Padma Vibhushan
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CDS Gen Bipin Rawat awarded Padma Vibhushan posthumously
New Delhi: India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, who died in a helicopter crash in December last year, will be posthumously conferred Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second-highest civilian…
- Entertainment
Kathak’s living legend, Pandit Birju Maharaj, dies at 83
New Delhi: The living legend of Kathak, Birju Maharaj, who had been diagnosed with kidney disease a few days ago and put on dialysis, died at his home here late on Sunday. He…
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In pics: Padma Awards 2021
New Delhi: Bansuri Swaraj, daughter of former union minister Sushma Swaraj receives Padma Vibhushan from President Ram Nath Kovind on behalf of her mother, during a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, in…
- India
Former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee succumbs to COVID
New Delhi: Former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee died of COVID-19 in a private hospital here on Friday. One the top most lawyers of the country, Sorabjee (91) was tested positive of COVID a…
- Technology
Father of Fiber Optics Narinder S Kapany conferred Padma Vibhushan posthumously
San Francisco: For Dr Narinder Singh Kapany who has been awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian award means much more than even the Nobel Prize, according to the kin of the…
- News
Why Indo-Pacific pioneer Shinzo Abe deserves the Padma Vibhushan
New Delhi: Indias decision to bestow the Padma Vibhushan, the countrys second highest civilian award on Shinzo Abe, is a befitting acknowledgement by the Narendra Modi administration of the former Japanese Prime…
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Legendary classical musician Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan dies at 89
Mumbai: Legendary Indian classical musician and Padma Vibhushan awardee Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan passed away on Sunday afternoon at his residence here. He was 89. Khan’s daughter-in-law Namrata Gupta Khan told PTI that…
