Alka Yagnik was honoured with the Padma Bhushan honour at the Padma Awards 2026 ceremony in New Delhi on June 23. She was conferred with a prestigious award by the president, Droupadi Murmu, for her outstanding contribution to Indian music and playback singing. At the ceremony, Alka looked visibly weak as a female volunteer was seen helping her walk down the aisle to get the honour from the president. The video is going viral on social media, and it has grabbed the netizens’ attention, and since then, they have been expressing their concerns about the Raja Hindustani singer’s health.