AWARDS AND HONOURS

Awards and Honours questions usually test who won what, in which category, and under what theme. Where an award has multiple categories or winners, examiners often pick the most distinctive or headline-making name.

International Booker Prize 2026 Shortlist Spans Six Countries

• The shortlisted works, all translated into English, explore themes of exile, identity, and political upheaval.
• Titles include stories set across Iran, Albania, Austria, and 1930s Taiwan, reflecting the prize's global reach.
• The award recognises fiction translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland.

Tripura Panchayats Sweep National Sustainability Awards

• Three panchayats from the state won top honours across categories at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay and Nanaji Deshmukh sustainability awards.
• Sepahijala district panchayat ranked first in the Best District Panchayat category.
• The wins highlight Tripura's progress on rural governance and sustainable development indicators.

Raja Ravi Varma Painting Sets India's Auction Record

• 'Yashoda and Krishna' sold for over ₹167 crore, becoming the most expensive artwork ever auctioned in India.
• The buyer, Serum Institute of India's chairman, pledged to periodically display the painting for public viewing.
• The sale surpassed previous high-value benchmarks set by works of M.F. Husain.

Chetak Screen Awards 2026 Celebrate Indian Cinema

• 'Dhurandhar' dominated the ceremony with 14 wins across performance and technical categories.
• 'Homebound', also an Academy Awards nominee, took home the Best Film honour.
• Ranveer Singh and Yami Gautam won the lead acting awards for their respective performances.

Banaras Hindu University Wins National Moot Court Title

• The team topped a field of around 40 participating institutions at the Association of Indian Universities competition.
• Chandigarh University finished as runner-up in the closely contested final rounds.
• The event remains one of India's most prestigious student legal-advocacy competitions.

Sadhvi Satish Sail Crowned Femina Miss India World 2026

• The Goa representative won the pageant's 61st edition held in Bhubaneswar.
• She will go on to represent India at the Miss World 2027 competition.
• Maharashtra's Rajnandini Pawar finished as first runner-up.

Goldman Environmental Prize Honours First All-Women Cohort

• Six grassroots environmental leaders from across the globe received the award, often called the 'Green Nobel Prize'.
• Winners were drawn from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Pacific islands, and the Americas.
• The prize, established in 1989, recognises community-level environmental activism.

Guntur Municipal Corporation Wins UN Gender Equality Award

• The Vienna-based award recognised the city's deployment of women as electric-auto drivers for door-to-door waste collection.
• The programme combines clean-energy adoption with livelihood creation for women.
• It was honoured by the UN Industrial Development Organization during Women in Industry Day celebrations.

Sur Jyotsna National Music Awards Honour Veteran Vocalists

• The 13th edition, held in New Delhi, felicitated Hindustani classical vocalists Sumitra Guha and Pandit Laxman Krishnarao Pandit.
• The awards aim to preserve India's classical musical heritage while encouraging emerging artists.
• The ceremony drew participation from senior figures in India's classical music community.

Sayani Gupta Named Harvard South Asian 'Person of the Year'

• The actor was recognised for her contribution to storytelling and representation of South Asian identities globally.
• The award is presented annually by the Harvard South Asian Association.
• It highlights individuals whose work has shaped South Asian cultural visibility on the world stage.

Kerala Botanist Honoured for AI-Based Invasive Species App

• N. Alim Yusuf received the WWF National Award for developing 'NeophyteID', a mobile app that identifies invasive plants in Kerala.
• The recognition came at the National ECHO Youth Innovation Summit in Hyderabad.
• The app reflects growing use of AI tools in grassroots conservation efforts.

⚡ QUICK REVISION — AWARDS AND HONOURS

• International Booker Prize 2026 shortlist: six translated novels
• 'Yashoda and Krishna' by Raja Ravi Varma sells for ₹167.20 crore — India's costliest artwork
• Dhurandhar wins 14 Chetak Screen Awards; Homebound wins Best Film
• Goldman Environmental Prize 2026 — first all-women cohort of winners
• Sadhvi Satish Sail crowned Femina Miss India World 2026