Indian Navy's iconic iconic Tupolev-142M anti-submarine warfare aircraft will be decommissioned soon.
It was inducted in to Indian navy from erstwhile USSR in 1988.
It is a long range maritime patrol aircraft inducted in INS Rajali and it is the fastest turboprop aircraft in the world.
The aircraft has been mainly used for long range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare operations.
It was deployed in operations like operation cactus in maldives, operation Vijay and operation Parakram in 2002 and anti-piracy operations from 2011 to till date.
The aircraft will be replaced by the newly inducted Boeing P-8I aircraft.
Titu Mir
Syed Mir Nisar Ali, or Titu Mir is a peasant leader who led the Narkelberia Uprising in 1831 against zamindars and British colonial authorities.
The Narkelberia uprising is often considered as the first armed peasant uprising against the British.
He constructed a fort of bamboo at Narkelberia and declared independence from the British administration.
He also fought against Hindu landlords who imposed beard-tax on the Farizis.
The Faraizi Movement was founded in 1818 by Haji Shariatullah to give up un-Islamic practices and act upon their duties as Muslims. The movement protected the rights of tenants.
Shanti Prayas
Shanti Prayas is a Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) exercise designed to train defense personnel for participation in United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping missions.
It is a multinational Peacekeeping Exercises conducted annually and the previous editions were held in Nepal in 2000 & 2013.
The third edition Shanti Prayas III is being held in Nepal and will end on April 7.
Throughout the exercise, participants receive training in skills required to successfully carry out U.N. peacekeeping mission mandates.
India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh are among the largest contributors of troops to the UN peacekeeping forces.
Some of the participating countries in Shanti Prayas III are Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Korea, U.S, U.K, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and others. China is not a part of this exercise.
Hongi
It is the traditional way of greeting by Maori people.
The Maori are the native or indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.
Polynesian concepts such as tapu (sacred), noa (non-sacred), mana (authority/prestige) and wairua (spirit) governed everyday Maori living.
Te Reo Maori is the Maori Language, is an official language of New Zealand.
The early settlers of Maori in New Zealand hunted the moa - large flightless birds, to extinction.
