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The Most Important Current Affairs JANAURY 2019 THE HINDU REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 The Most Important Current Affairs JANAURY 2019 Padma Awards 2019 Announced: Complete Pranab Mukherjee: Mukherjee is an Indian politician List of Winners who served as the 13th President of India from 2012 until 2017. Padma Awards — one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Bhupen Hazarika: Hazarika was an Indian playback Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. singer, lyricist, musician, singer, poet and film-maker The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of from Assam, widely known as Sudhakantha. activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and Nanaji Deshmukh: Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh education, sports, civil service, etc. also known as Nanaji Deshmukh was a social activist ‗Padma Vibhushan‘ is awarded for exceptional and from India. distinguished service; ‗Padma Bhushan‘ for distinguished service of high order and ‗Padma Shri‘ for distinguished Padma Vibhushan (4) service in any field. The awards are announced on the 1. Ms. Teejan Bai — Art-Vocals-Folk — Chhattisgarh occasion of Republic Day every year. 2. Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh (Foreigner) — Public The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Affairs — Djibouti Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri Awards. 21 of the 3. Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Naik — Trade & Industry- awardees are women and the list also includes 11 Infrastructure — Maharashtra persons from the category of foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 3 4. Shri Balwant Moreshwar Purandare — Art-Acting- posthumous awardees and 1 transgender person. The Theatre — Maharashtra list also Includes 3 Bharat Ratna Awardees. The Bharat Ratna Awardees in 2019 are: Padma Bhushan (14) 1. Pranab Mukherjee 1. Shri John Chambers (Foreigner) — Trade & Industry- 2. Bhupen Hazarika (Posthumously) Technology — USA 3. Nanaji Deshmukh (Posthumously) 2. Shri Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa — Public Affairs — Punjab 3. Shri Pravin Gordhan (Foreigner) — Public Affairs — South Africa 4. Shri Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati — Trade & Industry-Food Processing — Delhi 5. Shri Darshan Lal Jain — Social Work — Haryana 6. Shri Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade — Medicine- Affordable Healthcare — Maharashtra 7. Shri Kariya Munda — Public Affairs — Jharkhand 8. Shri Budhaditya Mukherjee — Art-Music-Sitar — West Bengal 9. Shri Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair — Art-Acting-Film — Kerala 10. Shri S Nambi Narayan — Science & Engineering- Space — Kerala 11. Shri Kuldip Nayar (Posthumous) — Literature & Education (Journalism) — Delhi 12. Ms. Bachendri Pal — Sports-Mountaineering — Uttarakhand 13. Shri V K Shunglu — Civil Service — Delhi 14. Shri Hukumdev Narayan Yadav — Public Affairs — Bihar Padma Shri (94) 1. Shri Rajeshwar Acharya — Art-Vocal-Hindustani — Uttar Pradesh 2. Shri bangaru Adigalar — Others-spiritualism — Tamil Nadu 3. Shri Illias Ali — Medicine-Surgery — Assam 1 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected] THE HINDU REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 4. Shri Manoj Bajpayee — Art-Acting-Films — 39. Shri Rajani Kant — Social Work — Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra 40. Shri Sudam Kate — Medicine-Sickle Cell — 5. Shri Uddhab Kumar Bharali — Science & Maharashtra Engineering-Grassroots Innovation — Assam 41. Shri Waman Kendre — Art-Acting-Theatre — 6. Shri Omesh Kumar Bharti — Medicine-Rabies — Maharashtra Himachal Pradesh 42. Shri Kader Khan (Posthumous-Foreigner) — Art- 7. Shri Pritam Bhartwan — Art-Vocals-Folk — Acting-Films — Canada Uttarakhand 43. Shri Abdul Gafur Khatri — Art-Painting — Gujarat 8. Shri Jyoti Bhatt — Art-Painting — Gujarat 44. Shri Ravindra Kolhe (Duo)* — Medicine-Affordable 9. Shri Dilip Chakravarty — Others-Archaeology — Healthcare — Maharashtra Delhi Ms. Smita Kolhe (Duo)* — Medicine-Affordable 10. Shri Mammen Chandy — Medicine-Hematology — Healthcare — Maharashtra West Bengal 45. Ms. Bombayla Devi Laishram — Sports-Archery — 11. Shri Swapan Chaudhuri — Art-Music-Tabla — West Manipur Bengal 46. Shri Kailash Madbaiya — Literature & Education — 12. Shri Kanwal Singh Chauhan — Others-Agriculture — Madhya Pradesh Haryana 47. Shri Ramesh Babaji Maharaj — Social Work-Animal 13. Shri Sunil Chhetri — Sports-Football — Telangana Welfare — Uttar Pradesh 14. Shri Dinyar Contractor — Art-Acting-Theatre — 48. Shri Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya — Others- Maharashtra Agriculture — Gujarat 15. Ms. Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli — Social Work- 49. Ms. Gita Mehta (Foreigner) — Literature & Education Divyang Welfare — Gujarat — USA 16. Shri Babulal Dahiya — Others-Agriculture — 50. Shri Shadab Mohammad — Medicine-Dentistry — Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh 17. Shri Thanga Darlong — Art-Music-Flute — Tripura 51. Shri K K Muhammed — Others-Archaeology — 18. Shri Prabhu Deva — Art-Dance — Karnataka Kerala 19. Ms. Rajkumari Devi — Others-Agriculture — Bihar 52. Shri Shyama Prasad Mukherjee — Medicine- 20. Ms. Bhagirathi Devi — Public Affairs — Bihar Affordable Healthcare — Jharkhand 21. Shri Baldev Singh Dhillon — Science & 53. Shri Daitari Naik — Social Work — Odisha EngineeringAgriculture — Punjab 54. Shri Shankar Mahadevan Narayan — Art-Vocals- 22. Ms. Harika Dronavalli — Sports-Chess — Andhra Films — Maharashtra Pradesh 55. Shri Shantanu Narayen (Foreigner) — Trade & 23. Shri Joravarsinh Jadav — Art - Dance (folk) — Industry-Technology — USA Gujarat 56. Nartaki Natraj — Art-Dance-Bharatnatyam — Tamil 24. Ms. Godawari Dutta — Art-Painting — Bihar Nadu 25. Shri Gautam Gambhir — Sports-Cricket — Delhi 57. Shri Tsering Norboo — Medicine-Surgery — Jammu 26. Ms. Draupadi Ghimiray — Social Work-Divyang & Kashmir Welfare — Sikkim 58. Shri Anup Ranjan Pandey — Art-Music — 27. Ms. Rohini Godbole — Science & Engineering- Chhattisgarh Nuclear — Karnataka 59. Shri Jagdish Prasad Parikh — Others-Agriculture — 28. Shri Sandeep Guleria — Medicine-Surgery — Delhi Rajasthan 29. Shri Pratap Singh Hardia — Medicine-Ophthmology 60. Shri Ganpatbhai Patel (Foreigner) — Literature & — Madhya Pradesh Education — USA 30. Shri Bulu Imam — Social Work-Culture — Jharkhand 61. Shri Bimal Patel — Others-Architecture — Gujarat 31. Ms. Friederike Irina (Foreigner) — Social Work- 62. Shri Hukumchand Patidar — Others-Agriculture — Animal Welfare — Germany Rajasthan 32. Shri Joravarsinh Jadav — Art-Dance Folk — Gujarat 63. Ms. Madurai Chinna Pillai — Social Work- 33. Shri S Jaishankar — Civil Service — Delhi Microfinance — Tamil Nadu 34. Shri Narsingh Dev Jamwal — Literature & Education 64. Ms. Tao Porchon-Lynch (Foreigner) — Others-Yoga — Jammu & Kashmir — USA 35. Shri Fayaz Ahmad Jan — Art-Craft-Papier Mache — 65. Ms. Kamala Pujhari — Others-Agriculture — Odisha Jammu & Kashmir 66. Shri Bajrang Punia — Sports-Wrestling — Haryana 36. Shri K G Jayan — Art-Music-Bhakti — Kerala 67. Shri Jagat Ram — Medicine-Ophthalmology — 37. Shri Subhash Kak (Foreigner) — Science & Chandigarh Engineering-Technology — USA 68. Shri R V Ramani — Medicine-Ophthalmology — 38. Shri Sharath Kamal — Sports-Table Tennis — Tamil Tamil Nadu Nadu 2 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected] THE HINDU REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 69. Shri Devarapalli Prakash Rao — Social Work- is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tennis Affordable Education — Odisha events of the year – the other three being the French 70. Shri Anup Sah — Art-Photography — Uttarakhand Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. The 2018 71. Ms. Milena Salvini (Foreigner) — Art-Dance- Australian Open was the 107th edition of the Kathakali — France tournament. 72. Shri Nagindas Sanghavi — Literature & Education- Journalism — Maharashtra Event Winner Runner-Up 73. Shri Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry — Art-Lyrics — Men’s Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal Telangana Singles (Serbia) (Spain) 74. Shri Shabbir Sayyad — Social Work-Animal Welfare — Maharashtra Women’s Naomi Osaka Petra Kvitova 75. Shri Mahesh Sharma — Social Work-Tribal Welfare Singles (Japan) (Czech Republic) — Madhya Pradesh Men’s Pierre-Hugues Henri Kontinen 76. Shri Mohammad Hanif Khan Shastri — Literature & Doubles Herbert (France) and (Finland) and Education — Delhi Nicolas Mahut John Peers 77. Shri Brijesh Kumar Shukla — Literature & Education (France) (Australia) — Uttar Pradesh Women’s Samantha Stosur Tímea 78. Shri Narendra Singh — Others-Animal Husbandry — Doubles (Australia) and Babos (Hungary) Haryana Zhang Shuai (China) and Kristina 79. Ms. Prashanti Singh — Sports-Basketball — Uttar Mladenovic Pradesh (France) 80. Shri Sultan Singh — Others-Animal Husbandry — Mix Barbora Krejčíková Astra Sharma Haryana Doubles (Czech Republic) and (Australia) and 81. Shri Jyoti Kumar Sinha — Social Work-Affordable Rajeev Ram (United John-Patrick Education — Bihar States) Smith (Australia) 82. Shri Anandan Sivamani — Art-Music — Tamil Nadu 83. Ms. Sharada Srinivasan — Others-Archaeology — Karnataka 84. Shri Devendra Swarup (Posthumous) — Literature & Education-Journalism — Uttar Pradesh 85. Shri Ajay Thakur — Sports-Kabaddi — Himachal Pradesh 86. Shri Rajeev Tharanath — Art-Music-Sarod — Karnataka 87. Ms. Saalumarada Thimmakka — Social Work- Environment — Karnataka 88. Ms. Jamuna Tudu — Social Work-Environment — Jharkhand 89. Shri Bharat Bhushan Tyagi — Others-Agriculture — Uttar Pradesh 90. Shri Ramaswami Venkataswami — Medicine-Surgery — Tamil Nadu 91. Shri Ram Saran Verma — Others-Agriculture — Uttar Pradesh 92. Shri Swami Vishudhananda — Others-Spiritualism — Kerala 93. Shri
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