United Nations, May 27
Three Indian peacekeepers, who laid down their lives while serving in UN peacekeeping missions last year, are among 129 military, police and civilian personnel honoured on Thur
Corporal Yuvraj Singh from India who served with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and two civilian Indian peacekeepers Ivan Michael Picardo who served with UNMISS and Mulchand Yadav who worked for the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) were honoured posthumously with the Dag Hammarskjold Medal for their courage and sacrifice in the line of duty.
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Three Indian peacekeepers, who laid down their lives while serving in UN peacekeeping missions last year, are among 129 personnel honoured on Thursday with a prestigious medal awarded posthumously for courage and sacrifice in the line of duty.