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Friendship Day was originated by Joyce Hall, the founder of Hallmark cards in 1930, planned to be 2 August and a day when people celebrated their friendships by holiday celebrations.  Friendship Day was promoted by the greeting card National Association during the 1920s but met with consumer resistance – given that it was too obviously a commercial gimmick to promote greetings cards. In the 1940s the number of Friendship Day cards available in the U.S.  had their business weakened and the holiday largely died out there.There is no evidence to date for its uptake in Europe; however, it has been kept alive and revitalised in Asia, where several countries have adopted it. In honor of Friendship Day in 1998, Nane Annan, wife of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, named Winnie the Pooh as the world's Ambassador of Friendship at the United Nations. The event was co-sponsored by the U.N. Department of Public Information and Disney Enterprises, and was co-hosted b...

Welcoming the  new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020  approved by the Union Cabinet,  Prime Minister Narendra Modi  said that the policy is based on the pillars of "access, equity, quality, affordability, accountability" In a series of tweets, PM said , "  NEP 2020  will be remembered as a shining example of participation." While praising a number of initiatives under the policy, including interdisciplinary courses, undergraduate degrees offering several exit points and teaching many Indian and foreign languages, the Prime Minister said, "Education brightens our nation and leads it to prosperity" . Here are the major initiatives under the NEP and what these initiatives will mean for students: Replacing the 10 + 2 structure of the school curriculum in the NEP with a 5 + 3 + 3 + 4 format: The  10 + 2 system will be divided into a 5 + 3 + 3 + 4 format. This means that the first five years of school will include the foundation stage, which includes...

Y ear after year, the biggest state in the northeastern region, Assam, is ravaged by floods. It displaces thousands and damages property worth billions—but lessons are rarely learnt .  Topography of Assam and meteorological factor (high rainfall) are the obvious reason behind Assam floods every year. Also, Brahmaputra is the largest water carrying river of India and the second-largest silt carrying river in the world.  The Brahmaputra, a trans-boundary river and among the mightiest rivers in Asia, is unstable in its entire reach in Assam except for a few places. As per the Brahmaputra board’s latest annual report, the main reasons behind the instability of the river are high sedimentation and steep slopes. Additionally, the entire area falls in an earthquake-prone zone and experiences high rainfall. One of the  key reasons for annual deluge in the state is the high percentage of flood prone region. According to the Rastriya Barh Ayog (RBA), 31.05 lakh hectares of the tota...

Y emen is described as the world's worst crisis. After four years of catastrophic conflict, millions of Yemenis are just one step away from famine. Without life-saving aid in the coming months, thousands of lives are at risk due to ongoing violence and lack of access to food and medicine. To avoid more deaths and suffering we must continue to scale up humanitarian assistance, donors should give more money, the use of blockade and restrictions on food fuel and medicines must be lifted, and we must see an end to the war. The success or failure of the UN negotiated ceasefire and peace talks will be critical for the future of Yemen when the crisis enter its fifth year. Here are 10 things you should know about the crisis: #1: Estimated 17,700 civilian deaths Four years into the conflict, the scale of destruction in Yemen has reached unprecedented levels: conservative estimates show that at least 17,700 people have died as a direct result of the violence. Many more people may have died f...

Che Guevara, byname of Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, (born June 14, 1928, Rosario, Argentina—died October 9, 1967, La Higuera, Bolivia), theoretician and tactician of guerrilla warfare, prominent communist figure in the Cuban Revolution (1956–59), and guerrilla leader in South America. After his execution by the Bolivian army, he was regarded as a martyred hero by generations of leftists worldwide, and his image became an icon of leftist radicalism and anti-imperialism. Guevara was the eldest of five children in a middle-class family of Spanish-Irish descent and leftist leanings. Although suffering from asthma, he excelled as an athlete and a scholar, completing his medical studies in 1953. He spent many of his holidays traveling in Latin America, and his observations of the great poverty of the masses contributed to his eventual conclusion that the only solution lay in violent revolution. He came to look upon Latin America not as a collection of separate nations but as a cultural and e...

INDO-CHINA BORDER CONFLICT EXPLAINED  #Basics of Indian china Border: The border with Pakistan occupied Kashmir and India is called as LOC means Line Of Control. Whereas the border between China occupied Ladakh and India is called as LAC which means Line of Actual Control . LOC  is clearly defined and demarcated ,but in case of LAC both the Nations claim different borders and area which is in between the the both claimed borders is called as ADPA ( Area of different perceptions ). There are only differing claim lines, and differing perceptions of where the working border — the Line of Actual Control ⁠— lies. Moreover, there is no formal “agreement” on what these perceptions are. In the past, the Chinese side has refused to even exchange maps showing the contrasting claims.  As of today the main conflict is in the region of PANGONG lake. But there are 3 regions where China intrusions are seen in regular a. Pangong Lake  b. Galwan Valley c. Kongka Pass area #Pangong La...

The following points will highlight the major problems of 1. Instability: Agriculture in India is largely depends on monsoon. As a result, production of food-grains fluctuates year after year. A year of abun­dant output of cereals is often followed by a year of acute shortage. This, in its turn, leads to price income and employment fluctuations. However, for the thirteen year, in successive (1987-88 to 1999-00) a normal monsoon has been observed. 2.  Cropping Pattern: The crops that are grown in India are divided into two broad catego­ries: food crops and non-food crops. While the former comprise food-grains, sugarcane and other beverages, the latter includes different kinds of fibres and oilseeds. In recent years there has occurred a fall in agricultural production mainly  due to fall in the output of non-food articles. Moreover rabi pro­duction has  become as important as kharif pro­duction in the late 1990s. In 1999-2000, for exam­ple, of the total grain production of ...