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October 9, 2023 9:23 PM

President Murmu receives her Tanzanian counterpart Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan at Rashtrapati Bhavan

President Droupadi Murmu received her Tanzanian counterpart Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday evening. The President also hosted a banquet in her honour. Welcoming her, President Murmu recalled India’s centuries old friendship with Tanzania, which is based on a rich history of cultural and trade relations between the people and the shared struggle against colonialism. She said that the presence of the Indian diaspora for over 200 years in Tanzania is testimony to ...

August 17, 2023 8:45 PM

President Murmu launches country's stealth warship ‘INS Vindhyagiri’ in Kolkata

President Droupadi Murmu launched India’s newest warship ‘INS Vindhyagiri’ on Thursday at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd’s (GRSE) facility on the banks of Hooghly River at Kidderpore in Kolkata. Named after the mountain range in Karnataka, the advanced stealth frigate INS Vindhyagiri is the sixth ship of the Project 17A Frigates. The state-of-the-art ship will be fitted with the latest gadgets and undergo extensive trials before being handed over to the Indian Navy for c...

July 10, 2023 9:40 PM

President Droupadi Murmu calls for a solution to address problem of drop-outs in IITs

President Droupadi Murmu has said that as institutional leaders, Central Institutions of Higher Learning have a major responsibility in transforming India into a knowledge superpower. In her inaugural address at the visitors' conference in Rashtrapati Bhavan this evening, President Murmu said, nowadays there has been discussion about generative artificial intelligence. She said, the Technology Institutes should take initiative in such areas. Expressing concern, the President said, an analys...