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  • GI tags: Exploring India’s diverse cultural heritage

    Imagine the fireworks in your taste buds as you sink your teeth into a delectable, juicy mango. Or activating your senses with a steaming cup of aromatic coffee from the hills.  Any place you go to in India, there’s always something famous. If you just say “laddu” or “orange”, it might not mean much. But…

  • How many satellites has India launched?

    From the experimental satellite Aryabhatta launched in 1975, to RISAT-2BR1 in 2019, India’s space odyssey has spanned 44 years and over 100 satellites. RISAT-2BR1, India’s 32nd earth observation satellite, was successfully launched on board the PSLV-C48 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on December 11. This also was the 50th launch of the Polar Satellite…

  • The widest and narrowest win margins of the Lok Sabha 2019 election

    Candidates in the 2019 Lok Sabha election had their fair share of wafer-thin and landslide victories. In absolute terms, C. R. Patil, the newly minted BJP MP from the Navsari constituency in Gujarat, defeated his closest rival Patel Dharmeshbhai Bhimbai (INC) by the highest number of votes (6.89 lakh). Uttar Pradesh’s Machhlishahr constituency saw the…