She was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2023 and a Padma Shri in 2006 before that. She is married to Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy & is UK PM Rishi Sunak's mother-in-law.
The list approved by President Droupadi Murmu included 30 women and eight persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and nine posthumous awardees.
First Indian to get Boltzmann Medal, Dhar equated his approach to statistical mechanics to art & said it is wrong to 'propagate idea that everyone should do only applied work'.
Indira Gandhi's principal secretary, PN Haksar was the first person to refuse the Padma Vibhushan award. He said he was simply doing his job and accepting the award would be discomforting.
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya declined Padma Bhushan and Ghulam Nabi Azad drew jibes from Congress leaders for accepting the award from Modi govt. But such controversies are not new.
Explaining the reasons behind refusal, CPI(M) said the party's policy was not to accept such state awards. Bhattacharjee, 77, has been one of the tallest leaders of Bengal CPI(M).
From nominating deserving people to getting a chance to attend the awards ceremony, the Modi govt has changed the way Indians interact with the Padma Awards.
When Israelis pushed out Arabs in 1948, they didn’t think that embittered refugees would turn into a permanent threat to their new state. This was a catastrophic miscalculation.
ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
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