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Vande Bharat Express
India’s fastest indigenous train, Train 18 named as Vande Bharat Express will ply between Delhi and Varanasi. Train 18 is an indigenously developed world-class train under Make in India. The 16-coach train has been built completely in India by Indian engineers in a span of 18 months at the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai. Features of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Topics: Chennai • Delhi • Integral Coach Factory • Kanpur • Make in India • prayagraj • Shatabdi Express • Train -18 • Vande Bharat Express • Varanasi
Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2019
The Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) will be held at Varanasi on January 21 and would be formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 22. The theme of the PBD 2019 is “Role of Indian Diaspora in building a New India.” The convention held during the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) provides an important platform to ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Topics: Kumbh Mela • Mahatma Gandhi • Mumbai • Pravasi Bhartiya Divas • Pravind Jugnauth • prayagraj • Prime Minister of Mauritius. • republic day • Role of Indian Diaspora in building a New India • South Africa • Varanasi
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
Centre approves renaming Allahabad to ‘Prayagraj’
The Union Home Ministry has approved the proposal of the Uttar Pradesh Government to rename Allahabad as Prayagraj. Why the name change was proposed? The government of Uttar Pradesh has said that it is restoring the original name of the city. The government states that the city was rechristened during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar. Akbar called ..