Awards and Honours Current Affairs 2025 – Civilian, Sports, Literature, Film, Science & International Awards

1. Civilian & National Honours

Awardee

Award / Honour

Remarks

Narendra Modi

“The Order of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago”

25th international honour

Narendra Modi

Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil)

Brazil’s highest civilian award

Narendra Modi

Honorary Order of Freedom of Barbados

State honour

Sunil Bharti Mittal

Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE)

By UK Govt.

Sumeet Tappoo

Companion of the Order of Fiji

Fiji’s highest civilian honour

Sri Madhusudhan Sai

Companion of the Order of Fiji

Fiji Govt.

Kumar Mangalam Birla

Global Leadership Award – USISPF

International recognition

Kumar Mangalam Birla

Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2025

Cultural award

Dr. Mustafa Yusufali Gom

International Buddha Peace Award 2025

By Maitri Peace Foundation

Dr. Munir Khan

Recognised for sustainable development & welfare

Peace award

Dr. Kadambot Siddique

Crawford Fund Medal 2024

Agricultural research

Bhuwan Ribhu

Medal of Honour

1st Indian lawyer awarded by World Jurist Association

Vinod Kumar Shukla

59th Jnanpith Award

Literature

Jagadguru Rambhadracharya

58th Jnanpith Award 2023 (Shared with Gulzar)

Literature

Javed Akhtar

Dostoevsky Star Award

Russia’s highest literary honour

Sarah Joseph

Mathrubhumi Literary Award 2024

Literature

P. Sivakami

Verchol Dalit Literary Award

Literature

Tenzin Gyatso (Dalai Lama)

Gold Mercury Award for Peace & Visionary Governance

By Gold Mercury International

Manoj Sinha (LG of J&K)

Maharaja Hari Singh Award

Governance

Ram Sutar

Maharashtra Bhushan Award

State award

2. Health, Population & Environment Awards

Awardee

Award / Honour

Remarks

Saima Wazed

Mental Health Award 2025

At International Mental Health Conference, Bangkok

Varsha Deshpande

UN Population Award 2025 (Individual Category)

Awa Marie Coll Seck

DG’s Award for Global Health 2025 (WHA 78)

Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra

UN Sasakawa Award 2025

Disaster Risk Reduction

India

Certificate of Elimination of Trachoma

By WHO

NitroCapt

2025 Food Planet Prize

World’s largest environmental award

Günter Blöschl

2025 Stockholm Water Prize

Flood hydrology

3. Sports Awards

Awardee

Award / Honour

Sport

Deepika Sehrawat

Poligras Magic Skill Award 2024–25

Hockey

Subhasish Bose

AIFF Men’s Player of the Year 2025

Football

Manu Bhaker

Khel Ratna 2025

Shooting

D. Gukesh

Khel Ratna 2025

Chess (Youngest World Champion)

Harmanpreet Singh

Khel Ratna 2025

Hockey

Praveen Kumar

Khel Ratna 2025

Para-Athletics

Kelly Slater

Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award 2025

Surfing

Travis Head

Allan Border Medal 2025

Cricket

USA Cricket

ICC Associate Member Men’s Performance of the Year

ICC Development Awards 2024

4. Arts, Literature & Journalism

Awardee

Award / Honour

Field

Aparna Sen

Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award

Cinema

Sai Paranjpye

Padmapani Lifetime Achievement Award

Cinema

Sudarsan Pattnaik

Fred Darrington Sand Master Award

Sand Art

Rajesh Madhavan Unni

National Maritime Varuna Award

Maritime

Raja Kumari

American Music Award 2025

Music

Reuters

Pulitzer Prize 2025 (Investigative Reporting)

Journalism

Ramnath Goenka Journalism Awardees

Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism

Journalism

Alexander Payne

Honorary Leopard Award – Locarno Film Festival

Cinema

Desi Oon (Film)

Best Commissioned Film – Annecy Festival 2025

Animation

Chiranjeevi

Lifetime Achievement Award – Bridge India, UK Parliament

Cinema

Dr. D Nageshwar Reddy

Legends of Endoscopy Award

Medical

Doordarshan

Electronic Media Award for “Chunav Ka Parv Desh Ka Garv”

Media

Prativa Satpathy

Gangadhar National Award for Poetry 2023

Literature

5. Corporate & Institutional Awards

Organisation

Award / Recognition

Remarks

IMD – Multi Hazard Early Warning System

Gold Award – National Awards for e-Governance 2025

₹10 lakh

NICDC

Udyog Vikas Award

Industrial growth

Bhartia Infra Projects Ltd

Silver Award – NHEA 2023

EPC category

NTPC Ltd

Forward Faster Sustainability Award 2025

Water resilience

Punjab & Sind Bank

Top Improvers Award – EASE 6.0 Reforms Index

Muthoot Microfin

2 Gold Awards – SKOCH Awards 2025

NFMP (Nagaland Forest Mgmt Project)

SKOCH Award 2024

Development

INCOIS

Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2025

Disaster management

Let’s Be The Change

National Youth Award 2022–23

NGO

6. Science & Technology / Innovation

Awardee

Award

Field

Masaki Kashiwara

2025 Abel Prize

Mathematics

Andrew G. Barto & Richard S. Sutton

2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award

Reinforcement Learning

Rajprasad R.S

NSG Counter IED Innovator Award 2024–25

Defence tech (Shatrunash & Agniastra)

Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL)

ASQ Airport Experience Award 2024

Best Airport Asia-Pacific

Manohar International Airport (Goa)

Sarvashrestha Suraksha Puraskar (Golden Trophy)

Safety

Sagar Teotia & Team (MAIT Delhi)

Bronze – Global Best M-Gov Award 2025

Student project

Hariman Sharma

Padma Shri 2025

Agriculture innovation (Apple HRMN-99)

Sangri (Dish – Rajasthan)

GI Tag

Food heritage

7. Film & Entertainment Awards (International)

🎬 Golden Globe Awards 2025 – Major Winners

Category

Winner

Best Motion Picture – Drama

The Brutalist

Best Actor – Drama

Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)

Best Actress – Drama

Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)

Best Director

Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)

Best Motion Picture – Animated

Flow

Best Motion Picture – Non-English

Emilia Pérez

Best TV Series – Drama

Shōgun

Best TV Series – Comedy

Hacks

🎵 Grammy Awards 2025 – Major Winners

Category

Winner

Album of the Year

Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter

Record of the Year

Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us

Song of the Year

Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us

Best New Artist

Chappell Roan

Best Pop Solo Performance

Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso

🎥 BAFTA Awards 2025 – Major Winners

Category

Winner

Best Film

Conclave

Best Actor

Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)

Best Actress

Mikey Madison (Anora)

Best Director

Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)

Best Animated Film

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Best Documentary

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Best Visual Effects

Dune: Part Two

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