Indian high jumper Praveen Kumar, who bagged gold in the men's high jump - T64 event at Paris Paralympics, has been honoured with Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award of India. The 22-year-old said, "I'm getting a lot of love from the nation due to sports...This motivates me to perform better in...upcoming games and clinch...gold medal for the nation."

Paralympic gold medallist Praveen Kumar honoured with Padma Shri

Cricketers Rohit Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur have been honoured with Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award of India. Rohit led India to Men's T20 World Cup 2024 victory, while Harmanpreet led India to Women's ODI World Cup 2025 victory. The government announced five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri Awards on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Rohit Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur honoured with Padma Shri

Former BCCI President Inderjit Singh Bindra has passed away aged 84. ICC Chairman Jay Shah took to X to mourn Bindra's demise, writing, "Deepest condolences on the passing of Mr I S Bindra, former BCCI president and a stalwart of Indian cricket administration. May his legacy inspire future generations. Om Shanti." Bindra served as BCCI President from 1993 to 1996.

Former BCCI President IS Bindra passes away

Team India opener Abhishek Sharma on Sunday created history by smashing the fastest-ever T20I fifty on Indian soil. The 25-year-old took 14 balls to score his half-century in the third T20I against New Zealand in Guwahati. Overall, it is the second-fastest fifty by an Indian after Yuvraj Singh's 12-ball fifty against England in Durban in 2007.

Abhishek Sharma creates history, smashes fastest-ever T20I fifty in India

Bangladesh are not going to challenge the ICC's decision to replace Bangladesh with Scotland in the upcoming T20 World Cup. Amzad Hussain, the BCBs media committee chairman, made the announcement following a board meeting in Dhaka on Saturday. "We are not going to any separate arbitration," he added. Bangladesh refused to travel to India for the tournament.

Bangladesh to not challenge ICC's decision to replace them at T20 World Cup 2026

Six foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI have been honoured with Padma Awards 2026. They include Padma Bhushan awardees radiologist Nori Dattatreyudu (USA) and ex-tennis player Vijay Amritraj (USA). Professor Lars-Christian Koch (Germany), Professor Liudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova (Russia), Dr Prateek Sharma (USA) and legendary wrestling coach Vladimir Mestvirishvili (Georgia) have been honoured with Padma Shri.

Which foreigners have been honoured with Padma Awards 2026?

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is being honoured with India's highest peacetime gallantry award, the Ashok Chakra. This comes after he became the first Indian ISRO astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS) as a pilot for the Axiom-4 crew. He's also one of the astronauts shortlisted for India's first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan.

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla gets India's highest peacetime gallantry award Ashok Chakra

The government has released a list of Padma awardees, with actor Dharmendra Singh Deol being awarded the Padma Vibhushan posthumously. Other Padma Vibhushan awardees include KT Thomas (Public Affairs), N Rajam (Art), P Narayanan (Literature and Education) and VS Achuthanandhan (Public Affairs). VS Achuthanandhan is also receiving the award posthumously.

Actor Dharmendra to get Padma Vibhushan posthumously

The government has announced five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan & 113 Padma Shri Awards for this year. As many as 19 awardees are women. The list also includes six persons from the category of Foreigners/ NRI/PIO/OCI and 16 posthumous awardees. Former Kerala CM VS Achuthanandhan (posthumous) and former judge KT Thomas are among the Padma Vibhushan awardees.

Govt to confer 5 Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan, 113 Padma Shri Awards this year

Tejashwi Yadav was formally appointed as RJD's National Working President on Sunday, months after RJD suffered a defeat in the Bihar Assembly election. His father and RJD supremo Lalu Yadav handed him the appointment letter. RJD won just 25 seats in Assembly election, following which Tejashwi's sister Rohini had a fallout with him. She blamed Tejashwi's aides for the loss. 