Current Affairs Module
Awards, Honours & Recognitions
Awards and civilian recognitions celebrate exceptional contributions across literature, public service, science, arts, and humanitarian endeavors. Nationally, honors include the Bharat Ratna, the Padma awards (Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri), the Jnanpith Award, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, and the Sahitya Akademi honors. Internationally, laureates are decorated with Nobel Prizes across six disciplines, the Booker Prize for fiction, the Abel Prize in mathematics, and the Ramon Magsaysay Award. Analyzing conferment criteria, institutional citations, and recipient backgrounds offers deep cultural and academic awareness across disciplines.
Key Concepts & Examination Highlights
- In 2024, the Government of India conferred the Bharat Ratna upon five eminent figures: Karpoori Thakur, L.K. Advani, P.V. Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh, and M.S. Swaminathan.
- The 58th Jnanpith Award (for 2023) was jointly conferred upon Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya and celebrated Urdu poet and filmmaker Gulzar.
- Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman were awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
- Waheeda Rehman was conferred the prestigious 53rd Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021 by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Curriculum & Reference Sources: Ministry of Home Affairs (Padma/Bharat Ratna records), Nobel Foundation, Bharatiya Jnanpith, and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.