Bani Thani was a singer and poet in Kishangarh in the time of Raja Samant Singh, whose mistress she became. After he abdicated the throne the couple retired to a comfortable life in Brindavan, a place associated with the life of Krishna, to whom Samant Singh was greatly devoted.

Kunwar Narain was a poet in Indian literature, often regarded as the leading poet in Hindi. He read and traveled widely and wrote for six decades. He was linked to the New Poetry movement.

Altruism is the principle and moral practice of concern for happiness of other human beings or other animals, resulting in a quality of life both material and spiritual.

Gross domestic product is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced in a specific time period

The Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, usually called the Geneva Protocol, is a treaty prohibiting the use of chemical and biological weapons in international armed conflicts.

Urbanization refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change.

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation is India's national regulatory body for pharmaceuticals and medical devices

Cyclone Yass, the second major storm to hit India after cyclone Tauktae, made landfall today in Odisha, the Meteorological Department said. ... The wind speed during the landfall of cyclone Yass was at 130-140 kmph, gusting to 155 kmph, as per Doppler radar data.

The Bardoli Satyagraha, in the state of Gujarat, India during the British Raj, was a major episode of civil disobedience and revolt in the Indian Independence Movement on June 1928

Each year since 1977, ICOM has organised International Museum Day, which represents a unique moment for the international museum community.