Shahi Litchi is mostly grown in Muzaffarpur and neighbouring districts in Bihar.
It has recently got Geographical Indication Tag.
It is known for its sweet, juicy, unique flavour and aroma.
Other known GI from Bihar - Katrani rice, Jardalu mango and Magahi paan (betel vine).
Click here to know about Geographical Indication Tag.
Prakriti Programme
The programme is launched by the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS).
It aims to promote awareness about forests and environment among the students of NVS and KVS.
Its objective is to provide a platform to school children to learn practical skills for judicious use of resources and to mobilise a cadre of youths to conserve forests and the environment.
It focusses upon stimulating interest and maintaining a balanced environment and acquiring skills that reflect care and protection towards forests, environment and society.
ICFRE is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
The objective of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti is to provide modern quality education to talented children, predominantly from the rural areas, without regard to their family's socio-economic condition.
New Academy Prize
The New Academy Prize is organised to fill the gap left by the cancellation of Nobel Literature Prize, 2018.
The prize is given by the New Academy, non-profit organisation in Sweden.
The organisation was founded to warrant that an international literary prize will be awarded in 2018.
It is also a reminder that literature should be associated with democracy, openness, empathy and respect.
The winner of the prize is Maryse Condé from Guadeloupe, a French overseas region in the southern Caribbean Sea.
The academy will be dissolved in December after the grand celebration of winner.
Channar Revolt
Kerala Chief Minister has recently recalled an iconic civil rights protest – Channar revolt.
It was happened in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore in the early 19th century.
It is also referred to as Marumarakkal Samaram - Protest to cover the upper body.
It began when women from the Channar caste who had converted to Christianity sought to cover the breasts, a right only Hindu upper caste women were allowed to exercise.
The diwan of Travancore state, Colonel Munro, issued an order favouring the demand.
The upper castes (Nairs) refused to allow the order to be followed and attacked (Nadar Christian) women who sought to wear an upper garment.
In the face of resistance from the upper castes, the order was even amended to say that Nadar Christian women could wear a jacket (blouse) that was different from the dress worn by Nair women.
The revolt exposed the caste fault-line that ran deep in the kingdom of Travancore.
