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President Droupadi Murmu honours Raveena Tandon and MM Keeravani with Padma Shri award
Trendingdesk •Expressing her gratitude for receiving such honour, Raveena shared a clip on her Instagram account, exhibiting her walking up on the stage. While dropping the video, Raveena thanked her parents for their blessings.
Padma Awards: Ex-Karnataka CM SM Krishna, industrialist KM Birla & late Rakesh Jhunjhunwala among those honoured
•Bhanubhai Chunilal Chitara, who has helped in preserving and promoting the traditional Mata Ni Pachedi craft of Gujarat, and Sankurathri Chandrasekhar, a managing trustee of Sankurathri Foundation which has educated rural students, were also awarded the Padma Shri
26 unsung heroes among Padma awardees along with Mulayam Singh, Zakir Hussain
Fp Staff •President Murmu approved 106 Padma Awards this year, seven of who are posthumous awardees. The more well-known recipients of the awards this year include the late Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sudha Murty for social work and Kumar Mangalam Birla in the field of trade and industry
Republic Day 2023: A look at awards and accolades given out on 26 January
Trendingdesk •This Republic Day, learn about the prestigious awards that are announced on the occasion
Government develops 'Rashtriya Puruskar Portal', a common platform for all its awards
•All the awards of various central ministries, departments and agencies will be brought under one platform - Rashtriya Puruskar Portal - to ensure transparency and public partnership, government said
Padma Awards 2023: Online nominations open till 15 September
Fp Staff •The nominations/recommendations for Padma Awards will be received online only on the National Awards portal https://awards.gov.in
President Kovind confers Padma awards on late Kalyan Singh, actor Victor Banerjee, 63 others
•This year, no names were announced for the 'Bharat Ratna', India's highest civilian award, which was last awarded in 2019 to former president Pranab Mukherjee, social reformer Nanaji Deshmukh and noted singer Bhupen Hazarika
The 125-year-old yogi winning hearts: Who is Swami Sivananda, the oldest man ever to receive a Padma Shri?
Fp Explainers •Born in 1896, the monk has dedicated his life to serving those affected by leprosy. He follows a simple belief: 'The world is my home, its people are my fathers and mothers, to love and serve them is my religion'
President Ram Nath Kovind confers Padma awards to 54 distinguished personalities
•Many of those who received the Padma awards were 'unsung heroes', including 125-year-old yoga practitioner Swami Sivananda
Former Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, singing legend Sandhya Mukherjee reject Padma honours: What the row is all about
Fp Staff •The former Bengal chief minister was conferred upon the Padma Bhushan while the veteran playback singer Sandhya Mukherjee was awarded with the Padma Shri