{"id":106545,"date":"2021-01-09T09:14:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T09:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=106545"},"modified":"2021-01-09T09:14:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T09:14:59","slug":"pravasi-bharatiya-divas-convention-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/pravasi-bharatiya-divas-convention-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: 16th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is being organised on 9th January 2021 by GOI in virtual mode. What is the theme of the event ?<br><\/strong>a) Bringing together Young Achievers from India and Indian Diaspora<br>b) Contributing to Aatmanirbhar Bharat<br>c) Apna Bharat, Apna Gaurav<br>d) None of the above<br><strong>Answer: b)<br>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The 16th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention is being organized on 9th January 2021, despite the ongoing Covid pandemic.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>PBD is the flagship event of the Ministry of External Affairs which is being organised on 9th January 2021 in virtual mode.<\/li><li>Event provides an important platform to engage and connect with the overseas Indians.<\/li><li>PBD conventions were held every year since 2003. Since 2015, its format has been revised to celebrate the PBD once every two years.<\/li><li>The theme of 16th PBD Convention 2021 is \u201cContributing to Aatmanirbhar Bharat\u201d.<\/li><li>It will be inaugurated by PM Modi and Chief Guest of event will be H.E. Mr. Chandrikapersad Santokhi, Hon\u2019ble President of the Republic of Suriname.<\/li><li>PBD is celebrated every year on 9th January to commemorate the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa on this day in 1915.<\/li><li>These conventions are also very useful in networking among the overseas Indian community residing in various parts of the world and enable them to share their experiences in various fields.<\/li><li>Youth PBD was also celebrated virtually on the theme &#8220;Bringing together Young Achievers from India and Indian Diaspora\u201d on 8 January 2021.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By &#8211; Kameshwar Shukla<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1686874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1686874<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: 16th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is being organised on 9th January 2021 by GOI in virtual mode. What is the theme of the event ?a) Bringing together Young Achievers from India and Indian Diasporab) Contributing to Aatmanirbhar Bharatc) Apna Bharat, Apna Gauravd) None of the aboveAnswer: b)Context The 16th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":106546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1155],"tags":[2334],"class_list":["post-106545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conference","tag-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106547,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106545\/revisions\/106547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}