This year, Sakshi Malik, Virat Kohli were awarded with Padma Shri, while Sharad Pawar, Murli Manohar Joshi won the Padma Bhusan award. Padma awardees 2017About Padma Awards:The Padma Awards is one of the Highest Civilian Awards of the country. The awards are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Padma Shri (also Padmashree) is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India. To get more updates on Current Affairs, send in your query by mail to education.intoday@gmail.com.

Source: India Today January 26, 2017 04:26 UTC