Award winners List - June Current Affairs GK 2017
54th Femina Miss India World 2017 winner - Manushi Chhillar (Haryana)
Israeli author David Grossman has won the Man Booker International Prize 2017 for his novel `A Horse Walks Into a Bar'
5th Bhupen Hazarika National Award 2017 has been conferred to an eminent writer from Arunachal Pradesh Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi.
Hyderabad-based TS Vineeth Bhatt conferred with the 'best astrologer of world' award
Indian agricultural microbiologist Shrihari Chandraghatgi has been conferred the Ministry of Environment Award for 2017 in Japan
Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej and Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveries bag US-India Business Council (USIBC) Global Leadership Awards
Uttarakhand was conferred with the award of excellence at the 2nd Global Skill Development Summit held in Paris
West Bengal's Kanyashree Prakalpa initiative wins United Nations Public Service Award for Asia Pacific
Qatar Airways is voted the World’s Best Airline in 2017
Annabel Mehta awarded with the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune has been selected as the first recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for outstanding contribution to promotion and development of Yoga.
Katy Perry Becomes First Person to Reach 100 Million Twitter Followers
NASA has posthumously awarded the Exceptional Public Service Medal to Michael A’Hearn, one of the world’s leading comet scientists.
Nalanda model of water conservation chosen for National Award for excellence in the Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee program (MGNREGP)
Legendary poet and essayist Haraprasad Das was conferred with the covetous Kalinga Literary Award for his work and contribution to literature at the fourth edition of Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF).
Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee has been conferred with the France's highest civilian honour, the coveted Legion of Honour.
Award winners List - May Current Affairs GK 2017
Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award 2017 - Priyanka Chopra
Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar 2016 - Satyabrata Rout
Rohan Chakravarty, a wildlife and environment cartoonist from India won WWF International President’s Award 2017
India's Prashant Ranganathan wins top intel International science award in US
Thespian Soumitra Chatterjee and Y.C. Deveshwar were conferred the Banga Samman, West Bengal's highest civilian award
ISRO receives 2014 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
Purnima Barman & Sanjay Gubbi has won the prestigious Whitley Award, popularly known as Green Oscars, for their efforts in wildlife conservation.
IIT-Hyderabad professor Aravind Kumar Rengan bags Indian National Science Academy INSA Young Scientist award
Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling was conferred with the first Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Lifetime Achievement Honour in Public Service by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Chanda Kochhar has become the first Indian woman to be conferred with the prestigious Woodrow Wilson Award.
Emma Watson bags first ever ‘Genderless’ award
Sachin Tendulkar conferred with Fellowship Award in UK
Hollywood film The Black Prince was awarded the Special Jury Remi Award at the 50th annual Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival (WHIFF).
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has been selected for the ‘Transformative Chief Minister Award 2017’.
Award winners List - April Current Affairs GK 2017
Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2016 - Kasinathuni Viswanath
Top environmental activist Prafulla Samantara of Odisha has been selected for Goldman Environmental Prize 2017 (also called as Green Nobel) from Asia region.
Srishti Kaur crowned Miss Teen Universe 2017
Indian Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik wins gold medal in Moscow competition.
Golden Peacock Award 2017 - Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GNFC)
Bengal Film Journalists' Association BFJA 2017 Awards
- Lifetime achievement award - Moushumi Chatterjee
- Best actor - Prosenjit Chatterjee
- Best Actress - Rituparna Sengupta
Bollywood film "Newton" has won the best film honor at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) become most-valued Indian company
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has won Time magazine's readers' poll of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma were the only two Indians in the list of Time’s 100 most influential people in the world 2017
UNESCO Peace Prize - Giuseppina Nicolini (Mayor of Lampedusa)
M.S. Swaminathan Award 2017 - R.R. Hanchinal
Cartier Women’s Initiative Award 2017 - Trupti Jain
Pulitzer Prize 2017 Winners (Category – Book - Author)
- Fiction: The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
- History: Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy - Heather Ann Thompson
- Biography: The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between - Hisham Matar
- Poetry: Olio - Tyehimba Jess
Shaurya Chakra award Winner - Atu Zumvu (Nagaland)
Kirti Chakra award Winner - Major Rohit Suri (who led the army team that carried out a surgical strike in PoK last year)
Asian Businesswoman of the Year - Asha Khemka
Himachal Pradesh bags Krishi Karman Award 2015-16
Award winners List - March Current Affairs GK 2017
Singapore's Changi Airport has been voted the World's Best Airport by air travellers
The top rank in the Asia University Rankings (by Times Higher Education) was attained by the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Regeneron Science Talent Search award 2017 - Indrani Das
Saraswati Samman 2016 - Mahabaleshwar Sail (for his novel Hawthan)
International Film Festival and Awards of Australia (IFFAA 2016) - Best Actress - Aishwarya Rai (Sarabjit)
Moortidevi award 2017 - M P Veerendra Kumar (for his Malayalam travelogue 'Hymavathabhoovil')
Veteran actor Anupam Kher was honored with the Kala Ratan Award
Abel Prize 2017 - Yves Meyer
Lifetime Achievement (National Photography Award) - Raghu Rai
Award winners List - February Month Current Affairs GK 2017
International Mercury Award - Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII)
Bollywood film "Newton" has won the best film honor at the Berlin International Film Festival
2016 Vyas Samman Award - Surendra Verma (For his novel “Kaatna Shami Ka Vriksha Padma Pankhuri Ki Dhar Se”)
Brand Laureate 'Legendary Award ' 2017 - Lata Mangeshkar
Indian-origin British sculptor Anish Kapoor wins 2017 Genesis Prize by Israel for his utmost contribution for Jewish community.
England Test captain Alastair Cook has been honoured with Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Award winners List - January Month Current Affairs GK 2017
National Geoscience Award 2016 Winner - Keshav Krishna, a scientist at the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI)
Ashoka Chakra 2016 (India's highest peacetime military decoration) recipient - Havildar Hangpan Dada
Venezuela awarded the first ever Hugo Chavez Prize for Peace and Sovereignty to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Hugo Chavez Prize for Peace and Sovereignty Award - Vladimir Putin (Russian President)
ISKCON’s Govardhan eco village in Thane district has been conferred with the UNWTO Award for Innovation in the category of Non-Governmental Organisations(NGO)
Pro Wrestling League 2 Winners - Punjab Royals
Hindu Prize 2016 winner - Kiran Doshi (Book: Jinnah Often Came to Our House)