• First Virtual Smart Grid Knowledge Centre inaugurated of India in Manesar, Haryana. The Union minister for power has inaugurated the Virtual Smart Grid Knowledge Center (Virtual SGKC) and Innovation Park.

• Toomba is a famous folk instrument of Punjab, which is entirely based on Iktara used by legend singers.
• Now it’s been adopted by a number of Punjabi folk singers.
• Toomba is made of wooden sticks mounted with a Toomba or wooden resonator covered with skin. A metallic string is passed on a resonator over a bridge and tied to the key at the end of the stick.
• The string is struck with a finger or sometimes with the Mizrab and the Swaras are made by pressing the string to the stick.

• Mahatma Gandhi Green Triangle' has been unveiled in Madagascar to mark Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.

• A Tokamak is a device which uses a powerful magnetic field to
  Confine hot plasma in the shape of a torus.
• The tokamak is one of several types of magnetic confinement
  devices being developed to produce controlled thermonuclear
  fusion power.

• Distance from Pathankot: 30kms. The dam is a part of the hydroelectricity project of the state Government of Punjab and was completed in 2001. The Ranjit Sagar Dam is also known as the Thien Dam and constructed on the river Ravi.

• President Ram Nath Kovind landed in Amsterdam for the final leg of his two-nation journey — his first visit to the Netherlands in 34 years — during which he would hold talks with the Dutch top leadership names a new yellow tulip variety ‘Maitri‘.

• Gandhi was greatly influenced by Leo Tolstoy, through his book 'The Kingdom of God is Within You' and his essay on 'Christianity and Patriotism'. Tolstoy's ideal of “simplicity of life and purity of purpose” influenced Gandhi deeply.

What is the news?

To create awareness amongst masses & disseminate health related information at grass root level, Health & Family Welfare Minister Dr. Vijay Singla launched two new initiatives of the Department of Health and Family Welfare Punjab including a monthly magazine ‘Sehat Jagrukta’ & YouTube channel ‘Health Media Punjab’.

What is the name of Magazines?

Sehat Jagrukta.

• India and Kyrgyzstan carried out a two-week-long wargame involving their special forces in reflection of growing defence ties between the two countries.
• The exercise at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh concluded recently.

Guru Angad Dev Ji settled at Khadur Sahib, his native village and made it his headquarters.