SRESTHA-G project
SRESTHA-G project aims to transform key health delivery systems in Gujarat. It means Gujarat’s “Systems Reform Endeavors for Transformed Health Achievement,” or the SRESTHA-G initiative. The programme will focus on key result areas to improve the quality, equity, and comprehensiveness of primary healthcare, services for adolescent girls and the capacity of disease surveillance systems. The […]
Opencast Mining
Opencast mining is a surface mining technique of extracting rock or minerals from the earth from an open-air pit. It is also called open-pit mining, open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining. It is a traditional ‘cone-shaped’ excavation done for surface mining of coal that does not have deep shafts. This form of mining differs […]
Winter Olympics
Winter Olympics is the premier competition for sports that are played on ice or snow. It is held every four years and features participants from across the world. Ice skating, ice hockey, skiing and figure skating are some of the popular sports that are played at the Winter Games. Background of Winter Olympics The first […]
Kathakali
Kathakali (story play) is one of the eight classical dance forms of India. It is a blend of dance, music and acting and dramatises stories, which are mostly adapted from the Indian epics. It took shape in Kerala in southern India in the seventeenth century. It derives its textual sanction from Balarama Bharatam and Hastalakshana […]
Milena Salvani
Milena Salvani was an Italian-born French exponent and teacher of Indian classical dance. She is, especially, known for her services to Kathakali. In 1962, Salvini obtained a two-year scholarship to learn Kathakali at the Kerala Kalamandalam. Her daughter Isabelle Anna is also a classical dancer, specialising in Kathak. Salvini died in Paris on 25 January […]
Pilot Shivangi Singh
Pilot Shivangi Singh is India’s first Woman Rafale pilot. She joined the Indian Air Force in 2017. She was commissioned in the second batch of women fighter pilots. She was flying MiG-21 before Rafale. She is a part of the Golden Arrows squadron. Latest News about Pilot Shivangi Singh Shivangi Singh was part of the […]
Jeevan Raksha Padak
The Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards are given to a person for the meritorious act of human nature in saving the life of a person. The award is given in three categories: Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and Jeevan Raksha Padak. Persons of all walks of life are eligible for these […]
Central Asia
Central Asia is a region in Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. All five nations became independent states […]
India-Central Asia summit
India-Central Asia summit is the first engagement of its kind between India and the Central Asian countries at the level of leaders. The leaders of all five Central Asian nations- Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Kyrgyzstan Republic attended the meeting. India and five Central Asian nations discussed the ongoing situation in Afghanistan and decided […]
INS Khukri
INS Khukri is an indigenous surface-to-surface missile fitted vessel. It is the lead ship of the Indian Navy’s Khukri class corvettes. It was built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders. The ship was commissioned on 23 August 1989 in Mumbai. After more than 32 glorious years of service to the nation, the ship was decommissioned in a […]