Venkaiah Naidu conferred Padma Vibhushan by President Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan | WATCH
India | April 22, 2024 19:55 ISTVice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah were among those present on the occasion.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah were among those present on the occasion.
Padma Awards 2024: ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
Rohan Bopanna created history by clinching the first-ever Gold medal in Tennis (mixed doubles) at the Asian Games last year. The 43-year-old Tennis ace also reached the finals of the three Grand Slam tournaments in 2023 to top the ATP rankings in men's doubles.
Padma Vibhushan has been awarded to 5 people, 17 have got Padma Bhushan and 110 have been honoured with Padma Shri. A total of 132 people have been honoured by the government through with Padma Awards.
The Padma Awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, are amongst the highest civilian awards of the country. Instituted in 1954, these Awards are announced on the occasion of the Republic Day every year.
PM Modi highlighted that wherever there is a BJP government, efforts are made to ensure that the schemes of the Central Government are implemented on the ground quicker or the state governments of the BJP add something to it.
Magsaysay award: Indian doctor Ravi Kannan R, a surgical oncologist, left a key post in the Adyar Cancer Institute, a major cancer treatment facility in the southern Indian city of Chennai, to work and live in an impoverished northeastern rural region, where access to medical care was difficult.
The Union Home Ministry in a statement announced that online nominations and recommendations for the Padma Awards 2024 to be announced on the occasion of Republic Day, 2024 have opened on May 1, 2023.
Padma awards 2023: Mulayam Singh Yadav, a former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, had founded the Samajwadi Party. He died on October 10 at the age of 82. He was elected 10 times to Uttar Pradesh assembly and seven times to Lok Sabha and was popularly known as 'Netaji'.
Padma awards 2023: "The government is impartial in honouring the people for their contribution. Like Mulayam Singh Yadav ji had a great contribution towards the socialist movement, so he should be honoured. It is the duty of the government to pay respect to the people," said Athawale.
President Ram Nath Kovind presented Padma awards for the year 2022 at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. Besides Sonu Nigam, Marathi singer Sulochana Chavan, singer Madhuri Barthwal, musician Ballesh Bhajantri and filmmaker Chandraprakash Dwivedi have been conferred with the Padma Shri Award this year.
Swami Sivananda, known as Yog Sevak, received Padma Shri today from the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind. In the video shared by Akshay Kumar from the event, he can be seen bowing down in front of the President and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a mark of respect.
This year a total of 128 Padma Awards are being conferred by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The list of awardees comprises four Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri Awards. Sonu Nigam, Neeraj Chopra, Chandraprakash Dwivedi, Victor Banerjee are among the others who have been conferred with Padma Awards 2022.
Veteran Congress leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Azad, who was part of the group of 23 which has been critical of the party leadership and has sought an organisational overhaul, has been awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to public affairs.
The Govt's decision to honour Ghulam Nabi Azad has exposed the wide divide within the Congress yet again.
Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the country, after Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan.
President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Padma Awards in the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar were among the attendees. 119 Padma Awards were presented by President this year. The list comprisesd seven Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri Awards. 29 of the awardees are women, 16 Posthumous awardees and one transgender awardee.
Bollywood personalities Kangana Ranaut, Adnan Sami, Ekta Kapoor and Karan Johar are a few names being honoured with the Padma Shri on Monday in a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the capital.
Padma Awards 2020 ceremony is currently being held in the national capital during which people from the world of art including Kangana Ranaut, Karan Johar, Ekta Kapoor, Adnan Sami and late singer SP Balasubramaniam are being honoured with the prestigious Padma Shri awards. In total, 119 Padma Awards will be presented by President Ram Nath Kovind this year.
Delhi Government received 9,427 suggestions for Padma Awards. CM Kejriwal said that names of three doctors have been shortlisted by a committee led by Deputy CM Manish Sisodia. "We received 9,427 suggestions for Padma Awards. Our committee led by Deputy CM Manish Sisodia has shortlisted the names of three doctors," Delhi Chief Minister.
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