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Largest freshwater lake of Northeast India - Loktak Lake in Manipur.
• The reclusive and endangered Sangai can be spotted here
• Designated as Ramsar Wetland of International importance
• Spot floating phumdis (biomass of vegetation and soil) here

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visited Rabat to a warm welcome on the second leg of her journey.

India and Morocco have enjoyed cordial friendship ever since the establishment of diplomatic relations.

More on bilateral ties:
https://t.co/9PKPQ0rrZi?amp=1

Nation remembers the First Minister for Communications of independent India, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai on his birth anniversary today.

• Rafi Ahmed Kidwai was an Indian independence activist, a politician and a socialist leader.

Details:
• He was born in village Masauli, Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh.
• He was taught by a tutor at home, and later did his schooling from Government High School, Barabanki before attending Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh. He later did his BA and left LLB in between.

Politics
• He entered politics through Khilafat movement and was jailed by Britishers. Following his release, he joined Indian National Congress.
• In 1926 elections, he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly as a Swaraj Party candidate from Oudh. In 1929 he was elected as Secretary, Swaraj Party.
• In 1940 he resigned from Central Legislative Assembly in response to Purna Swaraj resolution.
• He was major ally of Jawaharlal Nehru and became India’s first Minister for Communications.
• He was among two Muslim ministers in Nehru’s central cabinet. He was Elected from Bahraich in first general elections happened in 1952. He was entrusted with Food and Agriculture portfolio.
• He died on 24th October, 1954 due to heart failure.

Legacy
• In 1956, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award was created by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 1956 to recognize Indian researchers in the agricultural field.
• In November 2011, Postal Staff College, Ghaziabad named as Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy.
• A major street in Kolkata is named after Rafi.
• The Parliament of India has a portrait of him in a Committee Room.

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External Affairs Minister visited Sofia, first ever visit of an Indian External Affairs Minister to Bulgaria.
During her visit, EAM held talks on bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest with Bulgarian leaders.

More on India-Bulgaria relations:

https://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Brief_on_India-Bulgaria_relations.pdf

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