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Sansad Ratna Awards: The Sansad Ratna Awards were instituted in 2010, inspired by the teachings of former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who launched the first edition of the Award function in Chennai. The jury committee comprises “eminent Parliamentarians and (members of) civil society”. The nominations were based on an MP’s cumulative performance in Parliament. FactorsRead more

Jaadui Pitara: Union Education Minister recently launched an innovative learning material for foundational years of children called “Jaadui Pitara”. The ‘Jaadui Pitara’ or ‘Magic Collection is a play-based learning material for children in the age group of three to eight years. It has been designed on the motto of ”learning through play”, as envisaged inRead more

National Conference on Agriculture for Zaid (Summer) Campaign:Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister chaired the conference.The objective of the Zaid conference is to review and assess the crop performance during the preceding crop seasons and fix crop-wise targets for the summer season in consultation with State Governments. Zaid crops: Zaid or summer crops are grownRead more

Chhatrapati Shivaji:The founder of the Maratha Kingdom, Shivaji was born to be a natural leader and fighter on 19th February, 1630 in the prestigious Shivneri Fort.He was known as the Father of Indian Navy, Shivaji was the first to realise the importance of having a naval force, and therefore he strategically established a navy andRead more

Yakshagana: Yakshagana is a traditional folk dance form popular in Coastal Karnataka It is a rare combination of dance, music, song, scholarly dialogues and colourful costumes. Traditionally, men portray all roles, including the female ones, though women are now part of Yakshagana troupes. A typical troupe consists of 15 to 20 actors and a Bhagawatha, whoRead more

KAVACH-2023: KAVACH-2023 is a unique kind of national hackathon jointly conducted by MoE’s Innovation Cell, AICTE, Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D, MHA) and Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C, MHA) to identify innovative ideas and technological solutions for addressing the cyber security and cybercrime challenges of the 21st century faced by our LawRead more

Asian Games: The Asian Games, also known as Asiad is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized byRead more

Khanan Prahari-Coal Mine Surveillance and Management System (CMSMS):The Government of India has launched one mobile app namely “KhananPrahari” and one web app Coal Mine Surveillance and Management System. It is a Mobile App of Ministry of Coal for Reporting Illegal Coal Mining and a tool for reporting any illegal coal mining incident through geo-tagged photographsRead more

Operation Dost: It is an ongoing search and rescue mission initiated by the Government of India to help Syria and Turkey, after they witnessed a massive earthquake that left thousands dead, injured and trapped under the rubble. Under operation dost, India has sent search and rescue teams, mainly teams of the National Disaster Response ForceRead more

Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D2): SSLV-D2 vehicle successfully launched three satellites(EOS-07, Janus-1 and AzaadiSAT-2) into their intended circular orbit. SSLV is capable of launching mini, micro or nano satellites (10 to 500 kg mass) in to 500 km orbit (low-earth orbit).It is a three stage vehicle with all solid propulsion stages and liquid propulsion basedRead more