Krishna Geethi award for Kavalam Sasikumar

Krishna Geethi award for Kavalam Sasikumar

Journalist and poet Kavalam Sasikumar has been chosen for the ‘Krishna Geethi’ award instituted by the Tali Mahakshetram and the Revathi Pattathanam committee headed by the Zamorin for the year 2025. Mr. Sasikumar has been selected on the basis of his anthology of poems titled Nagara Vrikshathile Kuyil. The Krishna Geethi Award was instituted in … Read more

Make a Difference Awards: Mums’ support group ‘buzzing’ at award nomination

Make a Difference Awards:  Mums’ support group ‘buzzing’ at award nomination

Support 2gether Ciara O’Goan and Una Leonard have experienced postnatal depression and anxiety first hand. A community group from Omagh has “saved lives” for hundreds of women, its members have said. Support 2gether offers support and education to mothers who are living with antenatal and postnatal depression and anxiety. A finalist in the BBC’s Make … Read more

NIRF to award mild penalty to institutions for retractions this year, harsh penalty next year

NIRF to award mild penalty to institutions for retractions this year, harsh penalty next year

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto In a first, starting this year, the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) will award negative scores to higher educational institutions for papers that have been retracted from journals in the last three calendar years and their corresponding citations. “This year, we will award some … Read more

PM Modi conferred with Namibia’s highest civilian award

PM Modi conferred with Namibia’s highest civilian award

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being conferred with Namibia’s highest civilian award, ‘Order of the Most Ancient Welwitschia Mirabilis’, by Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, in Windhoek, Namibia, on July 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: X/@NarendraModi via PTI Photo Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Wednesday (July 9, 2025) conferred with Namibia’s highest civilian award, ‘Order of … Read more

A.P. civil servant receives PM’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration

A.P. civil servant receives PM’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration

Civil Servant from Andhra Pradesh V. Venkatesh Prasanna after receiving the excellence award, in New Delhi. V. Prasanna Venkatesh, a young civil servant from Andhra Pradesh, has received the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration. Recognising his outstanding contributions for the Holistic Development of District, Mr. Venkatesh was conferred with the prestigious ‘Prime … Read more

BIFFes 2025: ‘Humans of Loop’ wins best Indian film award; ‘Mikka Bannada Hakki’ adjudged best Kannada movie

BIFFes 2025: ‘Humans of Loop’ wins best Indian film award; ‘Mikka Bannada Hakki’ adjudged best Kannada movie

Manohara K., director of Mikka Bannada Hakki, receiving the award at the valedictory function of BIFFes in Bengaluru on Saturday. Theatre personality Arundhati Nag received the Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of Shabana Azmi. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Humans in the Loop, a Hindi film that blends the themes of AI and humanity, … Read more

Azhikode Smaraka Award 2024 winner announced

Azhikode Smaraka Award 2024 winner announced

Former Chief Secretary and writer K. Jayakumar has been selected for the Azhikode Smaraka Award 2024 instituted by Dr. Sukumar Azhikode Vichara Vedi. In a statement issued here, Dr. Sukumar Azhikode Vichara Vedi office-bearers said that Jayakumar had been chosen for the prize for his contributions to art and literature. The award carries a purse … Read more

Odakkuzhal Award for K. Aravindakshan’s novel

Odakkuzhal Award for K. Aravindakshan’s novel

Gopa, a novel authored by K. Aravindakshan, has won the Odakkuzhal Award for 2024, instituted by Guruvayoorappan Trust. The award, which carries a cash prize of ₹30,000 and a citation, will be presented on February 2, 2025 at a function to be held at the Mahakavi G. Auditorium, according to a communication here. Samastha Kerala … Read more