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.
The Olympic medal winner posted an open letter to PM Modi on X. Another Olympic medal winner, Sakshee Malikkh, had quit the sport Thursday to protest Sanjay Singh’s appointment.
Jawaharlal Nehru University yet to issue official statement. Sibal, who has served as Indian ambassador to France, Russia, Egypt & Turkey, will succeed NITI Aayog member V.K. Saraswat.
Swami Sivananda, who walked barefoot in Rashtrapati Bhavan's Darbar Hall to receive Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind last week, claims to have been born in August 1896.
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.
Mohammed Sharif has performed the last rites of more than 5,000 unclaimed bodies, including during the Covid second wave. But now the Padma Shri awardee needs help, he told ThePrint.
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.
The reach and impact of influencers are so significant that even politicians such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi have recognised their value—the National Creators Award is proof.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.
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