- The overall theme for the Republic Day celebrations this year is the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The tableaux of many states are themed on the Father of the Nation.
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- Chief guest Cyril Ramaphosa is accompanied by first lady Dr Tshepo Motsepe and a high-level delegation, including nine ministers, senior officials and a 50-member business contingent, who are on a two-day visit. This is Mr Ramaphosa's first India tour as the head of the state.
Woman power was on dazzling display at the parade, with an all-women Assam Rifles contingent in the lead and a woman officer being part of the team performing bike stunts. Contingents of the Navy, Army Services Corps and a unit of Corps of Signals were led by women officers.
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Saturday 26 January 2019
70th Republic Day (2019)
Saturday 12 January 2019
DIGITAL INDIA PROGRAMME- 2019
The Digital India programme is a flagship programme of the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.
National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India and Intel India have designed a National Challenge - ‘Ideate for India – creative solutions using technology’
The aim of this challenge is to give young students of our country a platform and opportunity to become ‘solution creators’ for the problems they see around them and their communities. This initiative will allow the participants to gain a basic understanding on ‘Skills of the Future’ such as design thinking, ideation - idea generation, making, do-it-yourself concepts, collaboration etc.
The objective of this National Challenge is to empower youth and enable them to create a difference in their community-
- By skilling them to reimagine solutions to solve local critical issues
- By inspiring them to become future technology creators and innovators by developing indigenous solutions
For more details click on the given links :-
PRIKSHA PE CHARCHA- 2019 with The Prime Minister
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with students, teachers and parents about examinations and related stress on January 29. The government has invited students to register on MyGov.in and participate in the 'Pariksha Pe Charcha' contest to get an opportunity to interact with the prime minister at Delhi's Talkatora stadium. The competition is only for students studying from classes 9 to 12, graduate and undergraduate college students, their parents and teachers. Selected participants will have an opportunity to attend an interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
For more details and registration click on the given link.
HAPPY LOHRI and MAKAR SANKRANTI -2019
Every country in this world has different cultures and traditions- and as a result different festivals but sometimes they have festivals with the same themes.
One of that is the theme of a harvest festival. A harvest festival is generally a celebration of an annual harvest, which generally happens during the time of the main harvest of the particular region.
Makar Sankranti is an annual harvest festival that is celebrated in almost all parts of India and Nepal in various cultural forms to celebrate the arrival of spring. It is usually celebrated on January 14 every year with aplomb across the length and breadth of the Indian subcontinent. For example, in Gujarat- it is celebrated by flying kites while in Punjab, it is celebrated with bhangra.
It is essentially a U.S holiday that falls on the fourth Tuesday of November where individuals celebrate the day with their loved ones sharing a wholesome meal comprising a turkey and other items. It originated in 1621, when Pilgrims celebrated their successful wheat crop with a three-day feast where they shared their meal of patridge, wild turkey and fish with Native American tribes.
In Bali, Dewi Sri, the rice goddess is worshipped as rice is the staple crop here. And, during this festival, villages are decorated with flags and simple bamboo temples dedicated in honour of the goddess are erected in the most sacred corners of the rice fields.
The Chinese Harvest Moon Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunar calendar in honour of the harvesting of the rice and wheat crops. During the Festival, families gather together to view the full moon, which is regarded as a symbol of harmony, luck and abundance. They consume different varieties of moon cakes with a good cup of piping hot Chinese tea and have an overdose of lanterns!
Celebrating Israel’s bountiful harvests, this festival recalls the time when the Israelites wandered the desert living in temporary shelters. As a result, families build makeshift huts, or sukkah with roofs open to the sky where they eat and sometimes sleep for seven days.
The flower festival celebrated in April fills the air with fragrance and marks the arrival of spring. Additionally, each of the island’s children brings a bloom to create the colourful Wall of Hope and the streets are lined with elaborate flower carpets.
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