The QR-code based label will capture vital parameters of the carpet such as GI user, manufacturer, artisan, knots per square inch, the material used, among others for certification and labeling of handmade carpets of the Union Territory.
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Indian Artist Sarans Breaks Guinness World Records with Giant Portraits of UAE Rulers
Sarans KK, 35 year old artist from Kerala, won in the category ‘largest professional oil painting by a single category artitst’. The artwork measured 166.03 sq meters and was created in November 2021.
Sarans drew portraits of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
He made it in Abu Dhabi to co-incide with the 75th Anniversary of Indian Independence ‘Azadi ki Amrit Mahotsav’ and UAE’s year of 50th celebration.
India’s First ‘Junior MasterChef ‘ . November 2013.
Dehradun based Sarthwak Bharadwaj was judged the winner of the first season of Kids’ cooking reality show ‘Junior MasterChef – Swaad Ke Ustad’. Saturday,November 02nd, 2013.
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India’s First Celebrity Chef . 1974 .
Tarla Dalal – India’s first celebrated chef and cook book author. Her first publication ‘The Treasures of Vegetarian Cooking’ was published in 1974. This was the beginning of her enormous contribution to expanding the culinary horizons of her compatriots.
Milestones: (1) Tarla Dalal has a legacy of over 17,000 recipes created by her (2)Penned over 100 cookery books which have sold over 3 million copies (3) Popular television show ‘Cook it up with Tarla Dalal’. (4) Conferred Padma Shri in 2007.
Tarla Dalal passed away at the age 77 at her residence in south Mumbai on Wednesday, November 06th, 2013.
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U.S. Congress Jointly Celebrates ‘Diwali’ – the Festival of Lights for the First Time. November 2013 .
Democrats and Republicans in Congress joined to-gether for the first-ever celebration of Diwali on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. A historic Diwali moment – Festival of Lights. November 03rd, 2013.
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First Time Exhibit on ‘ Art of Yoga ‘ at the Smithsonian Museum. October 2013 .
Yoga moves from the studio mat to the museum gallery. A first time exhibition about the visual history and art of yoga, its origin and evolution over time, at the Smithsonian Gallery, Washington, D.C., United States. October 19th, 2013.
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First Indian iconic ‘ Guess Girl ‘. October 2013 .
Priyanka Chopra, Bollywood superstar, former Miss World has been selected as the face of Guess.
She will be featured in the brands’ Holiday 2013 advertising campaign in leading fashion magazines.
Priyanka is not only the first woman to be named a ‘Guess Girl’ but the first non-white woman in the 30 years the company has advertised.
The other famous faces, fashion icons posing for the Guess clothing line include, Claudia Schiffer (twice), Alessandria Ambrosio, Kate Upton, Adriana Lima, Paris Hilton and Drew Barrymore.
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First International Indian Men’s Rights Conference held in London. October 2013 .
The first International Men’s Right Conference was held on October 19th, 2013 at the University of Greenwich, London, U.K.
The Conference was organised by Martial Justice, an organisation seeking gender neutral laws from the Indian Government.
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India’s First Woman Bishop elected by Church of South India (CSI). September 2013 .
In a first for the Indian manistream church, the Church of South India (CSI) created history by appointing Rev.Eggoni Pushpalalitha as its first woman bishop in India. September 25th, 2013 .
The bishop-designate E.Pushpalalitha is to be installed at a consecration ceremony to be held at the historic Anglical cathedral at Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh on Monday – September 30th, 2013. The moderator of the Church Rev. Devakataksham will adminster the oath and grace the occasion alongwith other dignitaries of the church. She will assume charge as Bishop of Nandyal diocese which is spread over 5 districts in Rayalaseema and part of Prakasam with a membership of over 90,000 people.
She is the first amongst 3 surviving children and was born to a family of agriculturists in a small village Diguvapudu in Kurnool district in 1956. She became a pastor in 1984. Rev. E. Pushpalalitha earned her B.A. degree from Andhra University and then went on to do BD from the Andhra Christian Theological College in Hyderabad. She also attended a few courses in theology in UK and USA.
Rev. E. Pushpalalitha is the second woman to become bishop among all churches of the country. The Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Mission located in Bhadrachalam appointed Rev. A. Katakshamma as their bishop in 1996.
The Church of South India ( CSI): Inaugrated in 1947 is one of the 38 member Churches of the Anglican communion. It is a ‘United’ church – the result of the Union of Churches of varying traditions Anglican, Methodist, Congregational, Presbyterian and Reformed.
The CSI has 22 bishops across all dioceses in the country and Sri Lanka. The mission has over 3,000 presbyters of which around 120 are women.
In India, the Anglican family of churches, include Church of South India, Church of North India, Methodist Church and Marthoma Church amongst others.
India’s First Film Screening . 1896 .
Films shot by the brothers Louis Lumiere and Auguste Lumiere, were screened at Bombay’s( now Mumbai) Watson’s Hotel on July 07th, 1896.
The first ever Films screened in India pre-independence were by the Lumiere Brothers.