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Durga Puja is an annual -- ten-day festival celebrating Goddess Durga's triumph over a powerful demon called Mahishasur who managed to get a boon from Brahma

15 Sept 1959 was a landmark in the history of Doordarshan (DD) when it started its first transmission with a small transmitter and makeshift studio in Delhi. Doordarshan then was a part of All India Radio which had complete control over the overall production and content. The 9th Asian Games in 1982 was another landmark when Doordarshan switched to colour transmission.

There was a time when politics was considered the last resort for people who had nothing else to do. Not anymore…Today Prime Modi's cabinet today has ministers who are highly qualified people who quit their regular job, business, or profession to join politics.

Ageas Federal Life Insurance is the first life insurance company in India to have a foreign partner holding a majority 74% stake.

Neelakantha Bhanu, has emerged as the World’s Fastest Human Calculator, breaking the records set by Shakuntala Devi. He won India’s first Gold Medal at the Mind Sports Olympics In 2020.

If the last few week data is any indication, TV9 Bharatvarsh now looks all set to regain its position as the top Hindi News channel

INS Vikrant is the largest warship ever built in India and also the first indigenously designed and built Aircraft Carrier for the Indian Navy. Its name is derived from the Sanskrit word vikrānta meaning "stepping beyond", "courageous" or "bold".

At the time of independence, the Indian Armed Forces were equipped to consolidate the British Raj. Today we have the fourth largest Armed Forces in the world.

Around 1700 AD, the Indian subcontinent had become the world's largest economy, producing about 25% of global industrial output. This is what attracted East India Company and other European Companies to commence trade with India.

Merlin Entertainments, announced its re-entry into the Indian market, with the opening of Madame Tussauds wax museum at DLF Mall Noida. The wax museum will feature close to 50 figures from the field of history, sports, music, film, and television.

There was a time when people in Meghalaya had to walk long distances to fetch water. This meant a lot of productive time spent fetching water for daily chores.

At present, the ACR system in the Army commences only from the rank of Naik upwards. Sepoys are not evaluated by ACR possibly because they are not considered fully trained soldiers capable of a leadership role and their numbers are large. Hence if the institution of a central, transparent, and, rigorous system of reporting has to be extended for the Agniveers can you imagine the additional burden on Commanding Officers who may have to write about 200 more ACRs that too for the men at the lowest rung in the hierarchy, who are not in contact with senior officers on a regular basis?