Shah Rashid Ahmed Qadri was one of the padma awardees. Qadri Sahab has been awarded the Padma Shri... After receiving the award, Shah Rashid Ahmed Qadri also met Prime Minister Modi.
Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla receives the Padma Bhushan.
Padma Awards 2023: The list of awardees for the highest civilian honor in India was announced on the eve of Republic Day 2023. Raveena Tandon, MM Keeravani, Zakir Hussain amongst 106 others have been hounoured at the esteemed award function.
Singer Vani Jairam was conferred with Padma Bhushan on the eve of Republic Day 2023. She has been found dead at her Chennai residence.
The Centre had in 2007 honoured Setalvad with the Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian awards in the country to recognise people's contribution in various spheres.
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad will be awarded a Padma Bhushan in the field of Public Affairs.
SP Balasubrahmanyam was a playback singer, music director, and dubbing artist, his work significantly outdoing language barriers with contributions in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam film industries. From the film industry actor-filmmaker Kangana Ranaut, filmmaker Karan Johar, producer Ekta Kapoor and music composer Adnan Sami received their Padma honours for the year 2020 at Rashtrapati Bhawan in two batches on Monday.
Environmentalist Tulsi Gowda, who hails from Karnataka, was awarded Padma Shri by President Ram Nath Kovind for her immense contribution towards conservation of trees.
The Padma awards are given in three categories -- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri -- and announced annually on the eve of Republic Day.
Bangladeshi career diplomat late Syed Muazzem Ali was honored with the third-highest civilian award in India, Padma Bhushan. Veteran museologist Enamul Haq has been nominated for the Padma Shri award.
The prestigious Padma Award which was to be held on April 3 this year has now been postponed amidst the recent coronavirus outbreak.
The current World Championship bronze medallist and one of India's biggest medal hopes at the Tokyo Olympics, Vinesh hit out at the government accusing them of leaving out "deserving" candidates.
Folk Singer Teejan Bai, Larsen and Toubro chairman Anil Kumar Naik, scientist S Nambi Narayanan, actor Manoj Bajpayee and 106-year-old environmentalist Saalumarada Thimmakka were among the 54 noted citizens conferred the Padma award by President Ram Nath Kovind here on Saturday.
The awards which were announced on the eve of Republic Day, includes 21 women and 11 persons from the category of Foreigners, NRI, PIO, OCI and 1 transgender person.
Gautam Gambhir said that he wants to be a better human being while Sunil Chhetri said that he will be hungrier to perform even better.
While Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service, Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order.
Currently ranked third in the BWF rankings, Srikanth is looked upon as a future Olympic champion shuttler.
More than 15,700 people applied for the prestigious awards for 2018, with the government laying stress on honouring the unsung heroes, an official said.
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