40th Anniversary Celebrations of Bharat Bhavan Inaugurated | Madhya Pradesh | 14 Feb 2022

On February 13, 2022, Usha Thakur, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Spirituality of Madhya Pradesh inaugurated the various arts festival on the 40th anniversary of Bharat Bhavan.

Minister Usha Thakur honored artists, litterateurs and theater artists in various categories for the National Kalidas Samman and Rajya Shikhar Samman at the Bharat Bhavan Muktakash Manch. Along with this, an exhibition of paintings of Durga Bai Vyam selected for Padma Shri, Illustration Art Exhibition- Surekha and works of eminent artists were also inaugurated.
National Kalidas Samman for Roopankar Arts was given to Jyoti Bhate of Gujarat for the year 2017, Ira Choudhary of New Delhi for 2018, Paramjit Singh of New Delhi for 2019 and Dhruv Mistry of Baroda for the year 2020.
National Kalidas Samman for Rangkarma was given to Dr. Anil Rastogi of Lucknow for the year 2019 and Vaman Kendra of Mumbai for the year 2020.
For the year 2019 and 2020, the following persons were awarded the Rajya Shikhar Samman in various subjects-

Subject	2019	2020
Hindi Literature	Shaiwal Satyarthi (Gwalior)	Hari Joshi (Bhopal)
Urdu Literature	Naeem Kausar (Bhopal)	Devisharan (Bhopal)
Sanskrit Literature	Dr. Rameshwar Prasad Gupta (Datia)	Pro. Rahas Bihari Dwivedi (Jabalpur)
Classical Music	Pt. Prabhakar Laxman Gohadkar (Gwalior)	Pt. Sajjan Lal Brahmabhate (Bhopal)
Metaphorical Arts	Devi Lal Patidar (Bhopal)	Manish Pushkale (New Delhi)
Drama	Vaishali Gupta (Bhopal)	KG Trivedi (Bhopal)
Tribal and Folk Arts	Agnesh Kerketa (Bhopal)	Poornima Chaturvedi
Rare Instrument	Babulal Bhola (Sagar)	Dr. Varsha Agarwal (Ujjain)

On the first day of this function, under the direction of Santosh Sant, the artists of Swara Venu Gurukul Indore gave a melodious musical performance of flute saptak.
The five-day event will see cultural activities like smooth music, engaging dance, slide shows, dance drama and poetry recitation at Bahukala Kendra Bharat Bhawan from 13 February to 17 February 2022.

Vindhya and Mahakaushal Region Got the Gift of New Trains | Madhya Pradesh | 14 Feb 2022

On February 12, 2022, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav gave the gift of many new trains to Madhya Pradesh through virtual medium from Delhi. Along with this, State Medical Education Minister Vishwas Kailash Sarang flagged off these trains from Rani Kamlapati station.

The newly operated trains include Train No. 02195 Rani Kamlapati- Rewa, Train No. 02196 Rewa-Rani Kamlapati Weekly Superfast Train and Train No. 05713 Jabalpur-Nenpur Passenger Train from Rani Kamlapati Railway Station, Bhopal.
The people of Vindhya and Mahakaushal region of Madhya Pradesh will be benefited by the operation of these trains.
Rewa - Rani Kamlapati Weekly Superfast train will cover 9 stations from Kamlapati station to Rewa.
With the introduction of these new train services, the areas of Satna, Maihar, Katni, Mudhwara, Damoh, Sagar, Bina, Vidisha will be progressively developed and the people, students, business and tourism of these areas will be benefited.
At the same time, Jabalpur-Nenpur passenger train has been restored for smooth rail travel of passengers. Jabalpur-Nenpur Passenger train will cover a total 19 stations.

On the occasion of World Radio Day on February 13, 2022, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. KG Suresh, informed that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Central Government has provided a letter of intent for the establishment of Community Radio Karmaveer in the newly constructed campus of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication at Vishankhedi.

Necessary process for community radio stations has been expedited by the university.
It is to be known that the community radio movement started in India in 1995 when the Supreme Court declared airwaves as public property.
Each community radio station gives priority to the languages of its own community, the language which is not found in the common TV channels or in the newspapers is found in the community radio station.
A community radio station can broadcast in a radius of 15 km.
The theme of World Radio Day-2022 is 'Radio and Faith'.
It is noteworthy that on November 3, 2011, the 36th session of UNESCO declared World Radio Day to be celebrated on February 13, as UN Radio was established by the United Nations on February 13, 1946.