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Sharda Sinha, Shekhar Kapur to be honoured
Hindustan Times Pune
|January 26, 2025
Suzuki Motor's former chief Osamu Suzuki and former Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar are among the seven eminent personalities to be honoured with the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honour, the government announced on Saturday.
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Besides, President Droupadi Murmu also approved 19 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri.
Indian American entrepreneur, Vinod Dham, businessman Pawan Goenka, Chandrakant Sompura were also among the awardees.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the Union home ministry said that the President Droupadi Murmu "approved conferment of 139 Padma awards, including one duo case (two persons are given one award), including seven Padma Vibhushan (second highest civilian award), 19 Padma Bhushan (third highest), and 113 Padma Shri awards (fourth highest)".
It added that 23 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 people from the category of foreigners or non-resident Indians or OCI card holders and 13 those who have been awarded posthumously.
This story is from the January 26, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Pune.
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