Video Summary - 👌అవార్డులు Last 9 months |Jan - September| PART-2 current affairs, 2026

Overview

This video is Part-2 of a “current affairs” series focused on important awards from the last nine months (Jan–Sep 2026), with strong emphasis on facts that commonly appear in competitive exams (especially TSPSC).

The presenter repeatedly advises viewers to remember award names, years, winners, and key details (such as state/field and, when applicable, prize categories).

Key Awards and Main Details Covered

Jnanpith Award (60th; presented in 2026 for 2025)

Important exam clarification: The award presented in 2026 corresponds to the year 2025—learners should track the correct year label.
60th Jnanpith winner: R. Vairamuthu (Tamil Nadu)
- Recognized for contributions to film songs, poetry, and novels.
Jnanpith start year: 1965
- First winner (1965): Shankar Kurup (Malayalam poet)
Notable historical anchors/milestones:
- Viswanatha Satyanarayana: first from the Telugu side
- C. Narayana Reddy (1988)
- Ravuri Bharadwaja (2012) for “Pakudu Rallu”
Benefits: cash prize, Saraswati statue, and citation
Cross-check detail:
- Vairamuthu is noted as the only Indian to win the National Film Award seven times
- Already received Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan

Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 (announced March 16, 2026)

Awarded across 24 languages—typically one winner per language.
Telugu Sahitya Akademi 2025 winner: Nandini Sidhareddy (or R. Sidhareddy)
- For poetry collection “Animesha”
- Animesha is described as covering:
  - Corona-period conditions
  - Global crises
  - Migrant labor struggles
  - Human relationships
Telugu winners for recent practice:
- 2024: Penugonda Lakshminarayana
- 2023: T. Patanjali
- 2022: Madhurantakam Narendra
Telangana cultural links:
- Sidhareddy is described as active in literary work during the Telangana movement
- Mentions songs credited to him, including “Nageti Salalo Naa Telangana” (with exam linkage)
- References other related works/awards (e.g., Nandi Award in 2010)
Institutional role claim:
- Sidhareddy served as the first chairman of Telangana Sahitya Akademi

BCCI “Naman Awards” (2026; for 2024–25 season)

Presented in New Delhi on March 15
Key cricket awards:
- Best International Cricketer (Pollly Umrigar Award): Shubman Gill (second time)
- Best International Women’s Cricketer: Smriti Mandhana (fifth time)
CK Naidu Lifetime Achievement Awards:
- Roger Binny, Rahul Dravid, Mithali Raj

Mark Lynton Award (history research)

Awarded to historian William Dalrymple
Linked with his book “The Golden Road.”

Pulitzer Prize (journalism/literature/music; Columbia University-linked)

Presenter emphasizes correct spelling: Pulitzer
Mentions two Indian recipients:
- Anand R. K.
- Suparna Sharma
  - Described as investigative/in-depth reporting, including crimes, corruption, disasters, etc.

Business, Panchayat, and Environment-Related Recognitions

Business Reformer of the Year Award 2025

N. Chandrababu Naidu

National Best Panchayat / “Satat Vikas” Awards 2025

States with the most awards: Karnataka (6) — 1st
2nd position: Andhra Pradesh and Odisha (5 each)
Telangana gram panchayats:
- Telangana received 2 awards
- Example highlighted:
  - Sangareddy district’s Fasalwadi Gram Panchayat
  - 3rd in “Mahila Mitra” category
  - Prize money: ₹2.5 million

Food Planet Prize

Described as a major environmental award coming to a Telugu region
APCNF (Andhra Pradesh) received it for the Social Nature Farming program

Goddard Astronautics Award

Awarded by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Linked to ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 mission, described as an experiment achievement

UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award (2025)

Awarded to Major Abhilasha Barak (Haryana, India)
Noted background:
- Serves with the UNIFIL peacekeeping force in Lebanon
- Previously the first female combat helicopter pilot in the Indian Army
- Now commands a women’s team

72nd National Film Awards (announced July 18, 2026)

Jury led by Jayaraj (Malayalam film director)
Announced by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Major winners:
- Best Film: Article 370
- Best Actor (two):
  - Mammootty (Bramayugam)
  - Kartik Aaryan (Chandu Champion)
- Best Actress: Yami Gautam (Article 370)
- Best Director: Periyar Swamy (Amaran)
- Best Children’s Film: 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu (Telugu)
- Best Child Artist: Arun Dev Pothula (35 Chinna Katha Kaadu)
- Best Dialogue Writer: Venky Atluri (Lucky Bhaskar)
Telugu cinema highlights:
- Mentions multiple Telugu-related awards across several films (e.g., Kalki 2898 AD, Pushpa 2, plus winners listed above)

Wolf Prize (Physics)

Jainendra K. Jain (Indian origin) receives the Physics Wolf Prize

National Sports Awards (announced for 2026; for 2025 awards presented in 2026)

Key note: Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award was not given to anyone this time.
Arjuna Awards: 17 athletes
- Jury led by A.M. Khanwilkar (after 24 proposed names)
Example category names (exam-style matching):
- Athletics: Tejaswin Shankar, Mohammad Ajmal, Priyanka Goswami
- Badminton: Treesa Jolly, Pullela Gayatri Gopichand
- Boxing: Narender
- Chess: Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Divya Jitendra Deshmukh
- Shooting: Dhanush Srikanth
- Hockey: Lalremsiami, Raj Kumar
- Mentions para categories and other categories similarly (not fully enumerated)
Telangana-specific Arjuna winners:
- Pullela Gayatri Gopichand (Badminton)
- Dhanush Srikanth (Shooting; described as a deaf shooter)
Dronacharya Awards (coaches): three regular awardees
- Parveen Singh (Athletics)
- Lal Yadav (Boxing)
- Neha Nandkumar Chavan (coach award)
Dronacharya Lifetime Achievement Awards:
- Dharmendra Singh Yadav (Boxing)
- Virendra Kumar (Wrestling)

Presenter’s Concluding Scope

States that October and November important awards will be covered in another video (before the exam).
Future videos will be based on what viewers request.

Presenters / Contributors

Presenter: Channel host (not explicitly named in the subtitles)
Mentioned heads/juries/organizers:
- Jayaraj (headed the National Film Awards jury)
- A.M. Khanwilkar (led the jury for Arjuna Awards)

👌అవార్డులు Last 9 months |Jan - September| PART-2 current affairs, 2026 | important topics, 2026

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