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Padma Awards 2025: Complete List of Padma Vibhushan, Bhushan, and Shri Awardees 2025

January 27, 2025 admin

The Padma Awards are given in three categories: Padma Vibhushan (for exceptional and distinguished service), Padma Bhushan (for distinguished service of a higher level), and Padma Shri (for distinguished service). These awards recognize achievements in various fields that have made a positive impact on public service.

List of Padma Awardees 2025: The Padma Awards are given based on suggestions from a special committee chosen by the Prime Minister every year. These awards are announced on the evening of Republic Day and are presented by the President of India.

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List of awardees of Padma Vibhushan in 2025:

S.No	Name	Field	State/Country
1	Shri Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy	Medicine	Telangana
2	Justice (Retd.) Shri Jagdish Singh Khehar	Public Affairs	Chandigarh
3	Smt. Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia	Art	Gujarat
4	Shri LakshminarayanaSubramaniam	Art	Karnataka
5	Shri M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous)	Literature and Education	Kerala
6	Shri Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous)	Trade and Industry	Japan
7	Smt. Sharda Sinha (Posthumous)	Art	Bihar

List of awardees of Padma Bhushan in 2025:

S.No	Name	Field	State/Country
1	Shri A Surya Prakash	Literature and Education-Journalism	Karnataka
2	Shri Anant Nag	Art	Karnataka
3	Shri Bibek Debroy(Posthumous)	Literature and Education	NCT Delhi
4	Shri Jatin Goswami	Art	Assam
5	Shri Jose Chacko Periappuram	Medicine	Kerala
6	Shri Kailash Nath Dikshit	Others-Archaeology	NCT Delhi
7	Shri Manohar Joshi(Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Maharashtra
8	Shri Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti	Trade and Industry	Tamil Nadu
9	Shri Nandamuri Balakrishna	Art	Andhra Pradesh
10	Shri P R Sreejesh	Sports	Kerala
11	Shri Pankaj Patel	Trade and Industry	Gujarat
12	Shri Pankaj Udhas(Posthumous)	Art	Maharashtra
13	Shri Rambahadur Rai	Literature and Education-Journalism	Uttar Pradesh
14	Sadhvi Ritambhara	Social Work	Uttar Pradesh
15	Shri S Ajith Kumar	Art	Tamil Nadu
16	Shri Shekhar Kapur	Art	Maharashtra
17	Ms. Shobana Chandrakumar	Art	Tamil Nadu
18	Shri Sushil Kumar Modi(Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Bihar
19	Shri Vinod Dham	Science and Engineering	United States of America

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List of awardees of Padma Shri in 2025:

S.No	Name	Field	State/Country
1	Shri Adwaita Charan Gadanayak	Art	Odisha
2	Shri Achyut Ramchandra Palav	Art	Maharashtra
3	Shri Ajay V Bhatt	Science and Engineering	United States of America
4	Shri Anil Kumar Boro	Literature and Education	Assam
5	Shri Arijit Singh	Art	West Bengal
6	Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya	Trade and Industry	Maharashtra
7	Shri Arunoday Saha	Literature and Education	Tripura
8	Shri Arvind Sharma	Literature and Education	Canada
9	Shri Ashok Kumar Mahapatra	Medicine	Odisha
10	Shri Ashok Laxman Saraf	Art	Maharashtra
11	Shri Ashutosh Sharma	Science and Engineering	Uttar Pradesh
12	Smt. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande	Art	Maharashtra
13	Shri Baijnath Maharaj	Others-Spiritualism	Rajasthan
14	Shri Barry Godfray John	Art	NCT Delhi
15	Smt. Begam Batool	Art	Rajasthan
16	Shri Bharat Gupt	Art	NCT Delhi
17	Shri Bheru Singh Chouhan	Art	Madhya Pradesh
18	Shri Bhim Singh Bhavesh	Social Work	Bihar
19	Smt. Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara	Art	Karnataka
20	Shri Budhendra Kumar Jain	Medicine	Madhya Pradesh
21	Shri C S Vaidyanathan	Public Affairs	NCT Delhi
22	Shri Chaitram Deochand Pawar	Social Work	Maharashtra
23	Shri Chandrakant Sheth(Posthumous)	Literature and Education	Gujarat
24	Shri Chandrakant Sompura	Others-Architecture	Gujarat
25	Shri Chetan E Chitnis	Science and Engineering	France
26	Shri David R Syiemlieh	Literature and Education	Meghalaya
27	Shri Durga Charan Ranbir	Art	Odisha
28	Shri Farooq Ahmad Mir	Art	Jammu And Kashmir
29	Shri Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid	Literature and Education	Uttar Pradesh
30	Smt. Gita Upadhyay	Literature and Education	Assam
31	Shri Gokul Chandra Das	Art	West Bengal
32	Shri Guruvayur Dorai	Art	Tamil Nadu
33	Shri Harchandan Singh Bhatty	Art	Madhya Pradesh
34	Shri Hariman Sharma	Others-Agriculture	Himachal Pradesh
35	Shri Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale	Art	Punjab
36	Shri Harvinder Singh	Sports	Haryana
37	Shri Hassan Raghu	Art	Karnataka
38	Shri Hemant Kumar	Medicine	Bihar
39	Shri Hriday Narayan Dixit	Literature and Education	Uttar Pradesh
40	Shri Hugh and Colleen Gantzer(Posthumous)(Duo)*	Literature and Education-Journalism	Uttarakhand
41	Shri Inivalappil Mani Vijayan	Sports	Kerala
42	Shri Jagadish Joshila	Literature and Education	Madhya Pradesh
43	Smt. Jaspinder Narula	Art	Maharashtra
44	Shri Jonas Masetti	Others-Spiritualism	Brazil
45	Shri Joynacharan Bathari	Art	Assam
46	Smt. Jumde Yomgam Gamlin	Social Work	Arunachal Pradesh
47	Shri K. Damodaran	Others-Culinary	Tamil Nadu
48	Shri K L Krishna	Literature and Education	Andhra Pradesh
49	Smt. K Omanakutty Amma	Art	Kerala
50	Shri Kishore Kunal(Posthumous)	Civil Service	Bihar
51	Shri L Hangthing	Others-Agriculture	Nagaland
52	Shri Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer	Literature and Education-Journalism	Tamil Nadu
53	Shri Lalit Kumar Mangotra	Literature and Education	Jammu And Kashmir
54	Shri Lama Lobzang(Posthumous)	Others-Spiritualism	Ladakh
55	Smt. Libia Lobo Sardesai	Social Work	Goa
56	Shri M D Srinivas	Science and Engineering	Tamil Nadu
57	Shri Madugula Nagaphani Sarma	Art	Andhra Pradesh
58	Shri Mahabir Nayak	Art	Jharkhand
59	Smt. Mamata Shankar	Art	West Bengal
60	Shri Manda Krishna Madiga	Public Affairs	Telangana
61	Shri Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli	Literature and Education	Maharashtra
62	Shri Miriyala Apparao(Posthumous)	Art	Andhra Pradesh
63	Shri Nagendra Nath Roy	Literature and Education	West Bengal
64	Shri Narayan (Bhulai Bhai)(Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Uttar Pradesh
65	Shri Naren Gurung	Art	Sikkim
66	Smt. Neerja Bhatla	Medicine	NCT Delhi
67	Smt. Nirmala Devi	Art	Bihar
68	Shri Nitin Nohria	Literature and Education	United States of America
69	Shri Onkar Singh Pahwa	Trade and Industry	Punjab
70	Shri P Datchanamoorthy	Art	Puducherry
71	Shri Pandi Ram Mandavi	Art	Chhattisgarh
72	Shri Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai	Art	Gujarat
73	Shri Pawan Goenka	Trade and Industry	West Bengal
74	Shri Prashanth Prakash	Trade and Industry	Karnataka
75	Smt. Pratibha Satpathy	Literature and Education	Odisha
76	Shri Purisai Kannappa Sambandan	Art	Tamil Nadu
77	Shri R Ashwin	Sports	Tamil Nadu
78	Shri R G Chandramogan	Trade and Industry	Tamil Nadu
79	Smt. Radha Bahin Bhatt	Social Work	Uttarakhand
80	Shri Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy	Art	Tamil Nadu
81	Shri Ramdarash Mishra	Literature and Education	NCT Delhi
82	Shri Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar	Art	Maharashtra
83	Shri Ratan Kumar Parimoo	Art	Gujarat
84	Shri Reba Kanta Mahanta	Art	Assam
85	Shri Renthlei Lalrawna	Literature and Education	Mizoram
86	Shri Ricky Gyan Kej	Art	Karnataka
87	Shri Sajjan Bhajanka	Trade and Industry	West Bengal
88	Smt. Sally Holkar	Trade and Industry	Madhya Pradesh
89	Shri Sant Ram Deswal	Literature and Education	Haryana
90	Shri Satyapal Singh	Sports	Uttar Pradesh
91	Shri Seeni Viswanathan	Literature and Education	Tamil Nadu
92	Shri Sethuraman Panchanathan	Science and Engineering	United States of America
93	Smt. Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	Medicine	Kuwait
94	Shri Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa)	Literature and Education	Rajasthan
95	Shri Shyam Bihari Agrawal	Art	Uttar Pradesh
96	Smt. Soniya Nityanand	Medicine	Uttar Pradesh
97	Shri Stephen Knapp	Literature and Education	United States of America
98	Shri Subhash Khetulal Sharma	Others-Agriculture	Maharashtra
99	Shri Suresh Harilal Soni	Social Work	Gujarat
100	Shri Surinder Kumar Vasal	Science and Engineering	Delhi
101	Shri Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj)	Others-Spiritualism	West Bengal
102	Shri Syed Ainul Hasan	Literature and Education	Uttar Pradesh
103	Shri Tejendra Narayan Majumdar	Art	West Bengal
104	Smt. Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi	Art	Manipur
105	Shri Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla	Literature and Education	Gujarat
106	Shri Vadiraj Raghawendracharya Panchamukhi	Literature and Education	Andhra Pradesh
107	Shri Vasudeo Kamath	Art	Maharashtra
108	Shri Velu Aasaan	Art	Tamil Nadu
109	Shri Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar	Art	Karnataka
110	Shri Vijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji Maharaj	Others-Spiritualism	Bihar
111	Smt. Vijayalakshmi Deshamane	Medicine	Karnataka
112	Shri Vilas Dangre	Medicine	Maharashtra
113	Shri Vinayak Lohani	Social Work	West Bengal

Note: * In Duo’s case, the Award is counted as one.

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Republic Day 2025: Highlights and Number of Tableaux

January 27, 2025 admin

The 76th Republic Day Parade on January 26, 2025, at Kartavya Path, New Delhi, featured tableaux based on the theme ‘Swarnim Bharat: Virasat Aur Vikas’ (Golden India: Heritage and Development). These tableaux showcased India’s diverse strengths and its constantly evolving cultural inclusiveness marching into a glorious future. The details of the participating tableaux of States/UTs were as follows:

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Tableaux of States/Union Territories

S No	States/UTs	Theme
1	Goa	Cultural Heritage of Goa
2	Uttarakhand	Uttarakhand: Cultural Heritage and Adventure Sports
3	Haryana	Showcasing Bhagwad Gita
4	Jharkhand	Swarnim Jharkhand: A Legacy of Heritage and Progress
5	Gujarat	Swarnim Bharat: Virasat Aur Vikas
6	Andhra Pradesh	Etikoppaka Bommalu – Eco-Friendly Wooden Toys
7	Punjab	Punjab as the land of knowledge and wisdom
8	Uttar Pradesh	Mahakumbh 2025 – Swarnim Bharat Virasat aur Vikas
9	Bihar	Swarnim Bharat: Virasat Aur Vikas (Nalanda Vishwavidyalya)
10	Madhya Pradesh	Madhya Pradesh’s Glory: Kuno National Park – The Land of Cheetahs
11	Tripura	Eternal Reverence: The worship of 14 Deities in Tripura – Kharchi Puja
12	Karnataka	Lakkundi: Cradle of Stone Craft
13	West Bengal	The ‘Lakshmir Bhandar’ & ‘Lok Prasar Prakalpa’ – Empowering Lives and Fostering Self-Reliance in Bengal
14	Chandigarh	Chandigarh: A Harmonious Blend of Heritage, Innovation and Sustainability
15	Delhi	Quality Education
16	Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Daman Aviary Bird Park along with Kukri Memorial – A Tribute to the Valiant Sailors of the Indian Navy

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Tableaux of Ministries/Departments

S No	Departments/Ministries	Theme
1	Department of Social Justice and Empowerment	The Constitution of India, a Cornerstone of our Virasat (Heritage), Vikas, and Path-Pradarshak
2	Ministry of Tribal Affairs	Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh
3	Ministry of Women & Child Development	Multifaceted Journey of Women and Children Nurtured Under the Ministry’s Comprehensive Schemes
4	Ministry of New & Renewable Energy	Swarnim Bharat: Heritage and Development
5	Ministry of Rural Development	Lakhpati Didi
6	Department of Financial Services	India’s Remarkable Journey in Financial Evolution
7	Ministry of Earth Sciences (IMD)	Modern Science Forecasting Extreme Weather Conditions – Saving Lives and Livelihood
8	Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying	Honouring India’s Indigenous Bovine Breeds as Icons of Sustainable Rural Growth
9	Ministry of Culture	Swarnim Bharat: Heritage and Development
10	CPWD	75 Years of Constitution of India Through Flower Tableau

A total of 16 States and Union Territories and 10 Ministries and Departments of the Union Government presented their tableaux.

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National Sports Awards 2024: Full List of Winners

January 4, 2025 admin

Olympic medallists Manu Bhaker, Harmanpreet Singh, chess world champion Gukesh D and para-athlete Praveen Kumar have been named recipients of the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna. The Khel Ratna is India’s highest sporting honour in the National Sports Awards given annually by India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Nominated sportspersons will receive their awards from the President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on January 17.

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National Sports Awards 2024 winners list:

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024 winners

Gukesh D – Chess
Harmanpreet Singh – Hockey
Praveen Kumar – Para-Athletics
Manu Bhaker – Shooting

Arjuna Award 2024 winners

Jyothi Yarraji – Athletics
Annu Rani – Athletics
Nitu Ghanghas – Boxing
Saweety Boora – Boxing
Vantika Agrawal – Chess
Salima Tete – Hockey
Abhishek – Hockey
Sanjay – Hockey
Jarmanpreet Singh – Hockey
Sukhjeet Singh – Hockey
Rakesh Kumar – Para-Archery
Preeti Pal – Para-Athletics
Jeevanji Deepthi – Para-Athletics
Ajeet Singh – Para-Athletics
Sachin Sarjerao Khilari – Para-Athletics
Dharambir – Para-Athletics
Pranav Soorma – Para-Athletics
Hokato Hotozhe Sema – Para-Athletics
Simran Sharma – Para-Athletics
Navdeep Singh – Para-Athletics
Nitesh Kumar – Para-Badminton
Thulasimathi Murugesan – Para-Badminton
Nithya Sre Sivan – Para-Badminton
Manisha Ramadass – Para-Badminton
Kapil Parmar – Para-Judo
Mona Agarwal – Para-Shooting
Rubina Francis – Para-Shooting
Swapnil Kusale – Shooting
Sarabjot Singh – Shooting
Abhay Singh – Squash
Sajan Prakash – Swimming
Aman Sehrawat – Wrestling

Arjuna Awards (Lifetime) 2024 winners

Sucha Singh – Athletics
Murlikant Petkar – Para-Swimming

Dronacharya Award 2024 winners

Regular Category

Subhash Rana – Para-Shooting
Deepali Deshpande – Shooting
Sandeep Sangwan – Hockey

Lifetime Category

S Muralidharan – Badminton
Armando Colaco – Football

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2024 winner

Physical Education Foundation of India

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2024 winners

Chandigarh University – Overall winner University
Lovely Professional University, (PB) – 1st runner up University
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar – 2nd runner up University

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WWF: WildLife In Danger

December 23, 2024 admin

Living Planet Report (“Report”) is a report which is published by the World Wildlife Foundation (“WWF”) every two years. Experts from all over the world use the Living Planet index to monitor the health of the Earth and the animals. It tracks the population sizes of vertebrates like mammals, birds, reptiles and fish. It also checks if the population of animals is increasing or decreasing, and tries to understand the reasons behind the same, along with giving solutions. The Living Planet Index 2024 has covered the period from 1970 to 2020 and included data on 34,836 populations of 5,495 vertebrate species.

Finding Of The Latest Report

Average wildlife populations have fallen by 73% in 50 years!
85% drop has been reported for the population sizes of freshwater species.
Animal species in Latin America and the Caribbean have seen even more extreme average declines of 95% since 1970.
North America and Europe are responsible for nature loss in other countries because they import livestock that is grown in areas that were once wild.
The biggest threat to wildlife is loss of habitats. Other threats include invasive species, disease, climate change, and pollution.

The Warning!

The Report has warned that due to the rate of decline of animal species, deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, and melting of the polar ice caps in Antarctica, the Earth is fast approaching a tipping point. This could impact food security and livelihoods across the world and even loss of healthy ecosystems across the world. The WWF has called the figures a “wake-up call” and warns in the report that “what happens in the next five years will determine the future of life on Earth”.

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Tipping points are points which, if reached, there’s no way of getting things back to the way they were.

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The Amazon rainforest is a very important habitat, as it is home to 10% of wildlife species on Earth. The Amazon rainforest converts carbon dioxide into oxygen and is therefore sometimes called the Earth’s Lungs. With respect to the Amazon rainforest, a tipping point could be reached if just 20–25% of the Amazon rainforest were destroyed! It is estimated 14–17% has already been deforested.

What Can Be Done?

The Report has given the following three important suggestions regarding what countries around the world need to do now:

Transform food production – Currently, the food production INDIAMART system of the world uses 40% of the Earth’s habitable land. This is causing habitat loss, as forests and grasslands are being converted into farmland. The countries need to find more nature-friendly methods of farming nutritious food for the world to eat

Transform finance – The Report has recommended that less money should be invested in environmentally-harmful activities and more into things that help restore nature.

Moving to clean energy – We need to stop greenhouse emissions by stopping the use of fossil fuels. The countries need to use more renewable forms of energy like solar and wind.

The Living Planet Report On India

The Report states that keeping in mind the global demand for food production by 2050, India’s food consumption pattern is the most climate-friendly among G20 nations. The Report has highlighted that India’s diet is the least harmful to the environment. If all countries adopted India’s consumption patterns, the world would require less than one Earth to support food production by 2050, making it a model for sustainability. On the other hand, the Report has also stated that countries like Argentina, Australia, and the US have the least sustainable pattern, with respect to their diet and food choices.

The Report has recommended that people should eat a more sustainable diet, which would reduce the amount of land needed to produce food. The researchers have said that achieving a healthy and nutritious diet will be heavily influenced by local cultural traditions, individual choice, and available food. The Report has praised India’s National Millet Campaign for promoting climate-resilient grains, such as millets, “In some countries, promoting traditional foods will be an important lever to shift diets. For example, the National Millett Campaign in India is designed to increase national consumption of this ancient grain, which is good for health and highly resilient in the face of climate change”.

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G20 is a club of countries who meet every year to discuss plans for the world economy. G20 is made up of 19 of the world’s largest economies plus a representative from the European Union.

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