India celebrates 67th Republic Day
India celebrated 67th Republic day 26th January 2016 by displaying its cultural diversity, economic progress and military might were on display at Rajpath, New Delhi. In the national Capital, President Pranab Mukherjee unfurled the national flag and took salute of the parade at Rajpath. French President Francois Hollande was chief guest of Republic Day function. With this he beamce 5th highest dignitary from France to be Chief Guest of Indian Republic Day parade.
- Gallantry awards 2016
President Pranab Mukherjee has conferred the country’s highest peacetime gallantry award Ashok Chakra to Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami posthumously. On the eve of 67th Republic Day celebrations President has approved 365 Gallantry awards and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others. It includes one Ashoka Chakra, 4 Kirti Chakras and 11 Shaurya Chakras.
Awardees are
Ashok Chakra: Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami (Posthumous). He belonged to 9 PARA (Special Force) and laid down his life while fighting LeT militants in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Kirti Chakra: Subedar Mahendra Singh of 9 PARA (Special Force). Sepoy Jagdish Chand (Posthumous) of 546 DSC Platoon.
Shaurya Chakra: Colonel Santosh Mahadik (Posthumous) of 41 Rashtriya Rifle (PARA).
- 2016 Padma Awards
President Pranab Mukherjee has announced the names of recipients of year 2016 Padma awards. He approved conferment of 112 Padma Awards.
2016 Padma Vibhushan Awards
It is the second highest civilian award. It is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.
Sr. No Name Field State
1 Yamini Krishnamurthi Art-Classical Dance Delhi
2 Rajinikanth Art-Cinema Tamil Nadu
3 Girija Devi Art-Classical Vocal West Bengal
4 Ramoji Rao Literature & Education Andhra Pradesh
5 Dr. Viswanathan Shanta Medicine- Oncology Tamil Nadu
6 Shri Shri Ravi Shankar Spiritualism Karnataka
7 Jagmohan Public Affairs Delhi
8 Dr.Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre Science & Engineering Karnataka
9 Avinash Dixit (Foreigner) Literature & Education United States
10 Dhiru Bhai Ambani (Posthumous) Trade & Industry Maharashtra
2016 Padma Bhushan Awards
It is the third highest civilian award. It is awarded for distinguished service of high order.
Sr. No Name Field State
1 Anupam Kher Art-Cinema Maharashtra
2 Udit Narayan Jha Art-Playback Singing Maharashtra
3 Ram V. Sutar Art-Sculpture Uttar Pradesh
4 Heisnam Kanhailal Art-Theatre Manipur
5 Vinod Rai Civil Service Kerala
6 Dr. Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad Literature & Education Andhra Pradesh
7 Prof. N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya Literature & Education Maharashtra
8 Dr. Barjinder Singh Hamdard Literature & Education Punjab
9 Prof. D. Nageshwar Reddy Medicine-Gastroenterology Andhra Pradesh
10 Swami Tejomayananda Spiritualism Maharashtra
11 Hafeez Contractor Architecture Maharashtra
12 Ravindra Chandra Bhargava Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh
13 Dr.Venkata Rama Rao Alla Science & Engineering Andhra Pradesh
14 Saina Nehwal Sports-Badminton Telangana
15 Sania Mirza Sports-Tennis Telangana
16 Indu Jain Trade & Industry Delhi
17 Swami Dayanand Sarawasati Spiritualism Utttarakhand
18 Robert Blackwill (Foreigner) Public Affairs United States
19 Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry (NRI/PIO) Trade & Industry Ireland
- Union Government launches Sahaj Scheme for online booking of LPG cylinders
Union Government has launched Sahaj Scheme for online booking of LPG cylinders. It was launched by Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge) Dharmendra Pradhan as part of Government’s 2016-Year of the Consumers initiative.
Features of Scheme
- Consumers can book LPG cylinders online through the unified web portal www.mylpg.in which is available in 13 languages.
- People can apply online for new LPG connection and they need not visit to the LPG distributors for it. This facility is available around the clock and with online or offline payment options.
- LPG cylinders will be delivered at home even in their absence.
- India ranks 76 in 2015 Corruption Perception Index
India has been ranked 76th out of 168 countries in the recently released 2015 Corruption Perception Index (CPI). The 2015 CPI was the 21st edition of the annual index and was published by the Berlin-based corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI).
Top 5 Countries: Denmark (score 91), Finland (score 90), Sweden (89 score), New Zealand, Netherlands (87 score) and Norway (87 score). Bottom 5 Countries: Angola (rank 163), South Sudan (rank 163), Sudan (rank 165), Afghanistan (rank 166), North Korea (rank 167) and Somalia (rank 167). BRICS Countries: South Africa (rank 61), India (76), Brazil (rank 76), China (rank 83) and Russia (rank 119). SAARC Countries: Bhutan (rank 27), India (rank 76), Sri Lanka (rank 83), Pakistan (rank 117), Nepal (rank 130) and Bangladesh (rank 139) and Afghanistan (rank 166).
Top 5 Countries: Denmark (score 91), Finland (score 90), Sweden (89 score), New Zealand, Netherlands (87 score) and Norway (87 score). Bottom 5 Countries: Angola (rank 163), South Sudan (rank 163), Sudan (rank 165), Afghanistan (rank 166), North Korea (rank 167) and Somalia (rank 167). BRICS Countries: South Africa (rank 61), India (76), Brazil (rank 76), China (rank 83) and Russia (rank 119). SAARC Countries: Bhutan (rank 27), India (rank 76), Sri Lanka (rank 83), Pakistan (rank 117), Nepal (rank 130) and Bangladesh (rank 139) and Afghanistan (rank 166).
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