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Answer: 24
Sahitya Akademi awards are given in 24 languages — the 22 languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, plus English and Rajasthani, which the Akademi recognises separately.
Answer: Harmanpreet Kaur
Harmanpreet Kaur, who captained the Indian women's cricket team to a T20 World Cup title, was awarded the Padma Shri in 2026. She is among the sports awardees in the 2026 Padma Shri list.
Answer: Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma, the World Cup-winning captain of the Indian men's cricket team, received the Padma Shri in 2026. He is among the 113 Padma Shri awardees. The Padma Shri is the fourth-highest civilian honour in India.
Answer: Sports
Ms. Savita Punia, the Indian women's hockey goalkeeper, was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Sports from Haryana.
Answer: Sports
Shri Rohit Sharma, the Indian cricket team captain, was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Sports from Maharashtra.
Answer: Art
Shri Prosenjit Chatterjee, the renowned Bengali film actor, was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Art from West Bengal.
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
Shri Praveen Kumar, the Paralympic high jumper, was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in Sports from Uttar Pradesh.
Answer: True
Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar, the Indian women's cricket team captain, was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in Sports from Punjab.
Answer: Sports
Shri Vijay Amritraj, the celebrated Indian tennis player, was awarded Padma Bhushan 2026 in Sports, listed under USA.
Answer: True
Shri Uday Kotak, the prominent banker and founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank, was awarded Padma Bhushan 2026 in Trade and Industry from Maharashtra.
Answer: Jharkhand
Shri Shibu Soren, the veteran Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader, was posthumously awarded Padma Bhushan 2026 in Public Affairs from Jharkhand.
Answer: Bhushan
Veteran Malayalam actor Shri Mammootty was awarded the Padma Bhushan (not Vibhushan or Shri) 2026 in Art from Kerala.
Answer: True
Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari, former Governor of Maharashtra, was awarded Padma Bhushan 2026 in Public Affairs from Uttarakhand.
Answer: Art
Ms. Alka Yagnik, the legendary playback singer, was awarded the Padma Bhushan 2026 in the field of Art from Maharashtra.
Answer: Public Affairs
Shri V S Achuthanandhan, the veteran Kerala politician and former Chief Minister, was posthumously awarded Padma Vibhushan 2026 in Public Affairs.
Answer: True
Shri P Narayanan was indeed awarded the Padma Vibhushan 2026 in the field of Literature and Education from Kerala.
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
Ms. N Rajam, the legendary Hindustani violinist, was awarded the Padma Vibhushan 2026 in Art from Uttar Pradesh.
Answer: Public Affairs
Shri K T Thomas, former Chief Justice of India, was awarded the Padma Vibhushan 2026 in Public Affairs from Kerala.
Answer: Padma Vibhushan
Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol was posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan 2026 in the field of Art from Maharashtra.
Answer: True
Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering microcredit. He became head of Bangladesh's interim government in August 2024.