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Nalanda University revived ancient scholarly debates with 'Shastrarth 2026', a new academic tradition fostering intellectual dialogue and research. The event, featuring public dissertation defenses and thematic debates, precedes the university's third convocation. Vice-Chancellor Sachin Chaturvedi emphasized the need for intellectual struggle beyond AI, while new awards will recognize excellence in discourse.

Nalanda University is gearing up for its grand third convocation, celebrating the achievements of 219 talented graduates from 14 countries at the state-of-the-art Vishwamitralaya auditorium. The event will feature P K Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, as the distinguished chief guest.

"Forbearance, restraint and acceptance of different views form some of our core principles. India prides itself on its pluralistic ideals," President said during a function in Kolkata. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the bicentenary celebrations of the diocese of Calcutta, he said every religion preaches the fundamental values of humanity.

Terming his just-concluded state visit to Bhutan as very successful and his "most memorable", president pranab mukherjee today hoped that bilateral relations between the two countries would continue to grow from strength to strength.

president pranab mukherjee on Friday arrived here on a two-day visit to Bhutan and was received by the King and his wife in a special gesture.

president pranab mukherjee on Saturday underscored the need for preserving the country’s rich legacy of cosmopolitanism acquired through uninhibited interactions with divergent cultures and ideas from across the world.

A delegation of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee will meet president pranab mukherjee on Tuesday demanding the sacking of chief minister Vasundhara Raje.

president pranab mukherjee is slated to visit the Tirupati temple shrine later this month where apart from the darshan of Lord Venkateshwara, he would inaugurate a multi-storied tourist complex at Tirumala.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday met president pranab mukherjee at Raj Bhavan for the second time during the head of state's three-day visit and they were understood to have discussed the state's financial situation.

president pranab mukherjee reached Kohima on Saturday afternoon where he was accorded a warm welcome at Assam Rifles helipad by governor Ashwani Kumar, chief minister Neiphiu Rio, other ministers and government officials.

president pranab mukherjee watched Bengali venture Nandita Roy's and Shiboprasad Mukherjee's Muktodhara recently.

An eight-member delegation including Romila Thapar, Krishna Kumar, Satish Deshpande, Pulin Nayak, Shaswati Mazumdar, Nandita Narain, Abha Dev Habib and Shabnam Hashmi met president pranab mukherjee .

president pranab mukherjee's southern sojourn will begin on December 15 and end on January 1 next year.

president pranab mukherjee on Saturday left for Turkey, the second leg of his tour, after he finished his four-day visit to Belgium where he attended a host of state events.

Close on the heels of president pranab mukherjee advisory to the Modi government to avoid ordinance, Rajasthan government on Sunday got an ordinance published in the state gazette about formation of lake protection authority.

"I am glad that during the past years, CAG's audit has shifted from routine compliance audit to a more macro perspective," president pranab mukherjee said.

City roads will see some diversions on December 28, with the visit of president pranab mukherjee.

Noting that India has the largest secondary education system in the world, president pranab mukherjee on Saturday said that the standard of education must be improved and made affordable for meritorious students of all backgrounds.

Just hours after the last rites of his wife, president pranab mukherjee was back at work on Wednesday.

I was a naughty child, my mother pushed me to work hard, president pranab mukherjee told students on Friday.

president pranab mukherjee will host a dinner for the council of ministers as part of a series of initiatives to commemorate three years of his presidency.

Distressed by the practice of paid news rampant in some sections of the media, president pranab mukherjee on Thursday voiced the need for a 'self—correcting mechanism' to check aberrations.

Ahead of worshipping Durga at his ancestral home in Birbhum's Miriti, president pranab mukherjee called for a strict discipline in the society to check crimes against women.

president pranab mukherjee addressed the nation on the eve of the 65th Republic Day. Following is the text of the President's address on the occasion.

It was meant to be a relaxing southern sojourn, but the raging Telangana issue has ensured that president pranab mukherjee’s annual fortnight stay at the Rashtrapati Nilayam in Hyderabad ended up as a working holiday.

president pranab mukherjee, who was at Punjab Agricultural University to attend an international conference on “sustainable agriculture for food and livelihood security” underscored the need for a comprehensive strategy for sustainable agriculture.

president pranab mukherjee's two-day visit to Maharashtra, which was to begin from Thursday, has been cancelled, a statement from the Rashtrapati Bhavan said today.

president pranab mukherjee today described the recent incidents of communal flare-up as "worrying" and asked local administration to nip in the bud such tensions.

Few political heavyweights in Delhi have had the energy and inclination to be as avid movie watchers as CM Arvind Kejriwal. Which is why when they do want to watch something, it gets noticed.

Pranab Mukherjee was given the red carpet welcome as he kickstarted his two-day visit to Odisha on Friday.