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President Droupadi Murmu confers Bharat Ratna, the countrys highest civilian honour, on former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur (posthumously) during a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi, Saturday, March 30, 2024. Thakurs son Ram Nath Thakur accepted the honour from the President. (PTI Photo)

Prez confers Bharat Ratna on PV, Singh, Swaminathan, Thakur

Dr Swaminathan, Karpoori Thakur get nation's highest honour

31 March 2024 1:17 AM IST

(L to R): Chowdhary Charan Singh, PV Narasimha Rao, MS Swaminathan.

PV Narasimha Rao, MS Swaminathan, Chowdhary Charan Singh conferred...

The move to confer the Bharat Ratna to Narasimha Rao was seen as a subtle message to the Gandhis

10 Feb 2024 1:10 AM IST

Vice-president M. Venkaiah Naidu honours renowed geneticist M.S. Swaminathan (right) at an award function organised by Tamil Nadu Agriculture University in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

Amitabha Bhattacharya | Rethinking the Padma and Bharat Ratna Awards

No wonder that in recent years, some dedicated grassroots workers, far removed from the limelight, are getting noticed...

18 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Father of Green Revolution MS Swaminathan No More

Father of Green Revolution MS Swaminathan No More

Swaminathan was commended by Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug as the driving force behind the Green Revolution in Asia

28 Sept 2023 11:28 PM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and ex-defence minister A.K. Antony during the Congress Working Committee meeting, in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Loan waiver and uniform GST in Congress manifesto

The Congress, sources said, aims to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party's formula by promising the C2 formula.

26 March 2019 1:45 AM IST

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray. (Photo: PTI)

Uddhav Thackeray suggests Father of Green Revolution as Prez

Shiv Sena has also threatened to withdraw support from the government on a few occasions.

17 Jun 2017 2:23 AM IST