BRAMAPUTRA PUSHKARA FESTIVAL

• DURATION: NOV 4-16
• Pushkaram, Pushkaralu, Pushkaraha are vhe name of the festival celebrated that takes place every year in 12 rivers in India.

12 SACRED RIVERS 

1. Ganga 
2. Narmada
3. Saraswathoi
4. Yamuna
5. Godavari
6. krishna
7. kaveri
8. Bhima
9. Tapti
10. Thungabadra
11. Sindh
12. Pranhita

• 2018- maha pushkara festival was held in the Thamirabarani river of Tamilnadu.
• 2019- Bramaputra river
• 2020- Tungabhadra river

UP GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES IMMUNISATION CAMPAIGN 

• UP govt launching massive immunisation programme against filariasis.
• Central govt set the year 2021 as the deadline for complete eradication of filariasis.
• This campaign launched by Healh and Family welfare ministry.

NOMURUS FOOD VUNEARABILITY INDEX

• INDIA - 44th rank out of 110 countries.
• NFVI based on their exposure to large swings in  food price.
• NFVI has three components
• The countrys GDP per person.
• The share of food in household consumpion.
• The net food imports.

SOWGA-RIPA

• It is  traditional system of medicine practised in India.It is popular in sikkim, arunachal pradesh,dargeeling,himachal pradesh.
• Swaga-ripa are similar to that of Ayurveda and include a few principles of the traditional chinese system of medicine.
• It is an auonomaous institute under the Ministry of AYUSH.