President Kovind retires: Soon after demitting office as India's President, Ram Nath Kovind on Monday moved to his new residence at Janpath road and was greeted by a host of dignitaries, including Union ministers and BJP chief JP Nadda.
President Kovind farewell speech: The president made a special mention of the threat to the environment and asked all citizens to take care of it for future generations.
Walking bare feet in the palatial Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan, before receiving the award, the yoga practitioner bowed down first before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then before the President, drawing another round of applause from the guest at the civil investiture ceremony.
PM Modi, several Union ministers, including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, extended Holi greetings to the nation.
Adityanath had also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, party chief J P Nadda and other senior leaders on Sunday.
Union government has launched 'Operation Ganga' to bring back stranded students and citizens from the conflict-torn Ukraine. Special flights are being operated by Air India as part of the 'Operation Ganga' mission.
Commemorating the Aazadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, ‘Indian Navy – 75 years in Service of the Nation’ has been made the theme of PFR-22. As the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, every President of India reviews the Indian Naval Fleet once during his five-year and PFR-22 will be the 12th edition.
The Congress said that the government has not tendered apology on the Covid deaths and questioned why there is no mention of restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
India's commitments to the ambitious targets were announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 26th climate summit held in Glasgow last year.
President Kovind said a new airport is being set up at Hollongi near Itanagar, and a modern new terminal has recently been opened at the the Maharaja Bir Bikram airport in Tripura.
Addressing the joint session of Parliament, Kovind said that the government through the 'Startups Intellectual Property Protection Programme' has simplified and accelerated the processes related to patents and trademarks.
President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the Parliament on Monday to mark the beginning of 2022 Union Budget session. Listen to his full speech.
President Ram Nath Kovind said it is an occasion to celebrate what is common to us all, our Indian-ness. It was on this day in 1950 that this sacred essence of us all assumed a formal shape.
It has been decided that the Republic Day celebrations will now be week-long from January 23-30 every year. The celebrations will commence on 23rd January, the birth anniversary of great freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
PM Modi's security breach in Punjab seems to have ignited a major controversy ahead of Punjab elections. The Prime Minister also had a word with President Kovind on the same.
The Sri Ramna Kali Mandir in Dhaka was set on fire by the Pakistani forces, killing many people, including devotees and those residing in it in 1971. India supported the renovation of the temple.
The president, who earlier attended the Victory Day Parade as the Guest of Honour, said India has always attached the highest priority to its friendship with Bangladesh.
President Kovind is in Bangladesh on his maiden State Visit at the invitation of his counterpart M Abdul Hamid to attend the golden jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan in 1971.
The Indian contingent drew loud cheers from the crowd as it marched past with the announcer acknowledging India's contributions to Bangladesh's Liberation War of 1971.
All five terrorists involved in the attack and eight security personnel besides a gardener had died in the incident which brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war.
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