Updated 30 April 2024
| The renowned Indian environmental activist and convenor of Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan who has been chosen to be awarded the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize | Alok Shukla |
| The company which has been conferred the Navratna status by the Department of Public Enterprises | Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd (IREDA) |
| The Professor of Psychology who has become the first woman Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University | Ms. Naima Khatoon |
| The noted industrialist and philanthropist who has been awarded the KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences) Humanitarian Award 2021 | Shri Ratan Tata |
| The sailing vessel of Indian Navy in which Lt Cdr Dilna K and Lt Cdr Roopa A completed a historic transoceanic expedition of nearly two months duration from Goa to Port Louis (Mauritius) and back | INSV Tarini |
| The present Vice Chief of Naval Staff who has been chosen to be the next Chief of Naval Staff with effect from 30 April 2024 | Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, PVSM, AVSM, NM |
| The veteran actor who has been chosen to be awarded the third Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar award | Amitabh Bachchan |
| The African nation which has become the first country in the world to introduce a new 5-in-1 vaccine against meningitis named Men5CV | Nigeria |
| The place in Kerala at which a premier testing & evaluation hub for sonar systems for Indian Navy, named SPACE (Submersible Platform for Acoustic Characterisation and Evaluation) has been established by DRDO | Kulamavu in Idukki |
| The Kannada poet, writer, academic and activist who has been awarded the World Literary Prize by World Organization of Writers (WOW) | Ms Mamta G. Sagar |
| The IPL team which has set a new IPL record of highest ever IPL score of 287 runs while playing against Royal Challengers Bangalore | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| The Lithuanian athlete who has set a new world record in discus throw by achieving a throw of 74.35 meters at an event in USA | Mykolas Alekna |
| The 5th edition of India- Uzbekistan joint military exercise conducted from 15th to 28th April 2024 at Termez, the Republic of Uzbekistan | Exercise DUSTLIK |
| The Indian university which has become the highest ranked Indian university as per QS World University Rankings by being ranked at 20th position in the subject of Development Studies | Jawaharlal University, New Delhi |
| The Indian professional tennis player who has become the first Indian to win an ATP Masters 1000 match on clay courts by defeating Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi | Sumit Nagal |
| The two-day Coastal Security Exercise involving all maritime security agencies (namely the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, Marine Police, Fisheries, Customs and other security agencies) conducted in UT of Lakshadweep from 01 to 02 April 2024 was named | Sagar Kavach 2024 |
| The Venezuelan supercentenarian the oldest verified living person till his death aged 114 years, 311 days on 02 April 2024 | Juan Vicente Perez |
| The 10-day exercise conducted by the Indian Air Force from 01 April 2024 to test its capabilities and preparedness for high-intensity operations is named | Gagan Shakti-2024 |
| The Serbian tennis player who has become the oldest to be ranked as Number 1 by ATP at the age of 36years and 321 days (beating the record of Roger Federer) | Novak Djokovic |
| The former Indian cricket captain and wicketkeeper who has become the first-ever wicketkeeper in the world to claim 300 dismissals with the dismissal of Prithvi Shaw in an IPL match | M.S. Dhoni |
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The President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu launched India’s first home-grown anti-Cancer CAR-T cell therapy and dedicated it to the Nation in the presence of the Governor of Maharashtra, Shri Ramesh Bais at the Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT) Bombay in Mumbai.
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