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Padma Awards 2020: Here is the full list of 141 recipients this year

The President of India approved 141 names for this year’s Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country. The awards conferred in three categories – Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities.

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The President of India approved 141 names for this year’s Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country. The awards conferred in three categories – Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. This year seven prominent personalities have been chosen for Padma Vibhushan, 16 personalities for Padma Bhushan and 118 people for Padma Shri awards.

Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, second only to the Bharat Ratna, is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service. This year former union ministers Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and George Fernandes have been awarded the Padma Vibhushan posthumously. Olympian boxer Mary Kom, former Mauritius Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth have also been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan.

Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award, is given for “distinguished service of a high order…without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex.” This year’s recipeints include – Former defence minister Manohar Parrikar, industrialists Anand Mahindra and Venu Shrinivasan, Olympian badminton player P V Sindhu, former Nagaland chief minister S C Jamir and Jammu and Kashmir politician Muzaffar Hussain Baig.

The Padma Shri awarded for distinguished service in any field has been awarded to 117 people this year. Activist Abdul Jaffar who fought for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, was conferred the Padma Shri posthumously. Jagdish Lal Ahuja, who serves free food to patients and attendants outside PGI hospital in Chandigarh; Mohammed Sharif from Faizabad, who has performed last rites of over 25,000 unidentified bodies and veterinarian from Assam Kushal Konwar Sarma who is known for treating elephants have been given the Padma Shri this year.

Bollywood personalities Kangna Ranaut, Karan Johar and Ekta Kapoor have also been conferred the the Padma Shri for their contribution to the field of art.

These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year.

Here is the full list of this year’s Padma Awards:

Padma Vibhushan

  • George Fernandes (Posthumous)
  • Arjun Jailtley (Posthumous)
  • Sushma Swaraj (Posthumous)
  • Sir Anerood Jugnauth
  • M.C Mary Kom
  • Chhannulal Mishra
  • Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha Udipi

Padma Bhushan

  • M. Mumtaz Ali
  • Syed Muazzem Ali
  • Muzaffar Hussain Baig
  • Ajoy Chakravorty
  • Manoj Das
  • Balkrishna Doshi
  • Krishnammal Jagannathan
  • S.C Jamir
  • Anil Prakash Joshi
  • Dr. Tsering Landol
  • Neelakanta Ramakrishna Madhava Menon (Posthumous)
  • Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar
  • Prof. Jagdish Sheth
  • P V Sidhu
  • Venu Srinivasan

Padma Shri

  • Guru Shashdhar Acharya
  • Dr. Yogi Aeron
  • Jai Prakash Agarwal
  • Jagdish Lal Ahuja
  • Kazi Masum Akhtar
  • Ms. Gloria Arieira
  • Khan Zaheerkhan Bakhtiyarkhan
  • Dr. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
  • Dr. Sushovan Banerjee
  • Dr. Digambar Behera
  • Dr. Dayamanti Beshra
  • Pawar Papatrao Bhaguji
  • Himmata Ram Bhambhu
  • Sanjeev Bikhchandani
  • Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia
  • Bob Blackman
  • Indira P.P Bora
  • Madan Singh Chauhan
  • Usha Chaumar
  • Lil Bahadur Chettri
  • Lalitha & Ms. Saroja Chidambaram (Duo)
  • Dr. Vajira Chitrasena
  • Dr. Puroshattam Dadheech
  • Utsav Charan Das
  • Prof. Indra Dassanayake
  • H.M Desai
  • Manohar Devadoss
  • Oinam Bembem Devi
  • Lia Diskin
  • M.P Ganesh
  • Dr. Bangalore Gangadhar
  • Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar
  • Barry Gardiner
  • Chewang Motup Goba
  • Bharat Goenka
  • Yadla Gopalarao
  • Mitrabhanu Gountia
  • Tulsi Gowda
  • Sujoy K Guha
  • Harekala Hajabba
  • Enamul Haque
  • Mandhu Mansuri Hasmukh
  • Abdul Jabbar
  • Bimal Kumar Jaim
  • Meenakshi Jain
  • Nemrath Jain
  • Shanti Jain
  • Sudhir Jain
  • Benichandra Jamatia
  • K.V Sampath Kumar & Ms. Vidushi Jayalaxmi K.S (Duo)
  • Karan Johar
  • Dr. Leela Joshi
  • Sarita Joshi
  • C Kamlova
  • Dr. Ravi Kannan R.
  • Ekta Kapoor
  • Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia
  • Narayan J. Josji Karayal
  • Dr. Narindar Nath Khanna
  • Naveen Khanna
  • S.P Kothari
  • V.K Munuswamy Krishnapakthar
  • M.K Kunjol
  • Manmohan Mahapatra
  • Ustad Anwar Khan Mangniyar
  • Kattungal Subramaniam Manilal
  • Munna Master
  • Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra
  • Binapani Mohanty
  • Dr. Arundoy Mondal
  • Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee
  • Sathyanarayan Mundayoor
  • Manilal Nag
  • N. Chandrasekharan Nair
  • Dr. Tetsu Nakamura(Posthumous)
  • Shiv Datt Nirmohi
  • Pu Lalbiakthanga Pachuau
  • Moozhikkal Pankajakshi
  • Dr. Prasant Kumar Pattanaik
  • Jogendra Nath Phukan
  • Rahibai Soma Popere
  • Yogesh Praveen
  • Jitu Rai
  • Tarundeep Rai
  • S. Ramakrishnan
  • Rani Rampal
  • Kangana Ranaut
  • Dalavai Chalapathi Rao
  • Shahbuddin Rathod
  • Kalyan Singh Rawat
  • Chintala Venkat Reddy
  • Dr. Shanti Roy
  • Dr. Radhammohan and Ms. Sabarmatee (Duo)
  • Batakrushna Sahoo
  • Trinity Saioo
  • Adnan Sami
  • Vijay Sankeshwar
  • Dr. Kushal Konwar Sharma
  • Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri
  • Mohammed Sharif
  • Shyam Sunder Sarma
  • Dr. Gurdip Singh
  • Ramjee Singh
  • Vashishtha Narayan Singh(Posthumous)
  • Daya Prakash Sinha
  • Dr. Sandra Desa Souza
  • Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam
  • Kalee Shabi Mahaboob & Sheikh Mahaboob Subani (Duo)
  • Javed Ahmad Tak
  • Pradeeo Thalappil
  • Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi
  • Robert Thurman
  • Angus Indra Udayana
  • Harish Chandra Verma
  • Sundaram Verma
  • Dr. Romesh Tekchand Wadwani
  • Suresh Wadekar
  • Prem Watse

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Congress slams Maharashtra CM Fadnavis over Nagpur violence, says Mahayuti govt responsible for unrest as it raised Aurangzeb issue

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Fadnavis addressed the violence in the Maharashtra Assembly, stating that the protests were organized by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal.

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The Congress on Tuesday strongly criticised Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over the recent communal clashes in Nagpur, which left over 30 people injured and prompted the imposition of a curfew in several areas. The violence erupted on Monday evening following tensions over a call to relocate the tomb of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb from Maharashtra.

Maharashtra Congress President Harshwardhan Sapkal expressed shock over the unrest in Nagpur, a city known for its communal harmony. Speaking to PTI on Tuesday, Sapkal said, “Nagpur is a nearly 300-year-old city where such riots have never occurred. People here have always lived together peacefully. The fact that violence has broken out now is surprising and reflects the government’s failure. However, this is not the time for politics. The Congress appeals for peace.”

Sapkal also targeted Fadnavis, who holds the home portfolio, for the deteriorating law and order situation. “Nagpur is the CM’s hometown, and as Home Minister, he is responsible for maintaining peace. His ministers are provoking people by raising the Aurangzeb issue because they have failed on all other fronts. I urge them not to compromise law and order for political gains,” he added.

The clashes, which took place in the Mahal area of Nagpur, resulted in over 60 arrests and the torching of around 30 vehicles. In response to the violence, Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury submitted a suspension notice in the Rajya Sabha, calling for a discussion on the “complete breakdown of communal harmony and law and order” in Nagpur.

The notice stated, “This House should suspend zero hour and relevant rules relating to Question Hour and other scheduled business to deliberate on the complete breakdown of communal harmony and law and order in Nagpur, Maharashtra. In its 300 years of dynamic existence, Nagpur has never experienced riots.”

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi also criticized the Mahayuti government, accusing it of diverting attention from pressing issues. “The government is instigating violence and creating instability to keep citizens distracted from the state’s financial crisis, rising debt, unemployment, and farmer suicides. Maharashtra is being strategically made unattractive for investment to benefit neighbouring states,” she alleged.

Chaturvedi further claimed, “Under Eknath Shinde’s leadership, businesses were driven to Gujarat at Maharashtra’s expense. Now, under the current CM, the state is being made unviable for investment, forcing businesses to move out. This is shameless.”

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Fadnavis addressed the violence in the Maharashtra Assembly, stating that the protests were organized by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal.

He alleged that rumours about religious items being burnt had fueled the clashes. “It appears to be a well-planned attack. No one has the right to take the law into their own hands. Attacks on the police will not be tolerated, and strict action will be taken,” Fadnavis assured.

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Supreme Court extends interim protection to ex-IAS trainee Puja Khedkar in forgery case

The Supreme Court has extended interim protection from arrest for Puja Khedkar, accused of document forgery for UPSC eligibility, while directing Delhi Police to complete the investigation.

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Supreme Court extends relief to Puja Khedkar in UPSC forgery case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the interim protection from arrest for former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) trainee Puja Khedkar, who is accused of forging documents to gain eligibility for the 2022 Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam.

A bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma directed the Delhi Police to expedite the investigation and set April 15 as the next date for hearing her anticipatory bail plea.

Delhi Police urged to accelerate probe

During the hearing, the bench questioned the delay in completing the investigation, despite Khedkar’s affidavit stating her willingness to cooperate. “You must track up this investigation steadfastly,” Justice Nagarathna told Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju, who represented Delhi Police.

ASG Raju argued that custodial interrogation was essential to probe a larger scam involving the submission of fake documents by UPSC candidates. He claimed that the investigation aimed to determine whether Khedkar’s case was an isolated incident or part of a broader fraudulent network.

However, the Supreme Court observed that revealing the source of the allegedly forged certificates does not necessarily require Khedkar’s custody.

Khedkar’s defense counters allegations

Khedkar’s counsel refuted the forgery claims, stating that she was diagnosed with a low-vision disability in 2018 and had since attempted the UPSC exam thrice under the disability quota. The bench responded by emphasizing the need for justification regarding her attempts.

Khedkar has challenged a Delhi High Court ruling that rejected her anticipatory bail plea. In January, the Supreme Court had granted her interim protection from arrest and directed her to cooperate with the investigation.

Forgery allegations and High Court’s stance

Khedkar is accused of fraudulently availing reservation benefits meant for Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities to clear the UPSC exam.

The Delhi High Court had earlier dismissed her anticipatory bail plea, making strong remarks about the case, calling it a “classic example of fraud, not only with a constitutional body but also with society and the nation.” It emphasized that custodial interrogation was necessary to uncover the extent of the conspiracy.

Additionally, the High Court pointed out that Khedkar’s parents held high-ranking positions, raising concerns about possible collusion with influential individuals.

Khedkar faces criminal charges filed by the Delhi Police, including accusations of cheating and unlawfully claiming quota benefits in the civil services examination.

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Rapper Hanumankind shares fan moment with Virat Kohli at RCB Unboxing event

Hanumankind met Virat Kohli at the RCB Unboxing event, calling him ‘GOAT.’ Kohli introduced Rajat Patidar as the new RCB captain.

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Rapper Hanumankind recently had a special moment as he met Virat Kohli at the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Unboxing event at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. The rapper, who has gained popularity with tracks like Big Dawgs, shared a picture with Kohli on Instagram, capturing the heartfelt moment.

In the post, Hanumankind expressed his admiration for the cricket legend, captioning the photo, “Met the GOAT today.” The image showed both the rapper and Kohli dressed in RCB jerseys, sharing a warm hug.

RCB’s Unboxing event and Kohli’s special request

The RCB Unboxing event took place on March 15, 2025, ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season. Kohli, along with the rest of the RCB squad, attended the event, engaging with fans and making an important announcement.

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During the event, Kohli introduced Rajat Patidar as RCB’s new skipper, urging fans to support the young leader. He expressed confidence in Patidar’s leadership, encouraging fans to show their love and support as the franchise enters a new phase.

Hanumankind’s rising fame in the music industry

Rapper Sooraj Cherukat, widely recognized by his stage name Hanumankind, has been making waves in the Indian hip-hop scene. Some of his popular tracks include Namma Stories, Go To Sleep, Maadeva, Rush Hour, and DAMNSON. His meeting with Kohli added another memorable moment to his journey, as fans from both the cricket and music communities celebrated the interaction.

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