Zubin Mehta gets Tagore Award for Communal Harmony

Who: Zubin Mehta
Profession: International Music Conductor  in western classical music specially the Munich’s Bavarian State Orchestra
Origin: Indian
Award: Tagore Award for Communal Harmony
Famous Concert: ‘Ehsaas-e-Kashmir’
More: The President called Mehta a "distinguished son of India" and also the country's "cultural ambassador".
                                       

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards- 2013

Who:   Ronjan Sodhi (Trap shooter)
What:  Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
Why:   Indian to win two back-to-back World Cup gold medals
Other Facts: Interestingly, it is for the third consecutive year that a Khel Ratna award has gone to a shooter.

Who:   Virat Kohli
Why:   Arjuna award for Cricket

Who:   PV Sindhu
What:  Arjuna Award
Why:   first Indian woman shuttler to clinch a bronze medal at the recent World Championships

Note:  14 sportspersons picked for the Arjuna award