Articles for Ratna Awards

Sports Ministry confirms Satwik, Chirag for Khel Ratna, Shami and 25 others for Arjuna award
1 year ago

Sports Ministry confirms Satwik, Chirag for Khel Ratna, Shami and 25 others for Arjuna award

The Hindu  

December 20, 2023 07:55 pm | Updated December 21, 2023 08:37 am IST - New Delhi The Sports Ministry on Wednesday put its stamp on the nominations for the annual sports awards, confirming the prestigious Khel Ratna honour for badminton players Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and the Arjuna award for 26 sports persons, including pacer Mohammed Shami. The …

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Amitabha Bhattacharya | Rethinking the Padma and Bharat Ratna Awards
1 year, 2 months ago

Amitabha Bhattacharya | Rethinking the Padma and Bharat Ratna Awards

Deccan Chronicle  

The recent demise of iconic agricultural scientist M.S. The nation’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, and the Padma awards continue to interest its citizens since these were instituted in 1954. How does one compare, for example, Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar or Lata Mangeshkar with, say, M. Visvesvaraya or Mother Teresa, except that we can agree all attained the highest …

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PU senate to take up names for honorary degrees, awards at annual convocation
1 year, 7 months ago

PU senate to take up names for honorary degrees, awards at annual convocation

Hindustan Times  

Panjab University senate will meet in online mode on Tuesday to consider the recommendations of the special syndicate meeting called on Tuesday to confer the “honoris causa” degrees and Panjab University Ratna awards at the 70th convocation of Panjab University to be held on May 20. As per the syndicate recommendations, honorary degree for the Doctor of Sciences will be …

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No Arjuna Award Mirabai Chanu and Sakshi Malik - National Sports Awards: Full list
4 years, 4 months ago

No Arjuna Award Mirabai Chanu and Sakshi Malik - National Sports Awards: Full list

The Hindu  

The Sports Ministry on Friday decided against bestowing the Arjuna Award on former Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna winners Sakshi Malik and Mirabai Chanu, pruning the list to 27 but accepted an unprecedented five recommendations for the country’s highest sporting honour this year. The list also included Rio Olympics bronze medal-winning wrestler Sakshi and 2017 weightlifting world champion Mirabai, but the …

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National Sports Award’s dignity has to be maintained: Sushil
4 years, 4 months ago

National Sports Award’s dignity has to be maintained: Sushil

The Hindu  

Double Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar on Thursday indicated that the selection committee runs the risk of lowering the dignity of the annual national sports awards by making too many recommendations. “I congratulate the ones who have been nominated but I feel people should work towards maintaining the dignity of these national sports awards. “I myself is an athlete, so …

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