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25 years of Hornbill Festival.

Tags: Festivals

25 years of Hornbill Festival.

Why in the news?

• The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated the people of Nagaland on completion of 25 years of Hornbill Festival. 

About the Hornbill Festival:

• Hornbill Festival is an annual festival celebrated from 1 to 10 of December in the Northeastern Indian state of Nagaland. 
• The festival represents all ethnic groups of Nagaland for which it is also called the Festival of Festivals.
• The festivalis named after the hornbill, the large and colourful forest bird which is displayed in the folklore of most of the state's ethnic groups.
• To encourage inter-ethnic interaction and to promote cultural heritage of Nagaland, the Government of Nagaland organises the Hornbill Festival every year in the first week of December. 
• The first festival was held in December 2000.
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Indian Men’s Junior Hockey Team won the Junior Asia Cup 2024.

Tags: Sports News

Indian Men’s Junior Hockey Team won the Junior Asia Cup 2024.

Why in the news?

• The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has  congratulated the Indian Men’s Junior Hockey Team on winning the Junior Asia Cup 2024.  

 Men’s Junior Asia Cup 2024:

• The 2024 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup was the tenth edition of the Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup, the men's international under-21 field hockey championship of Asia, organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. 
• It was held from 26 November to 4 December 2024 at the Hockey Oman Stadium in Muscat, Oman.
• Indian hockey team defeated arch-rivals Pakistan 5-3 in the final of Men's Junior Asia Cup 2024 hockey in Muscat, Oman on 4th December 2024,with it, India claimed a record-extending fifth title. 
• Araijeet Singh Hundal was the hero for the winning side with four goals while Dilraj Singh hit the remaining one goal.
•  For Pakistan, Sufyan Khan hit two and Hannan Shahid scored one goal. It was Pakistan who took an early lead in the game, but India bounced back within a minute to level the scores, thanks to Araijeet.