Hirakud Dam
News: Water flow into the Hirakud reservoir on the Mahanadi river decreased by 34% in 2017
7 Sep, 2018RAVINE LANDFORM
Source: Ravines of Chambal Valley About Ravine: A ravine is a landfo
4 Sep, 2018History and Culture
A CHAPTER FROM HISTORY: 1818 BATTLE BETWEEN EIC AND THE PESHWA
Source: A freelance journalist and researcher, Chandrakant Patil has submitted documents to the two- member commission probing the Bhima – Koregaon clash concerning the historical aspects leading to, and Details of the Battle (Battle of Koregaon): The Battle of Ko
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NAME OF THE PORTS BEING BUILT BY INDIA AT CHABAHAR, IRAN: Shahid Beheshti Port and Shahid Kalantari. FOREIGN SECRETARY OF INDIA Vijay Gokhale
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News: The court assured that it would safeguard the free flow of ideas in a democracy by quoting Voltaire’s “I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Protecting the Freedom – Supreme Court: SC said creativity and i
Read MoreBREXIT CHEQUER’S PLAN
News: What is Chequer’s Plan? The Government’s Brexit white paper covers four areas: economic partnership, security partnership, future areas of cooperation such as aviation and nuclear power, and the frameworks needed to enforce the agreement. It is “ai
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Person in news: Lokmanya Tilak or Bal Gangadhar Tilak About Lokmanya Tilak: He was an Indian nationalist, teacher, social reformer, lawyer and an independence activist. He was the first leader of the Indian Independence Movement. The British colonial authorit
Read MoreAjmer dargah facelift
News: The historical dargah of Sufi mystic Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer is all set to get a facelift as a memorandum of understanding has been signed by the Dargah Committee, the Ajmer Municipal Corporation and Hindustan Zinc for spending ₹5.68 crore to clean and manage the shrine.
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Person in News: Sri Krishna Devaraya About Sri Krishna Devaraya: He was an emperor of the Vijayanagar Empire who reigned from 1509–1529. He is the third ruler of the Tuluva Dynasty. Krishna Deva Raya earned the titles Kannada Rajya Rama Ramana (
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