15th President of India - Draupadi Murmu NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu won the presidential election against opposition candidate Yashvant Sinha on 21st July 2022. With this Draupadi Murmu became the 15th president of India. Murmu comes from a tribal background and hails from Odisha. Murmu got support from Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik's party Biju Janta Dal. Before being president-elect, Murmu also served as the Governor of Jharkhand and is known for her famous 50 lakh plantation drive in Odisha.
9 more Omicron variant positive cases found in Jaipur. Tally reaches 21 total Omicron variant cases in India. Four persons from Maharashtra who returned from foreign tours and three of their close contacts tested positive for Omicron variant, leading the tally to 12 confirmed cases in India. 5th confirmed case for Omicron variant and 1st for the capital Delhi has returned from Tanzania and is now admitted into LNJP hospital, Delhi. A 33-year-old man from Maharashtra who traveled to Mumbai from South Africa via Dubai and Delhi late last month has tested positive for the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, in the fourth such case confirmed in India. A man who returned from Zimbabwe was found infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Gujarat's Jamnagar, the state health department said, in the third case of the strain in India. A 46-year-old Bangalorean Doctor and a 66-year-old foreigner who came from South Africa via Dubai are the first 2 confirmed cases of Omicron variant