New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- On the eve of India's 79th Independence Day, President Droupadi Murmu delivered a wide-ranging address celebrating the nation's resilience, strategic clarity, and rising global profile. Her speech touched on national security, infrastructure breakthroughs, sporting achievements, education reforms, and India's space ambitions - all framed as evidence of a confident, self-reliant country on the cusp of transformative change.

Condemning the "cowardly and utterly inhuman" terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, President Murmu praised the swift and decisive response of the armed forces in Operation Sindoor. She described the mission - which destroyed terrorist infrastructure across the border - as a...