Padma Awards 2018
· This year 85 Padma awards in including two duo cases (in a duo case, the award is counted as one) were given to distinguished personnel. They include 3 Padma Vibhushan and 73 Padma Awards. 14 of the awardees were women and the list also includes 16 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 3 Posthumous awards.
· Padma Shris was given to one person from all 10 Asean nations to mark 25 years of India's partnership with the southeast Asian grouping.
About Padma Awards
· These are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/fields of activities, viz.-art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, ect.
· 'Padma Vibhushan' is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; 'Padma Bhushan' for distinguished service of high order and 'Padma Shri' for distinguished service in any field.
| PADMA VIBHUSHAN | ||
| Name | Field | State |
| Illaiyaraja | Art-Music | Tamil Nadu |
| Ghulam Mushtafa | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
| Parameshwaran Parameshwaran | Literature and Education | Kerala |
| PADMA BHUSHAN | ||
| Pankaj Advani | Sports- Billiards/ Snooker | Karnataka |
| Philipose Mar Chrysostom | Other-Spiritualism | Kerala |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Sports-Cricket | Jharkhand |
| Alexander Kadakin (Foreigner/Pos.) | Public Affairs | Russia |
| Ramachandran | Other-Archaeology | Tamil Nadu |
| Ved Prakash Nanda (OCI) | Literature and Education | USA |
| Laxman Pai | Art-Painting | Goa |
| Arvind Parikh | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
| Ms. Sharda Sinha | Art-Music | Bihar |
Some Distinguished Padma Awardee, 2018 and their field of Work
ART
Ghulam Mustafa Khan (Maharashtra): India classical musician in the Hindustani classical tradition, be belongs to the illustrious school of music of Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana which owes its allegiance to Seniya tradition.
Ms. Sharda Sinha (Bihar): Folk-singer who sings in Maithili, Bhojpuri and Megahi languages. She is known for her version of the Chhath Puja themed songs.
Ms. Vijaylakshmi Navaneethakrishanan (Tamil Nadu): She is a Tamil folk artist, who was awarded for the collection, documentation and preservation of Tamil folk and tribal music.
Gobardhan Panika (Odisha): His skilled technique and creativity draws inspiration from nature and the local flora and fauna. His and-woven textiles have tribal motifs along with flowers, animals, fish, stars and pyramids. He sets the loom for each piece of handloom making all his textiles turn out to be unique.
Bhajju Shyam (Madhya Pradesh): He is an acclaimed Gondi artist. He received international recognition for his book The London Jungle Book (2004). For his book The Life of Trees Night (2006) he was awarded the 2008 Bologna Children's Book Fair.
Ibraihim Sutar (Karnataka): Known as Kannada Kabir, Sufi singer Ibrahim Sutar it famous for spreading social and communal harmony through has songs and bhajans for the last 40 years. He set up Harmony Folk Music Mela (team of artists) in 1970.
Literature and Education – Journalism
A Zakia (Mizoram): Him contribution towards the growth and development of the Mara language and literate were valuable for the Mara community. The Mara language, having just merely 50,000 speaking population is categorized as definitely endangered language by ISL International.
Bharirath Prasad Tripathi (Uttar Pradesh): His contribution to the language of Sanskrit is invaluable. He is also known to have invented a new technique for teaching Sanskrit without the need of painstaking memorization of hundreds of grammatical formulas.
Sports
Pankaj Advani (Karnataka): 18-time world champion in Clue Sport.
Ms. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (Manupur): She is the second woman from India to win gold medal at the Senior World Weightlifting Championships after Karnam Malleswari.
Marlikant Petkar (Maharashtra): He is India's first Paralympics gold medalist (1972 Heidelberg, Germany)
Kidambi Srikanth (Andhra Pradesh): World No. 3 badminton player is the only person from Andhra Pradesh to get a Padma award this year. He won six titles (French Open, Denmark Open, Australian Open, Indonesia Open, India Open and China Open) last year including four Super Series.
Others
Ramulus Whitaker (Tamil Nadu): Romulus Earl Whitaker is a herpetologist, wildlife conservationist and founder of the Madras Snake, the Andaman and Nicobar Environment Trust (ANET), and the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust. He is hailed as 'The Snake Man of India.
Ms. Lakshmikutty (Kerala): She is popularly known as the grandmother of the jungle for her treatment of snake and insect bites using herbal medicines. She prepares 500 herbal medicine from memory.
MR Rajagopal (Kerala): He is known as the father of Palliative Care in India. He is the founder chairman of Pallium India, a palliative care non-government organization. He played a key role in the creation of the Naitonal Programme for Palliative Care and contributed to the amendment of the draconian Nacrotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act of 1985.
Science and Engineering
Rajagopalan Vasudevan (Tamil Nadu): The Man of India has found a way to reuse plastic waste and to make durable roads.
Manas Bihari Verma (Bihar): A former programme director of Tejas, India's first indigenous multi-role supersonic fighter aircraft.
Ashoka Chakra
· IAF Garud Comondo Jyoti Prakash Nirala was posthumously awarded Ashoka Chakra, the country's highest peacetime gallantry medal.
· Nirala, from Badladh village in Rohtas district of Bihar, is the first-ever IAF airman to get the highest medal for a ground combat operation.
Kirti Chakra
· The Kriti Chakra, the second in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards was conferred on Major Vijayant Bist for foiling infiltration bid in Kashmir.
Republic Day Parade Awards
Best Marching Contingent
Among the Three Services: Punjab Regiment
Para-Military and other Auxiliary Forces: Indo-Tibetan Border Police
Best Tableau
State/UT
First Prize: Tableau from Maharashtra depicting coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The tableau was created by art director Nitin Desai and his team.
· Actor Shah Rukh Khan was awarded with the Crystal Awards – as part of the World Economic Forum's 48th Annual Meeting in Davos – for his leadership in championing children's and women's rights in India. Actor-director Cate Blnchett and singer Elton John are the other awardees this year.
· Shah Rukh was feted as the founder of the non-profit Meer Foundation, which provides support to female victims of acid attacks and major burn injuries through medical treatment, legal aid, vocational training, training, rehabilitation and livelihood support.
· The Crystal Award is given by the WEF to artists who make a difference
Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards
The Parliamentary Group, headed by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has decided to confer Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards to five Members of Parliament for different years. They are:
· Dr Najma Heptulla: Former Rajya Sabha MP (for 2013)
· Hukumdev Narayan Yadav: Lok Sabha MP (for 2014)
· Ghulam Nabi Azad: Rajya Sabha MP (for 2015)
· Dinesh Trivedi: Lok Sabha MP (for 2016)
· Bhartruhari Mahatab: Lok Sabha (for 2017)
Om Prakash Rawat
· Senior-most Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat has been appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). He replaced A.K. Joti, who retired.
· Former Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa was appointed as Election Commissioner to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Rawat's elevation.
K Sivan
· Renewed scientist K Sivan has been appointed as the chairman of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
· He was Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram. He replaced AS Kiran Kumar.
Sivan's Contribution to ISRO
· Sivan contributed significantly to Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) and GSLV Mk-III vehicle design. He has been credited for the development of the PSLV rocket that launched 104 satellites in a single mission, setting a world record in February last year.
Dilip Asbe
· Dilip Asbe has been appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
· NPCI is an umbrella organization for retail payment systems in India.
EC Constitutes Panel to Suggest Changes to RP Act
· Election Commission has constituted a 14-member committee to suggest changes to Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act in view of social media expansion.
· The Act prohibits poll campaigns in the last 48 hours of voting.
· The Committee chaired by Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha will study the impact of social media during the silence period and suggest modifications to the election law and model code the conduct.
Malimath Committee Report
· At the annual Directors General of Police (DGP) conference held at Tekanpur in Madhya Pradesh, the Malimath Committee Report was discussed recently.
· The Committee on Reforms of the Criminal Justice System, or the Justice Malimath Committee, was constituted by the Home Ministry in 2000. It was headed by Justice V.S. Malimath, former Chief Justice of the Karnataka and Kerala High Courts.
· In 2003 it made 158 recommendations on crime investigation and punishment among others.
Key Recommendations
· Conferences made before a Superintendent of Police rank officer be admitted as evidence in a court of law.
· Standard of 'proof beyond reasonable doubt' followed in criminal cases be done away with.
· Stringent punishment needed for false registration of cases.
· The Committee also suggested constituting a National Judicial Commission and amending Article 124 to make impeachment of judges less difficult.
SUMMIM/SEMINAR/EVENT
World Government Summit
· The 'World Government Summit' will be held in Dubai between February 11-13.
· India is the partner country in the summit which is a 'global platform dedicated to shaping the future of government worldwide.
· Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the keynote speaker at the event.
India-ASEAN Commemorative Summit
· The India-ASEAN commemorative summit was held in New Delhi which marked the 25 years of Indo-ASEAN ties.
· The theme of the summit was "Shared Values, Common Destiny".
World Economic Forum Summit
· The Annual Meeting 2018 of the Economic Forum was held from 23-26 January 2018 at Davos in Switzerland with the theme of 'Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World'.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Headquarters: Cologny (Switzerland)
Founder and Excutive Chairman: Klaus Schwab
Objective: Its mission is to improve the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas.
Raisina Dialogue
· The third edition of the Raisina Dialogue was held in New Delhi the "Managing Disruptive Transitions: Ideas, Institutions and Idioms".
· The Raisina Dialogue is a multilateral conference held annually in New Delhi. Since its inception in 2016, the conference has emerged as India's flagship conference on geopolitics and geo-economics. The conference is hosted by the Observer Research Foundation, an independent think tank, in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs of India.
Teem Murti Haifa Chowk
· The Tean Murti Chowk, Delhi has been rename as Teen Murti Haifa Chowk, in the centenary year of the Battle for Haifa as a symbol of friendship between the people of India and Israel.
· The Israeli city was liberated from Ottoman occupation by Indian soldiers during World War I. A large number Brigade died during the battle to free the city and nearly 900 were buried in Israe.
· September 23 is celebrated as Haifa Day in India and Israel every year.
Saving Trees: Mittni the Way
· The Government of Sikkim has come up with a unique way of preserving trees by encouraging people to forge a relationship trees with trees through a practice locally known at Mith/Mit or Mitini.
Harsh Language to be a Cognizable Offence
· The Telangana government has decided to register cases and take up investigation without the permission of court into verbal attack by people using harsh language
· Citizen Delhi: My Times, My Life – Sheila Dikshit
· Imperfect : Sanjay Manjrekar
· Why I am A Hindu: Shashi Tharoor
Australian Open 2018
· Australian Open the first of the four Grand Slams (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open) was held at Melbourne. It is played on grass courts.
· The men's singles winner is presented with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup that is named after Sir Norman Everard Brookes an Australian tennis player who during his career won three Grand Slam singles titles.
Mens' Singles: Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat Marin Cilic (Croatia)
Women's Doubles: Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beat Simona Halep (Romania)
· Fedrer is the only male in the club of 20 or more singles Slam winners. Others are Margaret Court (24), Sarena Williams (23) and Steffi Graf (22)
· Badminton P Gopihand Saina Nehwal/PV Sindhu/K Srikanth
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