The history of the Cholas falls naturally into four periods: the early Cholas of the Sangam literature, the interregnum between the fall of the Sangam Cholas and the rise of…
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Warli Paintings
Noida-based National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), a central Public Sector Undertaking, and country’s leading fertilizers manufacturer, is promoting warli painting.The paintings, done by a few artists who were rendered jobless in…
Indus Water Treaty
Indus Water Treaty: India suggests video-conference while , Pakistan insists on meeting at Wagah border In a letter last week, the Indus Commissioner of India told his Pakistani counterpart that…
Bhakti Movement
THE BHAKTI MOVEMENT- 'Bhakti was born in Dravida; Ramanand took it to North; Kabir spread it all over the world in its seven islands and nine lslands' Origin: The contemporary…
Pearl Harbour Attack
Donald Trump recently said that COVID-19 pandemic is a worse “attack” on the U.S. than Pearl Harbour attack. SARS-CoV 2, which has infected around 2 million people in USA and…
Renaissance in detail
Renaissance literally means rebirth. It is the revival of anything which has long been in decay or passing into a state of disuse. The word in history particularly refers to…
What is Temperature Inversion?
What is Temperature Inversion? An atmospheric condition in which the typical lapse rate(The rate at which the temperature decreases for each unit increase of height in the atmosphere. In the troposphere the…
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna(PMGKY)
The Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Niramla Sitharaman today announced Rs 1.70 Lakh Crore relief package under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana(PMGKY) for the poor to help them…
Talamaddale
The traditional art of ‘talamaddale’, a variant of Yakshagana theatre, has gone virtual in times of COVID-19. A performance was streamed live on social media on June 13 and more…
Virtual NAM Summit
The virtual Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Contact Group Summit on “United against Covid-19” through video conferencing was held recently. The meeting was convened at the initiative of President Ilham Aliyev of…