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  • Odisha: Padma Shri Awardee Kamala Pujari Forced To Dance by Social Worker in Cuttak Hospital (Watch Video)

    Padma Shri Awardee Kamala Pujari, a tribal woman from Odisha, was allegedly forced to perform the Dhemsa dance by a social worker in Cuttak District. Kamala alleged Mamata Behera of forcing her to dance before the camera while she was admitted in the hospital. Kamala was given Padma Shri in 2019 for organic farming.

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  • Padma Awards 2022: Padma Bhushan for Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai Top Recognition of India’s Tech Talent

    New Delhi, January 26: In a big honour for the top India-origin tech prowess that has virtually taken over the Silicon Valley in the US, the Indian government on Tuesday awarded Padma Bhushan to Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella and Alphabet and Google’s Sundar Pichai among the 17 awardees.

    Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the country, after Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan. Born on June 10, 1972 in Madras (now Chennai), Pichai Sundararajan — better known as Sundar Pichai — earned his degree from IIT Kharagpur in metallurgical engineering.

    Moving to the US, he earned an MS from Stanford University in materials science and engineering and further earned an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Padma Awards 2022: CDS Gen Bipin Rawat Posthumously Conferred With Padma Vibhushan, Congress Leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Awarded Padma Bhushan; See Full List.

    Pichai began his career as a materials engineer. After a short stint at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Co, he joined Google in 2004, and the rest is history.

    Pichai was picked up as the next CEO of Google on August 10, 2015, after previously being appointed Product Chief by CEO Larry Page. He was appointed to the Alphabet Board of Directors in 2017.

    He was included in Time’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in 2016 and 2020. Pichai is married to Anjali Pichai and has two children. His recreational interests include cricket and football.

    On the other hand, Satya Narayana Nadella was born on August 17, 1967 in Hyderabad (present-day Telangana). His mother Prabhavati was a Sanskrit lecturer, and his father, Bukkapuram Nadella Yugandhar, was an IAS officer of the 1962 batch.

    Nadella studied at the Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, before receiving a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from the Manipal Institute of Technology in Karnataka in 1988. He then moved to the US to study for an MS in computer science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, earning the degree in 1990. Republic Day Eve 2022: 939 Police Medals Including 189 for Gallantry Awarded on R-Day Eve.

    Later, he received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 1997. He is currently the Executive Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014 as CEO and John W. Thompson in 2021 as Chairman.

    Before becoming the CEO, he was the Executive Vice President of Microsoft’s cloud and enterprise group, responsible for building and running the company’s computing platforms.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jan 26, 2022 10:05 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • WhatsApp Message Claiming to be Official List of Padma Awards 2021 Recipients Goes Viral, PIB Fact Check Reveals Truth

    WhatsApp Message Claiming to be Official List of Padma Awards 2021 Recipients Goes Viral, PIB Fact Check Reveals Truth

    New Delhi, August 9: Fake news on social media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter have become an issue of grave concern for people as well as the government as it has the power to mislead the masses. One similar incident of misleading news has surfaced where an old post is doing rounds on WhatsApp claiming to be the official list of Padma Awards 2021 recipients. The misleading message on WhatsApp also has a 15-page PDF file with the name ‘Padma Shri 2021’. The viral WhatsApp message states, “Padma Shri List released for 2021. No Bollywood actor, no cricketer, no politician, but only down to Earth people- who live and work for other people”.

    Dismissing the fake claims, a fact check by Press Information Bureau (PIB)  said that the claim is completely fake and baseless. Taking to Twitter, the fact check revealed that the list circulating on WhatsApp now is of Padma Awards ‘2020’ and not of 2021. Issuing a clarification, the PIB stated that the nominations for Padma Awards 2022 are open till September 15. People can visit the official website for authentic information related to Padma Awards.  Fact Check: Viral Image Showing Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s Elder Brother Repairing Umbrella is Fake, Know The Truth Here.

    Here’s the tweet by PIB: 

    This is not the first time that such fake news is being circulated on social media, triggering panic among people. The government has time and again warned people against such false news. People have been cautioned against such misinformation spreading on social media. They should check the official websites to verify any such information.

    Fact check

    WhatsApp Message Claiming to be Official List of Padma Awards 2021 Recipients Goes Viral, PIB Fact Check Reveals Truth

    Claim :

    A misleading message circulating on Whatsapp is claiming to be the official list of Padma Awards 2021 recipients

    Conclusion :

    The list circulating is of Padma Awards ‘2020’ and NOT 2021

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Aug 09, 2021 09:34 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).