Amindivis are the northernmost islands of the Lakshdweep group, and Minicoy Island is the southernmost island. Almost all the inhabited islands are coral atolls.
This National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) is under Commerce ministry, but Secretariat assistance by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority’ (APEDA).
Baneshwar Festival is celebrated by the Bhils tribal people of Rajasthan (Dungarpur district), Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat. Mahadev (Shiva) and Kalki (Vishnu) are worshipped during the festival.
Koraput in Odisha emerges as the aero engine capital of the country. Koraput division had the potential, evident from the work done in the past 50 years, especially in carrying out manufacturing, repairing and overhauling of MiG and Su-30 engines.
The city of Allahabad was originally known as Prayag in ancient times. The Union Home Ministry has approved the proposal of the Uttar Pradesh Government to rename Allahabad as Prayagraj. Akbar’s grandson Shah Jahan renamed the entire city as Allahabad.