Current Affairs This Week (28-02-2021)
- Khajuraho Dance Festival
The Khajuraho Dance Festival, organised by the Madhya Pradesh Kala Parishad,[1] is a one-week festival of classical dances held annually beside the Khajuraho temples in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh state The festival is conducted in February from the 20th to the 26th. (Source; Wikipedia)
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Current Affairs This Week (21-02-2021)
- Sharif Chacha
Mohammed Sharif, popularly known as Sharif Chacha, is an Indian bicycle mechanic and social worker from Uttar Pradesh. Known for performing last rites for over 20000 unidentified and unclaimed dead bodies. Conferred with Padma Shri in 2020 for his contribution in social work ( Wikipedia/yourstory)
Current Affairs This Week (14-02-2021)
- Arjun tank
The main battle tank developed by DRDO, for the Indian Army.
The Arjun features a 120 mm main rifled gun with indigenously developed armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot ammunition, one PKT 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun, and a NSVT 12.7 mm machine gun. (Source; Wikipedia)
Current Affairs This Week (07-02-2021)
- Avalanche
An avalanche (also called a snowslide) is an event that occurs when a cohesive slab of snow lying upon a weaker layer of snow fractures and slides down a steep slope. Avalanches are typically triggered in a starting zone from a mechanical failure in the snowpack
Current Affairs This Week (31-01-2021)
- Bangladesh army in Indian Republic Day parade
In a first, a contingent of the Bangladesh Armed Forces participated in the Republic Day parade 2021, commemorating 50 years of the country’s Liberation War and establishment of diplomatic ties with India –
third foreign participation, France and the UAE before (Source: Indiatoday).
Current Affairs This Week (24-01-2021)
- Dragon fruit (Pitaya)
A pitaya is the fruit of several different cactus species indigenous to the Americas. Dragon fruit is cultivated in Southeast Asia, India, United States, the Caribbean, Australia. It’s rich in antioxidants like flavonoids, phenolic acid, and betacyanin – can strengthen immune system.
Current Affairs This Week (17-01-2021)
- Sea-Vigil 21
The Indian Navy’ defence exercise covering the country’s 7516 km coastline and exclusive economic zone.
Billed as India’s largest coastal defence exercise, it will involve all the 13 coastal states and Union Territories along with other maritime stakeholders (Source: The Print)
Current Affairs This Week (10-01-2021)
- Nasa’s Curiosity rover: 3,000 days on Mars
The US space agency (Nasa) is about to put its latest rover, Perseverance, on Mars. But Curiosity, is still there and working well following its landing in equatorial Gale Crater back in 2012. A must read on bbc science
Current Affairs This Week (03-01-2021)
- Chhau dance
Chhau dance, also spelled as Chau or Chhaau, is a semi classical Indian dance with martial, tribal and folk traditions. It is found in three styles , i.e. the Purulia Chau of Bengal, the Seraikella Chau of Jharkhand, and the Mayurbhanj Chau of Odisha. (Source: Wikipedia)
Current Affairs This Week (27-12-2020)
- Kamakhya Temple
The Kamakhya Temple, also known as Kamrup-Kamakhya temple,is a Sakta temple dedicated to the mother goddess Kamakhya. It is one of the oldest of the 51 Shakti Pithas and is situated on the Nilachal Hill in western part of Guwahati city in Assam, India (Source; Wikipedia)
