The wreath-laying ceremony at the UN in New York was held to mark World Humanitarian Day, commemorated annually on 19 August. This marks the day in 2003 when a suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives outside the UN headquarters at the Canal Hotel in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
President Droupadi Murmu laid a wreath and paid tributes at the National War Memorial in the national capital on the occasion of 77th Independence Day.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath participated in the wreath-laying program of Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on the occasion of his 71st death anniversary.
During the business event, both leaders agreed to set a target for bilateral trade from the present 32 crores to a billion euros by the end of the decade, Ministry of External Affairs Secretary-West Sanjay Verma said in a media briefing.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Friday laid a wreath and paid tribute to the leaders of the Telangana movement, at the War Memorial in Hyderabad, on the occasion of State Formation Day.