President Droupadi Murmu on Monday met students from various schools on the occasion of Children's Day on Monday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre (RBCC).(ANI)
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Addressing students, president Droupadi Murmu urged them to stay connected with India’s culture and always respect their parents and love the motherland.(ANI)
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"Children are accepted as they are. This is what makes them so alive. Today we are celebrating this innocence and purity of children," she said.(ANI)
"This is a new era of technological and information revolution. Children are now aware of various domestic, social and environmental issues. With the advent of technology, knowledge and information are now at their fingertips," she added.(ANI)
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President Murmu further emphasised teaching children the 'right values and involve them in various activities and discussions.'(ANI)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.