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Important Awards and Honours 2024 Current Affairs
This month-wise compilation of recent award winners from India and around the world showcases notable achievements across diverse fields. These honors celebrate excellence and inspire greatness. Explore the curated table of the most prominent awards and honors of 2024.
November 2024
Sl. No. | Awardee | Awards/Honours |
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1 | Anil Pradhan | Rohini Nayyar Prize for 2024 |
2 | Kunal Dalal | Education Leader of the Year at the Education World India School Ranking Awards 2024-2025 |
3 | Filmmaker Phillip Noyce | Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award |
4 | British Writer Samantha Harvey | Booker Prize for Fiction for her novel “Orbital,” |
5 | Actor Manoj Bajpayee | The Fable, starring Manoj Bajpayee, won Best Film at the 38th Leeds International Film Festival in the Constellation Feature Film Competition. |
6 | GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) | Airport Excellence Awards’ during the Saudi Airport Exhibition 2024 for its digital innovations |
7 | Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi | PM Honored with “Grand Commander of the Order of Niger” by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, H.E. Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu. |
8 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Conferred prestigious awards by Guyana (The Order of Excellence) and Dominica (Dominica Award of Honour) in recognition of his significant contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic |
9 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Global Peace Award for Minority Upliftment’ in absentia |
10 | Victoria Kjaer Theilvig | Denmark’s First Miss Universe (Read More) |
11 | Daniel Barenboim (world-Famous Pianist) and Ali Abu (Palestinian Peace Activist) | Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament, and Development for 2023 |
12 | Coal India Limited | Green World Environment Award 2024 in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) category. |
13 | Shivangi Desai (22-year-old final-year law student at the Indian Law School (ILS) Pune) | Crowned Miss Charm India 2024 |
14 | Indian Chemical Council (ICC) | Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)- The Hague Award |
55th International Film Festival of India 2024
Award | Winner | Film/Project | Country |
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Golden Peacock (Best Film) | Saulė Bliuvaitė | Toxic | Lithuania |
Silver Peacock (Best Director) | Bogdan Muresanu | The New Year That Never Came | Romania |
Silver Peacock (Best Actor – Male) | Clément Faveau | Holy Cow | France |
Silver Peacock (Best Actor – Female) | Vesta Matulytė, Ieva Rupeikaitė | Toxic | Lithuania |
Special Jury Award | Louise Courvoisier | Holy Cow | France |
Best Debut Feature Film | Sarah Friedland | Familiar Touch | USA |
Best Debut Director of Indian Film | Navjyot Bandiwadekar | Gharat Ganpati | India |
ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal | Levan Akin | Crossing | Georgia |
Best Web Series (OTT) | Nipun Dharmadhikari | Lampan | India |
Indian Film Personality of the Year | Vikrant Massey | — | India |
October 2024
Sl. No. | Awardee | Awards/Honours |
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1 | All India Football Federation (AIFF) | AFC President’s Recognition Award for Grassroots Football (Silver) |
2 | Francis Ford Coppola (Oscar-winning filmmaker) | 50th AFI (American Film Institute) Life Achievement Award |
3 | Wagh Bakri Tea Group | Generational Legacy Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Indian Economy” from Hurun India |
4 | Sri Sri Ravi Shankar | Fiji’s highest civilian award, the “Honourary Officer of the Order of Fiji” |
5 | Pro Kabaddi League | Prestigious ‘Best Sports League of the Year’ award at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Sports Business Awards 2024 |
6 | Telugu film star Chiranjeevi | ANR National Awards 2024 for lifetime contributions to cinema |
7 | Rodri (Spain midfielder Rodri) | Men’s Ballon d’Or 2024 |
8 | Aitana Bonmatí (Spain, Barcelona) | Women’s Ballon d’Or 2024 |
9 | Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das | A+ grade in the Central Bank Report Cards 2024 |
10 | ISRO Chairman S. Somanath | Prestigious IAF (International Astronautical Federation) World Space Award for Chandrayaan-3 |
11 | Nikita Porwal from Madhya Pradesh | Femina Miss India 2024 |
12 | Aditi Anand | Winner of the prestigious Emerging Illustrator category at the V&A Illustration Awards for her work Marigolds. |
13 | Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani | National Kishore Kumar Award 2023 |
14 | Narayana Murthy (Founder of Infosys) | Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the 2024 Patrick J. McGovern Awards |
15 | Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) | SHRM HR Excellence Awards |
16 | Actor Darasing Khurana | Mahatma Gandhi Leadership Award in UK |
17 | Urmila Chaudhary (a prominent social campaigner from Nepal) | Global Anti-Racism Championship Award 2024 |
18 | Venezuelan opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González | Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought |
19 | Assam-based conservation scientist Bibhab Kumar Talukdar | Harry Messel Award for Conservation Leadership from the IUCN’s Species Survival Commission |
20 | Mithun Chakraborty | Dadasaheb Phalke Award |
21 | Vera Voronova from Kazakhstan and Ysabel Agustina Calderón Carlos from Peru | MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2024 |
All Nobel Prize Winners 2024
Nobel Prize Laureates 2024 Announced!
Celebrating the brilliant minds who have made groundbreaking contributions to humanity across various fields. From advancements in machine learning and protein design to the fight for a nuclear-free world, these laureates have shaped a better future for us all!
September 2024
Sl. No. | Awardee | Awards/Honours |
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1 | Emmanuel Macron (France President) | Olympic Order in gold |
2 | The Ministry of Women and Child Development for its Poshan Tracker initiative. | National Award for e-Governance 2024 (Gold) |
3 | Prasanthi Ram (Indian origin lecturer from the University of Nanyang Technological University) for her short story ‘Nine Yard Sarees’ in English Fiction. | Singapore literature prize |
4 | Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) | National Energy Leader Award by the Confederation of Indian Industry – Green Business Centre (CII-GBC) |
5 | Aishwarya Rai Bachchan won the Best Actress (Critics) Award for her role in Maniratnam’s epic movie, “Ponniyin Selvan 2.” | Best Actress (Critics) Award at South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) 2024 |
6 | Magnus Carlsen | FIDE Best Male Chess Player |
7 | Judit Polgar | FIDE Best Female Chess Player |
8 | Dhruvi Patel – a Computer Information System student from the USA. | Miss India Worldwide 2024 |
9 | Megastar Chiranjeevi | Guinness World Records as the most prolific actor/dancer in the Indian film industry |
10 | Rhea Singha, a 19-year-old model from Gujarat | Miss Universe India 2024 |
11 | Bollywood producer Vinod Bachchan | Global Prestige Award at the House of Lords, UK Parliament, recognizing his significant contributions to the Indian film industry. |
12 | Visionary industrialist and leader Shri Deepak C Mehta, Chairman and Managing Director of Deepak Nitrite Limited | ICC Lifetime Achievement Award for 2023 |
13 | Alexander Dunn for his outstanding contributions to analytic number theory | 2024 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize |
Ramon Magsaysay Award Winners for 2024
Honouree | Country | Profession/Role | Contribution |
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Hayao Miyazaki | Japan | Animator | Beloved Japanese animator known for his iconic work in animation. |
Phuntsho Karma | Bhutan | Scholar and Social Worker | Bhutanese scholar and social worker, recognized for contributions to education and social causes. |
Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong | Vietnam | Doctor | Works for victims of Agent Orange used during the Vietnam War. |
Farhan Farwiza | Indonesia | Conservationist | Founder of Yayasan Hutan Alam dan Lingkungan Aceh (HAkA), dedicated to preserving the Leuser ecosystem. |
Rural Doctors Movement | Thailand | Medical Organization | A movement of doctors committed to providing healthcare in rural areas of Thailand. |
Best Tourism Villages Competition-2024
IIFA 2024 Awards, Major Award Winners
- Best Film: “Animal” (Directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga)
- Best Actor: Shah Rukh Khan for “Jawan”
- Best Actress: Rani Mukerji for “Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway”
- Best Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra for “12th Fail”
- Best Supporting Actor: Anil Kapoor for “Animal”
- Best Supporting Actress: Shabana Azmi for “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”
- Best Actor in Negative Role: Bobby Deol for “Animal”
August 2024
Sl. No. | Awardee | Awards/Honour |
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1 | Kerala Tourism | Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award 2024 |
2 | Ayushmann Khurrana and Neeraj Chopra | Youth Icons of India by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) |
3 | Rohit Sharma, the captain of the Indian men’s cricket team | CEAT International Cricketer of the Year Award |
4 | Govindrajan Padmanabhan, a renowned biochemist and former director of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | Vigyan Ratna Puraskar, India’s highest science award |
5 | Prof. Dhiraj Mohan Banerjee, Emeritus Scientist at the Indian National Science Academy (INSA). | National Geoscience Awards |
6 | Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad | Best Airport Award for Third Consecutive Year |
7 | Shah Rukh Khan | “Pardo alla Carriera” award at the 77th Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland |
8 | Google CEO Sundar Pichai | Honorary Doctorate from IIT-Kharagpur |
9 | Central Water Commission (CWC) | GEEF Global WaterTech Award in the category ‘Water Department of the Year’ at the Global Water Tech Summit – 2024 |
10 | V. Vedachalam | V Venkayya Epigraphy Award 2024 |
11 | Dr. Jitendra Singh | Lifetime Achievement Award for advancing diabetology, diabetes care, and diabetes research. |
12 | President of India, Droupadi Murmu | ‘Companion of the Order of Fiji’, Fiji’s highest civilian award |
13 | ISRO – Chandrayaan 3 team | Prestigious “Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2024” under the category “Vigyan Team Award” for significant contributions to space science and technology. |
14 | President of India, Droupadi Murmu | Highest civilian award ‘the Grand-Collar of the Order” by Timor-Leste |
15 | Air India | “Most Improved Airline in Asia” award |
16 | Aattam | “Best Feature Film” at the 70th National Film Awards |
17 | K S Chithra | National Lata Mangeshkar Award from Madhya Pradesh government for the year 2023 |
July 2024
Sl. No | Awardee | Awards/Honour |
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1 | Lallianzuala Chhangte, Indumathi Kathiresan | Footballer of the year 2023-24 |
2 | Shah Rukh Khan | Locarno Film Festival Career Award |
3 | Feminist activist P. Geetha | K. Saraswathi Amma Award |
4 | Sopna Kallingal of Kallingal Plantation | Spice Award 2024, instituted by ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research |
5 | HCLTech’s Roshni Nadar Malhotra | France’s Highest Civilian Honour |
6 | Tamil writer Sivashankari | Dr. C. Narayana Reddy National Literary Award |
7 | Sobha Group’s CSR wing, Sri Kurumba Educational and Charitable Trust | Best Child and Women Development Initiatives of the Year 2024 |
8 | Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) | 2024 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity |
9 | Indian Sand Artist Sudarshan Pattnaik | Gold Medal In International Sand Sculpture Championship |
10 | Retired Tamil Nadu Professor K. Chockalingam | Hans von Hentig Award |
11 | Nagaland | Best State in Horticulture: Agriculture Leadership Awards 2024 |
12 | PM Modi | Russia’s Highest Civilian Honour For “Outstanding Service” |
13 | Indian students have secured two gold and three silver medals | 54th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2024 |
14 | Tamil Epigrapher V. Vedachalam | V Venkayya Epigraphy Award |
15 | Central Water Commission (CWC) | Global WaterTech Award 2024 |
16 | Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh | Lifetime Achievement Award for the advancement of diabetology, diabetes care and diabetes research |
17 | Town Official Language Implementation Committee (TOLIC) | Rajbhasha Gaurav Samman 2023-24 |
18 | Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan | First Indian actor, honoured with customised gold coins by the Grevin Museum in Paris. |
19 | Abhinav Bindra, India’s first individual Olympic gold medallist | Prestigious Olympic Order from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) |
20 | Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR) | Best technology award for its pioneering work in the field of horticultural sciences |
21 | RRR Star Ram Charan | Gguest of honor at the prestigious Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2024. |
22 | Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum | Gandhi Mandela Award 2020 |
June 2024
Sl. No | Person | Awards/Honour |
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1 | Dr. Usha Thakur | Vishwa Hindi Samman |
2 | Sanjana Thakur (writer from Mumbai) | 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize |
3 | Arundhati Roy | Pen Pinter Prize 2024 |
4 | Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Ltd. | Sustainable Governance Champion Award |
5 | Wildlife Filmmaker Subbiah Nallamuthu | V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award |
6 | Filmmaker Vinod Ganatra | Nelson Mandela Lifetime Achievement Award |
7 | Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala, a renowned Ayurvedic institution | Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) degree by the Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS). |
8 | Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar | K Vaishal, Gaurav Pandey |
9 | Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) | Best Conduct of Business Regulator’ Award |
10 | Coach Nar Singh | Dilip Bose award for lifetime achievement in Tennis |
11 | Sanya Malhotra, for her captivating performance in the film “Mrs.” | Best Actress award at New York Indian Film Festival 2024 |
12 | Poet and playwright Siddhalinga Pattanashetti | Gudleppa Hallikeri Award 2024 |
13 | Mumbai’s Super Cop Krishna Prakash | Hindi Sahitya Bharati Award |
14 | National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, | Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion |
May 2024
Sl. No. | Awards/Honors | Awardee |
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1 | Association of Talent Development (ATD) BEST Awards 2024 | NTPC (secured the third rank in the world for the Talent Development category) |
2 | 2023 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. | Major Radhika Sen |
3 | Grand Prix award (77th Cannes Film Festival) | Payal Kapadia’s film ‘All We Imagine as Light’ |
4 | The Economic Times HR World Future Ready Organization Award 2024-25’ | NHPC (National Hydroelectric Power Corporation) |
5 | Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment Award by King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Arti, an 18-year-old woman from the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh |
6 | International Booker Prize for their novel “Kairos.” | German author Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann |
7 | Shaw Prize in Astronomy for 2024 | Srinivas R. Kulkarni, an Indian-origin U.S. scientist |
8 | Sahitya Akademi Fellowship | Eminent author Ruskin Bond |
9 | Global Excellence Award 2024 | Chandrakant Satija, the renowned educationist and Founder/CEO of Chandra Admission Consultants |
10 | PSU Samarpan Award | Cmde Hemant Khatri, the Chairman and Managing Director (C&MD) of Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) |
11 | Honorary Doctorate by McGill University | Dr. Soumya Swaminathan |
12 | Global Pride of Sindhi Award 2024 | Pawan Sindhi |
13 | 9th edition of the Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize | Bhavi Mehta |
14 | 2024 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize | Palestinian journalists covering the Gaza crisis (Total 26) |
15 | ‘Green Oscar’ Whitley Gold Award 2024 | Dr. Purnima Devi Barman of Assam |
April 2024
Sl. No. | Awards/Honors | Awardee |
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1 | Hockey India Balbir Singh Sr. Award for Player of the Year 2023 (Men) | Indian Field Hockey Player & Vice- captain of the Indian Hockey men’s team, Hardik Singh |
2 | Hockey India Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award for the Year | Ashok Kumar |
3 | WOW (World Organization of Writers) World Literature Prize | Renowned Kannada Poet Mamta G. Sagar |
4 | 2024 John L “Jack” Swigert Jr. award for Space Exploration | Chandrayaan-3 mission team of Indian space agency, ISRO |
5 | John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award 2024 | Indian Microbiologist Gagandeep Kang ( She is the first Indian woman to get this award) |
6 | 2023 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award | Israeli mathematician and computer scientist AviWigdersonas |
7 | World’s Best Airport 2024 in the 2024 Skytrax World Airport Awards | Doha’s (Qatar) Hamad International Airport (HIA) |
8 | Sagar Samman Awards 2024 | Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) |
9 | ‘South Asian Person of the Year’ by the South Asian Association (SAA) at Harvard University | Indian-American actress Avantika Vandanapu |
10 | NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge 2024 Awards | Indian Institutes from Delhi NCR & Mumbai |
11 | Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) Humanitarian Award for 2021 | Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of the Tata Group |
12 | Laureus World Sportsman of the Year 2024 | Novak Djokovic, theWorld No.1 tennis player |
13 | Global Energy Transition Impact Award | Dr Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President |
March 2024
Sl. No. | Awards/Honors | Awardee |
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1 | Honorary Knighthood (Knight Commander) by King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Sunil Bharti Mittal |
2 | 7th Romain Rolland Book Prize 2024 for the Bengali translation ‘Staliner Divan’ | Pankaj Kumar Chatterjee |
3 | PLI – Automotive Certificate by International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT), Manesar | Ola Electric |
4 | Award for Best Performance in Accounts during Financial Year 2023-24 | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
5 | IAA Golden Compass Award 2024 at the 45th IAA World Congress 2024 held in Penang, Malaysia | Srinivasan Swamy |
6 | Maharashtra Bhushan Award for his work in regenerative medicine | Dr. Pradeep Mahajan, founder and CMD of StemRx |
7 | Disruptor of the Year award in the first-ever National Creators Awards 2024 | Ranveer Allahbadia (BeerBiceps) |
8 | Measles and Rubella Champion Award by The Measles and Rubella Partnership | India |
9 | Erasmus Prize 2024 | Amitav Ghosh |
10 | Best Director award at the 96th Academy Awards (The Oscars 2024) | Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) |
11 | Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Media Person 2024 | Greeshma Kuthar and Ritika Chopra |
12 | PV Narasimha Rao Memorial Award | Ratan Tata |
13 | Women’s Premier League 2024 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) |
14 | Sangita Kalanidhi 2024 by The Music Academy, Chennai | T.M. Krishna |
15 | Sir Richard Hadlee Medal 2024 | Rachin Ravindra |
16 | Diana Memorial Award 2024 | Uday Bhatia and Manasi Gupta |
17 | 33rd Saraswati Samman for 2023 for the novel “Roudra Sathwikam” | Prabha Varma |
18 | Raksha Mantri Trophy for the Best Command Hospital of the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) for the year 2022 | Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune |
19 | CERAWeek Leadership Award for Building Global Consensus towards a Sustainable Energy Future | Dr. Sultan Al Jaber |
20 | Aviation Week Laureates Award 2023-2024 for Chandrayaan-3 | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) |
21 | Global Inequality Research Award 2024 by World Inequality Lab (WIL) and Sciences Po’s Center for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS) | Bina Agarwal and James Boyce |
22 | EARTHDAY.ORG’s 2024 Best Organisation Spearheading Sustainable Development’ Award | International Advertising Association (IAA) India Chapter |
23 | Abel Prize for 2024 (Mathematics) | Michel Talagrand |
24 | Airline of the Year” award at the Air Transport Awards 2024 | Indigo |
25 | Overall champion in the 3rd North East Games 2024 held in Nagaland | Manipur |
26 | Maharashtra Gaurav Award for Bharata Natyam | Dr. Uma Rele |
27 | Knighthood from Britain for his “services to film” | Christopher Nolan |
28 | International Culture Award for the year 2024 | Meena Charanda |
- The Maharashtra Bhushan is the highest civilian award given annually by the Government of Maharashtra.
- It was first given in 1996.
- The award includes a cash prize of ₹25 lakhs, a memento, and a citation.
British Government: Key Honorary Awards
Knighthoods
- Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google’s DeepMind, will receive a knighthood from the British government.
- Mohamed Mansour, a Conservative Party donor, was given a knighthood for business, charity and political service.
- Several Conservative lawmakers, including Philip Davies and Mark Spencer, were also awarded knighthoods.
- Conservative lawmakers who were awarded damehoods are Tracey Crouch and Harriett Baldwin.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Matthew Clifford, an AI adviser to the British government, and entrepreneur Ian Hogarth, chair of the AI Safety Institute, were bestowed with Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBEs) in the world of artificial intelligence.
- Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos was also awarded an honorary CBE for services to creative industries.
Special Awards: 3rd North East Games 2024
- Fair Play Award: Sikkim
- Spirit of Olympic Award: Tripura
- Outstanding Sportsman Award: Venuzo Dawhuo of Nagaland
- Outstanding Sportswoman Award: Tsuchoi T of Nagaland
2024 Air Transport Awards
- ATN Individual Award: Serkan Kaptan, TAV Airports
- ATN Corporate Award: Bordeaux Airport
- ATN International Organisation Award: ASA – Airport Services Association
- Alliance of the Year: SkyTeam
- Manufacturer of the Year: Embraer
- Airport of the Year: iGA Istanbul Airport
- Airline of the Year: IndiGo
- Hermes Award: Henrik Hololei, European Commission.
- “Katerina & George Iatrou” Lifetime Achievement Award: Nicholas E. Calio, President and CEO, A4A.
- Leader of the Year: Dr. Eng. David Ciceo, CEO, Cluj International Airport
Other Aviation Week Laureates Space Sector Award 2023-2024
Firefly Aerospace and Millenium Space Systems – Victus Nox:
- In a three-part relay race, Millennium and Firefly coordinated to launch a satellite for the U.S. Space Force.
Lockheed Martin Osiris Rex:
- NASA’s $1 billion Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (Osiris-Rex) fulfilled its primary mission, collecting and delivering pristine samples from the primordial asteroid Bennu.
SpaceX Starlink:
- With more than 5,000 satellites orbited, Starlink is providing commercial high-speed internet access globally.
Mike Moses, Virgin Galactic, for leadership:
- Mike Moses joined Virgin Galactic from NASA in 2011 to help the Richard Branson-backed startup create and operate a safe, reliable, commercially viable space transportation service suitable for nonprofessional astronauts.
2024 New Zealand Cricket Awards winners
- Sir Richard Hadlee Medal – Rachin Ravindra
- Debbie Hockley Medal – Amelia Kerr
- Bert Sutcliffe Medal for Outstanding Services to Cricket – Trudy Anderson
- Test Player of the Year – Kane Williamson
- Men’s ODI Player of the Year – Daryl Mitchell
- Women’s ODI Player of the Year – Amelia Kerr
- Men’s T20I Player of the Year – Mitchell Santner
- Women’s T20I Player of the Year – Amelia Kerr
Sangita Kalanidhi Award Winners 2024
- Professor Parassala Ravi (V. Raveendran Nair) and Geetha Raja will be conferred with Sangita Kala Acharya awards.
- S Narasimhan and S Venkatesan, known as Thiruvaiyyaru Brothers, and H K Narasimhamurthy have been chosen for TTV awards.
- Dr. Margaret Bastin will receive the Musicologist Award.
- Dr. Neena Prasad will be conferred Nritya Kalanidhi Award.
45th IAA World Congress 2024
- International Advertising Association-India Chapter won 3 awards at the 45th IAA World Congress in Penang, Malaysia.
- Kranti Gada won the Young Leaders Award
- Soumen Santara won the Best Executive Director Award.
- Janak Sarda was conferred the Global Champion award.
National Creators Award 2024: Full list of winners
- Disruptor of the Year award: Ranveer Allahbadia (BeerBiceps)
- Best Creator in Education Category (Male & Female): Naman Deshmukh
- Best Health and Fitness Creator: Ankit Baiyanpuria
- Best Creator in Food Category: Kabita Singh (Kabita’s Kitchen)
- Celebrity Creator of the Year: Aman Gupta
- Best Creator in Tech Category: Gaurav Chaudhary (Technical Guruji)
- Favourite Travel Creator: Kamiya Jani
- Green Champion’ Category: Pankhti Pandey
- Best Storyteller: Keerthika Govindasamy
- Cultural Ambassador of the Year: Maithili Thakur
- Most Creative Creator Female: Shraddha Jain (Female); RJ Raunac (Male)
- Heritage Fashion Icon Award: Jahnvi Singh
- Best Creator for Social Change Award: Jaya Kishori
- Best Micro Creator Award: Aridaman
- Best Creator in Gaming Category Award: Nishchay
- Swachhta Ambassador Award: Malhar Kalambe
- Best International Creator Award: Drew Hicks, Kili Paul, Cassandra Mae Spittmann
- Best Nano Creator Award: Piyush Purohit
- Most Impactful Agri Creator: Lakshay Dabas
- The New India Champion Award: Abhi and Niyu
Winners: 96th Academy Awards (The Oscars 2024)
- Best Actor: Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”
- Best Director: Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
- Best Actress: Emma Stone, “Poor Things”
- Best Picture: “Oppenheimer”
- Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
- Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer”
- Best Score: “Oppenheimer”
- Best Song: “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie”
- Best: Documentary (Short Subject): “The Last Repair Shop”
- Best Documentary Feature: “20 Days in Mariupol”
- Best Animated Short: “War Is Over!”
- Best Animated Feature: “The Boy and the Heron”
- Best Original Screenplay: “Anatomy of a Fall”
- Best Adapted Screenplay: “American Fiction”
- Best Makeup and Hairstyling: “Poor Things”
- Best Production Design: “Poor Things”
- Best Costume Design: “Poor Things”
- Best International Feature: ”“The Zone of Interest”
- Best Visual Effects: “Godzilla Minus One”
- Best Film Editing: “Oppenheimer”
- Best Cinematography: “Oppenheimer”
- Best Short Film (Live Action): “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”
- Best Sound: “The Zone of Interest”
Award Winners: Women’s Premier League 2024
- Orange Cap (Most Runs): Ellyse Perry (Royal Challengers Bangalore) (347 runs)
- Purple Cap (Most Wickets): Shreyanka Patil (Royal Challengers Bangalore) (13 wickets)
- Emerging Player of the Tournament: Shreyanka Patil (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
- WPL 2024 final Player of the Match: Sophie Molineux (RCB)
- WPL 2024 Player of the Tournament (Most Valuable Player): Deepti Sharma (UP Warriorz’)
- Best catch of the season: Mumbai Indians’ Sajana Sajeevan
- WPL 2024 Super Striker of the Season: RCB’s Georgia Wareham
- WPL 2024 most sixes: Delhi Capitals’ Shafali Verma
- Highest score in WPL 2024: Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians)
- Fair Play Award – Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Award Winners of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) 2023-2024, Season 10
- PKL 10 Champions: Puneri Paltan
- Runners-up: Haryana Steelers
- Best Raider: Ashu Malik from Dabang Delhi KC, with a total of 276 raid points
- Top Defender: Mohammadreza Shadloui of Puneri Paltan, with 99 tackle points
- Best Emerging Player: Yogesh Dahiya of Dabang Delhi KC, with 74 tackle points
- Most Valuable Player: Aslam Inamdar, also from Puneri Paltan, with 142 raid points and 26 tackle points
February 2024
Recent Awards and Honours One-liners
- The Dadasaheb Phalke Award’s monetary reward in the 70th National Film Awards 2022 has been increased to Rs 15 lakh.
- Farokh Engineer and Ravi Shastri received the Colonel C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award at the BCCI Awards 2024.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) granted certificates for eliminating industrially produced trans fatty acids to 5 countries: Denmark, Lithuania, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and Thailand.
- 2024 marks an unprecedented year for the Bharat Ratna, with 5 recipients (highest ever), eclipsing the previous record of 4 awarded in 1999.
- MyGov India’s first National Creators Award 2024 will be presented across 20 categories.
Bharat Ratna Award 2023
- PV Narasimha Rao
- Chaudhary Charan Singh
- MS Swaminathan
- Karpoori Thakur
- Lal Krishna Advani
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BAFTA 2024
- Recently, Oppenheimer won the “Best Film” award at the 77th British Academy Film Awards 2024 (BAFTA 2024).
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More Awards and Honours in February 2024: Tabular Format
Awards | Awardee |
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9th GovTech award at the 2024 World Government Summit (AI-Powered Government Services) | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
Best Water Management Award at Smart Cities India Awards 2024 | Indore Smart City Development Limited |
Best Green Bond – Corporate Award at The Asset Triple A Awards for Sustainable Finance 2024 | REC Limited |
Lifetime Achievement Award by SJFI and DSJA | PT Usha |
Outstanding Business Woman of the Year – 2023 Award by IACC | Dr Bina Modi |
2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award | Nima Sarikhani |
Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion 2024 | National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru |
KPP Nambiar Award for 2024 by IEEE Kerala Section | S Somanath |
ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for January 2024 | Shamar Joseph |
ICC Women’s Player of the Month for January 2024 | Amy Hunter (Ireland) |
Union government’s award for best TB eradication programme | Kerala |
Recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award 2023 | Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra) and Jagadguru Rambhadracharya |
1st rank in Booking.com’s “Most Welcoming Region in India” | Himachal Pradesh |
Vishisht Seva Medal for designing a drone called ‘Multipurpose Octocopter’ | Havildar Varinder Singh |
First woman scientist to win the 2023 G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research | Professor Aditi Sen De |
First prize in “Innovation in AI” category at the 14th Annual Aegis Graham Bell Awards 2024 | Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) |
January 2024
Important Awards and Honours in News
Awards | Awardee |
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2023 Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar | Shirshendhu Mukyopadhyaya |
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2023 in the “Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility” category | Odisha Mining Corporation Limited |
Best police station in 2023 | Rajendranagar Police Station (Telangana) |
14th Dr M.S. Swaminathan Award for Leadership in Agriculture | A. Prof. B.R. Kamboj |
Arjuna Award for equestrian sports | Divyakriti Singh |
Best Safaimitra Surakshit Sheher” award at the Swachh Survekshan awards 2023 | Chandigarh |
2024 Crystal Awards | World Economic Forum (WEF) |
Best FIFA Men’s Player 2023 (Football) | Lionel Messi |
Assam’s highest civilian award – Assam Baibhav 2023 | Ranjan Gogoi |
State Champion award for outstanding performance in Civil Aviation at the Wings India Awards 2024 | Uttar Pradesh |
Bharat Ratna 2024 | Former Chief Minister of Bihar Karpoori Thakur |
Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Samman for 2023-2024 | Dr Ritu Karidhal Srivastava and Naveen Tiwari |
Best Performing State award for the smooth conduct of elections in 2023 | Chhattisgarh |
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2023 | Pat Cummins |
“Freedom of the City of London” award | Ajit Mishra |
Winners: 30th Annual Crystal Awards 2024
- Michelle Yeoh: Oscar-winning actress, producer, and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador.
- Diebedo Francis Kere: Burkinabe-German architect and educator, and globally acclaimed leader.
- Nile Rodgers: American musician.
FIFA Awards 2023
- The Best FIFA Women’s Player: Aitana Bonmati (Spain)
- The Best FIFA Men’s Player: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
- The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper: Mary Earps (England)
- The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper: Ederson (Brazil)
- The Best FIFA Women’s Coach: Sarina Wiegman (England)
- The Best FIFA Men’s Coach: Pep Guardiola (Spain – Manchester City)
- The FIFA Puskás Award: Guilherme Madruga (Brazil)
- The FIFA Special Award: Marta (Brazil)
- The FIFA Fair Play Award: Brazil men’s national team
- The FIFA Fan Award: Hugo Daniel “Toto” Iniguez (Argentina)
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award
- 1. Land Adventure: Late Savita Kanswal (posthumously)
- 2. Water Adventure: Tulsi Chaitanya Mothukuri
- 3. Air Adventure: Master Warrant Officer Anshu Kumar Tiwari
- 4. Lifetime achievement in Land Adventure: Parveen Singh
Award Winners: 81st Golden Globe Awards 2024
Category | Winner | Film/Show |
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Best Film – Drama | Oppenheimer | – |
Best Female Actor in a Film – Drama | Lily Gladstone | Killers of the Flower Moon |
Best Male Actor in a Film – Drama | Cillian Murphy | Oppenheimer |
Best Director in a Film | Christopher Nolan | Oppenheimer |
Best Animated Film | The Boy and the Heron | – |
Best Stand-Up Comedy on TV | Ricky Gervais | Ricky Gervais Armageddon |
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement | Barbie | – |
Best Film – Musical or Comedy | Poor Things | – |
Best Male Actor in a Film – Musical or Comedy | Paul Giamatti | The Holdovers |
Best Female Actor in a Film – Musical or Comedy | Emma Stone | Poor Things |
Best TV Series – Drama | Succession | – |
Best TV Series – Musical or Comedy | The Bear | – |
Best Original Song in a Film | What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish and Finneas | Barbie |
Best Non-English Language Film | – | Anatomy of a Fall |
Wings India Awards 2024
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Tulsi N. Mirchandaney, former MD of Blue Dart, received the Lifetime Achievement Award for ‘Distinguished Women in Aviation’.
Airport of the Year (Joint Awards)
- Bangalore International Airport Limited
- Delhi International Airport Limited
Airline of the Year
- Vistara-Tata SIA Airlines Limited (Vistara)
ICC (International Cricket Council) Awards 2023:
- Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2023 ???? Pat Cummins (Australia)
- ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2023 ???? Virat Kohli (India)
- ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year 2023 ???? Usman Khawaja (Australia)
- Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2023 ???? Nat Sciver-Brunt (England)
- ICC Women’s ODI Cricket of the Year 2023 ???? Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka)
- ICC Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Year 2023 ???? Bas de Leede (Netherlands)
- ICC Women’s Associate Cricketer of the Year 2023 ???? Queentor Abel (Kenya)
- ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2023 ???? Suryakumar Yadav (India)
- ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2023 ???? Hayley Matthews (West Indies)
- ICC Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2023 ???? Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand)
- ICC Women’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2023 ???? Phoebe Litchfield (Australia)
- ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2023 ???? Zimbabwe men’s Cricket team
- ICC Umpire of the Year 2023 ???? Former England player Richard Illingworth
ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year 2023:
- Usman Khawaja (Australia)
- Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka)
- Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
- Joe Root (England)
- Travis Head (Australia)
- Ravindra Jadeja (India)
- Alex Carey (Wicket Keeper – Australia)
- Pat Cummins (Captain – Australia)
- Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
- Mitchell Starc (Australia)
- Stuart Broad (England)
Recent Awards and Honours January 2024 One-liners
- Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2006, was recently convicted for violating Bangladesh’s labour laws.
- The ANUBHAV Awards Scheme 2024 was launched by the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare.
- Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2024 will be awarded to 19 children.
- On the 75th Republic Day 2024, President Smt Droupadi Murmu approved Gallantry awards for 80 Armed Forces personnel.
- Parbati Barua, India’s first female elephant mahout, was honoured with the Padma Shri 2024 award.
- Three scientists of Indian origin—Professors Rahul R. Nair, Mehul Malik, and Dr Tanmay Bharat—received the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists 2024 in the United Kingdom.
- Ms. Padma Subrahmanyam awarded Padma Vibhushan 2024, is associated with the Bharatnatyam dance form.
- REC Limited received a ‘Plaque’ at the ICAI Awards for Excellence in Financial Reporting for 2022-23.
- On Republic Day 2024, 1132 personnel from the Police, Fire Service, Home Guard & Civil Defence, and Correctional Service were awarded Gallantry/Service Medals.
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