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Category : Awards Published on: January 18 2026

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  • Uttarakhand Police secured first place in the ICJS 2.0 national rankings, while SDRF was praised for its role in Prayagraj Mahakumbh-2025.
  • Indian Army Major Swathi Shantha Kumar from Bengaluru won the UN Secretary-General’s Award 2025 for promoting gender parity under UNMISS in South Sudan.
  • American biologist Toby Kiers won the Tyler Prize for her research on underground fungal networks critical for ecosystem and carbon regulation.
  • Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump, who plans to keep it.
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