Shyam Saran to be conferred with Award
24, May 2019
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CONTEXT:
- Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran will be conferred with Japan’s second highest national award.
- He will be awarded for his contributions to strengthen the strategic ties and enhancing mutual understanding between India and Japan.
- The Government of Japan announced that in its 2019 Spring Imperial Decorations, it will confer Saran, ‘the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star’.