TAMILNADU GETS NEW GI TAG IN 2025

* 5 PRODUCTS OF TAMILNADU GETS GI TAG.

* WORAIYUR COTTON SARI - 

* KAVINDAPADI NATTU SAKKARAI ( JAGGERY POWDER) 

* NAMAKKAL MAKKAL PATHIRANGAL SOAPSTONE ) 

* THOOYAMALLI RICE VARIETY 

* AMBASAMUDRAM CHOPPU SAMAN ( WOODEN TOYS) 

* TAMILNADU HAS NOW 74 GI TAGS BEHIND UTTAR PRADESH 

NOTED POET ERODE TAMILANBAN PASSED AWAY

* EMINENT POET ERODE TAMILANBAN PASSED AWAY ON 22ND NOVEMBER 2025 

* BORN ON - 28TH SEPTEMBER 1933 ( ERODE, TAMILNADU) 

* HE WORKED AS NEWS READER OF DOORDARSHAN.

AWARDS - 

* 2004 - SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD ( FOR  VANAKKAM VALLUVA ) 

* 1969 - KOKKARAKO AWARD 

* KALAIMAMANI AWARD 

* 2017 - S P ADITHANNAR SENIOR TAMIL SCHOLAR AWARD 

NOTED WORK - 

* 1970 - SILLIRPPUGAL 

* 2000 - VANNAKAM VALLUVA 

A NEW PLANT SPECIES FOUND IN TAMILNADU

* RESEARCHERS FROM POLLACHI INSTITUTION HAVE DISCOVERED A PLANT SPECIES IN ANAMALAI TIGER RESERVE (ATR) 

* SPECIES NAME - AFROHYBANTHUS MAHALINGAMII 

* FAMILY - VIOLACEAE 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER - IN HONOUR TO NGM INSTITUTION FOUNDER - N MAHALINGAM 

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NEW SPECIES OF BEETLE FOUND IN TAMILNADU

* RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND WATER PENNY BEETLE IN BODI HILLS, TAMILNADU.

* SPECIES NAME - JAECHANAX KURANGANIENSIS  (SPECIES NAMED AFTER KURANGANI STREAM) 

* FLAT DISC LIKE SHAPE 

TWO NEW FIREFLIES DESCRIBES FROM NILGIRI

* TWO NEW SPECIES   FIREFLIES SPECIES HAVE DISCOVERED IN NILGIRI, TAMILNADU.

* LAMELLIPALPODES KURUMBA 

* LAMELLIPALPODES DEBPRASAMA 

* NAMED AFTER INDIGENOUS KURUMBA TRIBE.

TAMILNADU GETS ITS 4TH BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE SITE

* THE NAGAMALI HILLOCK IN ERODE DISTRICT IN TAMILNADU GETS THE TAG OF BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE SITE TAG . 

* THIS IS THE 4TH BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE SITE TAG 

* RECENTLY TAMILNADU GETS HIS THIRD SITE IN 1ST SEPTEMBER 2025 

* UNDER THE ACT OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT 2002, 

* IT COVERS 32,22 HECTRES, DRY DECIDUOUS, THORNY AND SCRUB FOREST 

* 138 PLANT SPECIES, 118 BIRD SPECIES, 7 MAMMALS, 11 REPTILES, 5 SPIDER SPECIES, 71 INSECTS SPECIES 

* IT IS THE HISTORY NCLUDING IRON AGE CIRCLE, ANCIENT ROCK SHELTERS, AND A CENTURIES OLD STONE CRAVING. 

AWARDS IN AUGUST 2025

*  TNM Editor In Chief Dhanya Rajendran Wins Professor Maxwell Fernandes Journalism Award.

* Author Politician Sashi Tharoor Has Been Honoured With Gold Medal And Declared Honorary Fellow From Venerable Asiatic Society Of Mumbai (221 Years old) 

 * Suhani Shah Wins The Best Magic Creator Award At The World Championship Of Magic.

* Former ISRO CHAIRMAN S Somnath Has Been Honoured Doctorate Of Science ( From Punjab Engineering College) Chandigarh 

* Prime Minister' Narendra Modi Pariksha Pe Charcha Gets Guinness World records.

* Veteran Actor Anupam Kher Has Been Honoured With Prestigious Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement AWARD By Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Pandavis.

* NCERT Has Been Honoured With National Geospatial Enablers Award 2025 By Free/ Libre And Open Source Software For Education ( FOSSEE) GIS, IIT BOMBAY.

* Author Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri Received The Prestigious FICCI Publishing Award For Book Of The Year - Fiction (English) For Her Book Swallowing The Sun 

* The Hindu News Photographer Vudimudi Peddi Raju Has Been Selected For Prestigious TRIBAL Photo Of The Year Award 2025 

* Prasar Bharati Wins Two Awards At 11th BCS Ratna Award 2025 

* Legacy Broadcaster Of The Nation 

* DD Free Dish Recognised As BEST V

* Deepika Narayan Bharadwaj, Activist And Documentary Film Maker Wins The Prestigious SHAKTI AWARD 2025 For Excellence In Gender Activism.

* Professor Himani Sood, Pro Chancellor Chandigarh University Has Been Awarded With Prestigious Shakti Award 2025 For Excellence Leadership In Women Empowerment 

* Union Textile Minister Presented Sant Kabir Handloom Award To 24 Persons.

* Visakhapatnam Port Has Secured First Place In National Swachhata Awards.

* Actress Shabana Azmi Has Wins The Lifetime Achievement AWARD By Radiant As She Completed 50 Years.

* Publication Division Bagged The First' Prize in 29th Delhi Book Fair.

* Dr. GAYATRI GOGOI, Associate Professor Of Pathology At Assam Medical College And Hospital Has Been Honoured With The PRESTIGIOUS BLACKBUCK PIONEER RESEARCHER AWARD 2025.

* PROFESSOR VICTOR MANUEL GUERRERO GUZMAN EMIRETUS PROFESSOR OF STATISTICS INSTITUTE AUTONOMO DE MEXICO (ITAM) RECEIVED THE PROFESOR P C MAHALANOBIS INTERNATIONAL AWARD IN STATISTICS 2025.

*  YASHIBHOOOMI India International Convention And Expo Center, New Delhi Has Honoured With International Architecture Award 2025 By The Chicago Athenaeum. 

* Indian Maritime University (IMU) Wins 3rd Prize In Swachhata Pankhwada 2024.

* Team India Has Won 7 Medals And 1 Special Award At 18th International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) 2025 Held At Jining, China.

* IIT MADRAS Has Been Conferred With The Clarivate South Asia Innovation Award 

* Shiekh Qasem Bader ( ISRAEL) Has Been Honoured With Unity Of Religion At One World One Family Humanitarian Award 2025.

* The Art Of Living Wins The Tribune x Award At First Tribune Film Festival 2025.

* Sericulture Department Of Andhra Pradesh Has Won First Prize Of It's Tableau At 79th Independence Day.

* Team India Securing 4 Gold, 1 Silver At 18th International Olympiad On Astronomy And Astrophysics.

 * KSRTC ( Karnataka) Has Bagged Two International Award At Asia's Best Employer Brand Award In 2025 Singapore.

*  Sclupture Arun Yogiraj Received The SHIPA SIRI Award 

* Dr Vikram Sampath Has Received The VAGDEVI ITIHASA RATNAKARA AWARD.

* China HONOURS Late Dr B K Basu With Commemorative Medal For Aiding China During 2nd Sino - Japanese War.

* Kerala Tourism Has Recived The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award 2025 ( In Most Engaging Social Media Campaign Category)

67TH RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD - 

* EDUCATE GIRLS ( FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION OF GIRLS IN INDIA) NGO 

* SHAAHINA ALI ( MALDIVES)

* FLAVIANO ANTONIO L VILLANUEVA ( PHILIPPINES) 

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY AWARD 2025 - 

* JEAN HAMBURGER AWARD - Professor Vivekanand Jha 

* BYWATERS AWARD - Professor JOHN A KELLUM 

* LILLIAN JEAN KAPLAN PRIZE FOR PKD - Professor Ron Gansevoort 

THE MEMOROAL BISMILAAH KHAN SAMMAN - 

* THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM, THE PRESTIGIOUS MEMORIAL BISMILLAH KHAN SAMMAN TO THE SAROD PLAYER AND PADMASHREE, PADMA BHUSHAN, PADMA VIBHUSHAN USTAD AMJAD ALI KHAN.

2025 HILTON HUMANITARIAN AWARD - 

* MAG ( MINES ADVISORY GROUP) AN ORGANISATION WINS THE 2025 HILTON HUMANITARIAN AWARD 2025.

* HUBBALLI's MADHAVI ANIL WADEKAR RECEIVED SAMAJIKA SEVA RATNA AWARD 2025.

* THIS AWARD CONFERRED BY KANNADA FILM CHAMBER FOR HER CONTRIBUTION IN SOCIETY 

2025 NILS KLIM PRIZE - 

* ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DANIELA ALAATINOGLU HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THE 2025 NILS KLIM PRIZE 2025.

MRS UNIVERSE INDIA 2025 - 

* MANIKA VISHWAKARMA HAS CROWNED AS THE MRS UNIVERSE INDIA 2025.

TAMIL WIKI THOORAN AWARDS 2025 - 

* EMINENT EPIGRAPHIST V VEDACHALAM RECIEVED THE TAMIL WIKI THOORAN AWARD 2025. 

* THIS AWARD IS INSTITUTED IN 2022 IN MEMORY OF PERIYASAMY THOORAN, CREATOR OF TAMIL ENCYCLOPEDIA. 

MAHARSHI VED VYAS NATIONAL AWARDS 2025 - 

* AUTHOR, ECONOMIST SANJEEV SANYAL HAS BEEN HONOURED WITH PRESTIGIOUS MAHARSHI VED VYAS NATIONAL AWARD.

* THIS AWARD PRESENTS ON 79TH INDEPENDENCE DAY.

* MADHYA PRADESH CHIEF MINISTER AWARDED TO AUTHOR.

KERALA STATE FARM AWARD 2025 - 

* VANI V OF DANAPPADI IN ALAPPUZHA District, WHO WON THE KARSHAKATHILAKAM AWARDS FOR BEST WOMAN FARMER. 

* SCARIA PILLAI C J, OF NALLEPILLI, PALAKKAD, HAS WIN THE 2024 STATE LEVEL SIBI - KALLINGAL MEMORIAL KARSHAKOTHMA Award 

2025 HOLBERG PRIZE - 

* GAYATRI CHAKRABORTY 

* 

SHORTLISTED - 

* Chennai's Naturalist Book On Coastal Ecology - INTERTIDAL Has Been Shortlisted For UK NATURE WRITING PRIZE 

43RD LOKMANYA TILAK AWARD - 

* UNION ROAD & TRANSPORT MINISTER NITIN GADKARI HAS RECIEVED PRESTIGIOUS 43RD LOKMANYA TILAK NATIONAL AWARD 2025 

* IN 2023 PM NARENDRA MODI RECEIVED TILAK AWARDS. 

* Indian Students Bagged 2 Silver And 3 Bronze At Asian Science Camp 2025.

* H Q - NEWYORK, US 

2025 ICONS BOOK PRIZE -

* THE LIFE & DEATH OF STATES : Author Natasha Wheatley 

* Legalization The Revolution : India And Constitution Of The Postcolony by ( Sandipto Dasgupta India) 

* International Journals Of Constitutional Law By ( M Victoria Kristan) 

* Difference In Human Rights Adjudication ( By - Cora Chan) 

71ST NATIONAL FILM AWARDS 2025 - 

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* BEST ACTOR - Shah Rukh Khan ( JAWAN) & Vikrant Massey ( 12th FAIL) 

* BEST ACTRESS - Rani Mukherjee ( Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway) 

* BEST FEATURE FILM - 12th FAIL 

* BEST PLAYBACK SINGER ( MALE) - Rohit ( BABY ) - TELUGU 

* BEST PLAYBACK SINGER ( FEMALE) - Shilpa Rao ( JAWAN) 

* BEST SCREENPLAY - Rajesh Neelam ( baby-Telugu) & PARKING ( Ram Kumar - Malayalam) 

* BEST ACTRESS ( SUPPORTING) - Urvashi ( ULLOZHUKKU - Malayalam) 

* BEST ACTOR ( SUPPORTING) - FEMALE - Jani BODIWALA ( GUJARATHI) VASH FILM 

* BEST ACTOR ( SUPORTING MALE) - Vijay Raghavan ( POOKKAALAM - Malayalam) 

&  M S Bhaskar ( PARKING - TAMIL) 

* BEST CHOREOGRAPHY - Vaibhav Merchant ( ROCKY AUR RANI KI PREM KAHANI) 

* BEST LYRICS - KASARLA SHYAM ( BALAGAM - TELUGU) 

* MUSIC DIRECTION - G V PRAKASH ( VAATHI - TAMIL) 

* BEST BACKGROUND SCORE - HARSHVARDHAN ) ( ANIMAL) 

* BEST EDITING - MIDHUN MURALI ( POOKKAALAM ) 

* BEST SOUND DESIGN - SACHIN ( MALAYALAM) 

* BEST FILM  ( TAMIL) - PARKING 

* BEST FILM ( TELUGU) - BHAGAVANTH KESARI ( DIR - Anil) 

* BEST ENT ( HINDI) - Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani 

* BEST FEATURE ,MOVIE ( SOCIAL) - SAM BAHADUR ( DIR - MEGHNA GULZAR) 

* BEST FILM ( ANIMATION) - HANU- MAN ( TELUGU) 

* BEST DIRECTION ( - THE KERALA STORY ( HINDI - SUDIPTO SEN) 

* BEST HINDI FILM ( -  KATHAL - A JACKFRUIT MYSTERY 

* BEST FILM ( MMALAYALAM) - ULLOZHUKKU 

* BEST FILM ( MARATHI) - SHYAMCHI AAI ( SUJAY SUNIL) 

* NON FEATURE FILM - FLOWERING MAN ( SOUMYAJIT GHOSH) 

* NON - FEATURE ( SOCIAL) - SILENT EPIDEMIC ( AKASH GUPTA) 

* BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - LITTLLE WINGS ( NON FEATURE) 

* SPECIAL MENTION - NEKAL - THE CHRONICLE OF THE PADDY MAN & THE SEA & SEVEN VILLAGES 

* 2025 SCIENCE & PINS PRIZE - 

* * NEWTON CHO, WINS THE 2025 SCIENCE & PINS PRIZE FOR NEURO MODULATION FOR HIS WORK IDENTIFYING A NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TARGET TO IMPROVE WORKING AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY.

BHARAT  GOURAV AWARDS 2025 

* Mr Rajendra Setia ( MD & CEO Of S K Finance) 

* Pravin Chandran ( Entrepreneur) 

* Major Munish Chauhan ( British Surgeon) 

* Asish Mittal ( Whole Time Director At Innovatiview India) 

* Ranju Alex ( Marriot International) 

* Kiran Agarwal ( Founder WOKA) 

GD BIRLA AWARDS 2025 - 

* * UNION MINISTER JYOTIRADITYA SCINDIA HAS PRESENTED THIS AWARD 

* PROFESSOR ADITI SEN DE ( PHYSICS) 

* PROFESSOR SUBI JACOB GEORGE ( SUPRA MOLECULAR CHEMISTRY) 

FIRST PANCHARATNAM AWARD 2025 - 

* PROFESSOR R VIJAYRAGHAVAN HAS BEEN AWARDED WITH INAUGURAL PANCHARATNAM PRIZE 2025 

* FOR HIS PIONEER WORK IN QUANTUM MEASUREMENT, SUPER CONDUCTING CIRCUIT, & INDIA'S FIRST 6 QUBIT QUANTUM COMPUTER.

* INSTITUTE BY KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT 

* THE AWARD NAMED AFTER PHYSICIST DR S PANCHARATNAM 

* QUANTUM INDIA BENGALURU 2025 

* FIRST TWAS - M S SWAMINATHAN AWARD FOR FOOD & PEACE - 

- Professor Ademola A Adenle 

- professor At Sustainability Science At Technical University Of Denmark 

- Founder Of African Sustainability Innovation Academy 

KERALA SHASHTRA PURASHKARAM 2023 - 

* FORMER INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION (ISRO) CHAIRMAN DR S SOMNATH HAS RECIEVED PRESTIGIOUS KERALA SHAHSTRA PURASHKARAM 2023.

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1ST MS SWAMINATHAN - GROW FURTHER AWARDS 2025 

* * FIRST EDITION OF MS SWAMINATHAN GROW FURTHER AWARD 

* JOINTLY PRESENTED BY M S SWAMINATHAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION & GROW FURTHER, A PHILANTHROPY 

* Dr. Mamta Sharma Is The First' Recipient ( former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Will Present This Award) 

* Dr Mamta Sharma Is A Scientist From International Crop Research Institute For The Semi - Arid Tropics ( ICRISAT) in Hyderabad.

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EQUATOR PRIZE 2025 - 

* * SUSTAINABLE OCEAN ALLIANCE (Tanzania) 

* SEA WOMEN OF MELANESIA Inc ( PNG) 

* RANU WELUM FOUNDATION ( Indonesia) 

* NATURE AND PEOPLE AS ONE (NaPO) Kenya 

* MITRA BUMMA ( Indonesia) 

* PERU ( AGRO BIODIVERSITY) 

* HACKU AMAZONIA ( Ecuador) 

* COMAR ( Argentina) 

* BIBI FATHIMA SWA SAHAYA SANGHA (SHG India) 

* BRAZIL 

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FILM AWARDS - 

* CHINESE VETERAN ACTOR JACKIE CHAN HAS RECIEVED THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT 78TH LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL 

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EQUATOR PRIZE 2025 - 

* THE BIBI FATHIMA WOMEN'S SELF HELP GROUP OF DHARWAD District In KARNATAKA HAS WON THE EQUATOR PRIZE 2025.

* THIS AWARD ALSO CALLED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION.

* 9 OTHER COUNTRIES ALSO AWARDED 

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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HUMAN GENETICS AWARDS 2025 - 

* HOPKINS MEDICINE 

* MASS GENERAL NEWS 

* PENN MEDICINE 

* CWRU School Of Medicine, 

* CU Anschutz Medical CAMPUS, 

* THE UNIVERSITY OF Chicago 

* 2025 ASHG lifetime achievement award To - Harry Dietz (MD) 

PREM BHATIA AWARDS FOR JOURNALISM - 

* * FOR POLITICAL JOURNALSIM - PARTH MN 

* ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALSIM - JEFF JOSEPH PAUL 

2025 FUTURE SCIENCE PRIZE - 

* LIFE SCIENCE - 

* QIANG JI XING XU & ZHONGHE ZHOU 

MATHEMATICS & SCIENCE - 

* Chih - YuanLu 

PHYSICAL SCIENCE - 

* XI DAI HONG DING & ZHONG FANG 

* Koodiyattam Dance Mastero Sivan Namboodiri Bids Adieu to Stage.

BORLAUG FIELD AWARDS 2025 - 

* * DEREK BARCHENGER, SENIOR SCIENTIST AND HEAD OF THE GLOBAL PEPPER BREEDING PROGRAM AT WORLD VEG CENTER RECIVED THE BORLAUG FIELD AWARD 2025.

* HE BRED 24 Varieties Of Pepper 

* Actor Dipak Tijori Wins Three Award At US FILM FESTIVAL ( For English Film - Echoes Of US) Director - Joe Ranjan 

* AMARAN Wins The Best Other Language Film At 48th Kerala Film Critics AWARD.

* Shape Of Momo, Film Of Tribeny Rai Has Been Selected For The Vision Section Of Busan International Film Festival, 2025.