The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi was conferred the Lokmanya Tilak National Award in Pune, Maharashtra . Key points
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PM conferred Lokmanya Tilak National Award in Pune
T. Pradeep honoured with International Eni Award
T. Pradeep, professor in the Department of Chemistry of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) has been selected for the International Eni Award. Key points
Rajindar Singh Dhatt honoured with Points of Light award
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on 28 June honoured Rajindar Singh Dhatt with a Points of Light award at a UK-India Week reception at 10 Downing Street.
PEN Pinter Prize 2023
British children’s writer and performance poet Michael Rosen has been awarded the prestigious PEN Pinter Prize 2023.
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
Indian-origin satellite industry expert Aarti Holla-Maini has been appointed as the Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) in Vienna. Key points
President of India confers National Florence Nightingale Awards 2022 and 2023
President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Florence Nightingale Awards for the year 2022 and 2023 to the nursing professionals at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Key points
Ramachandra Guha’s book wins Elizabeth Longford Prize
Historian and writer Ramchandra Guha’s book Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom has won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2023. Key points
Spinoza Prize
Indian-origin scientist Joyeeta Gupta has been awarded the Spinoza Prize, the highest distinction in Dutch science which is also sometimes referred to as the ‘Dutch Nobel Prize’.
Celeste Saulo of Argentina appointed first female Secretary-General of WMO
Prof. Celeste Saulo of Argentina has been appointed as the first female Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Key points The Secretariat, headquartered in Geneva, is headed by the Secretary-General. Its supreme body is the World Meteorological Congress.
Goan writer Damodar Mauzo received 57th Jnanpith Award
Goan writer Damodar Mauzo Goa has received the prestigious 57th Jnanpith Award, the country’s highest literary honour, from state Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai. Key points
Dag Hammarskjold Medal
Three Indian U.N. peacekeepers were honoured posthumously with the Dag Hammarskjold Medal for their supreme sacrifice in the line of duty at a solemn ceremony at the U.N. Headquarters. Key points About Dag Hammarskjöld medal
Georgi Gospodinov wins International Booker Prize 2023
Time Shelter, written by Georgi Gospodinov and translated into English by Angela Rodel, has won the International Booker Prize 2023.
PM Modi conferred with the highest honours of Fiji and Papua New Guinea
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred with the highest honour of Fiji, the Companion of the Order of Fiji by Sitiveni Rabuka, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji.
Rayyanah Barnawi: first female Saudi Arabian astronaut
SpaceX has launched the first female Saudi Arabian astronaut into space on a private mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
Prof. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar gets the first Astronomical Society of India Govind Swarup Lifetime Achievement Award
The most befitting recipient of the very first ASI Govind Swarup Lifetime Achievement award is Prof. Jayant V. Narlikar, an astronomer par-excellence, the founding director of IUCAA, Pune. Key points