Current Affairs 2021: Awards and Honours of Last 4 Months

Awards and Honours of Last 4 Months: Current Affairs play an important role in today's examinations, whether they are relevant to central exams (i.e., UPSC, SSC, Bank, Railway) or state exams (i.e.-Patwari, Police, Accountant). General awareness also includes important awards and honours. Considering the relevance of the topic "Awards and Honours 2021" - here is a compilation of important awards and honours given in January, February, March and April of 2021. Please find the PDF of Important Awards and Honours 2021 at the end of this article.

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Month-Wise Compilation of Awards and Honours in the Year 2021

January

Awards and Honours: January 2021

Department of Post has won the gold icon award in the category, ‘Excellence in Digital Governance Ministry/Department (Central)’ in the 6th Digital India Awards (DIA) 2020.
India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, the chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) dropped down to 12th. position in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index 2021.
Elon Musk has become the world’s richest person according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index surpassing Amazon’s Jeff Bezos.
Medical Institution JIPMER was awarded the second prize under the Kayakalp Awards scheme in category ‘Group A’ Central government health facilities.
Medical Institutions AIIMS, Bhubneswar has received the best central government hospital under Category B of the Kayakalp Awards for cleanliness for the third consecutive time.
Who has been honoured by the Hindi Writers Guild, Canada for his literary work__________________________________ Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'.
Who has been conferred with Quaide Milleth Awards 2021___________________________ Bilkis dadi.
Who has been chosen for 'Press Club Person of the Year' given by the Press Club of Bangalore _________ Azim Premji.
Who has been conferred with ‘Indian Personality of the Year’ at International Film Festival of India (IFFI) Biswajit Chatterjee.
Who has been named as the Business Standard Banker of the year for 2019-20 Shyam Srinivasan.
Who became the 1st woman fighter pilot to take part in the Republic Day parade________________________________ Bhawana Kanth.
Which institution has been conferred with the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2021 award for their contribution in disaster management________________________ Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS).
Nikhil Srivastava from India has been named winner of the prestigious 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize along with two others. The prize was given to him in which field________________________________ Mathematics.
Who has been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar for excellent work in Disaster Management Rajendra Kumar Bhandari.

February

Awards and Honours: February 2021

Which word has been named as the Hindi word of the year 2020 by Oxford Languages
Name the Indian cricketer who has been named as ICC Men's Player of the Month award for January 2021 _________Rishabh Pant.
Name the Australian cricketers who has been inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame_______________ Merv
Who has become the youngest female pilot of India__________ Ayesha
Who conferred with the 4th edition of Alert Being Awards 2020 by NGO 'ALERT' for Good Samaritan work AR
Name the Indian documentary film that has won the audience award in the World Cinema Documentary category at the Sundance Film Festival 2021 Writing with
Who has been conferred with the Business Leader of the Year at The Economic Times Award for Corporate Excellence 2020 Pawan Munjal.
Who is the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award at The Economic Times Award for Corporate Excellence 2020_________ Aditya Puri.
Who has won the Allan Border Medal for the period 2020-21__________ Steve
Which airport has won global recognition from the Airports Council International World’s ‘Voice of the Customer’ award Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL).
Name the Indian Activist who has been featured in the “2021 TIME100 Next”, the TIME magazine’s annual list of 100 “emerging leaders’ Chandra Shekhar
Name the Indian-American scientist who led the guidance, navigation, and control operations of NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission__SwatiMohan
Who has been conferred with the best actor male award at Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival awards 2021 _________Akshay Kumar.
Who has been conferred with the best actor female award at Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival awards 2021_________ Deepika Padukone.
Who has been chosen for CERAWeek Global Energy and Environment Leadership Award 2021 for in recognition of his commitment to sustainability in the energy and the environment_______ Narendra Modi
Which organization has been conferred with the Genome Valley Excellence Award for the year 2021 during the BioAsia 2021______________________________________________ Bharat Biotech.

March

Awards and Honours: March 2021

Who received the Best Woman Boxer of the Tournament Award at the 30th Youth International Boxing Tournament ‘Adriatic Pearl’ Vinka.
According to Hurun Global Rich List 2021, Reliance Industries (RIL) chairman, what is the rank of Mukesh Ambani as the richest person of the world___ 8th.
According to the 10th Edition of Hurun Global Rich List 2021 who emerged as the richest person of the world Elon Musk.
Who has been declared as the winner of the 30th Bihari Puraskar for 2020 for his Hindi book of Criticism, titled Taslima: Sangharsh aur Sahitya_____ Mohankrishna Bohara.
Who has been adjudged as the BBC India Sportswoman of the Year award for 2020_______________ Koneru Humpy.
Who will be conferred with the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) Award 2021 Amitabh Bachchan.
President Ram Nath Kovind presented a decorated with the emblem of the Indian Republic and a letter of appreciation to_______Kiran Bedi.
Name the Indian women who has been conferred with the Top 20 Global Women of Excellence Award for 2020 at a US event_______ Tamilisai Soundararajan.
What edition of the annual Grammy Awards was held in 2021 63rd.
Who has been honoured with a nomination for the International Woman of Courage (IWOC) Award by the U.S. Consulate_______ Gowsalya Shankar.
In how many languages the annual Sahitya Akademi Awards 2021 is announced 20.
What edition of National Film Award announced this year (2021) 67th.
Which film has won the best feature film award at the 67th National Film Award ceremony Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea.
Who has been conferred with the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2020 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Who has been conferred with the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2019 Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said.
Who will be honoured with the prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan Award for the year 2020 Asha Bhosle.
Who will be conferred with the prestigious Vyas Samman – 2020 Sharad Pagare.
Who has won the won EY Entrepreneur of the year award 2020 and will now represent India at the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Award (WEOY) Harsh C. Mariwala.
Who has won the prestigious International Ranger Award for his contribution towards forest conservation _________ Mahinder Giri.
The Parliament of which country has passed a legislation that allows the mothers and their partners who have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth the right of paid leave New Zealand.

April

Awards and Honours: April 2021

Who has been selected for the Saraswati Samman 2020 by the KK Birla Foundation_________________ Dr. Sharankumar Limbale.
Who will be conferred with the he prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2019_______________ Rajinikanth.
Which novel has won the National Book Critics Circle prize for fiction_______________ Hamnet.
Who has been conferred with the Kalinga Ratna Samman for the year 2021________________ Biswabhusan Harichandan.
Who has won the 2020 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award, known informally as the “Nobel Prize of computing Alfred V. Aho. Note:
Who has topped Forbes’ annual world’s billionaires list 2021______________ Jeff Bezos.
Who has been selected for 2021 GD Birla Award for Scientific Research_______________ Suman Chakraborty.
Who has been awarded with the famous Devishankar Awasthi Award 2021______________ Ashutosh Bhardwaj.
Who has been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2021______________ Great Khali.
Dutee Chand, the Jakarta Asian Games silver-medalist in 100 and 200 metres, will receive Veerni Award instituted by which state_________ Chhattisgarh.
Which film has won the best picture at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2021 _________Nomadland.
Who will be conferred with honour of the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans I’Ordre des Arts et desLettres), the second-highest civilian French honour Guneet Monga.
Who has won the Sir Richard Hadlee medal 2021_____________ Kane Williamson.
Who has been named as Wisden’s leading cricketer of the year for the second consecutive year Ben Stokes.
Who has been given the 2021 'Leading Woman Cricketer in the World' award by Wisden’_________________ Beth Mooney.
Who become the first Indian and Asian woman to be chosen for the 2021 'WILD Innovator Award' given by the 'WILD ELEMENTS Foundation_______ Krithi K Karanth.
Along with Jio Platform which company have figured in Time Magazine’s first-ever list of 100 Most Influential Companies________ Byju’s.

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