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GI Tags

Geographical Indications (GI) Registry in Chennai granted GI tags to seven products from India.
Four of the products are from Rajasthan: Bikaner Usta Kala Craft’, ‘Udaipur Koftgari Metal Craft’, ‘Bikaner Kashidakari Craft’, and ‘Jodhpur Bandhej Craft’.
Other products receiving GI tags are
- Goa: ‘Goa Mankurad Mango’, ‘Goan Bebinca’,
- Uttar Pradesh: Jalesar Dhatu Shilp (a metal craft)

Lokmanya Tilak Award

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred the Lokmanya Tilak National Award. He is the 41st recipient of the award.
It is presented on August 1 every year to mark the death anniversary of Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
The Award is handed out by the Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak:

Birth: 23rd July 1856 in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
Slogan: Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it.
Home Rule: All India Home Rule League was Founded in April 1916 at Belgaum.
Newspapers: Weeklies Kesari (Marathi) and Mahratta (English)
Books: Gita Rhasya and Arctic Home of the Vedas.
Death: 1st August 1920

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