Miscellaneous

KHUDIRAM BOSE: A BOY MARTYR

On this day, 11 August, 18 year old young revolutionary Khudiram Bose was martyred. Khudiram Bose was a freedom fighter, who was one of the youngest revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement. He…

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BAL GANGADHAR TILAK: DEATH ANNIVERSARY

One of the stalwarts of India’s freedom movement, Bal Gangadhar Tilak also reverently addressed as Lokmanya (or “Beloved of the people”) was born in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra on July 23, 1856….

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SHAHEED UDHAM SINGH: DEATH ANNIVERSARY

Shaheed Udham Singh, a revolutionary nationalist, was born on 26 December 1899, at Sunam, in the then princely state of Patiala. Freedom fighter Udham Singh, is known for avenging the…

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Flag Code tweak to cut Tricolour price: Basics Explained

Indian national flag or Tricolour can now be made of polyester and with the help of machines, according to the revised Flag Code of India. Before this, only hand-woven and…

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The Fields Medal, so-called ‘Mathematics Nobel 2022: Basics Explained

Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska, chair of Number Theory at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, was named as one of four recipients of the 2022 Fields Medal, an…

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Gopal Krishna Gokhale Birth Anniversary

Gopal Krishna Gokhale, (born May 9, 1866—died Feb. 19, 1915), was an Indian liberal political leader and a social reformer during the Indian Independence Movement. His political affiliation was Indian…

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Kuril Island Dispute: Basics Explained

Recently, Japan described four islands whose ownership it disputes with Russia as illegally occupied in the latest version of a diplomatic Bluebook. The Soviet Union(now Russia), which declared war on…

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WORLD HERITAGE DAY 2022

It was on April 18, 1982 at a symposium organised in Tunisia, that the holding of the “International Day for Monuments and Sites” to be celebrated was suggested. The idea…

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France’s Audrey Azoulay re-elected for a second term as UNESCO chief

The UN cultural agency UNESCO  re-elected France’s Audrey Azoulay as its director-general for a second mandate. LEARNING FROM HOME/ WITHOUT CLASSES/ BASICS UNESCO In 1945, UNESCO was created in order…

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Srinagar joins UNESCO network of creative cities: Basics Explained

Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, was among 49 cities worldwide to join the UNESCO creative cities network (UCCN). The 49 cities were added to the network of…

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