Padma Awards 2018 Announced: Full List Of Recipients

The President has approved the awards for 85 individuals, which includes 3 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 73 Padma Shri. Fourteen of the awardees are women and 3 persons have been awarded posthumously. In sports personalities, former India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and multiple world champion cueist Pankaj Advani have been conferred with the third-highest civilian award, Padma Bhushan.

The 2017 World Weightlifting Champion Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and former Asian Games gold medallist tennis player Somdev Devvarman have been conferred with the Padma Shri. The awards are announced on the eve of the Republic Day every year.

Padma Vibhushan Awards (2nd highest civilian award):

S. No.	Winner	Category
1.	Ilayaraja	Art (Music)
2.	Ghulam Mustafa Khan	Art (Music)
3.	Parameswaran Parameswaran	Literature & Education

Padma Bhushan Awards (3rd highest civilian award):

S. No.	Winner	Category
1.	Pankaj Advani	Sport (Billiards/Snooker)
2.	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	Sports (Cricket)
3.	Alexander Kadakin (Foreigner/Posthumous)	Public Affairs
4.	Ved Prakash Nanda	Literature and Education
5.	Laxman Pai	Art (Painting)
6.	Arvind Parikh	Art (Painting)
7.	Sharda Sinha	Art (Painting)
8.	Philipose Mar Chrysostom	Others (Spiritualism)
9.	Ramachandran Nagaswamy	Others (Archaeology)

Padma Shri Awards:

S. No.	Winner	Category
1.	Abhay Bang (Duo)	Medicine
2.	Damodar Ganesh Bapat	Social Work
3.	Prafulla Govinda Baruah	Literature and Education
4.	Mohan Swaroop Bhatia	Arts
5.	Sudhanshu Biswas	Social Work
6.	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu	Sports for Weightlifting
7.	Pandit Shyamlal Chaturvedi	Literature and Education
8.	Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III (Philippines)	Trade & Industry
9.	Langpoklakpam Subadani Devi	Art-Weaving
10.	Somdev Devvarman	Sports (Tennis)
11.	Yeshi Dhoden	Medicine
12.	Arup Kumar Dutta	Literature and Education
13.	Doddarange Gowda	Art (Lyrics)
14.	Arvind Gupta	Literature and Education
15.	Digamber Hansda	Literature and Education
16.	Ramli Bin Ibrahim (Foreigner)	Art-Dance
17.	Anwar Jalalpuri (Posthumous)	Literature and Education
18.	Piyong Temjen Jamir	Literature and Education
19.	Sitavva Joddati	Social Work
20	Malti Joshi	Literature and Education
21.	Manoj Joshi	Art (Acting)
22.	Rameshwarlal Kabra	Trade & Industry
23.	Pran Kishore Kaul	Art
24.	Bounlap Keokangna (Foreigner)	Architecture
25.	Vijay Kichlu	Art - Music
26.	Tommy Koh (Foreigner)	Public Affairs
27.	Lakshmikutty	Medicine-Traditional
28.	Joyshree Goswami Mahanta	Literature and Education
29.	Narayan Das Maharaj	Spiritualism
30.	Pravakara Maharana Art	Sculpture
31.	Hun Many (Foreigner)	Public Affairs
32.	Nouf Marwaai (Foreigner)	Yoga
33.	Zaverilal Mehta	Literature and Education-Journalism
34.	Krishna Bihari Mishra	Literature and Education
35.	Sisir Purushottam Mishra	Art - Cinema
36.	Subhasini Mistry	Social Work
37.	Tomio Mizokami (Foreigner)	Literature and Education
38.	Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong (Foreigner)	Spiritualism
39.	Keshav Rao Musalgaonkar	Literature and Education
40.	Dr Thant Myint – U (Foreigner)	Public Affairs
41.	V Nanammal	Yoga
42.	Sulagitti Narasamma	Social Work
43.	Ms Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan	Art-Folk Music
44.	I Nyoman Nuarta (Foreigner)	Art-Sculpture
45.	Shri Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Haji Othman (Foreigner)	Social Work
46.	Shri Gobaradhan Panika	Art-Weaving
47.	Shri Bhabani Charan Pattanaik	Public Affairs
48.	Shri Murlikant Petkar	Sports-Swimming
49.	Shri Habibullo Rajabov (Foreigner)	Literature and Education
50.	Shri MR Rajagopal	Medicine-Palliative Care
51.	Shri Sampat Ramteke (Posthumous)	Social Work
52.	Shri Chandra Sekhar Rath	Literature and Education
53.	Shri SS Rathore	Civil Service
54.	Shri Amitava Roy	Science and Engineering
55.	Shri Sanduk Ruit (Foreigner)	Science and Engineering
56.	Shri R Sathyanarayana	Art-Music
57.	Shri Pankaj M Shah	Medicine (Oncology)
58.	Shri Bhajju Shyam	Art-Painting
59.	Shri Maharao Raghuveer Singh	Literature and Education
60.	Shri Kidambi Srikanth	Sports-Badminton
61.	Shri Ibrahim Sutar	Art-Music
62.	Shri Siddeshwara Swamiji	Others-Spiritualism
63.	Ms Lentina Ao Thakkar	Social Work
64.	Shri Vikram Chandra Thakur	Science and Engineering
65.	Shri Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan with  Shri Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Thyagarajan	Art (Music)
66.	Shri Nguyen Tien Thien (Foreigner)	Spiritualism
67.	Shri Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi	Literature and Education
68	Shri Rajagopalan Vasudevan	Science and Engineering
69.	Shri Manas Bihari Verma	Science and Engineering
70.	Shri Panatawane Gangadhar Vithobaji	Literature and Education
71.	Shri Romulus Whitaker	Wildlife Conservation
72.	Shri Baba Yogendra	Art
73.	Shri A Zakia	Literature and Education Bics institute 9213105732,36

Know Your Republic Day - Here Are Some Important And Interesting Facts

It is well known that the day India acquired a written Constitution and became an independent Republic, is the day celebrated as Republic Day on January 26 every year. As India gears up to celebrate 69 years of being a Republic Country. The points will not only help you in preparation for your exams but it will also improve your awareness about the history of the nation.

Here’s a quick look at some interesting facts about one of the most important events in the country’s history:-

1. January 26 was earlier celebrated as India's Independence Day or Purna Swaraj Day, when the Declaration of Independence was officially promulgated in 1930.

2. However, in 1947, since August 15 became the official Independence Day, the Indian Constitution was adopted on this day in 1950, to mark the 1930 declaration.

3. The original constitution of India was handwritten by Prem Behari Narain Raizada.

4. The Constituent Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on 9 December, 1946.

5. Dr BR Ambedkar, the then Chairman of the Constitution Committee – completed the first draft of India’s Constitution in about two years and 11 months. During this period, it held eleven sessions covering a total of 165 days.

6. Among other influences, fundamental duties were taken from the Constitution of USSR, Directive Principles of State Policy was taken from Ireland, concepts of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity from the French Constitution, and fundamental rights were taken from the USA.

7. India has the longest written Constitution in the world with 448 articles in 22 Parts, 12 Schedules and 97 Amendments.'

8. There are two hand-written copies of the Constitution — in Hindi and in English which are kept in helium-filled cases in the Parliament’s library.

9. The calligraphy inside the book was done by Prem Behari Narain Raizda and published in Dehradun.

10. Indonesia’s President Sukarno was the first chief guest at the R-Day celebrations held on 26 January 1950.

11. On the same day, the first President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad took oath at Durbar Hall, New Delhi.

12. India adopted the Lion Head from the Ashoka Pillar in Sarnath, on Republic Day in 1950.

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Nation Celebrates 69th Republic day 

The Country celebrates its 69th Republic Day on 26th January in Rajpath, New Delhi to be resplendently displaying the country's pride and glory. Heads of ten ASEAN countries are chief guests at Republic Day.

This year, the guests of honour are-

1. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah-Sultan of Brunei,

2. Hun Sen- Prime Minister of Cambodia, 

3. Rodrigo Roa Duterte- President of The Philippines, 

4. Joko Widodo- President of Indonesia,

5. Najib Razak- Prime Minister of Malaysia, 

6. Nguyen Xuan Phuc- Prime Minister of Vietnam,

7. Halima Yacob- President of Singapore,

8. Htin Kyaw- President of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi- state counsellor of Myanmar,

9. Prayuth Chan Ocha- Prime Minister of Thailand and

10. Thongloun Sisoulith- Prime Minister of Laos.

The R-Day parade is being led by Parade Commander Lt. Gen. Asit Mistry. The family members of Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala (Posthumous) of the Indian Air Force (IAF), who died fighting militants in Kashmir valley, received India’s highest peacetime gallantry award, Ashok Chakra. This is the third Ashok Chakra for the IAF and its first for ground combat.

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RBI Assistant 2018

Every year RBI Assistant 2018 Exam will be conducted by Reserve Bank of India to select candidates for the post of Assistant. The selected candidates are posted in the multiple branches of RBI through RBI Assistant 2018 Exam all across the country. It is a national level selection process and thus applications from all sections of India are welcomed.

RBI Assistant 2018 Notification

The notification for RBI Assistant 2018 exam for PWD category has been released by RBI. The Reserve Bank of India invites applications from eligible PWD category candidates for 27 posts of “Assistant” in various offices of the Bank. The Online Registration Windowwill open open from 26th January 2018. Candidates can read the official notification for RBI Assistant 2018 Exam below.

RBI Assistant 2018 Exam Dates (for PWD Category)

• Online Application & Payment of Examination Fees (Online): 26th January 2018 to 15th February 2018

• Online Written Test: 6th April 2018

• Language Proficiency Test: 7th May 2018

RBI Assistant 2018 Exam Centre

As the exam for RBI Assistant 2018 will be conducted online at various centres across the country, candidates are given the liberty to choose centre of their choice. Candidates are allotted centres based on their selection. Though RBI has the authority to allot you a centre other than the one you chose due to unavailability of seat in the preferred location.

RBI Assistant 2018 Exam Pattern

RBI Assistant 2018 Exam (for PWD category) will be conducted in 2 phases: An Online Test and a Language Proficiency Test. It is mandatory for all the candidates to qualify these two rounds to ensure final selection to the post of Assistant in Reserve Bank of India.

For rest other categories (notification to be released soon), the exam pattern is discussed below

RBI Assistant 2018 Exam will be conducted in three phases: preliminary examination, mains examination and interview. Candidates are required to clear all the three phases in order to make it to the merit list declared by RBI.

Let’s have a look at the Exam Pattern for RBI Assistant Preliminary Exam

Sections	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks
English Language	30	30	A composite time of 1 hour is provided to the candidate
Numerical Ability	35	35
Reasoning Ability	35	35
Total	100	100

The Exam Pattern for RBI Assistant Mains 2018 is:

Sections	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time Required
English Language	40	40	30 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	40	40	30 minutes
Reasoning Ability	40	40	30 minutes
Computer Knowledge	40	40	20 minutes
General Awareness	40	40	25 minutes
Total	200	200	135 minutes

RBI Assistant 2018 Exam Syllabus

The major sections one should focus upon to clear both preliminary and mains exam for RBI Assistant 2018 Exam are English Language, General Awareness, Numerical Aptitude, Computer Knowledge and Reasoning.

RBI Assistant 2018 Eligibility

To be eligible for RBI Assistant 2018 Exam, a candidate is required to hold a bachelor’s degree in any discipline with an aggregate of 50% and above from a recognized university. He/She must fall into the age limit as stated by RBI in its notification. A candidate must also have supreme knowledge of computers and must be well versed in the official language of the concerned state or Union Territory.

RBI Assistant 2018 Exam Application Fees

A total of Rs. 450/- is to be paid by candidates belonging to General and OBC category as their application fee. The same amount is squeezed to Rs. 50/- for candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD category. No application fee is to be paid by RBI staff.

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