AWARDS IN MAY 2026

* Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General TERI Has Awarded The SHEconomy Sun Downer Award 

* Andhra Pradesh Community Natural Farming (APCNF) An Initiative Shortlisted For Food Planet Prize 2026 

* Nobel Laureate Shri Kailash Satyarthi Has Win The IMC Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award 

*  Mumbai Pune Missing Link Enters Guinness World Book Record For Widest Tunnel ( 23.5 m) In World 

* Arunachal Pradesh K Parnaik Honours Dancer Manami Moyir Gamlin With Land Of The Rising Sun Medallion.

* Andaman And Nicobar Administration Sets A Guinness Book World Record For Largest Flag Unfurled Under Water 

*  DISTINGUISHED Neurosurgeon Dr M Balamurugan Of Appollo Hospital, Chennai Has CONFERRED With Honorary Professorship Of Myanmar Defence Service Medical in Yangon 

* Shashi Tharoor Has Awarded With Pride Of Bengal At Indian Chamber Of Commerce Young Leaders Forums in Kolkata 

2026 PULITZER AWARDS - 

* ANAND RK (India) ( cyber crime) 

* SUPARNA SHARMA ( India) 

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* Bangladeshi Singer Runa Laila Has Honoured With Prestigious Minar -e-Delhi Award 

* India's Padman Arunachalam Muruganamtham Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize 2026 

* Andaman Creates A World Record As 14 Divers Form A 22 meter Tallest Under Water Human Stack 

*  Chief Justice Of India Justice Shri Suryakant Has Awarded Manoj Tiwari ( BJP MP) As DINKAR SANSKRITI SANMAN 2026 

* ) Indian Business Community Deepak Bhatia Managing Director Of Uncle's Shop Building Material Trading Received The ERTH DUBAI AWARD 

*  Abhay Firodia Wins The 2026 PUNYA BHUSHAN AWARD 

SARDAR GAURAV RATNA AWARDS 2026 - 

 * Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has CONFERRED With The SARDAR GAURAV RATNA Award In Vadodara 

* President Droupadi MURMU Presents Confer National Florence Nightingale Awards 

*  Sudanese Journalist Syndicate Have Received The 2026 UNESCO/ Guillermo World Press Freedom Prize 

* Indian Born Filmmaker Soumya Jyothi Prariharis Documentary On Veteran Odia Artist And Writer Prafulla Mohanty Has Received Tongues On Fire Flame Award For Best LGBTQIA + Film At UK ASIAN Film Festival At UK 

* Professor Arun Kumar Shukla Received Two Prestigious Honours 

* Om Prakash Bhasin Award In Biological Science 

* The International Award By Biochemical Society 

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SWEDEN HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOUR RECEIVED BY PM MODI - 

* ON 17TH MAY 2026, ON VISIT TO SWEDEN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS CONFERRED WITH THE ROYAL ORDER OF THE POLAR STAR, DEGREE COMMANDER GRAND CROSS ( HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOUR OF SWEDEN) 

* 31ST GLOBAL HONOUR RECEIVED BY PM NARENDRA MODI 

 * Haryana Won The Geospatial Excellence Award In Nederlands For Using GIS Technology 

* * NORWAY CONFERRED IT'S HIGHEST HONOUR GRAND CROSS OF THE ROYAL NORWEGIAN ORDER OF MERIT TO PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI.

* THIS IS THE 32ND HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOUR 

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2026 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE - 

* 2026 TAIWANESE YANG SHUANG ZI ( 'S NOVEL  TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE 

* IT TRANSLATES TO ENGLISH BY ( LIN KING) 

* FIRST MANDRIN - CHINESE LANGUAGE BOOK TO WIN INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 

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FAO AGRICOLA MEDAL - 

* Food And Agriculture Organisation ( FAO) Of United Nations Conferred FAO AGRICOLA Medal On PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI 

* Acharya Balakrishna Has Received The Champion Health Award 2026 At Mumbai Conclave.

* Dr Lharkyal Lama, PRESIDENT OF The International Buddhist Confederation Has Been Conferred The Prestigious Mahasadhamma Jyotikadhaj Title By Myanmar 

* Mahatma Gandhi University Honoured Actor Mammothy With Doctorate.

SHAW PRIZE 2026 - 

* MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES - 

*) EMMANUEL CANDES 

*) CAMMILO DELELLIS 

LIFE SCIENCE & MEDICINE - 

*) ANNE DEJEAN 

*) HUGUES DE THE 

*) ZHU CHEN 

ASTRONOMY - 

*) Ken'ichi Nomoto 

*) Stanford Woosley 

( For Their Studies Of Stellar Explosion And The Origin Of The Elements) 

* Dr Sivaranjani Santosh An Indian Paediatricians And Public Health Advocate list In Forbes Self Made Woman 

* Kishore Rithe, Director Bombay Natural History Society Has Honoured With The Sharadachandra Manohar Bhalerao Memorial Award 2025 ( For His Book - SATPUDYACHA SAATBAARA) 

* Bena Sareen Wins 2026 Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize For Amitava Kumar's My Beloved Wife 

*  Vijayawada Photographer T Srinivasa Reddy Has CONFERRED With AP S Master Honour For 2026 By Australian Photography Society 

*  Indian Haj Mission Has Received Two Prestigious Labbaytum Awards From Saudi Ministry Of Hajj 

* Shrey Parikh Wins The Scripps National Spelling Bee