The “Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award” is named after Indian field hockey player Major Dhyan Chand (1905–79), and was formerly known as the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. Established in 1991-1992, the award is the highest sports honor awarded in India and is given each year in a pillar ceremony at the national level […]

The Rangghar in Sivasagar town, built in the 18th century, is Asia’s first amphitheatre and is an example of great Ahom architecture. The Rangghar has an octagonal plan with two levels, and is made from an elaborate combination of materials, e.g., jaggery, black gram, elephant grass, limestone, snail excreta, filtered lime powder, lengthy fish bones,

The Electoral Bond Scheme in India allowed individuals and companies to donate money to a political party without disclosing their name or how much they contributed, by buying interest-free bearer bonds offered by the State Bank of India (SBI), to be encashed by political parties. The scheme was introduced in 2018 in order to make

The Creeper virus, which was released in 1971, is the first computer virus that is recognized today, serving as the initial nail in the coffin of cybersecurity’s history. While originally not malicious, it ultimately showed that self-replicating program code can spread itself across networks, which led to the evolution of malware with malicious intent.Some Characteristics

Cherry picking in journalism is a practice where a journalist discovers facts, data, or quotes to support a viewpoint, and ignores information that contradicts that viewpoint. This can create a biased narrative that distorts reality through selective reporting, and ignores all other aspects that provide the complete picture of a situation. Key details:

The State of Assam has a vibrant folk culture with many types of traditional games and sports. Traditional games or sports in Assam are not just for leisure and enjoyment; they also contribute to fitness, socialization, and mental skill building. These games may also include traditions that have been refined over time (e.g. ‘egg’ and

The Abhinav Bharat Society was established as an overtly revolutionary organization in 1904, by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar while at Fergusson College in Pune, India. Cutting acrss the independence movement in India, it was originally called “Mitra Mela” and ran branches across India and London with the intent of overthrowing

The Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme is a credit scheme of Indian banks for farmers that permits farmers to access timely and adequate credit for agriculture and allied activities like crop cultivation, post-harvest expenses, and maintaining farm assets. The Kisan Credit Card scheme is to provide simplified access to credit and lessen the hassle of

Thang-Ta is a traditional Indian martial art from Manipur, referred to as “the art of the sword and spear”. It is also known as an art form in a larger martial art form known as Huyen Lallong (pronounced ‘hoo-yen lah-long’). Thang-Ta consists of sword fighting, spear fighting, and the wrestling called Mukna. It is a

The geography of northeast India is multifaceted. The important geography of the northeast India includes the Brahmaputra Valley, the Barak River system, and other rivers flowing south to Bangladesh and Myanmar. The geography of the northeast includes mountainous landscapes to plains, along with a wide flat feature of the Brahmaputra Plain. Key Geographical Features of