On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, President Droupadi Murmu will confer national awards for outstanding work towards the empowerment of persons with disabilities on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Saturday at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
India celebrates December 04 as Navy Day, every year, to acknowledge the role of the Indian Navy and commemorate its achievements in 'Operation Trident' during the 1971 Indo-Pak War.
The CWG gold medallist will receive the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, the country's highest sporting honour, from President Droupadi Murmu on November 30 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here.
"Getting better salary packages is a good thing, but it does not mean that the student who does not get a good salary is less qualified," the President advised students at the 18th convocation of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra.
Foundation stone of a medical college to be laid in Sirsa by President Droupadi Murmu, at an event in Kurukshetra on Monday, said the Haryana Government.
President Murmu received credentials Mustafizur Rahman, High Commissioner of Bangladesh, Ibrahim Shaheeb, High Commissioner of Maldives and Abdulnasser Jamal Hussain Mohammed Alshaali, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates. She also received credentials from Juris Bone, Ambassador of the Re
President Droupadi Murmu delivered a speech at the Constitution Day celebrations organised by the Supreme Court of India. She said that When some of the leading nations in the West were still debating women's rights, in India women were participating in the framing of the Constitution.
Taking note of the recent remarks by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Rajyasabha MP Udayan Raje Bhonsle, who is also a Descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj wrote a letter to President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others and demanded to sack Koshyari.
President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday expressed her grief over the death of former Odisha minister Golak Bihari Naik and said that the country had lost an "affable people's leader".