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International Yoga Day; 21 June

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Word "Yoga" is originated from Sanskrit word "Yog". Yoga is a Sanskrit word meaning "To unite symbolizing the union of body and consciousness". Yoga originated in India. It is an ancient, spiritual, physical practice. The draft for the establishment of International Yoga Day was proposed by the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, which was accepted by the United Nations on 11 December 2014 (Resolution 69/131)  and announced to celebrate International Yoga Day on 21 June every year. The concept of celebrating International Yoga Day was conceived on 21 June because the Northern Hemisphere is the biggest day of 21 years. The purpose of International Yoga Day is to create awareness among the people about the importance of yoga all over the world. Photo: un(dot)org Word of Resolution 69/131 (From un(dot)org) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 11 December 2014  [without reference to a Main Committee (A/69/L.17 and Add.1)]  69/131. Internation...

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today launched the auction process of 41 coal blocks for commercial mining through video conference from New Delhi.

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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today (18 June 2020) launched the auction process of 41 coal blocks for commercial mining through video conference from New Delhi. Actually it was a part of the announcements made by the Government of India under the "Self-Reliant India" Scheme. On this occasion, the Prime Minister said that            "India has taken an important decision to open coal and mining sectors fully for competition, capital, partnership and technology."          "Improvement in coal sector will make a development pillar to eastern and central India and our tribal region."           "Self-reliance is not possible without a strong mining and mineral sector."

Poonam Avlokan, 674 Asiatic Lions in 2020

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Recently, the Gujarat Forest Department has announced an increase in the number of Asiatic lions in Gir forest region. In comparison to 2015, the number of 151 Asiatic lions has increased in 2020. Asiatic Lions in 2020 161 - Male 260 - Female 116 - Adults Pub 137 - Pubs 674 - Total Asiatic Lions in 2020 The number of Asiatic lions in 2015 was 523. The distribution of lions has increased from 22,000 sq km in 2015 to 30,000 sq km in 2020.  The census of lions is done every fifth year before it was done in 2015. And was to be held on 5 and 6 June 2020. But it was postponed indefinitely due to the Covid-19  epidemic. Therefore, Gujarat Forest Department has done a census of lions using the Poonam Avlokan method and report at 9 June 2020. This was the 15th census of lions, the census of lions was first conducted by the Nawab of Junagadh in 1936, after that, every fifth year since 1965, the government conducts a census of lions. Even before that, 6th, 8th and 11th lion census was po...

Water of Lonar Lake became pink....... Why??

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There are many of us who like to behold nature. He, who loves nature can feel the joy of nature. If you have never noticed, go to a forest or garden and see the waving leaves of trees, listen to the sounds of birds, hear the noise of the water flowing in the waterfall, you will definitely feel the joy. Sometimes nature shows magic and sometimes it shows such magic that many scientists and inventors are surprised and are forced to think how is it possible?  today we talk on one such magic of nature.   Lonar Lake  Reports tell that, Lonar lake located in Buldhana district of Maharashtra is 0.56 million years old. This lake is more than 100 meters deep and more than 1.5 kilometer in diameter. Experts believe that, this lake was formed by hitting a meteorite on Earth. And the meteorite body would have been around 1,000,000 tons. Some experts also claim that there were two more lakes near the Lonar lake but they got depleted with time. Recently, a cyclonic storm called Nisarg...

Unsolved murder mystery of Former PM of Sweden, Olof Palme

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Swedish prosecutor closed the murder case of former Prime Minister of Sweden Olof Palme after 34 years. Olof Palme was elected (second time) as a  Prime Minister of Sweden at 08 Oct 1982 from social democrats party. He was a socialist, idealist and liberal leader.   It was  28 February 1986, Olof  Palme went to office and met some journalists, after that completed his office work. At Evening, He called his wife lisbeth and asked for the movie, Lisbeth answered yes. He forbade his security forces to accompany him, And both went by local train to watch movies. They watched a movie there. At the same time, he also met his son and his girlfriend.  The movie ended, both came out and made up their mind to walk to the home. They were walking on the streets of Stockholm. Suddenly a man started moving towards them, the man crossed them and suddenly turned back and grabbed his shoulder and fired 2 bullets. He stood there for some time as he was waiting for his (Olof Palme...

Dispute over india - china border.

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India and China border dispute has been going on for decades. India shares about 3488 km border with China and there is dispute over about 3000 km border.  However, Both countries have not yet fully demarcated. Because there is a boundary dispute between the india and china over many areas. Main reason of dispute is that,  China is a communist nation and wants to expand its border.  There are more than 10 disputed region but more critical regions are Daulat beg oldi, Galwan and Pangong Lake.  Daulat beg oldi  Daulat Beg Oldi has a long history of dispute between China and India. In recent years China is more upset because India has increased patrolling in its area there. Earlier, there was a clash between the army personnel but then after reaching the senior level, the soldiers from both sides were pacified. Galwan   Valley China is continuously increasing its activities in East Ladakh. Especially in the Galwan Valley, it has increased its army strength in ...

One Nation One Ration Card

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As we all know that during the crisis of covid-19 every person faced problems but migrants labours are facing lot of problem because Migrants labours have not food for eating and other fundamental things. So they are moving to his / her house. In view of this, finance minister Nirmala sitharaman recently announced about one Nation one ration card system in a Press Conference.   (Although it started in April 2018, but due to some difficulties, it could not be properly implemented yet) Finance minister Nirmala sitharaman said that one Nation one ration card system will rollout in all states and union territories by March 2021. Taking advantage of one Nation one ration card system migrant worker and workers families get the ration from any PDS shop in any state and union territory. How it will work Suppose that a man lives in Jharkhand and migrates to Chennai for work. Currently he cannot take benefit of his foodgrains to any PDS shop. But after implementing one Nation one...