Indian government conferred mountaineer Vishwanath Karthikey Padakanti with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar. On May 27, 2025, Vishwanath completed the Seven Summits Challenge at the age of 16. He is the youngest Indian and second youngest person in the world to complete this challenge. "I think I can inspire more people from this," Vishwanath said on getting the honour.