Article 370 is an Article in the Constitution of India which gives special status to the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir. When India gained independence, the then ruler of Kashmir, Maharaja Hari Singh was left with an option of annexing with either India or Pakistan. Hari Singh rather chose to remain independent, till the …
Nationalist Movements of India are a series of organized movements of the people of India against the oppressions of British Empire. These movements were mass movements in which the members of public themselves participated to raise questions against the tyranny of British Empire. The Nationalist movements were also a part of Indian Independence Movement. Though, …
World Hypertension Day is celebrated every year on May 17th by the World Hypertension League (WHL) an umbrella organization of 85 national hypertension societies and leagues from around the world. The main objective of the day is to raise the awareness of people about hypertension, its causes and effects. Hypertension is actually High Blood Pressure …
International Nurses Day is celebrated on 12th May every year in the honour of the contribution made by the nurses to the society. The day also marks the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910), an English Nurse, statistician and social reformer. She was awarded several distinguished honours like OM …
World no Tobacco Day is an annual event observed globally on 31st May to encourage people to abstain from all forms of tobacco consumption for 24 hours. The day also stresses to raise awareness about the ill effects of tobacco consumption. The day was created by the member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) …
“Time is Money” is a phrase which is commonly used the world over, to imply the significance of time and the fact that wasting time is equivalent to wasting money. The origin of the phrase dates back to 15th century. A Croatian merchant – Benedetto Cotrugli, was the first to write the phrase “Time is …
World Heritage Day is celebrated each year on April 18th to raise awareness about preserving and protecting the world’s heritage monuments and sites as our valuable assets. The day aims at bringing the international community together for preserving such historical monuments and sites as they are reflect our cultural and historical heritage and diversity. “World …
World Heritage Day is celebrated on 18th April every year to raise the global awareness about preserving the cultural, historical and monumental heritage, spread around the world. The day was first proposed by ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) in 1982. In 1983, the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) approved the …
Overpopulation refers to a situation where the number of humans in a particular place becomes more than the carrying capacity of that particular place. In a broader perspective the term overpopulation is also used for planet earth, because of the incessant rise in human population. There are various factors responsible for overpopulation like – low …
Television is one of the greatest inventions of mankind. Since the invention of first ever electronic television in 1927, the television has undergone a number of changes in shape and size as well as in terms of transmission technology and picture quality. Today, the sleek, wall mounted televisions of different sizes are found in billions …
