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PM Modi interacted with the awardees and lauded their achievements (Picture credit: PTI)
NEW DELHI: From 11-year-old Shavan Singh's heartwarming communicative of societal work during Operation Sindoor - regularly delivering water, beverage and lassi to Indian soldiers stationed adjacent his location on the Punjab borderline - to seven-year-old chess prodigy from Gujarat, Vaka Lakshmi Pragnika, the stories of the 20 recipients of Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar bespeak resilience, courageousness and achievement.On Veer Bal Diwas, President Droupadi Murmu Friday, conferred the awards connected children from 18 states for exceptional achievements successful bravery, societal service, environment, sports, creation and culture, and subject and technology, astatine an lawsuit organised by women and kid improvement ministry.Later, PM Modi interacted with the awardees up of addressing a programme astatine Bharat Mandapam and lauded their achievements.Speaking to TOI, Shavan Singh, a Class IV pupil from Chak Taran Wali colony successful Punjab's Ferozepur, said that erstwhile drones began flying implicit his house, helium thought of the soldiers stationed connected the frontline and asked his parents if helium could instrumentality indispensable items for them. Asked if helium felt scared, Shavan replied "bilkul nahin" (not astatine all), adding that helium wants to articulation the Army.Another inspiring awardee is Vansh Tayal from Chandigarh, recognised successful the societal work category.
Orphaned during the Covid pandemic successful 2021, Vansh lives successful a kid attraction institution. Despite his ain affectional challenges, helium volunteered to attraction for a six-year-old abandoned kid with disabilities and contributed to the child's rehabilitation. Now successful Class 12, Vansh said helium aspires to go a psychologist.Lauding the children, President Murmu said it is due to the fact that of talented youngsters similar Pragnika that India is considered a chess powerhouse.
She besides referred to acts of bravery among the awardees. Ajay Raj (9) from Agra saved his begetter during a crocodile attack, portion Mohammed Sidan P (11) from Palakkad successful Kerala rescued 2 friends from electrocution.Vyoma Priya (9) from Coimbatore and Kamlesh Kumar (11) from Kaimur mislaid their lives portion redeeming others.The President besides praised differently-abled sportsperson Shivani Hosuru Uppara for overcoming respective economical and carnal limitations, and Vaibhav Suryavanshi from Samastipur for making a people successful cricket.
