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BUDGET 2025 AT A GLANCE||| SOME KEY PROVISIONS

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  BUDGET 2025 AT A GLANCE SOME KEY PROVISIONS SARASIJ MAJUMDER   1.       10,000 additional seats to be inculcated in Medical Institutes in one year; 75,000 additional   medical seats will be created in next 5 years. 2.       100 GW target for Nuclear Power Generation by 2047. 3.       40,000 new houses will be added under Swayam Housing scheme. 4.       50 New Tourists’ destination will be developed by next year . 5.       A Maritime Development Fund with a corpus of ₹ 25,000 crore to be set up, with up to 49 per cent contribution by the Government, and the balance from ports and private sector. 6.       Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) : 50,000 such labs are to be set up in government schools in 5 years. This is a part of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM). Comment: In my opinion, t...

Harihar Fort – Harsha Gad

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  Harihar Fort – Harsha Gad SARASIJ MAJUMDER   LOCATION, HISTORY, & GEOGRAPHY :- Harihar fort / Harshagad is a fort located 40 km from Nashik City, 48 km from Igatpuri, and 40 km from Ghoti in Nashik district, Maharashtra, India. It is an important fort in Nashik district, and was constructed to look upon the old trade route through Gonda Ghat. This Sahyadri fort lies at an altitude of 3,676 feet from sea level. Harihar fort was built upon a triangular mountain with nearly vertical elevations ( 80+ degree) and looks rectangular from the village below. Fort Region belongs to Trymbakeshwar. It was built during the Seuna   alias Yadava Dynasty period (9th - 14th century) and later taken over by Khan Zamam in 1636 along with Trymbak and other forts of Pune. It features a rocky staircase for going up and down, one meter wide and 80+ m high with niches dug into the rock. The staircase has 117 steps. The Fort,   is known for its steep steps that lea...
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  Real Life Robinson Crusoes SARASIJ MAJUMDER   Peter Warner, an Australian seafarer whose already eventful life was made even more so in 1966 when he and his crew discovered six shipwrecked boys who had been living on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific for 15 months. Peter died on April 13, 2021 in Ballina, New South Wales. He was 90. In June 1965 the boys, all students between 13 and 16 years old from a boarding school in Nuku’alofa, had stolen a 24-foot long boat and gone for what was intended as a maritime joy ride. Before setting sail they brought food that they took from their homes and a few Liters of water that they were able to collect. That same day they set sail on an adventure.   A few hours into their trip, though, a fierce wind broke their sail and rudder, setting them adrift for eight days. Then luckily they reached at an uninhabited island. The children managed to get water from the coconuts and got to eat some fish they caught. At first ...

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