Padma Awards 2021: Shinzo Abe, SP Balasubramaniam among awardees.
Seven eminent personalities including former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe and musical maestro SP Balasubramaniam have been honoured with Padma Vibhushan this year. Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, were announced for the year 2021 on January 25.