Padma Awards 2023: President Approves 106 Padma Awards

The President has approved the conferment of 106 Padma Awards- 6 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma Shri Awards in 2023.Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous), Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous), Zakir Hussain, SM Krishna, Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous) and Srinivas Varadhan were conferred Padma Vibhushan. Dr Dilip Mahalanabis served the country and saved millions of lives when there was an outbreak of cholera in 1971

Football player Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a two-and-a-half-year contract.He left the Manchester United last month.

President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, the ninth President of Guyana,  is one among the 21 recipients of the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA).He will also be the Chief Guest at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention will be held this time in Indore.

India has deployed a women-only platoon of peacekeepers to the UN Mission in Abyei on the border of Sudan and South Sudan.This is a part of the Indian Battalion in the United Nations Interim Security Force, Abyei (UNISFA).

Hockey Madhya Pradesh won the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Men's U-18 title.

In Uttarakhand, CM Pushkar Singh Dhami launched the Free Mobile Tablet scheme for class 10 and 12 students of state government schools.

The world’s first made-in-India intranasal Covid-19 vaccine iNCOVACC, manufactured by Bharat Biotech, was launched on the occasion of 74th Republic Day.

India celebrated its 74th Republic Day at the newly refurbished Central Vista. A military contingent of the Egyptian Army with 144 personnel marched in India’s Republic Day parade.

In the 80th annual ceremony of the Global Globes Award 2023, ‘The Fabelmans’ won the ‘best film-drama’ award.Best actor in a TV series – drama was won by Kevin Costner for Yellowstone while Best screenplay was won by Martin McDonagh for The Banshees of Inisherin. The ‘Best non-English language film’ was given to Argentina, 1985 (Argentina).