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Sanskriti Kumbh
The Uttar Pradesh Governor Shri Ram Naik inaugurated the Sanskriti Kumbh at Prayagraj. The Sanskriti Kumbh celebrates the conglomeration of Spiritual Consciousness and Cultural Heritage of India in the main premises of Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj. It is being organised by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India under the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat initiative. ..
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Cultural heritage of India • Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat • Ganga • Ministry of Culture • prayagraj • Rashtriya Shilp Mela • Sanskriti Kumbh • Saraswati • Spiritual Consciousness • Unity in diversity • Uttar Pradesh • Yamuna
PM launches Gangajal Project
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Gangajal Project. The project aims to improve water supply to the city of Agra. About the Gangajal Project The key facts about the project are: The Gangajal project aims to provide a better supply of drinking water which will benefit the residents as well as tourists. The Gangajal ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Topics: Agra • Ganga • Gangajal Project • Japan International Cooperation Agency • Mathura • Narendra Modi • ODA • official development assistance • Palra headworks • Prime minister • Upper Ganga canal • Vrindavan
IIT-Kharagpur conducts study on River Ganga that indicates that river is drying up in summers due to groundwater depletion
IIT-Kharagpur has recently conducted study on River Ganga that indicates that river is drying up in summers due to groundwater depletion. The study, published recently in Scientific Reports magazine by Nature Publishing Group, used a combination of satellite images of groundwater levels of Ganga, numerical simulations and chemical analyses to draw the conclusion. The study ..
Topics: Ganga • Geotechnical engineering • Groundwater • Hydraulic engineering • KGP • Kharagpur • Lithosphere • Water
The NMCG organizes “Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan” Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal
The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has organised “Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan” in five main stem Ganga basin states – Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal from 9th July to 15th July 2018. It has been observed as ‘Shubharambh Saptah’. The campaign has been initiated as part of the Forest Interventions in Ganga ..
Topics: Ganga • Ganges • Indian films • Rigvedic rivers • Rivers • States and union territories of India
Uttarakhand HC recognise Ganga and Yamuna Rivers as living entity
The Uttarakhand High Court has recognized the Ganga and Yamuna Rivers as so-called living entities. It is for the first time any court in India has recognized a non-human as a living entity. The two rivers are sacred for the Hindus, sustain millions of people in the country but have seen years of damage at ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Topics: Environment • Ganga • Legal Status • National • River Pollution • Uttarakhand High Court • Yamuna