25 January 2017 Current Affairs
National Voter’s Day being observed on 25th January
Today, marks the seventh National Voters day Since 2011, January 25th is observed as National Voters day, this day reminds the responsibility vested with every citizen towards voting and also the power of every single voter. The objective of the day is “to encourage and empower the youth” to participate in voting and to make them enroll in voter’s list if they have crossed 18 years of age.
David Boon, Matthew Hayden Join Australian Hall of Fame
Australians openers David Boon, Matthew Hayden and the late Betty Wilson will be joined into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame. Top-order batsmen Boon and Hayden were key figures who played more than 100 tests for Australia, while all rounder Wilson was female cricketer, ahead of her time, Hall of Fame Chairman.
Venezuelan honours Vladimir Putin with Hugo Chavez Peace Prize
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday announced the creation of peace Prize in honour of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, and said he was awarding it to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The announcement comes on the same day that the Nobel Committee awarded its annual peace Prize to Juan Manuel Santos, President of neighbouring Colombia, for his role in negotiating a peace agreement with Marxist FARC rebels.
PADMA AWARDS 2017: LIST OF AWARDEES OF PADMA VIBHUSHAN,PADMA BHUSHAN,PADMA SHRI
The announcement of Padma awards 2017 must have bring a smile on the face of all winners. Indian Cricket Captain Virat kohli , Indian freestyle wrestler and Olympic hero Sakshi Malik, singer Kailash Kher,Singer Anuradha Paudwal has also been awarded with most respected awards.
NCP leader Sharad Pawar, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, classical singer KJ Yesudas, former MP CM SL Patwa have been awarded Padma Vibhushan. In total, 89 people have got the Padma awards this year.
Here are the list of Padma Awardees:
Padma Vibhushan
1. Shri K J Yesudas Art-Music Kerala
2. Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Spiritualism, Tamil Nadu
3. Shri Sharad Pawar, Public Affairs, Maharashtra
4. Shri Murli Manohar Joshi, Public Affairs, Uttar Pradesh
5. Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao Science & Engineering Karnataka
6. Late Shri Sunder Lal Patwa, (Posthumous), Public Affairs Madhya Pradesh
7. Late Shri PA Sangma, (Posthumous), Public Affairs Meghalaya
Padma Bhushan
8. Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Art-Music Rajasthan
9. Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi, Lit, rature & Education, Uttar Pradesh
10. Shri Tehemton Udwadia Medicine, Maharashtra
11. Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj Others-Spiritualism, Gujarat
12. Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati, Yoga, Bihar
13. H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner), Literature & Education, Thailand
14. Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous) Literature & Education – Journalism Tamil Nadu
Padma Shri
15. Smt. Basanti Bisht, Art-Music, Uttarakhand
16. Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair, Art-Dance, Kerala
17. Smt. Aruna Mohanty Art-Dance, Odisha
18. Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan Art-Cinema Karnataka
19. Shri Sadhu Meher Art-Cinema Odisha
20. Shri T K Murthy Art-Music Tamil Nadu
21. Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh Art-Music, Manipur
22. Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary Art-Music, Uttar Pradesh
23. Smt. Baoa Devi Art-Painting, Bihar
24. Shri Tilak Gitai Art-Painting, Rajasthan
25. Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao Art-Sculpture, Telangana
26. Shri Jitendra Haripal Art-Music, Odisha
27. Shri Kailash Kher Art-Music, Maharashtra
28. Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal Art-Music, Kerala
29. Smt. Sukri Bommagowda Art-Music, Karnataka
30. Shri Mukund Nayak Art-Music, Jharkhand
31. Shri Purushottam Upadhyay Art-Music, Gujarat
32. Smt. Anuradha Paudwal Art-Music, Maharashtra
33. Shri Wareppa Naba Nil Art-Theatre, Manipur
34. Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary Civil Service, Telangana
35. Shri T.K. Viswanathan Civil Service, Haryana
36. Shri Kanwal Sibal Civil Service, Delhi
37. Shri Birkha Bahadur LimbooMuringla, Literature & Education, Sikkim
38. Smt. Eli Ahmed Literature & Education Assam
39. Dr. Narendra Kohli Literature & Education Delhi
40. Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah Literature & Education Karnataka
41. Shri Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri Literature & Education Kerala
42. Shri Kashi Nath Pandita Literature & Education Jammu &Kashmir
43. Shri Chamu Krishna Shastry Literature & Education Delhi
44. Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh
45. Shri Michel Danino Literature & Education Tamil Nadu
46. Shri Punam Suri Literature & Education Delhi
47. Shri VG Patel Literature & Education Gujarat
48. Smt. V Koteswaramma Literature & Education Andhra Pradesh
49. Shri Balbir Dutt Literature & EducationJournalismJharkhand
50. Smt. Bhawana Somaaya Literature & EducationJournalism Maharashtra
51. Shri Vishnu Pandya Literature & EducationJournalism Gujarat
52. Dr. Subroto Das Medicine Gujarat
53. Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav Medicine Madhya Pradesh
54. Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed Medicine Telangana
55. Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole Medicine Uttar Pradesh
56. Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel Medicine Gujarat
57. Prof. Harkishan Singh Medicine Chandigarh
58. Dr. Mukut Minz Medicine Chandigarh
59. Shri Arun Kumar Sharma Others-Archaeology Chhattisgarh
60. Shri Sanjeev Kapoor Others-Culinary Maharashtra
61. Smt. Meenakshi Amma Others-Martial Art Kerala
62. Shri Genabhai Dargabhai Patel Others-Agriculture Gujarat
63. Shri Chandrakant Pithawa Science & Engineering Telangana
64. Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray Science & Engineering West Bengal
65. Shri Chintakindi Mallesham Science & Engineering Andhra Pradesh
66. Shri Jitendra Nath Goswami Science & Engineering Assam
67. Shri Daripalli Ramaiah Social Work Telangana
68. Shri Girish Bhardwaj Social Work Karnataka
69. Shri Karimul Hak Social Work West Bengal
70. Shri Bipin Ganatra Social Work West Bengal
71. Smt. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide Social work Tamil Nadu
72. Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari Social Work Maharashtra
73. Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal Social Work Punjab
74. Shri Virat Kohli Sports-Cricket Delhi
75. Shri Shekar Naik Sports-Cricket Karnataka
76. Shri Vikasa Gowda Sports-Discus Throw Karnataka
77. Smt. Deepa Malik Sports-Athletics Haryana
78. Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu Sports-Athletics Tamil Nadu
79. Smt. Dipa Karmakar Sports-Gymnastics Tripura
80. Shri P R Shreejesh Sports-Hockey Kerala
81. Smt. Sakshi Malik Sports-Wrestling Haryana
82. Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu Trade & Industry Telangana
83. Shri Imrat Khan
84. Shri Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO) Literature & Education USA
85. Shri H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO) Literature & EducationJournalism USA
86. Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon (Posthumous) Medicine Tamil Nadu
87. Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous) Others-Archaeology West Bengal
88. Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous) Social Work Maharashtra
89. Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) Social Work Nepal
Captain of Indian cricket team of blind Shekhar Naik and Paralympian MariyappanThangavelu got Padma Shri. Dipa Karmakar also got Padma Shri.
India, UK Join Hands to Tackle Delhi Air Pollution Risks
India, has partnered with the British experts over a project that aims to study the air pollution level in Delhi and health problems associated it. The project “ASAP- Delhi An Integrated study of Air Pollutant Sources in Delhi National Capital Region would be led by University of Birmingham and would also involve experts from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, the Indian National physical Laboratory and University of surrey.
Union Govt launched Rub SIS for Rubber Growers
Commerce & Industry Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman launched Rubber Soil Information system (Rub SIS), an online system for recommending application of appropriate mix of fertilizers to the specific plantations of rubber growers depending upon this soil nature. Rub SIS is developed by Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII) under the Rubber Board in Collaboration with three agencies like Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Kerala.