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Jan 25 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
Just in: Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, have been announced. CDS #BipinRawat given #PadmaVibhushan posthumously, @vijaita reports.
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#KalyanSingh posthumous receives the Padma Vibhushan, while Congress’ #GhulamNabiAzad, CPI-M’s #BuddhadebBhattacharjee get Padma Bhushan, @vijaita reports.
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#BharatBiotech’s Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella, #CyrusPoonawalla of Serum Institute of India get Padma Bhushan, @vijaita reports.
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Former Home Secretary and CAG Rajiv Mehrishi is accorded #PadmaBhushan along with Satya Narayana Nadella and Sundararajan Pichai, @vijaita reports.
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Padma Shri for Olympian #NeerajChopra and Singer #SonuNigam, @vijaita reports.

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