"Padma Awards 2024: Mithun Chakraborty, Vyjayanthimala, Chiranjeevi Honored"

The Central government has announced the recipients of the Padma Awards 2024, with Parbati Baruah, India's pioneering female elephant mahout, receiving the Padma Shri award, while Vyjayanthimala Bali, Chiranjeevi, Mithun Chakraborty, and Usha Uthup were honored with Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan awards. The list also includes notable individuals such as tennis player Rohan Bopanna and philanthropist Kiran Nadar, with a total of 117 Padma Shri awardees, 30 female awardees, 8 individuals from the category of foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, and 9 Posthumous awardees.