New Delhi, Jan 25: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, former External Affairs minister in the UPA government S M Krishna and tabla maestro Zakir Hussain were among six luminaries selected for the country's second highest civilian honour Padma Vibhushan.

According to an official statement released on the eve of Republic Day, Yadav, medical professional Dilip Mahalanabis who returned from the US to serve in 1971-Bangladesh war refugee camps, and noted architect Balkrishna Doshi were selected for the Padma Vibhushan posthumously.

No one has been named for the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his congratulations to those who have been conferred the Padma Awards.

"India cherishes their rich and varied contributions to the nation and their efforts to enhance our growth trajectory," he said.

US based mathematician Srinivas Varadhan was also selected for the Padma Vibhushan award.

Noted industrialist Kumara Mangalam Birla, novelist S L Bhyrappa and author Sudha Murthy were among nine people awarded Padma Bhushan, the statement said.

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala (posthumous), actor Raveena Tandon, Manipur BJP president Thounaojam Chaoba Singh were among 91 luminaries awarded the Padma Shri award.

These Awards are conferred by the President at ceremonial functions which are held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March or April every year.

For 2023, the President has approved conferment of 106 Padma awards, including three duo cases (in a duo case, the award is counted as one).

Nineteen of the awardees are women and the list also includes two people from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and seven posthumous awardees.

Padma awards, one of the highest civilian awards of the country, are conferred in
three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.

The awards are given in various disciplines or fields of activities - art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.

'Padma Vibhushan' is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service, 'Padma Bhushan' for distinguished service of high order and 'Padma Shri' for distinguished
service in any field.

The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

Here is the list of Padma awardees:

Padma Vibhushan

Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous)

Zakir Hussain

S M Krishna

Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous)

Srinivas Varadhan

Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous)

Padma Bhushan

S L Bhyrappa

Kumar Mangalam Birla

Deepak Dhar

Vani Jairam

Swami Chinna Jeeyar

Suman Kalyanpur

Kapil Kapoor

Sudha Murty

Kamlesh D Patel

Padma Shri

Dr. Sukama Acharya

Jodhaiyabai Baiga

Premjit Baria

Usha Barle

Munishwar Chanddawar

Hemant Chauhan

Bhanubhai Chitara

Hemoprova Chutia

Narendra Chandra Debbarma (Posthumous)

Subhadra Devi

Khadar Valli Dudekula

Hem Chandra Goswami

Pritikana Goswami

Radha Charan Gupta

Modadugu Vijay Gupta

Ahmed Hussain & Shri Mohd Hussain *(Duo)

Dilshad Hussain

Bhiku Ramji Idate

C I Issac

Rattan Singh Jaggi

Bikram Bahadur Jamatia

Ramkuiwangbe Jene

Rakesh Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala (Posthumous)

Ratan Chandra Kar

Mahipat Kavi

M M Keeravaani

Areez Khambatta (Posthumous)

Parshuram Komaji Khune

Ganesh Nagappa Krishnarajanagara

Maguni Charan Kuanr

Anand Kumar

Arvind Kumar

Domar Singh Kunvar

Risingbor Kurkalang

Hirabai Lobi

Moolchand Lodha

Rani Machaiah

Ajay Kumar Mandavi

Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande

Gajanan Jagannath Mane

Antaryami Mishra

Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa

Prof. (Dr.) Mahendra Pal

Uma Shankar Pandey

Ramesh Parmar & Ms. Shanti Parmar *(Duo)

Dr. Nalini Parthasarathi

Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti

Ramesh Patange

Krishna Patel

K Kalyanasundaram Pillai

V P Appukuttan Poduval

Kapil Dev Prasad

S R D Prasad

Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri

C V Raju

Bakshi Ram

Cheruvayal K Raman

Sujatha Ramdorai

Abbareddy Nageswara Rao

Pareshbhai Rathwa

B Ramakrishna Reddy

Mangala Kanti Roy

K C Runremsangi

Vadivel Gopal & Shri Masi Sadaiyan *(Duo)

Manoranjan Sahu

Patayat Sahu

Ritwik Sanyal

Kota Satchidananda Sastry

Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar

K Shanathoiba Sharma

Nekram Sharma

Gurcharan Singh

Laxman Singh

Mohan Singh

Thounaojam Chaoba Singh

Prakash Chandra Sood

Neihunuo Sorhie

Dr. Janum Singh Soy

Kushok Thiksey Nawang Chamba Stanzin

S Subbaraman

Moa Subong

Palam Kalyana Sundaram

Raveena Ravi Tandon

Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari

Dhaniram Toto

Tula Ram Upreti

Dr. Gopalsamy Veluchamy

Dr. Ishwar Chander Verma

Coomi Nariman Wadia

Karma Wangchu (Posthumous)

Ghulam Muhammad Zaz

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Johannesburg, Nov 15: India beat South Africa by 135 runs in the fourth and final T20 International to clinch series 3-1 here on Friday.

Opting to bat, India posted a massive 283 for 1, thanks to unbeaten centuries from Tilak Varma (120 not out off 47 balls) and Sanju Samson (109 not out off 56 balls), and then bowled South Africa out for 148 in 18.2 overs.

Tristan Stubbs top-scored for South Africa with 46 while David Miller contributed 36.

For India, pacer Arshdeep Singh was the most successful bowler with figures of 3/20 while Varun Chakravarthy (2/42) and Axar Patel (2/6) got two wickets each.

Hardik Pandya, Ramandeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi got a wicket each.

Brief Scores:

India: 283 for 1 in 20 overs (Sanju Samson 109 not out, Tilak Varma 120 not out; Lutho Sipamla 1/58).

South Africa: 148 all out in 18.2 overs (Tristan Stubbs 46, David Miller 36; Arshdeep Singh 3/20).