| 2013 |
Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award – Journalist of the Year (Hindi broadcast) |
| 2014 |
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award |
| 2016 |
Red Ink Award; named in The Indian Express list of "100 Most Influential Indians" |
| 2017 |
Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award (second time); first Kuldip Nayar Journalism Award |
| 2019 |
Ramon Magsaysay Award – one of only a handful of Indian journalists to receive it |
| 2019 |
First Gauri Lankesh Memorial Award |
| 2023 |
Honorary Title for Freedom of Expression, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Université libre de Bruxelles |
| 2024 |
Peabody Award for the documentary While We Watched (with director Vinay Shukla) |
| 2024 |
Mumbai Press Club – Journalist of the Year |
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