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Fruit Seller Receives Padma Shri For Starting School: Mangalore
Mangalore's 68-year-old fruit seller Harekala Hajabba, received the Padma Shri award on November 8 for building a primary school with his earnings. Reportedly, he used to earn Rs 150/day. His aim to build a school reportedly came from an incident where he could not understand English spoken by a tourist. Hajabba told ANI, "today the school has 175 students with classes up to… read-more
Tags: Padma Shri, President Ramnath Kovind, Human Interest stories, Primary Schools, Padma Awards
Courtesy: India Today
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President Kovind Praises Lovlina Borgohain For Winning Bronze In Olympics
President Ram Nath Kovind praised Lovolina Borgohain for clinching bronze in the women's welterweight category (64-69Kg) on August 4 at Tokyo Olympics. He posted on Twitter saying, "Congratulations to Lovolina Borgohain! With your hard work and dogged determination, you have done the nation proud. This will be inspiring to many young women". Borgohain won bronze after being defeated by Turkey's Buzenas Surmeneli at the Olympics.
Tags: Tokyo Olympics, Lovolina Borgohain, President Ramnath Kovind, Boxing
Courtesy: ANI
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50-Year-Old Dies In Ambulance Due To Traffic Held After President's Visit
A blockade set up for President Kovind's visit allegedly led to a woman's death as she was stuck in traffic in an ambulance for two hours. A 50-year-old, Vandana Mishra was suffering from post-Covid complications. "There was a lot of traffic. Several roads were blocked because of his visit to Kanpur," said Mishra's husband. However, the President after knowing about the incident sought forgiveness and expressed grief over the death.
Tags: President Ramnath Kovind, Ambulance, Traffic, Covid-19
Courtesy: The Indian Express
