Category: RECORDS, INDIA (National)
** India’s highest herbal garden at 11,000 feet altitude inaugurated in Uttarakhand
The garden, located in Mana village of Chamoli district, has been developed by the research wing of state forest department on a three-acre land given by Mana Van Panchayat.
The garden, inaugurated by Mana sarpanch Pitambar Maulfa, has been developed in three years under the central government’s Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) scheme. It displays around 40 species, including important medicinal herbs, found in the high-altitude alpine areas of the Himalayan region.
** Achievers among government school teachers get a private digital platform
The brainchild of 35-year-old Ranjan, the website aims to collate and compile the best practices pioneered by government school teachers across the country.
With an aim to correcting this anomaly, the Bihar native started a digital initiative to showcase the achievements of government school teachers, and it seems to be working wonders. The web domain sarkarischool.in has a catchy tagline: Sarkari School Asarkari (Government school is effective).
** Book reveals shocking stats on honour killings of Punjab and Haryana
‘Killing For Honour… A Culture of Silence’ is authored by Puneet Kaur Grewal who is working as the State Project Coordinator in the women and child development department of Haryana.
** Turban-makers of Bengal town feel heat of Afghanistan turmoil
Sonamukhi had become a turban hub over 40 years back when some Pakhtoons, locally known as Kabuliwallahs, used to visit Krishnabazar area to peddle spices, dry fruits, and for moneylending purposes.
** SS Hakim, 1960 Rome Olympian and national football coach, dies aged 82
Syed Shahid Hakim, who represented India in the 1960 Olympics and officiated as a referee in 33 international games later in his career, was 82 years old at the time of his death.
** Goa, the land of feni, gets its first alcohol museum
The land of feni just got a museum wholly dedicated to the locally brewed alcohol.
Started by local businessman Nandan Kudchadkar, who is a collector of antiques, the museum ‘All About Alcohol’ located in the tiny beach village of Candolim, houses hundreds of artefacts linked to feni, including large, traditional glass vats in which the local cashew-based alcohol was stored centuries ago.
** Sainik schools now open for girls also: PM Modi
At present, 33 Sainik schools are operating in the country
** Indian yoga teacher in UAE sets 3 world records during COVID pandemic
She has set two records in the India Book of Records and one in the Canada Book of Records.
Bhagya Puttalingappa, a native of Karnataka, has been practising yoga since the age of eight and her childhood passion earned her not only a double place in the India Book of Records, but she also earned a spot in the Canada Book of Records.
In the India Book of Records, Bhagya holds one record for performing Shirshasana (head standing pose) on a chair for one minute and seven seconds and another record for performing the maximum yoga poses standing on her head for one minute.
** Junior World Championships: Indian grapplers return with a rich haul of medals
Indian girls won five medals including three silver medals.
In the 61kg category, Ravinder was the lone Indian to make it to the final only to lose Iranian rival Rahman Amouzadkhalili 9-3. Ravinder beat Levik Mikayelyan of Armenia 12-2 in the semifinals.
Yash (74kg), Gourav Baliyan (79kg), Pruthviraj Patil (92kg), Deepak (97kg), Anirudh (125kg) utilized the full use of the repechage round and went on to win bronze medals.