Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Air Marshal Sandeep Thareja Takes Over as DGAFMS
Air Marshal Sandeep Thareja assumed charge as the 47th Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) on 1 September 2026. The DGAFMS heads the tri-services medical organisation that...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
