| Award | Awardee |
| Prem Bhatia award 2020 ‘Outstanding Political Reporting of The Year’ | Indian Express reporter Dipankar Ghose |
| Prem Bhatia award 2020 'Outstanding Environmental Reporting of The Year’ | People’s Archive of Rural India(PARI), a non-profit journalism website |
| Asian College of Journalism’s Award for Investigative Journalism | Nitin Sethi of The Huffington Post India |
| K. P. Narayana Kumar Memorial Award for Social Impact Journalism | Shiv Sahay Singh of The Hindu |
| ‘Food System Vision Prize’ | Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) |
| India ranks first in Organic Farming Sikkim was the first state in the world to become completely organic. | |
| President approves 84 Gallantry Awards and other decorations to personnel of Armed and Paramilitary Forces Note:KIRTI CHAKRA- SHRI ABDUL RASHID KALAS, HEAD CONSTABLE, JAMMU AND KASHMIR POLICE (POSTHUMOUSLY) | |
| AMRUT Scheme Ranking: Odisha continues to be the Top Performer | |
| Star 2020 E-citation Certification | Ganesh Vilas Lengare |
| World Snooker Championship 2020 | Ronnie O’Sullivan |
| US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) 2020 Leadership Awards | Mahindra Group Chairman, Anand Mahindra and Adobe Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Shantanu Narayen |
| ICC Cricket Hall of Fame of the Class of 2020 | Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Lisa Caprini Sthalekar(Australia) and Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani(Pakistan) |
| 2020 International Booker Prize for the Literary fiction book ‘The Discomfort of Evening’ | Dutch Author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld |
| 2020 Global Water Award | Wabag |
| ever Gold Medal for India in Mental Calculations (MC) World Cup (MCWC) | Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash Jonnalagadda |
| Swacchta Hi Seva (Cleanliness is Service) 2019 | NLCIL (Formerly known as Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) India Ltd) |
| 1st fast bowler to take 600 Test wickets | England pacer James Anderson |
| 1st Indian-origin woman to be honoured with a memorial Blue Plaque | Noor Inayat Khan |
| 2020 Online FIDE Chess Olympiad | India, Russia |
| ‘National Energy Leader’ and ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ awards at the 21st National Awards for ‘Excellence in Energy Management’ | Rajiv Gandhi International Airport |
On 2nd August 2020, Malayalam film ‘Moothon’ and National Award winning documentary ‘Son Rise’ won awards at the 20th edition of New York Indian Film Festival(NYIFF) of Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC) which was conducted as a virtual event with the celebrities of the film industries and award winners participating from all across India and the United States.
About 20th NYIFF:
i.More than 45 feature length narratives, short and documentaries of India were showcased in the virtual edition of 20th NYIFF held from 24th July 2020 to 2nd August 2020.
ii.The films showcased in the event were in multiple languages including Assamese, Bengali, Haryanvi, Hindi, English, Ladakhi, Maithili, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali and Tamil.
Moothon:
i.The Malayalam film “Moothon” starring Nivin Pauly won the Best Film Award in the 20th NYIFF.
ii.The movies portrays the story of a 14-year-old who travel in search of Moothon (elder brother) Akbar who left Lakshadweep for Mumbai”
iii.For Moothon, Nivin Pauly won the Best Actor Award for his role as Akbar and Sanjana Dipu won the Best Child Actor Awards for her role as Mulla
Swacch Survekshan awards 2020
On August 20, 2020, the results of Swachh Survekshan, 2020 were announced.
For the fourth consecutive time, Indore, Madhya Pradesh bagged the cleanest city in the country. It was followed by Surat of Gujarat and Navi Mumbai of Maharashtra.
Varanasi bagged the best “Ganga Town” in the survey.
Cities Of Indore, Ambikapur, Navi Mumbai, Surat, Rajkot And Mysuru Rated As 5-Star Cities
The survey was held by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
Shri Hardeep S Puri, MoS(I/C), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
National Sports Awards 2020 announced – Rohit Sharma, Mariyappan T., Manik Batra, Ms Vinesh and Ms Rani bag the Khel Ratna
Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years; Arjuna Award is given for consistent outstanding performance for four years; Dronacharya Award goes to the coaches for producing medal winners at prestigious international sports events; Dhyan Chand Award is for life time contribution to sports development and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar is given to the corporate entities (both in private and public sector) and individuals who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion and development. Overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments is given Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy. In addition to these Sports Awards, the Ministry also recognises the spirit of adventure among the people of the country by bestowing the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award.
RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD
- Shri Rohit Sharma -Cricket
- Shri Mariyappan T. -Para Athletics
- Manika Batra -Table Tennis
- Vinesh -Wrestling
- Rani -Hockey
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD (MAKA) TROPHY
1.Panjab University, Chandigarh
ARJUNA AWARD
- Shri Atanu Das -Archery
- Dutee Chand -Athletics
- Shri Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy -Badminton
- Shri Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty -Badminton
- Shri Vishesh Bhriguvanshi -Basketball
- Subedar Manish Kaushik -Boxing
- Lovlina Borgohain -Boxing
- Shri Ishant Sharma -Cricket
- Deepti Sharma -Cricket
- Shri Sawant Ajay Anant -Equestrian
- Shri Sandesh Jhingan -Football
- Aditi Ashok -Golf
- Shri Akashdeep Singh -Hockey
- Deepika -Hockey
- Shri Deepak -Kabaddi
- Shri Kale Sarika Sudhakar -Kho Kho
- Shri Dattu Baban Bhokanal -Rowing
- Manu Bhaker -Shooting
- Shri Saurabh Chaudhary -Shooting
- Madhurika Suhas Patkar -Table Tennis
- Shri Divij Sharan -Tennis
- Shri Shiva Keshavan -Winter Sports
- Divya Kakran -Wrestling
- Shri Rahul Aware -Wrestling
- Shri Suyash Narayan Jadhav -Para Swimming
- Shri Sandeep -Para Athletics
- Shri Manish Narwal -Para Shooting
DRONACHARYA AWARD
A.Life- Time Category
- Shri Dharmendra Tiwary -Archery
- Shri Purushotham Rai -Athletics
- Shri Shiv Singh -Boxing
- Shri Romesh Pathania -Hockey
- Shri Krishan Kumar Hooda -Kabaddi
- Shri Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar -Para Powerlifting
- Shri Naresh Kumar -Tennis
- Shri Om Parkash Dahiya -Wrestling
B.Regular Category
- Shri Jude Felix Sebastian -Hockey
- Shri Yogesh Malviya -Mallakhamb
- Shri Jaspal Rana -Shooting
- Shri Kuldeep Kumar Handoo -Wushu
- Shri Gaurav Khanna -Para Badminton
DHYAN CHAND AWARD
- Shri Kuldip Singh Bhullar -Athletics
- Jincy Philips -Athletics
- Shri Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe -Badminton
- Trupti Murgunde -Badminton
- N. Usha -Boxing
- Shri Lakha Singh -Boxing
- Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu -Football
- Shri Ajit Singh -Hockey
- Shri Manpreet Singh -Kabaddi
- Shri J. Ranjith Kumar -Para Athletics
- Shri Satyaprakash Tiwari -Para Badminton
- Shri Manjeet Singh -Rowing
- Late Shri Sachin Nag -Swimming
- Shri Nandan P Bal -Tennis
- Shri Netarpal Hooda -Wrestling
RASHTRIYA KHEL PROTSAHAN PURUSKAR
- Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent
- Lakshya Institute
- Army Sports Institute
- Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility -Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd.
- Employment of sportspersons and sports welfare measures -Air Force Sports Control Board
- Sports for Development -International Institute of Sports Management (IISM)
TENZING NORGAY NATIONAL ADVENTURE AWARDS 2019
- Anita Devi -Land Adventure
- Sarfraz Singh -Land Adventure
- Shri Taka Tamut -Land Adventure
- Shri Narender Singh -Land Adventure
- Shri Keval Hiren Kakka -Land Adventure
- Shri Satendra Singh -Water Adventure
- Shri Gajanand Yadava -Air Adventure
- Late Shri Magan Bissa -Life Time Achievement
Sudha Murthy, ITC’s Sivakumar bags Gramodaya awards
Chairperson of Infosys Foundation, Sudha Murty and Group Head of Agri and IT Businesses of ITC Ltd, Sivakumar Surampudi are among the winners of the Gramodaya Bandhu Mitra Puraskaras.
The other winners include Padma Bhushan Vijay Bhatkar, Padmasri SP Verma, Vilas Shinde (Director, Sahyadri Farms), Koosam Rajamouli, Former Sarpanch of Gangadevipalli in Telangana, Brig Pogula Ganesham, Founder of Palle Srujana, and Govinda Rajulu Chintala, Chairman of the Nabard.
