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President Droupadi Murmu approves 78 gallantry awards, including 13 posthumous

P eside t D oupadi Mu mu app oves 78 galla t y awa ds, i cludi g 13 posthumous


P eside t
D oupadi
Mu mu
has
app oved
78
galla t y
awa ds
fo
pe so el
of
the
defe ce
fo ces
a d
CAPF.

NEW
DELHI:
P eside t

D oupadi
Mu mu
o
F iday
app oved
78
galla t y
awa ds
fo
pe so el
of
the
Defe ce
Fo ces
a d
Ce t al
A med
Police
Fo ces
o
the
eve
of
the
80th

I depe de ce
Day.
Of
the
78
awa ds,
13
have
bee
app oved
posthumously,
acco di g
to
the
P ess
I fo matio
Bu eau.The
awa ds
i clude
i e
Ki ti
Chak as,
of
which
seve
a e
posthumous,
a d
19
Shau ya
Chak as,
i cludi g
o e
posthumous
awa d.The
P eside t
has
also
app oved
o e
Ba
to
Shau ya
Chak a,
five
Ba s
to
Se a
Medals
(Galla t y)
a d
36
Se a
Medals
(Galla t y),
i cludi g
five
posthumous
awa ds.
The
list
also
i cludes
th ee
Nao
Se a
Medals
(Galla t y)
a d
five
Vayu
Se a
Medals
(Galla t y).The
awa ds
have
bee
app oved
to
ecog ise
galla t y
amo g
pe so el
of
the
Defe ce
Fo ces
a d
Ce t al
A med
Police
Fo ces.

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the
full
list

U de li i g
that
stude ts
a e
the
“a chitects
of
I dia’s
futu e,”
P eside t
D oupadi
Mu mu
o
F iday
said
the
gove me t
is
taki g
comp ehe sive
steps
to
efo m
public
exami atio s
to
completely
cu b
pape
leaks
a d
u fai
mea s,
maki g
the
system
t a spa e t,
secu e,
a d
t ustwo thy.

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I
he
add ess
to
the
atio
o
the
eve
of
the
cou t y’s
80th
I depe de ce
Day,
the
p eside t
st essed
that
just
as
gove me t
a d
society
emai
u ited
to
e su e
atio al
secu ity,
eve yo e
must
co t ibute
th ough
joi t
a d
co ce ted
effo ts
to
safegua d
the
p ese t
a d
futu e
of
stude ts.

“Public
exami atio s
become
gateways
to
oppo tu ities
fo
ou
stude ts.
The
gove me t
is
u de taki g
comp ehe sive
steps
to
efo m
these
exami atio s.
The
objectives
of
these
efo ms
a e
to
completely
cu b
the
use
of
u fai
mea s
i
public
exami atio s,
make
the
exami atio
system
mo e
t a spa e t,
mo e
secu e,
a d
mo e
t ustwo thy
fo
the
youth,”
she
said.He
ema ks
assume
sig ifica ce
i
the
backd op
of
ece t
atio wide
Ge
Z
a d
stude t-led
p otests
dema di g
systemic
ove hauls,
fast-t ack
i vestigatio s,
a d
st i ge t
legal
actio
followi g
high-p ofile
pape
leak
i egula ities
i
competitive
exami atio s.ALSO
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face
co seque ces’:
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add esses
atio
o
eve
of
80th
I-Day

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