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The ‘Vel Festival’ is celebrated in Bandel in West Bengal’s Hooghly district by those with Tamil origins every year before Chaitra Sankranti. Observed in the first week of April every year, the festival celebrates the spirit of austerity and heroism. Read More …
The Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav on April 5 launched ‘Prakriti’, a mascot to spread greater awareness among masses about Plastic Waste Management (PWM) in the country. Plastic has become one of the most Read More …
German police have taken down Russian-language illegal darknet marketplace Hydra. Hydra is the largest such network in the world. Founded in 2015, Hydra sold illegal drugs, stolen credit card data, counterfeit currency and fake identity documents, masking the identities of Read More …
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on April 5 introduced “Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022 in the Lok Sabha. It seeks to ban funding of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Read More …
A new paper by Ministry of Culture of Peru historian Donato Amado Gonzales and University of Illinois Chicago archaeologist Brian Bauer suggests that the Inca city was originally called Picchu, or more likely Huayna Picchu, and that the name Machu Read More …
In Rajasthan, the festival of Gangaur was celebrated on April 4 across the state with traditional reverence and gaiety. Women did pray for happiness and prosperity by worshiping Isar-Gaur that is Lord Shiva and Parvati at homes and temples. On Read More …
The Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) signed an agreement with the Indian company Adani Ports and SEZ Limited to set up an Indian Economic Zone at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar (BSMSN) in Mirsarai of Chattogram. About Indian Economic Read More …
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on April 4 launched “Mission Integrated Bio-refineries” to accelerate Clean Energy solutions through Public -Private Alliances. It is a major futuristic PPP (Public Private Participation) mode initiative for ‘Clean Energy’. Mission Integrated Bio-refineries unites a Read More …
Hindi poet and litterateur Prof Ramdarash Mishra will be awarded the prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2021, for his collection of poems ‘Mein to Yahan Hun’. He was chosen by a selection committee, whose current head is Dr Subhash C Kashyap, former Read More …
In Manipur, the State Government has decided to increase the free hospitalization benefit under the Chief Minister-gi Hakshelgi Tengbang (CMHT) schemes upto 5 lakh rupees per family per year. The Chief Minister-gi Hakshelgi Tengbang (CMHT) scheme is a health assurance Read More …
As announced in the Union Budget 2022-23, 75 Digital Banking Units (DBUs) in different districts of the country will be set up so as to ensure that the benefits of digital banking are provided in the country in a consumer-friendly Read More …
Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi on April 3 dissolved the National Assembly on the advice of Prime Minister Imran Khan. Imran Khan addressed the nation before that, Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri dismissed the no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition against Read More …
Minister of State for Culture & External Affairs, Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi launched the website ‘Temple 360’ in an event organized by Ministry of Culture at IGNCA Ampitheatre, Indira Gandhi National Centre of Arts, New Delhi. Temple 360 is a website Read More …
The Indian Army has inducted a small number of Igla-S systems recently procured from Russia under emergency procurement, as per the report published in The Hindu. The contract for man portable air defence systems (MANPADS) was signed in December 2020 Read More …
Google Pay has recently launched a new feature in India, ‘Tap to pay for UPI’, in collaboration with Pine Labs. This new feature makes use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. It will allow users with NFC-enabled Android smartphones and Read More …