India made Guinness Record for synchronic Waving of More than 78,000 National Flags

27 April 2022
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India made Guinness Record for synchronic Waving of More than 78,000 National Flags

• According to the Ministry of Culture, India entered the Guinness Book of World Records by simultaneously waving 78,220 flags at the ‘Veer Kunwar Singh Vijayotsav’ programme in Bhojpur, Bihar. India made history and entered the Guinness Book of World Records by simultaneously waving the largest number of national flags. Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister, was present at the historic event.

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Key Points:

• Representatives from the Guinness Book of World Records were on hand to observe the effort, and spectators were required to wear wristbands for physical identification.
• The Guinness World Records certificate says, “The most people waving flags was accomplished by Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Culture, Government of India (India), to commemorate Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ at Jagdishpur, Bhojpur, Bihar, India on April 23, 2022.”
• In the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, 78,220 people raised the national flag simultaneously at Dalaur ground in Bihar’s Bhojpur district, setting a new record and making history.

Background:

• Pakistan had previously established a world record when 56,000 Pakistanis hoisted their national flag at an occasion in Lahore roughly 18 years ago.
• On April 23, 1858, Veer Kunwar Singh fought his final fight near Jagdishpur, defeating the East India Company. After removing the Union Jack flag from Jagdishpur Fort, Kunwar Singh died in the service of the motherland.

India’s first Amrit Sarovar established in UP’s Rampur

27 April 2022
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India’s first Amrit Sarovar established in UP’s Rampur

India’s first ‘Amrit Sarovar’ has been completed at Rampur’s Gram Panchayat Patwai, thanks to the efforts of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s government in Uttar Pradesh. As part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, 75 water bodies will be developed and regenerated as part of the Amrit Sarovar initiative.

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Key Points:

• In just a few weeks, a pond in Rampur was cleaned and revived.
• This pond has now become a major tourist attraction in the rural area.
• In Rampur, 75 ponds were chosen to be developed as Amrit Sarovar.
• The construction on the pond in village panchayat Patwai of development block Shahbad was finished out of the selected ponds.
• Work on the pond in Gram Panchayat Singan Kheda with the largest area (1.67 hectare) has also begun.
• In the next three months, this garbage-strewn pond will be transformed into ‘Amrit Sarovar,‘ a rural tourism destination.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised water conservation in the country in his 88th monthly radio address, ‘Mann ki Baat’, saying it is critical to the country’s prosperity. PM Modi praised a Panchayat in Uttar Pradesh for revitalising a pond that had previously been clogged with garbage.

PM Modi Dedicates K. K. Patel Super Speciality Hospital in Bhuj

16 April 2022
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PM Modi Dedicates K. K. Patel Super Speciality Hospital in Bhuj

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated to the nation, a 200-bed KK Patel Super Speciality Hospital in Bhuj in the Kutch district of Gujarat, via video-conferencing. This hospital has been built by Shree Kutchi Leva Patel Samaj, Bhuj and is the first charitable super speciality hospital in the Kutch region.

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It will guarantee quality medical treatment for the people of Kutch including lakhs of soldiers, par military personnel and traders. This initiative is in line with the policy of the Central government to set up at least one medical college in every district of the country so that India gets a record number of doctors in the next 10 years.