 | 2021 Padma Awards: Odisha's octogenarian doctor Dr Krishna Mohan Pathi is healing the poor for freeBorn on August 1, 1939 in Sukunda village near Berhampur, Dr Pathi is a noted orthopaedic surgeon who is known for his landmark work in tribal districts of the State. |
 | Padma Awards: Divine poetess Purnamasi Jani from Odisha's Kandhamal never repeats her songsThe 76-year-old tribal poetess, popularly known as Tadisaru Bai in the region, has never repeated any of her poems or songs. |
 | Maharashtra Congress questions criteria for Padma awardsThe Maharashtra government had recommended 99 names for the Padma awards to the Centre, but only one, social activist Sindhutai Sapkal, was selected for Padma Shri. |
 | Better sanitation for rural India is the focus of this Padma awardee from TiruchySubburaman’s NGO, Society for Community Organisation and Peoples Education (SCOPE), has focused on improving sanitation in rural India from 1986. |
 | Maharashtra should have got more Padma awards: Sanjay RautRajnikant Shroff, Sindhutai Sapkal, Girish Prabhune, Namdeo Kamble, Parshuram Gangawane and Jaswantiben Popat are the award winners from Maharashtra this year. |
 | Commoners from Odisha bring Padma awards pride homeThe Padma Shri awardees this year are teacher Nanda Prusty, author-commentator Rajat Kumar Kar, social worker Shanti Devi, poet and singer Purnamasi Jani and doctor Krishna Mohan Pathi. |
 | TT player Mouma Das, five other sportspersons awarded Padma ShriMouma, who won the Arjuna Award in 2013, became only the second table tennis player after Achanta Sharath Kamal to win the Padma Shri. |
 | Padma Vibushan for Dr BM Hegde, Padma Bhushan for Chandrashekhara KambaraSixty-four-year-old Jogati Manjamma, the first transwoman who was appointed as chairperson of Karnataka Janapada Academy has been awarded the Padmashri. |
 | SP Balasubramaniam, Shinzo Abe among seven Padma Vibhushan awardees, here is full listFormer Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, Singer S P Balasubramaniam (posthumously), Sand artist Sudarshan Sahoo, Archaeologist BB Lal awarded Padma Vibhushan among others. |
