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The Padma Awards 2025 ceremony in Delhi honoured entertainment luminaries. Shekhar Kapur, Jaspinder Narula, Arijit Singh, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Ajith Kumar, and Ricky Kej received accolades. A posthumous honour was given to Pankaj Udhas.
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Ajith Kumar and Nandamuri Balakrishna received Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honour, by the Union government. Several videos and photos of the moment are going viral on social media.
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Allu Arjun congratulated South Indian icons Nandamuri Balakrishna and Ajith Kumar on receiving the Padma Bhushan, India’s prestigious civilian honor. Announced on Republic Day, January 26, 2025, Allu expressed admiration for their remarkable contributions to Indian cinema, sharing heartfelt messages on Instagram to celebrate their achievements.
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Dadasaheb Phalke Award: Over 350 films in four decades, People’s Star Mithun Chakraborty ruled the Class, Mass and Crass cinema, won three National Awards, including for his debut art film, his Disco Dancer was Bollywood's first Rs 100 crore grosser, and he’s the undisputed King of low-budget B-movies
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Best of Padma Awards: Dignitaries from various domains were honoured with Padma Awards on May 9th. These awards, among the nation's highest civilian honours, are bestowed in three categories: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri. Recipients are recognized for their outstanding contributions across diverse fields such as art, social work, science, literature, sports, and more. The ceremony celebrates excellence and achievements in a wide array of disciplines, highlighting individuals' significant impact on society and their respective fields.
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Vyjayantimala Bali was presented with the Padma Vibhushan in the field of art for her prominent roles in Tamil and Hindi films and as a Bharatanatyam dancer. The President of India conferrs one of the highest civilian awards in the country in three categories – Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
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Veteran actress Vyjayanthimala along with Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi were conferred Padma awards by President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday (May 9).
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The Padma Awards, one of India's highest civilian honours, are conferred across three categories - Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri.
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For Rajat Gupta, the reputational damage was huge. McKinsey, the firm he led for nine years, removed his name from the company's alumni directory.
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After being awarded the Padma Shri Shah Rashid Ahmed Qadri from Karnataka’s Bidar told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he had never expected to receive the Padma under the BJP rule. The Prime Minister reciprocated with a namaste and a smile.
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took to Instagram to share his wife, Akshata Murty's post to applaud his mother in law being conferred with the Padma Bhushan award on Wednesday.
UK's First Lady, Akshata Murty had flown down to attend the ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. As per reports, she was initially seated in the middle row but was later moved to the front row next to Foreign Minister Dr S Jaishankar, as per protocol.
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Akshata Murty was in attendance when her mother, Sudha Murty, was conferred with the Padma Bhushan award by the President of India.
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Rohan Murty wrote that he and his sister Akshata Murty were 'very lucky to have been born into a set of circumstances to learn' from Narayana Murty and Sudha Murty.
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Padma awards 2023: Apart from Akshata Murty, Sudha Murty’s husband, Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy and their son Rohan Murty, and her sister were present at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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Sudha Murty was given the Padma Bhushan award for her social work.
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Yadav, who was also India's defence minister and long-time parliamentarian, and Mahalanabis, who returned from the US to serve in the 1971 Bangladesh war refugee camps, were given the honour posthumously.
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President Droupadi Murmu presented 3 Padma Vibhushan, 4 Padma Bhushan and 47 Padma Shri Awards for the year 2023 at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on March 22.
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Kumar Mangalam Birla's daughter Ananya Birla is a musician and was recently appointed as a director on the board of Aditya Birla Management Corporation.
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Padma Awards event saw some awardees turning emotional and a few briefly interacted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Padma Awards 2023: With this, Kumar Mangalam Birla became the fourth recipient of the Padma award in the Birla Family.
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Employees of the Aditya Birla Group surprised their chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla with a small ceremony to celebrate his Padma Bhushan win.
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Author and philanthropist Sudha Murty was named as one of the nine recipients of India’s third-highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan, on the eve of Republic Day.
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Padma awards 2023: The actor, a National Film Award winner for Best Actress for her role in the movie "Daman" (2001), is popular in Hindi films for her vast range of roles.
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Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and its parent Alphabet, said that innovations created in India are benefitting the world and the Digital India vision has been an accelerator for that progress
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Satya Nadella, who plans to visit India next January, formally received the award for distinguished service, from India's Consul General in San Francisco, Dr T.V. Nagendra Prasad, last week.
