All 3 Awards & Honours updates published in May 2026, grouped into 2 subtopics. Each one carries the exam-relevant facts and its GK Bytes; open an update for the complete note with static GK.
President Droupadi Murmu presented Padma Awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan, conferring 66 awards in the first phase (2 Padma Vibhushan, 6 Padma Bhushan, 58 Padma Shri). A total of 131 Padma Awards were announced for 2026.
ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 mission received the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' Goddard Astronautics Award at the ASCEND Conference in Washington DC, honouring the 2023 lunar south-pole soft landing.
CSIR received the Clarivate South Asia Innovation Award 2026 in the Government Sector category, recognising its patent and innovation output.