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August 02, 2023

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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