Republic Day parade: What s new, what s curtailed due to Covid-19 on January 26
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The tableau of the Ministry of Biotechnology at Rajpath during the full dress rehearsal for the upcoming Republic Day Parade,
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Divyangi Tripathi, who topped the CBSE class XII exams in Gorakhpur has been invited to witness the Republic Day Parade from the Prime Minister s Box in Delhi
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New Delhi: With just three days to go for Republic Day, India is all set to display its military might during the annual parade. However, the Republic Day parade of this year will be very different from previous years as it is for the first time that it will be held amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
R-Day parade: What s new, what s curtailed due to COVID-19 on January 26 ANI | Updated: Jan 24, 2021 04:58 IST
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): With just three days to go for Republic Day, India is all set to display its military might during the annual parade. However, the Republic Day parade of this year will be very different from previous years as it is for the first time that it will be held amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Here are the misses/curtailments due to COVID-19 and new additions in the Republic Day parade 2021.
Curtailments
1. This year, only 25,000 spectators will witness the Republic Day parade. Last year, 150,000 spectators were allowed. The number of media persons, too, has been cut from 300 to 200.
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Divyangi Tripathi
GORAKHPUR: Divyangi Tripathi of Gorakhpur, who topped the district in Class XII CBSE exam last year by scoring 99.6% marks and had bagged second rank in the country in Biology group, is on cloud nine as she has been invited to witness the Republic Day parade from the PM’s Box in Delhi with other meritorious students from across the country.
Divyangi’s father Umesh Nath Tripathi, a professor in the chemistry department of DDU Gorakhpur University, said, “It is a matter of pride for us and we are very happy.”
Her mother Usha Tripathi said they got the invitation from the Union government on January 13.