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Upper House passes Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust Bill
On 19 Nov, Rajya Sabha passed the Jalianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment), Bill, 2019 in the ongoing winter session of the Parliament. The session marks the 250th session of the Rajya Sabha . The Bill replaced the Congress president as a member of the trust with the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, ..
Topics: Abul Kalam Azad • Government of India • India • Indian independence movement • Indian Muslims • Indian National Congress • Indian nationalists • Indian people • Jawaharlal Nehru • Kashmiri people • Members of the Lok Sabha • Parliament of India • Saifuddin Kitchlew
Dutee Chand named in TIME 100 Next list
India sprinter Dutee Chand has been named in the TIME 100 Next, an expansion of the TIME 100 list of the most influential persons in the world. The list, an initiative of TIME magazine, highlights 100 rising stars who are shaping the future of business, entertainment, sports, politics, health, science, activism etc. Chand had won two silver ..
Topics: Dutee Chand • Gender verification in sports • Indian people • Li Xuemei • Sports
Students of Kolkata creates Guinness World Records with largest astrophysics assemble
On the first day of India International Science Festival (IISF- 2019), the Guinness World Records for the largest astrophysics lesson (45 minutes) and assembly of spectroscopes was successfully achieved at the Science City in Kolkata with the participation of over 1,598 students. A small personal model of advanced spectroscopes can easily be made by anyone using ..
Topics: Academic disciplines • Astrophysics • C. V. Raman • Electronic test equipment • Fellows of the Royal Society • Indian people • Kolkata • Meghnad Saha • Optical spectrometer • Physical sciences • Saha • Signal processing
2019 edition of World Thrift Day (WTD)
The World Thrift Day (WTD) is celebrated every year on 31st October worldwide to promote savings and financial security of individual and nation as a whole. In India, due to death of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on the same day in 1984 this day is being celebrated on 30th October. The day was established ..
Topics: Activism • Activists • Finance Ministers of India • Indian Hindus • Indian people • Indira Gandhi • Mahatma Gandhi • World Savings Day • World Toilet Day
2019 edition of National Unity Day (NUD)
The 2019 edition of National Unity Day (NUD) is observed on 31st of October across India to commemorate 144th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patelwho had played important role in unifying the country. Since 2014, October 31st is observed as the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (or NUD) and people from all walks of life participate in ..
Topics: First Nehru ministry • Government of India • Indian Hindus • Indian independence movement • Indian nationalists • Indian people • NUD • Quit India Movement • Rashtriya Ekta Diwas • Unity Day • Vallabhbhai Patel