World Meteorological Day 2017 Observed Globally

The World Meteorological Day was observed globally on 23rd March 2017.The theme of WMD 2017 is ‘Understanding Cloud’ to highlight the enormous importance of clouds for weather climate and water. The day is organized every year by World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Nation paying tribute on 86th martyrdom day: 23 March

Nation is paying tributes to freedom fighters -Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev on their 86th martyrdom day (23 March).On this day in 1931, British rulers had executed them in Lahore for their revolutionary activities against the British rule. They were hanged a day before the scheduled date of execution. 

PM to inaugurate India’s longest road tunnel in J&K on April 2

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation, the country’s longest road tunnel named Chenani-Nashri tunnel, built on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which will cut short the distance between Jammu and Srinagar by nearly 30 km.

IIT-Kharagpur to get supercomputing facility

The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, is the first academic institution to get a supercomputing facility under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).

Ninth Gorkhas celebrates 200-years of raising in Secunderabad

The first battalion of the Ninth Gorkhas was raised by the British government in 1817 as the ‘Fatehgarh Levy’. The Ninth Gorkhas celebrated 200-years of its raising in secunderabad, Telangana.