[HARYANA GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS 2] Target Naib Tehsildar

The first time, the 24th Mango Mela was celebrated with lot of enthusiasm at Pinjore Gardens from 4-5 July 2015. The Mela was inaugurated by the Tourism Minister, Mr Ram Bilas Sharma. Mr Ratan Lal Kataria, Minister of Parliament from Ambala and Mrs Latika Sharma, MLA, Kalka, also graced the occasion.

WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY falls on August 19.

World’s first photograph- In 1826, French scientist Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, took the photograph, titled 'View from the Window at Le Gras’, at his family’s country home.

The Ashoka Edicts Park will be built in Topara Kalan village of Yamunanagar where seven

Ashoka Pillars, eight rock edicts and other structures of Mauryan time will be constructed.

It is estimated that fewer than 3,200 tigers survive in the wild.

International Tiger Day- 29 July

First International Yoga Day on June 21, 2015

Rajpath had as many as 35,985 people performing yoga at one place on the First International Yoga Day on June 21 and walking into the record books, the HUDA Ground in Karnal had close to 30,000 people doing asanas. Programmes had been organised at 60 places all over the state to celebrate the day in which about one lakh people participated.

177 countries co-sponsored a resolution in the United Nations to declare June 21 as the 'International Yoga Day'.

Haryana Health, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister- Mr Anil Vij

Mr Manohar Lal has decided to open 1,000 Vyayam Shalas in rural areas to take yoga to each individual in the state.

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) as well as the services sector which accounts for 57 per cent of the state’ gross domestic product.

Industrial Promotion Act, 2005

Those having investment between Rs 5 and Rs 10 crore in plant and machinery would be categorised as medium sector, between Rs 25 lakh and Rs 5 crore as small sector and less than Rs 25 lakh as micro sectors.

Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970

There are now a total of 23 districts in NCR, out of which 13 are from Haryana.

Latest addition of three more districts - Bhiwani, Mahendragarh and Bharatpur.

Gurpreet Pal from Shergarh Tapu village in Karnal has clinched bronze in 3000 m race in the Youth National Championship.

The Kurukshetra University distributed Rs 69 lakh to its sportspersons, who have won medals at All-India inter-university, national and international level competitions, at its annual sports prize distribution function for the year 2014-15 held at the university campus on May 28 2015.

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