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Gandhi Peace Prize Instituted in 1995 on the occasion of 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi Awarded to individuals/institutions for their contributions towards social, economic and political transformation through Gandhian methods Rs. 10 million + plaque + citation Year 1995 1996 Gandhi Peace Prize (1995) 1997 1998 1999 2000 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Bharat Ratna Bharat Ratna (1954) Awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavor Maximum 3 can be given in an year and the awardees rank 7th in the Indian order of precedence Recommendations for Bharat Ratna are made by PM himself to the President. No formal recommendations are necessary. Recipient receives a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a medallion. (No Cash) Year 1954 Name C Rajagopalachari CV Raman S Radhakrishnan 1955 Bhagwan Das M Visvesvaraya Jawaharlal Nehru 1957 1958 1961 Govind Ballabh Pant Dhondo Keshav Karve Bidhan Chandra Roy Independence activist, Uttar Pradesh CM, Home Minister Educator, social reformer Physician, West Bengal CM Independence activist, author Description Name Julius Nyerere A. T. Ariyaratne Gerhard Fischer Ramakrishna Mission Baba Amte Nelson Mandela Grameen Bank John Hume Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan Vclav Havel Coretta Scott King Desmond Tutu Description 1st President of Tanzania Founder of Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement German diplomat, for work against leprosy, polio Founded for disadvantaged people Social Worker Former President of South Africa Founded by Muhammad Yunus Architect of Northern Ireland peace process Educational trust in India first President of the Czech Republic Widow of Martin Luther King South African cleric and activist

PD Tandon 1962 1963 Rajendra Prasad Zakir Hussain Pandurang Vaman Kane 1966 1971 1975 1976 1980 1983 1987 1988 1990 Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi VV Giri K Kamaraj Mother Teresa Vinoba Bhave Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan MG Ramachandran BR Ambedkar Nelson Mandela 1991 Rajiv Gandhi Vallabhbhai Patel Morarji Desai 1992 Abul Kalam Azad JRD Tata Satyajit Ray 1997 APJ Abdul Kalam Gulzarilal Nanda Aruna Asaf Ali 1998 MS Subbulakshmi Chidambaram Subramanian 1999 Jayaprakash Narayan Pandit Ravi Shankar Amartya Sen Gopinath Bordoloi 2001 Lata Mangeshkar Ustad Bismillah Khan 2008 2013 Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Sachin Tendulkar CNR Rao Padma Awards

Independence activist, educator

Scholar, third President Indologist and Sanskrit scholar

Trade unionist and fourth President

Independence activist, Minister of Agriculture

Padma Awards

Padma Awards, the countrys highest civilian awards, are conferred in 3 categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field

The recommendations are received from States/UTs, Central Ministries/Departments, Institutions of Excellence, etc. which are considered by an Awards Committee. On the basis of the recommendations and after approval of the Home Minister, Prime Minister and President, the Padma Awards are announced on the eve of the Republic Day. Padma Vibhushan Prof. Yash Pal Indian scientist and educator Prof. Roddam Narsimaha Indian aerospace scientist and fluid dynamicist Raghunath Mohapatra architect and sculptor from Orissa Syed Haider Raza one of Indias priciest modern art painter cosmology and philosophy Name D Ramanaidu Art Field Description Multilingual Indian film producer 130 films Won Dadasaheb Phalke in 2010; S Janaki Art Multilingual playback singer; Rejected award, demanded Bharat Ratna; Kanak Rele Art Indian dancer and academic; Famous exponent of Mohiniyattom; Sharmila Tagore Art Indian film actress; headed Censor Board; Won National & Filmfare awards Saroja Vaidyanathan Padma Bhushan Abdul Rashid Khan Art Art Indian dancer; Famous exponent of Bharatanatyam; vocalist of Hindustani music genre; belongs to musical tradition of Miya Tansen; Rajesh Khanna Art Actor, producer and politician; Called "first superstar" or "original superstar" Jaspal Bhatti Art Actor and satirist; Satirical take on problems of the common man; SG Patil Public Affairs Board of Vasntadada Sugar Institute (MH) Headed state confederation of sugar cooperatives AS Pillai S&T Scientist headed R&D wing of DRDO CEO & MD of BrahMos Aerospace Vijay Kumar Saraswat S&T Scientist; currently DG of DRDO;

Chief Scientific Advisor to the MoD; Ashoke Sen S&T Indian theoretical physicist; Won the biggest Physics prize - $3 million; BN Suresh S&T Indian aerospace scientist; Director VSSC; Contribution to Space Capsule Recovery Expt. Satya N Atluri* S&T Prof. at UCal; born in India; US citizen; Research in Aero-Mechanical Engineering; Jogesh Chandra Pati* S&T Indian American theoretical physicist; Teaches at University of Maryland; Dirac Medal; R Thyagarajan Adi Godrej Dr. Nandkishore Laud Mangesh Padgaonkar Prof. Gayatri Spivak* Business Business Medicine Literature Literature Marathi poet; Sahitya Akademi; Indian literary theorist, philosopher and Professor at Columbia University; Subaltern Studies; HS Panwar Maharaj Kishan Bhan Civil Service Civil Service Indian Pediatrician and Clinical Scientist; Received SS Bhatnagar Award; Rahul Dravid Mary Kom Padma Shri Literature-related Sahitya Akademi (1954) Sahitya Akademi, Indias national academy of letters was established in 1954. It is committed for promoting Indian literature and it recognizes 24 Indian languages including English. It provides research and travel grants to authors; publishes books and journals, including the Encyclopedia of Indian Literature; It presents the annual Sahitya Akademi Award of Rs. 1L in each of the 24 languages it supports, as well as the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement. Along with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, it is one of the two most prestigious literary honors in the country. Jnanpith Award (1961) (non-govt.) Any Indian citizen who writes in any of the official languages is eligible for the honor. It is presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by the Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the TOI newspaper. INR 7L, a citation plaque and a bronze replica of Goddess Saraswati. The recent awardees include: Total = 80 (2013) Sports Sports former Indian cricketer Indian boxer Founder of TN-based Shriram financial services Industrialist and philanthropist Godrej Group

 2007 ONV KURUP Malayalam 2008 AKHLAQ KHAN SHAHRYAR Urdu 2009 SHRILAL SHUKLA Hindi 2009 AMARKANT Hindi 2010 CHANDRASEKHAR KAMBAR Kannada 2011 PRATIBHA RAY Oriya 2012 RAVURI BHARADWAJA Kannada Arts-related Lalit Kala Akademi (National Academy of Fine Art) is the premier fine art institution to promote, spread and develop Indian fine art culture Lalit Kala Akademi (1954) Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship is regarded as the highest honor conferred on an artist by the Lalit Kala Akademi. The recent fellows include: 2007 JERAM PATEL 2011 RAM KUMAR VERMA India's foremost abstract painters INR 25000 + citation + plaque Sangeet Natak Akademi (National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama) is the national level academy for performing arts. It awards 3 prizes: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puruskar (2006) 2011 Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellows include: HARIPRASAD CHAURASIA flute SHIVKUMAR SHARMA santoor Sangeet Natak Akademi (1952) AMJAD ALI KHAN sarod UK SIVARAMAN mridangam M CHANDRASEKARAN violin RAJKUMAR SINGHAJIT SINGH Manipuri dancer KALAMANDALAM GOPI Kathakali dancer PADMA SUBRAHMANYAM Bharatanatyam dancer CHANDRASHEKHARA KAMBARA poet, playwright, folklorist and film director HEISNAM KANHAILAL theatre artist Sangeet Natak Akademi currently confers classical status on 8 Indian dance forms: BHARATANATYAM - originating in Tamil Nadu ODISSI - originating in Orissa KUCHIPUDI - originating in Andhra Pradesh MOHINIAATTAM - originating in Kerala, performed by women

 SATTRIYA - originating in Assam, conferred classical status most recently KATHAKALI - originating in Kerala, performed by men KATHAK - originating in Northern India MANIPURI - originating in Manipur Cinema-related Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema given annually by the govt. for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema It was introduced in 1969, the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke, considered as the father of Indian cinema. Award comprises a Golden Lotus medallion + INR 10L + shawl. The first recipient of the prestigious film prize was DEVIKA RANI CHAUDHURI ROERICH, who together with her producer-actor husband HIMANSHU RAI founded Bombay Talkies. Dadasaheb Phalke Award The recent awardees include: 2011 SOUMITRA CHATTERJEE Bengali Actor 2010 K BALACHANDER Tamil Director 2009 D RAMANAIDU multilingual Indian film producer About Dadasaheb Phalke: DHUNDIRAJ GOVIND PHALKE, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter, known as the father of Indian cinema. His debut film, Raja Harishchandra in 1913 is India's first full-length feature film. Science-related SS Bhatnagar Prize (1958) Awarded annually by CSIR to young scientists (< 45) who have made outstanding contributions in any field of S&T. It is the highest award for science in India. It is named after the founder Director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar. A citation, a plaque, and a cash award of Rs. 5L is given. (awarded around Sep-Oct, so note the awardees for 2013 only) Sports-related Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (1991) Arjuna Award (1961) Highest sports honor in India The first recipient was VISHWANATHAN ANAND in 1991, and the recent awardees include: 2012 VIJAY KUMAR shooting 2012 YOGESHWAR DUTT wrestling 2011 GAGAN NARANG shooting 2010 SAINA NEHWAL badminton INR 7.5L INR 5L + bronze statuette of Arjuna + scroll In 2012, 25 sportspersons were conferred Arjuna awards (earlier, max 15 were allowed)

 Dhyan Chand Award (2002)

Dhyan Chand Award is India's highest award for lifetime achievement in sports and games INR 5L + statuette + ceremonial dress + scroll of honor The recent awardees of 2012 include: JAGRAJ SINGH MANN athletics GUNDEEP KUMAR hockey VINOD KUMAR wrestling SUKHBIR SINGH TOKAS Para-sports

Dronacharya Award (1985)

Awarded for excellence in sports coaching INR 5L + bronze statuette of Dronacharya + scroll of honor In 2012, 8 people were awarded including the Cuban boxing coach BI Fernandez.

Military Awards
Wartime Peacetime Wartime/Peace service and Gallantry Wartime distinguished service Gandhi distinguished service PARAM VIR CHAKRA MAHA VIR CHAKRA VIR CHAKRA ASHOKA CHAKRA KIRTI CHAKRA SHAURYA CHAKRA SENA MEDAL (ARMY) NAO SENA MEDAL (NAVY) VAYUSENA MEDAL (AIR FORCE) SARVOTTAM YUDH SEVA MEDAL UTTAM YUDH SEVA MEDAL YUDH SEVA MEDAL PARAM VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL (PVSM) ATI VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL (AVSM) VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL (VSM)

International Awards
Nobel Prizes
Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award available in the fields of literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace, and economics. The will of the Swedish philanthropist inventor Alfred Nobel established the prizes in 1895 but the first prizes were awarded in 1901. The prizes are awarded by: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Economics

 The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Swedish Academy Nobel Prize in Literature The Norwegian Nobel Committee Nobel Peace Prize The Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo while the other prizes are awarded in Stockholm. The laureates receive gold medal + diploma + sum of money (decided by the Nobel Foundation). In 2012, the Nobel Prizes were awarded to: Nobel Prize in Physics SERGE HAROCHE and DAVID J. WINELAND for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems Nobel Prize in Chemistry ROBERT J. LEFKOWITZ and BRIAN K. KOBILKA for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine JOHN B. GURDON and SHINYA YAMANAKA for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences ALVIN E. ROTH and LLOYD S. SHAPLEY for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design Nobel Prize in Literature MO YAN, the Chinese author, who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary

Ramon Magsaysay Award

Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in government, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. Ramon Magsaysay Award is often considered Asia's Nobel Prize. The prize was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund based in New York City with the concurrence of the Philippine government. Recent awardees include: 2011 HARISH HANDE & NILEEMA MISHRA 2012 KULANDEI FRANCIS for rural development in Tamil Nadu

Academy Awards 2013

Academy Awards, informally known as The Oscars, are given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements. The Oscar statuette is officially named the Academy Award of Merit and is one of nine types of Academy Awards. Organized and overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The

awards were first given in 1929 at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood. Its equivalents, the Grammy Awards (for music), the Emmy Awards (for television), and the Tony Awards (for theater), are modeled after the Academy Awards. (will be given in Feb 2013)

Personalities
Indian
Narendra Kohli Hindi-language author; pioneered the creation of literary works based on the "Puranas". Because of the large impact of his body of work on Hindi literature, this era of contemporary modern Hindi literature, since about 1975, is sometimes referred to as the 'Kohli Era. Abhilash Tomy He has embarked on a daunting non-stop solo circumnavigation of the globe on Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Mhadei from Mumbai He had earlier provided shore support to Cdr Dilip Donde as he solo-steered Mhadei to become first Indian to go around globe under sails as part of Navys Sagar Parikrama project.

Foreign
Felix Baumgartner Malala Yousufzai Anna Ushenina Austrian skydiver who set the world record for skydiving ~39 km, reaching 1342 km/h, and became the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power on his descent. Pakistani school student known for her activism in the Swat Valley In Oct 2012, she survived an assassination attempt by Taliban Anna Ushenina of Ukraine is new World womens chess champion

World Leaders
Park Geun-hye South Korea first woman president elected in Feb 2013 Ali Zidan Libya politician and diplomat elected as PM in Oct 2012 Nicolas Maduro Venezuela interim president after Hugo Chavez

Diaspora
Shanti Gandhi Great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi; he is American cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon He was elected to the Kansas state legislature in 2012

Science & Technology

MACE Major Atmospheric Cerenkov Experiment Telescope world's largest telescope at the highest altitude is being established at Hanle, Ladakh by ECIL. Expected completion Dec 2012. It would enable the study of high energy cosmic gamma-ray sources in the unexplored energy range. Once completed it will be the only such facility in the eastern hemisphere.

Square Kilometer Array, when built, will be worlds largest and most sensitive radio telescope It is 1.5 billion Euros project to be constructed in 2 phases and scheduled for completion in 2024. It is to be built in South Africa as well as in Australia. With 3000 dish antennas it will be 50 times more sensitive, and be able to survey the sky 10,000 times faster, than any imaging radio telescope array previously built. Uses: By picking up faint radio signals emanating from the far corners of the cosmos, it will help answer fundamental questions about the universe.

SKA

SKA project would drive developments in many technology areas, including antennas, signal transport, signal processing, computing, software and data archiving Contributors: India is an associate member while Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden and the U.K. are full members. India is planning to become full member which entails about 10% of the project cost. India has been involved in the planning process from the very beginning. The National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) in Pune and the Raman Research Institute (RRI) in Bangalore signed an agreement in 1997 to work on the radio telescope. Bigelow Expandable Activity Module is an expandable space station module currently under development by Bigelow Aerospace Corporation, being purchased by NASA for flight to space and attachment to the International Space Station in 2015 SPOT-6 (SPOT = System for Earth Observation) French launched in Sep 2012 remote sensing satellite SARAL (Satellite for Argos and Altika) Indo-French launched in Feb 2013 Help in oceanographic studies ocean currents and sea surface heights It will help to study the development of climate It has practical applications in continental ice studies, coastal erosion, biodiversity, etc. SAPPHIRE Canadian launched in Feb 2013 Aims to survey objects orbiting earth active and old satellites NEOSSAT (Near-Earth Object Surveillance Satellite) Canadian launched in Feb 2013 Detecting and tracking asteroids, satellites and space debris BRITE and UniBRITE Austrian launched in Feb 2013 These microsatellites will study the brightest stars by observing their temp. variations STRand UK launched in Feb 2013 To evaluate the performance of mobile phone electronics in space environment India has become the worlds first country to launch a smartphone in space loaded with a no. of experimental applications AAUSAT Denmark launched in Feb 2013

BEAM

Satellite launches

 Student satellite to receive automatic identification system signals from ships in Arctic RISAT I first indigenous satellite built by ISRO; launched in Apr 2012 (till 2017) will provide high resolution radar images both at day and night and also through clouds, enabling continued monitoring of areas of interest during monsoons ADITYA I (2012) Proposed to be sent to space by 2015-16 Objectives is to study the solar corona, coronal mass ejection (CME) ad suns magnetic field Satellite will carry an advanced solar coronagraph Solar Corona has temperatures of > 1 million degrees, with raging solar winds that reach a velocity of up to 1000 km/s SARAL (2012) Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa (SARAL) is an altimetry technology mission It is a collaborative effort b/w ISRO and its French counterpart CNES Mission will provide observations of ice, rain, coastal zones, and wave heights It is a complementary mission to NASAs Jason-2 Main objectives of SARAL are to: Create precise global measurements of sea surface height, wave heights, and wind speed Contribute to global ocean and climate studies to build global ocean observing system GAGAN (2013) GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) designed by AAI Currently we have ground based system, GAGAN will provide space based system It would help in: Seamless navigation over Indian airspace Enhance national infrastructure for weather forecasts Can be used by defence services, security agencies, ships, etc. Astrosat Indias first satellite dedicated to astronomy, which will gaze out at the universe in X ray, UV & visible light bands. It will be launched in 2013. Moon missions NuSTAR China Chang-e 3 (2013) India Chandrayaan 2 (2014) Japan Selene-2 (< 2015) Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, launched in Jun 2012 by NASA, will use high-energy X Rays to hunt for black holes in the universe. Also study galaxies, explosions of massive stars. It is an extra-solar planet orbiting the Sun-like star 55 Cancri A In Oct 2012, it was announced that 55 Cancri e could be a carbon planet As of Dec 2012, it is the fastest supercomputer developed by US overtaking the IBM Indias fastest supercomputer inaugurated in Feb 2013 It has been upgraded to 524 teraflops, about 10 times faster than the present facility Thirty-Metre Telescope is a planned ground-based large mirror reflecting telescope to be built on Mauna Kea in Hawaii will be most advanced and powerful optical telescope on Earth

55 Cancri e Cray Param Yuva II

TMT

 Wankel

30-meter aperture will provide high-sensitivity spatial resolution more than 12 times sharper than what is achieved by the Hubble Space Telescope. TMT project, being spearheaded by CALTECH has 5 international partners US, China, Canada, Japan and India, and is expected to be completed by 2019 Indias is contributing 10% of the project cost 70% in kind and 30% in cash 55-hp Wankel engine will be used for all future UAV programs home-grown UAVs Nishant, Lakshya and Rustom-1, 2. Until now we were buying it from Europe.

Rudra

The first indigenously developed Mk-IV variant of Advanced Light Helicopter. Till now, we had Mk-III capability. It is a weaponized platform catering to attack roles . It will be the first platform (of choppers) which is weaponized i.e. fire (power) and maneuverability are closely integrated.

Mauritia

It is a newly discovered submerged continent in the Indian Ocean It lies under Mauritius and extends more than 1,000 km northwards till Seychelles Scientists predict that it was in between leaving Gondwanaland and colliding with the Eurasian plate that this continent Mauritia may have existed as an archipelago, a cluster of islands squeezed in between Madagascar and the Indian subcontinent.

So far, there is only one person on record who has ever been cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown the so-called Berlin Patient. His HIV was wiped out after getting a bone marrow transplant in 2007 for leukemia. But bone marrow transplants carry severe side effects, ruling them out as a practical solution for curing HIV for the masses.

In Feb 2013, an infant was cured of HIV in University of Mississippi, Jackson (US). Typically, the newborns with infected mothers are put on preventive treatment in the first several hours of birth, and if this fails, the baby is switched to 3-drug treatment regimen. In this case of infant

AIDS treatment

in Mississippi, the preventative treatment was not available at the rural hospital where she was born and was already showing signs of HIV at 30 hours of age. She was given the standard 3-drug cocktail sooner than other children. At 18 months, the mother took the child off the medication. With no signs of virus for the next 10 months, she was deemed functionally cured. Relevant stats: AIDS treatment to pregnant women could prevent 98% of them from passing virus to child In 2011, 330,000 children worldwide were infected with HIV (40% drop since 2001) 34.2 million people worldwide are living with HIV with about 4000 deaths/day

Mapping
Palatana (Tripura) Palatana is some 50 km from Agartala 726-MW gas-based project of ONGC-Tripura Power Corporation (OTPC) is being setup Billed as one of the largest projects of its kind in India, its posed many geographical challenges

 Thummalapalle (Andhra)

It lies on the Krishna delta. Recently, a uranium ore mine and processing plant was commissioned. It is the first one to be commissioned outside Jharkhand. It has the world's largest reserves of uranium ore and the most modern underground mine and fully mechanized processing plant in the country and the world.

Dhursar (Rajasthan) Perundurai (Tamil Nadu) Bodhungnagar (Tripura) Charanka (Gujarat) Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary Kudremukh Tiger Reserve Sonebhadra (UP) Gopalpur (OR) Bihta (BR) AchanakmarAmarkantak (CG-MP)

It houses Reliances Solar park, which within 2 years, will become worlds solar power hub Plans to take capacity from current 40 MW to 300 MW by 2014 The hub of emu birds in Erode district; they are flightless birds, native of Australia; They arrived in Perundurai in 1996 Indias 2nd industrial rubber park (1st in Irapuram in Kerala) The largest site within the Gujarat Solar Park is being built at Charanka in Patan district. When fully built, Charanka Solar Park will host 500 MW of solar power. Currently with 214 MW, it has already become the world's largest photovoltaic power station Located in the Jannaram forests of Adilabad district in AP It has been declared as the 42nd tiger reserve in the country in Apr 2012 being considered to become a Project Tiger tiger reserve If declared, it will be Goa's first tiger reserve Recently (2011), it was declared a Tiger Reserve, as part of the Bhadra Tiger Sanctuary Tunga and Bhadra river flow freely through the parklands only district in India which borders 4 states namely MP, CG, JH, BR. District HQ: Robertsganj; currently a part of the Red Corridor; Son river flows through it; proposed all-weather Gopalpur port is expected to be commissioned by end-Mar 2013 it will replace the current old anchorage port Bihars first IT park is coming up at Bihta, near Patna UNESCO has added the Achanakmar-Amarkantak region in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh to a list of global biosphere reserves The region is located at the junction of hill ranges, with topography ranging from high mountains, shallow valleys and plains. 60% of the area is moist deciduous forests.

Challakere Danapur (BR) Z Morh Tunnel (JK)

The Space Research Complex [coming up] on 540 acres in the Science City near Challakere in Chitradurga will be ISROs resource for the next 25-50 years.

Largest nesting and breeding ground of the Asian Openbill Stork Z-Morh tunnel is the first of the two proposed tunnels, which together will provide all-weather connectivity between Srinagar-Kargil-Leh and Ladakh.

 The second is the Zojila Tunnel is about 20 km away from the Z Morh Supporting these two tunnels are the Chenani-Nashri and Banihal-Quazigund tunnels, which are under construction to ensure connectivity with the valley and Jammu and the rest of the country. Once all four tunnels are put in place, the journey from Jammu to Ladakh will be reduced from 50 to about 30 hours and can be made throughout the year. Regullanka (AP) For the first time in Asia, residents of this village in Krishna district (AP) have embraced an innovative, eco-friendly, waterless toilet the ECOSAN toilet. The project was sponsored by Switzerland-based firm.