The Uttar Pradesh government claimed that the digital land project of the Board of Revenue won the national gold award for 2018-19 for e-governance at an award ceremony at Dr Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi.
The award was given away by Union Minister of State (Independent charge) Jitendra Singh.
“Our digital land project also formed foundation for successful implementation of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana under which Rs 2,000 was directly transferred to the accounts of more than one crore farmers in the state by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 24,” a government spokesman said in Lucknow on Thursday
The spokesman said that the success of the project could be gauged by the fact that this portal received more than a crore hits per day. During the peak period (on 13-2-2019), the portal received more than 5.30 crore hits in a single day.
The national gold award-2018-19 for e-governance was presented to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath by a Revenue department team in Lucknow on Thursday.
source: http://www.dailypioneer.com / The Pioneer / Home> State Editions> Lucknow / PNS Lucknow / March 01st, 2019
At Kumbh Mela 2019, a new Guinness World Record has been set for “most contribution to a handprint painting in 8 hours” by Prayagraj Mela Authority.
Indian has a new Guiness World Record – “for most contribution to a handprint painting in 8 hours”.
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Kumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh is making news for the right reasons. After breaking the Guinness World Record for the ” largest parade of buses” on Thursday, it has now added another world record to its fold. The new Guinness World Record has been set for “most contribution to a handprint painting in 8 hours” by Prayagraj Mela Authority on Friday.
The handprint community engagement activity, a part of “Paint My City” initiative, saw participation from 7,664 people, breaking a record previously held by South Korea.
“In Seoul, around 4,675 people had participated in handprinting activity. We broke that record in the first few hours itself,” said one of the participants.1
From saints to securitymen, children to adults, people from all walks of life took part in the record-breaking event. The 60 feet canvas saw hand impressions in all sizes.
Today, another world record is being attempted at Kumbh Mela area for – “Most People Sweeping the Floor (Multiple Venues). “It is not a milestone to be accomplished but also a benchmark for all to celebrate cleanliness,” an organiser said.
On Thursday, a fleet of over over 500 buses were rolled out to set a new record for “longest parade of buses”. The Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) buses covered a distance of over 3.2 km. The parade of the saffron-coloured buses was held at NH-19, between Sahson toll and Nawabganj toll plaza.
source: http://www.ndtv.com / NDTV / Home> Section> All India / by Richa Taneja / March 02nd, 2019
A pot burial site, quite rare in the north-east, was recently found at a construction site in Muallungthu village, 20km from Mizoram’s capital Aizawal.
Two skulls and bones placed in a pot were found in a Mizo village(Sourced)
Pot burial and ‘strange’ burial practices of megalithic culture that dates way back to 1500 Bc all set to be unleashed. City’s prime Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotony (BSIP) is going to decode the mysteries of megalithic culture by extracting DNA from the skulls, it discovered recently during an construction work in Mizoram.
Pot burial site that is quite a rare in North East India, was recently found during a construction site in village Muallungthu, 20km from Mizoram capital Aizawal. On the rare discovery, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Aizawal, sought expertise from the scientists from city based BSIP institute, helping them in unleashing pot burial culture, quite common practice during megalithic culture.
“We found two skulls and bones, placed in a pot. We are studying the skulls that were found more than 10 feet below the ground. Besides we are also trying to study the femur bones that were also recovered from the burial pot,” said Dr Niraj Rai, senior scientist with Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotony (BSIP) while talking to HT.
Though they are yet to assess the age of the skulls, but Rai said from the pattern of soil deposition on the skulls and archaeological findings, it could be said that the skulls may be around 2000 year old. However, now the institute is going to extract the DNA from the remains, which they say will unleash many untold mysteries related to this particular tribe that has such strange burial practices.
“DNA extraction from the remains would help us in understanding the cultural continuity of these tribes, which so far is unknown. The DNA extraction exercise would be carried out early next month after which the DNA would be matched to our modern population DNA data base of more than 400 population group, from different ethnic backgrounds and different linguistic families. We would try to match the DNA to assess the cultural continuity of this community,” he added.
Such burial practices he said was quite a common in Asian counties and in India, it is common in south India and North East India.
He said the findings would further help in understanding the migration and mixing pattern of this community and also the population of this community at that time.
Dr Sujeet Nayan, deputy superintending archaeologist Aizawal circle, the search is on, there are more than three burials there. “We are now planning to go for carbon dating. The research and excavation is on. It’s a rare discovery,”
source: http://www.hindustantimes.com / Hindustan Times / Home> Education / by HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times – Lucknow / February 26th, 2019
