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DBT renamed
i. Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme for LPG, which has
now been renamed (PAHAL) Pratyaksh Hanstantarit
Labh was rolled out in 54 districts from November 15
Radhakrishnan retires as ISRO chief, Shailesh Nayak in
charge
i. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Chairman K. Radhakrishnan retired
Shailesh Nayak, who is Secretary, Union Earth
Sciences Ministry, will hold additional and interim
charge as Chairman
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iv. NSG was created in 1975 as a reaction to India's
first nuclear test in 1974 and it has 48 members at
present
R K Srivastava takes over as chief of Airports Authority
of India
i. R K Srivastava took over as the new chairman of
Airports Authority of India (AAI) replacing Sudheer
Raheja
Assam has worlds highest number of people
internally displaced by conflict
i. A report by the Asian Centre for Human Rights
claims that there are over 3,00,000 internally
displaced persons in Assam, which is the highest in
the world during 2014
Indian-origin man J Y Pillay reappointed as top
advisor to Singapore President
i. Veteran Indian-origin civil servant J Y Pillay was
reappointed as the Chairman of the Presidential
Council of Advisers (CPA) for a period of four years by
Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam
L Narashima Reddy appointed as new Chief Justice of
Patna High Court
Environment Management Directorate is the new
wing of the Railways Jan 3
I. Environment Management Directorate, the new
wing of the Railways, will be responsible for ensuring
effective utilisation of water resources
ii. The Environment Directorate will be headed by an
Advisor- rank official in the railways
iii. There will be six Executive Directors (ED)
iv. All these six EDs will discharge duties connected
with The Environment Management Directorate
BJP government to promote 600 km of inland
waterways
i. The central government is keen on starting inland
waterways of more than 600 kms connecting Andhra
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v. Payments banks can issue RuPay debit cards with
the free insurance cover. But they cannot provide
overdraft facility
Gadkari to launch e-approval for heavy vehicles
i. Surface Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari will launch
the web portal, allowing e-approval for Over
Dimensional (OD) and Over Weight Cargo (OWC)
vehicles
Delhi will have country's first smart city
i. The Narendra Modi-led NDA government has
planned to set up 100 'smart cities' and Union Urban
Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said that
the first such city will come up in the national capital
ii. The smart city will be a complete sub-city, which
would be located in an area of 20-24 hectares,
zoned out of Dwarka, Rohini and Narela
Smart cards soon for unorganised sector workers
Jan 4 and 5
i. Every worker in the unorganised sector may soon be
issued a smart card with a unique identification
number for accessing social schemes and benefits
ii.The Gujarat launch of such a card, U-WIN, On
December 25 in the State was a pilot for launching
the card in all States
Modi launches scheme for LED bulb in Delhi
i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scheme
for LED bulb distribution under domestic efficient
lighting programme (DELP) in Delhi
Govt approves Neutrino Project
i. Union cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has approved setting up of India-based
Neutrino Observatory (INO) in Bodi West Hills, Tamil
Nadu
ii. The INO Project Director, and Senior Professor at
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, is
Naba Mondal
iii. An Inter-Institutional Centre for High Energy Physics
(IICHEP) will also be established in Madurai
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i. The government will issue commemorative coins in
honour of Tata Group founder Jamsetji Nusserwanji
Tata to mark his 175th birth anniversary
ii. Jamsetji Tata, considered as the father of modern
industry in India, will be the first industrialist to be
felicitated by the Indian government in such a
manner
iii. Previously, the government had honoured Jamsetji
by releasing postal stamps - one in 1958 and another
in 1965.
iv. Jamsetje Tata founded Tata Group, was born on
March 3, 1839 in Navsari, in south Gujarat
Every 3 seconds, Make in India Facebook page
adds one like
'Digital Village'
i. Joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Digital India'
programme, ICICI Bank has developed Akodara in
Sabarkantha district of Gujarat into a 'Digital Village'
ii. This 'digital village' was dedicated to the nation by
Modi to mark 60-year celebrations of the group since
the erstwhile ICICI Ltd was set up in 1955
iii. ICICI Bank chief is Chanda Kochhar
Satyarthi to hand over Nobel medal to President Jan
6 and 7
i. The medal being handed over to Mr. Mukherjee by
the Nobel laureate Mr. Satyrathi at Rashtrapati
Bhavan will be put on display in the Museum in
Rashtrapati Bhavan that was opened to public this
past July.
Google keen to be a part of Digital India project
i. Vinton Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist at Google said
Google is interested in being helpful to the Digital
India project
Ford announces 25 global experiments, one in India
i. The 25 mobility experiments from Ford include a pilot
project in India - Share-Car - that aims to create a
model for easy vehicle sharing among small
communities
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do people who have opted to buy cooking gas at
market rate
Governors rule imposed in Jammu and Kashmir
i. President's rule was imposed on Jammu and Kashmir
ii. President Pranab Mukherjee approved Governor N.
N. Vohra's recommendation
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awardees including Guyanese President Donald R
Ramotar and Lord Raj Loomba
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Gujarat summit 2015 Jan 11
i. For the first time in its 10-year history, the Vibrant
Gujarat Summit 2015, will be used as a stage for
business-related diplomacy with the U.S. Secretary of
State John Kerry and U.N. Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon attending the high-profile event
ii. It was started as a brainchild of Mr. Modi in 2003
iii. This years event will see eight countries, Canada,
Japan, China, Australia, the Netherlands, Singapore,
South Africa and the U.S. partnering with the State
iv. In the last six Vibrant Gujarat Summits, the States
signed MoUs worth Rs. 48 lakh crore
v. Gujarat a cultural crossover to the world, says Ban
Ki-moon
vi. Aditya Birla Group will invest Rs 20,000 crore in
Gujarat
vii. Reliance announces Rs 1 lakh crore investments
States urged to take over ESIC-run medical colleges
i. The Centre has requested State governments to
take over the Employee State Insurance Corporationrun medical colleges
Sarabhai award for SHAR director
i. M.Y.S. Prasad, director of Satish Dhawan Space
Centre, Sriharikota Range (SHAR), has been selected
for the Vikram Sarabhai memorial award to be
presented by the Indian Science Congress
Association (ISCA)
ii. The ISCA, which is a premier scientific organization
of the country established in 1914 in Kolkata, has
been giving this award in alternate years
Facebook most popular social network: US study
i. Facebook is by far the most popular social media
website with its large base of "very active" users
visiting the site daily, a new survey of American
internet users has found
ii. The survey was conducted by the Pew Research
Center
It's the sixth time Governor's rule has been imposed in
Jammu and Kashmir
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Australia-India CEO Forum
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swachhta abhiyaan and smart city initiatives, Chief
Minister Anandiben Patel announced
India to hold special programmes in China to attract
tourists
i. India said it will organise a series of special events
across China this year as part of 'Visit India Year'
programme
ii. India's Ambassador to China is Ashok K Kantha
iii. While 2015 will be the 'Visit India Year' in China, next
year will be 'Visit China Year' as part of an
understanding between the two countries
Students to take virtual tour of South Pole
i. Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai, in collaboration
with IceCube South Pole Neutrino Observatory,
Antarctica & Wisconsin ICECUBE Particle Astrophysics
Centre, USA, will host more than 250 students,
teachers and science lovers in a two-hour
programme which will connect Mumbai directly to
South Pole
H.S. Brahma takes over as new Chief Election
Commissioner Jan 14
i. Hari Shankar Brahma, took over as the 19th Chief
Election Commissioner
Anupam Shrivastava is new BSNL chairman and
managing director Jan 15
i.b Anupam Shrivastava has been appointed the
chairman and managing director (CMD) of state-run
BSNL
India's first CNG train for the Rewari-Rohtak section
i. The first CNG train has been launched on the
Rewari-Rohtak section of Northern zone
ii. The train will run on dual fuel system - CNG and
diesel - for six days-a-week (except Sunday)
iii. The train comprising of two power cars and six car
coaches has been manufactured by Integral Coach
Factory at Chennai with the CNG conversion kit
being supplied by Cummins
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Apprentices Protsahan Yojana(APY)
i. The scheme aims to support one lakh apprentices
during the period upto March 2017
ii. Faridabad Regional Directorates of Apprenticeship
Training (RDAT) received the highest number of
applications
iii. Under the APY scheme, the government will
subsidise 50 per cent of the stipend paid to
apprentices during the first two years of training
National honour for Mandya police
i. The Mandya police have secured the Centres gold
medal and cash award
ii. The Department of Administrative Reforms and
Public Grievances had chosen the project Effective
vehicles database management to trace the owners
of unclaimed vehicles lying in police stations for the
National e-governance Award in the category of
Best district-level initiative in citizen-centric service
iii. The 18th National Conference on e-governance will
be held in in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
'Margdarshak Mandal' Jan 18
i. The Bharatiya Janata Partys new leadership
dropped its founding fathers, A.B. Vajpayee, L.K.
Advani and M.M. Joshi from the Parliamentary Board
and elevated them to a new body the
Margdarshak Mandal
ii. The body named 'Margdarshak Mandal' (guiding
group), would include Narendra Modi, Home Minister
Rajnath Singh, AB Vajpayee, LK Advani and MM Joshi
Odds of escaping poverty in India, U.S. same: World
Bank Jan 20
i. The report, Addressing inequality in South Asia,
has found that the probability of a poor person
moving out of poverty in India in 2014 was as good as
that in the U.S
Chandrababu Naidu launched the 'Smart VillageSmart Ward' programme
i. Andhra Pradesh Chief minister Chandrababu Naidu
inaugurated his 'Smart Village- Smart Ward'
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ii. The Spanish version of the book is called 'El Sari
Rojo
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Indian Prime Minister after Manmohan Singh to
extend this special gesture to Obama
West Bengals Nadia does its own Swachh Bharat
i. West Bengal's Nadia district is poised to complete
building toilets for all its residents by next March,
under a programme which has been shortlisted for
the United Nations global award for public service
ii. The scheme "Sobar Souchagar", meaning toilets for
all, was launched a year before Prime Minister
Narendra Modi kickstarted the "Swachh Bharat'
campaign
IRCTC starts e-catering service on 76 trains, including
Jan Shatabdi and Garib Rath
i. The food will be supplied from 80 IRCTC-run food
plazas and fast food restaurants near various stations
ii. IRCTC had earlier launched the food delivery
services on the Delhi-Amritsar section on a trial basis
Indias biggest incubation hub to come up in
Hyderabad
i. The Telangana government began the work on THub, which promises to be India's biggest incubation
facility
ii. Telangana Information Technology Minister K.
Tarakarama Rao laid the foundation stone for the
facility at the International Institute of Information
Technology (IIIT) at Gachibowli
iii. The T-Hub is being set up in collaboration with IIIT,
Hyderabad, Indian School of Business (ISB) and
NALSAR University of Law
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after he was awarded a Republic Day gallantry
medal
ii. He is the highest-ranking military officer to be killed
in the region in nearly a year
Army names Sainik Institute after martyr Naik Neeraj
Kumar Jan 28
i. Army named a facility for soldiers and general
public in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir after
Naik Neeraj Kumar, who was awarded Ashok Chakra
posthumously on the occasion of Republic Day
National meet on applied Maths to be held in Haveri
i. As many as 10 sessions on advances in the field of
Applied Mathematics would be held during the UGC
sponsored two-day National Conference on Applied
Mathematics being held in Haveri
Eros, RailTel tie up to provide entertainment content in
trains
i. RailTel Corporation of India is a PSU under the
Ministry of Railway which focuses on providing
broadband and VPN services
ii. Eros Now and RailTel have announced a tie-up
through which former's video streaming services will
be launched on latter's broadband
iii. RailTel has launched high-speed Wi-Fi network on
key railway stations
iv. Eros Now is a video on demand portal of the Eros
Group
New National Textiles policy will be unveiled after
Union Budget
i. The new National Textiles Policy, which aims to
achieve $300 billion exports by 2024-25 and envisages
creation of additional 35 million jobs, will be unveiled
after the Union Budget
Historical telegram gifted to President Pranab
Mukherjee by Barack Obama
i. A facsimile of the first telegram sent by 33rd
American President Harry S Truman to the first Indian
Head of State Rajendra Prasad framed in a
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while releasing a report on 'Global status of biotech
crops' by international body ISAAA
World Bank to commit $1 bn in clean India
programme
i. World Bank today said it will commit USD 1 billion in
the government's Swachh Bharat (Clean India)
campaign
ii. World Bank's country director in India is Onno Ruhl
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Board, a statutory body created for India's energy
security
vi. India the fourth-biggest energy consumer in the
world after the US, China and Russia depends on
imports for more than 80% of crude oil
Aadhaar to be used as 'digital identity' for mobile
banking
i. The union government under its ambitious 'Digital
India' programme has decided to use the Aadhaar
number as a "digital identity" for the purpose of
mobile banking
ii. The announcement was made by the secretary,
Department of Electronics & Information Technology,
Government of India, R S Sharma, at the 18th national
conference on e-Governance
Global tenders invited for getting States share of
Tungabhadra waters
i. Global tenders had been invited for expression of
interest to suggest measures for regaining the
legitimate share of the State in the Tungabhadra
reservoir at Hosapate which was flowing unused into
the river
Suvarna Raju is new chairman of Hindustan
Aeronautics Ltd
i. T. Suvarna Raju took over as the 17th chairman of
the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL),
following his predecessor R.K. Tyagis retirement
Business incubation Centre on readymade garment &
handloom in Guwahati
i. Business incubation Centre on Readymade
Garment & Handloom was formally inaugurated by
Union Minister for MSME Kalraj Mishra at Indian
Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE)
International Affairs
Abbas signs onto International Criminal Court after
U.N. loss Jan 1
i. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed on to
20 international agreements including the Rome
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ii. The certificate is a condition for the U.S. to disburse
funds under the Kerry-Lugar Bill for civilian aid to
Pakistan that was co-authored by Mr. Kerry in 2009
iii. The U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan is Richard Olson
Asia's largest reverse osmosis plant inaugurated in
Pakistan Jan 6 and 7
i. Asias largest reverse osmosis plant, having a
capacity to produce two million gallons of water
daily, was inaugurated today in Pakistans droughtridden Sindh province
Pakistan president inks bill to set up military courts to
try terrorists
i. A new bill to set up military courts in Pakistan to fasttrack terror-related cases came into effect
ii. Pakistan President is Mamnoon Hussain
Ukraine says Russia behind cyber attack on German
government Jan 8
i. Ukraine's prime minister blamed Russian intelligence
for a hacker attack against German government
websites which is believed to be the first successful
prolonged attack on German government websites
ii. A group calling itself CyberBerkut claimed
responsibility
iii. "Berkut" refers to the riot squads used by the
government of Ukraine's former president, the proRussian President Viktor Yanukovich
iv. Prime Minister of Ukraine is Arseny Yatseniuk
U.N. confirms Palestinians will be ICC member on April
1
i. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has
confirmed the Palestinians will formally become a
member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on
April 1
Kevin Vickers to become envoy to Ireland - Jan 9
i. Kevin Vickers, the head of security who helped kill a
gunman who stormed Canada's parliament last year,
will be appointed ambassador to Ireland, Canadian
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said
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Syrian Electronic Army hacks Le Monde Twitter
account Jan 21
i. French newspaper Le Monde said its Twitter
account and publishing tool were hacked by Syrian
Electronic Army
JFK airport to open a terminal just for animals
i. The worlds first-ever terminal for animals is set to
open at the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York in
2016 and it will transport 70,000 animals a year once
the $48 million facility becomes operational
Doomsday Clock moved closer to midnight Jan 23
i. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved its iconic
Doomsday Clock up two minutes on Thursday.
ii. The clock now stands at three minutes to midnight,
the "latest" it's been since 1984
Atacama desert gets one of the world's biggest solar
plants Jan 24
i. The newly finished PV Salvador solar plant near El
Salvador, in the Atacama desert, northern Chile is
one of the world's biggest solar plants
"National Voters' Day" obseved in Nagaland Jan 25
i. Nagaland joined the country in observing the
National Voters Day
US jobless claims approach nearly 15-year low Jan
29
i. The number of Americans filing new claims for
unemployment benefits tumbled last week to its
lowest level in nearly 15 years
Britain marks 50 years since wartime PM Winston
Churchill's funeral
i. Winston Churchill died on January 24, 1965
ii. Britain marked 50 years since the state funeral of
wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill happened
Italy elects senior judge Sergio Mattarella as
president Jan 31
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ii. Director General of Japan External Trade
Organisation (JETRO) Chennai, Hidehiro Ishiura, said
Maharashtra with 637 establishments toppled Tamil
Nadu (577) from the premier post
AFCONS executes unique float-over system for
ONGC Jan 21
i. AFCONS Infrastructure Ltd said it has executed a
float-over installation of the HRD Process Platform for
ONGC
ii. The Shapoorji Pallonji Group company has became
the first Indian EPC contractor to install a process
platform under float-over technology on time
iii. This was the second float-over operation to be
carried out in India
SEBI vetting plan to allow banks convert corporate
debt into equity
i. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Chairman U.K. Sinha, said that the regulator was
working with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a
formula allowing banks to convert their debt into
equity in corporate
EU lifts ban on Indian mangoes
i. The seven-month ban on Indian mangoes, imposed
last year by the European Union, has been lifted well
in advance of the deadline set for the ban, which
was originally till December 2015.
ii. The EU accounts for more than 50 per cent of total
exports of fruits and vegetables from India
iii. The U.K. is the main destination, followed by the
Netherlands, Germany and Belgium
Petrol costs more than ATF in India
Petrol in India costs more than Aviation Turbine Fuel
(ATF)
i. For the first time, petrol in India costs more than the
superior jet fuel (ATF) used in aeroplanes as the
government has levied a record excise duty on the
fuel used in two-wheelers and cars
Toyota tops in global vehicle sales, beats VW, GM
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infrastructure bank to help fund roads, railways and
seaports with private backing
Egypt has signed a gas exploration contract in the
Nile Delta with French energy company Total
Spain's jobless rate falls in 2014 for second straight
year
i. Spain's unemployment rate fell for the second
straight year in 2014 but remains at one of the highest
levels in the European Union
Emami acquires controlling stake in Australia's Fravin
Pty Ltd
i. Emami Ltd has bought 66.67 per cent stake in
Australian company Fravin Pty Ltd, its second
acquisition this fiscal, marking its entry into the organic
products segment
Reserve Bank modifies ECB policy
i. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) relaxed norms for the
External Commercial Borrowing (ECBs) by allowing
banks and companies to restructure and reschedule
the existing borrowings
Forex reserves jump by $2.7 billion to touch all-time
high of $322.14 billion: RBI
i. India's foreign exchange reserves has scaled a new
height of $322.14 billion replacing the previous record
of $320.79 billion seen 40 months ago
ZipDial's Valerie Wagoner - Only foreign lady tech
CEO in India Jan 24
i. Only foreign lady tech CEO in India is now also the
first woman to have founded a company acquired
by Twitter.
ii. She was named a Top Innovator Under 35 for India
by the MIT Technology Review in 2013
ASEAN to declare single market but delays deeper
integration: Malaysia
i. The Southeast Asian bloc, a market of about 600
million people, had set 2015 as a deadline for
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centres around his address at the Delhi Sustainable
Development Summit between February 5-7
Gramin Bank introduces Rupay cards for minors
i. Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank, headquartered in
Ballari, with jurisdiction over 11 districts, will be the first
Regional Rural Bank (RRB) and one among a few
commercial banks in the country to launch a new
initiative of introducing banking to schoolchildren
ii. M.G. Bhat is the Chairman of the Bank
iii. The bank will distribute Junior ATM Rupay Debit
Cards to schoolchildren above 10 years of age
Suzuki to set up three Gujarat plants in line with 'Make
in India' initiative
i. Japan's Suzuki group plans to set up three plants in
Gujarat's Hansalpur, which will exclusively supply to
Maruti Suzuki India Limited.
ii. Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel laid the
foundation stone for Suzuki's Gujarat vehicle
manufacturing plant
Larsen & Toubro hopes to build nuclear reactors
i. Larsen & Toubro hopes to build nuclear reactors in
partnership with Westinghouse Electric Company and
is exploring other partnerships after India and the US
cleared the way for implementing a bilateral
agreement signed in 2008
ii. L&T signed an agreement with Toshiba-controlled
Westinghouse to manufacture and sell its AP1000
nuclear reactor that runs on pressurised water
technology
iii. L&T, in partnership with the Nuclear Power
Corporation of India, set up a forging facility at Hazira
in Gujarat at an investment of 2,000 crore for the
nuclear power sector
India best positioned among emerging market
economies: report
i. After the taper tantrum scare in May-2013, the
Indian economy has repositioned itself today as a
winner in the EM space, said the ICICI Bank report
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the bank turned insolvent and all efforts to revive the
bank had failed
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Sachin Tendulkar is all set to lead mass run in Kerala
Jan 20
i. Sachin Tendulkar who is the goodwill ambassador
for the games, is going to lead over one crore runners
to the streets as part of 'Run Kerala Run,' a
promotional event for the 35th National Games
Paul van Ass appointed as coach of National Mens
Hockey team
i. Former Dutch National Hockey team coach Paul
van Ass was on 30 January 2015 appointed as the
head Coach of Indian men's hockey team
India to host ICC Twenty20 World Cup in 2016
i. International Cricket Council (ICC) in its board
meeting in Dubai on 29 January 2015 announced
that India will host the Twenty20 World Cup in 2016
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Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz was appointed as the
new king of Saudi
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Awardee
Amitabh Bachchan
Prakash Singh
Badal
Dr. D Veerendra
Heggade
Mohammad Yusuf
Khan alias Dilip
Kumar
Jagadguru
Ramanandacharya
Swami
Rambhadracharya
Malur Ramaswamy
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Public
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Art
Public
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Social
Work
Art
Others
Science
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Padma Bhushan
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Awardees
Shri Jahnu
Art
Barua
Dr. Vijay Bhatkar Science
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Engineering
Swapan
Literature &
Dasgupta
Education
Swami
Others
Satyamitranand
Giri
N.
Civil Service
Gopalaswami
Dr. Subhash C.
Public
Kashyap
Affairs
Dr. (Pandit)
Art
Gokulotsavji
Maharaj
Dr.
Medicine
Ambrish Mithal
Sudha
Art
Ragunathan
Harish Salve
Public
Affairs
Dr. Ashok Seth
Medicine
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Tamil Nadu
Kottayan K.
Venugopal
Karim Al Hussaini
Aga Khan
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France/UK
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Uttar
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Tamil
Nadu
Delhi
Madhya
Pradesh
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Tamil
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Delhi
Delhi
Satpal
Literature &
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Sports
Shivakumara
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9
10
11
12
Swami
Dr. Kharag
Singh Valdiya
Professor Manjul
Bhargava
(NRI/PIO)
David Frawley
(Vamadeva)
(Foreigner)
Bill Gates
(Foreigner)
Melinda
Gates (Foreigne
r)
Saichiro Misumi
(Foreigner)
Names of the
Awardees
Dr. Manjula
Anagani
S. Arunan
Science
and
Engineering
Professor Yogesh
Kumar Chawla
Jayakumari
Chikkala
Bibek Debroy
13
14
Others
USA
Social Work
USA
Social Work
USA
Others
Japan
Padma Shri
Discipline
Kanyakumari
Avasarala
Dr. Bettina
Sharada Baumer
Naresh Bedi
Ashok Bhagat
Sanjay Leela
Bhansali
Dr. Lakshmi
Nandan Bora
Dr. Gyan
Chaturvedi
a
Karnatak
a
USA
Medicine
State/Domicil
e
Telangana
15
16
17
18
19
Dr. Randeep
Guleria
Dr. K. P. Haridas
Rahul Jain
Ravindra Jain
Dr. Sunil Jogi
20
21
22
23
Prasoon Joshi
Dr. Prafulla Kar
Saba Anjum
Ushakiran Khan
24
Dr. Rajesh
Kotecha
Professor Alka
Kriplani
Dr. Harsh Kumar
Narayana
Purushothama
Mallaya
Lambert
Mascarenhas
Dr. Janak Palta
McGilligan
Veerendra Raj
Mehta
Tarak Mehta
Neil Herbert
Nongkynrih
Chewang
Norphel
T. V. Mohandas
Pai
Dr.Tejas Patel
Jadav Molai
25
Science
and Engg
Art
Karnataka
Literature &
Education
Art
Social Work
Art
Jammu and
Kashmir
Delhi
Jharkhand
Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu
26
27
28
29
30
Literature &
Education
Literature
and
Education
Medicine
Assam
Madhya
Pradesh
31
32
33
Chandigarh
34
Medicine
Delhi
Literature &
Delhi
Dr. Sarungbam
Bimola Kumari
Devi
Dr. Ashok Gulati
35
36
Education
Medicine
Manipur
Public
Affairs
Medicine
Delhi
Medicine
Art
Art
Literature
and
Education
Art
Art
Sports
Literature &
Education
Medicine
Kerala
Delhi
Maharashtra
Delhi
Medicine
Delhi
Medicine
Literature
and
Education
Literature &
Education
Social Work
Delhi
Kerala
Delhi
Maharashtra
Odisha
Chhattisgarh
Bihar
Rajasthan
Goa
Social Work
Madhya
Pradesh
Delhi
Art
Art
Gujarat
Meghalaya
Others
Jammu and
Kashmir
Karnataka
Trade and
Industry
Medicine
Others
Gujarat
Assam
27
R.A.C.E
Rapid Academy of Competitive Exams
[Unit of Seeman Education]
37
38
39
40
41
Peyang
Bimla Poddar
Dr. N. Prabhakar
Dr. Prahalada
Dr. Narendra
Prasad
Ram Bahadur Rai
42
43
Mithali Raj
P. V. Rajaraman
44
J. S. Rajput
45
Kota Srinivasa
Rao
Bimal Roy
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
Shekhar Sen
Gunvant Shah
Brahmdev
Sharma (Bhaiji)
Manu Sharma
Yog Raj Sharma
Vasant Shastri
S. K. Shivkumar
P. V. Sindhu
Sardara Singh
Arunima Sinha
Mahesh Raj Soni
Dr.Nikhil Tandon
H. Thegtse
Rinpoche
Dr.Hargovind
Laxmishanker
Trivedi
Huang Baosheng
(Foreigner)
Professor Jacques
Blamont
(Foreigner)
63
Other
Science
and Engg
Medicine
Literature
and
Education
Sports
Civil
Service
Literature &
Education
Art
Literature &
Education
Art
Literature
and
Education
Uttar Pradesh
Delhi
Maharashtra
Bihar
64
Delhi
65
66
Telangana
Tamil Nadu
Uttar Pradesh
Andhra
Pradesh
West Bengal
Maharashtra
Gujarat
Delhi
Medicine
Others
China
Science
and Engg
France
Sports
Sports
Sports
Art
Medicine
Social Work
68
69
Uttar Pradesh
Delhi
Karnataka
Karnataka
Telangana
Haryana
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Delhi
Arunachal
Pradesh
Gujarat
Medicine
Science
and Engg
67
70
71
72
73
74
75
Late Syedna
Mohammad
Burhanuddin
(Posthumous)
Jean-Claude
Carriere-Foreigner
Dr. Nandrajan Raj
Chetty (NRI/PIO)
George L. Hart
(Foreigner)
Jagat Guru Amrta
Suryananda
Maha Raja
(NRI/PIO)
Late Meetha Lal
Mehta
(Posthumous)
Tripti Mukherjee
(NRI/PIO)
Dr. Dattatreyudu
Nori (NRI/PIO)
Dr. Raghu Rama
Pillarisetti
(NRI/PIO)
Dr. Saumitra
Rawat (NRI/PIO)
Annette
Schmiedchen
(Foreigner)
Late Pran Kumar
Sharma
(Posthumous)
Late R.
Vasudevan
(Posthumous)
Others
Maharashtra
Literature &
Education
Trade and
Industry
Others
France
Others
Portugal
Social Work
Rajasthan
Art
USA
Medicine
USA
Medicine
USA
Medicine
UK
Literature &
Education
Germany
Art
Delhi
Civil
Service
Tamil Nadu
USA
USA
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