Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Topic: Padma award

Padma Awardees 2024: Full list

The Union government on Thursday announced 5 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 110 Padma Shri recipients.

Orange vendor who built school from savings, now charting his next step-a college

66-year-old Muslim orange vendor Harekala Hajabba, having no schooling, received India's second-highest civilian award Padma Shri for bringing a revolution in rural education by constructing a school in a Mangalore village which now has 175 underprivileged students studying there.