Pure gold is slightly reddish yellow in color, but colored gold in various other colors can be produced by alloying gold with other elements. Colored golds can be classified in three groups: Alloys with silver and copper in various proportions, producing white, yellow, green and red golds. These are typically malleable alloys. Intermetallic compounds, producing blue and purple golds, as well as other colors. These are typically brittle,
Shri (/ʃriː/; Sanskrit: श्री, romanized: Śrī, pronounced ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Marathi, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanese, Balinese, Sinhala, Thai, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Nepali, Malayalam, Kannada, Sanskrit, Pali, Khmer, and also among Philippine languages. It is usually transliterated as Sri, Sree, Shri, Si, or Seri based on the local convention for transliteration. The term is used in Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia as a polite form of address equivalent to the English
Social services are a range of public services intended to provide support and assistance towards particular groups, which commonly include the disadvantaged. They may be provided by individuals, private and independent organisations, or administered by a government agency. Social services are connected with the concept of welfare and the welfare state, as countries with large welfare programs often provide a wide range of social services. Social
Geetashree Sandhya Mukherjee (also spelled Mukhopadhyay; 4 October 1931 – 15 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and musician, specialising in Bengali music. She received Banga Bibhushan, the highest civilian honour of the Indian state of West Bengal in 2011. She also won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her songs in the films Jay Jayanti and Nishi Padma in the year 1970. Contents 1Early
The private sector is the part of the economy, sometimes referred to as the citizen sector, which is owned by private groups, usually as a means of establishment for profit or non profit, rather than being owned by the government. Contents 1Employment 2Diversification 3Regulation 4See also 5References Employment The private sector employs most of the workforce in some countries. In private sector,
The lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, is an aquatic plant that plays a central role in the art of Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. In Asian art a lotus throne is a stylized lotus flower used as the seat or base for a figure. It is the normal pedestal for divine figures in Buddhist art and Hindu art, and often seen in Jain art. Originating in Indian art, it followed
The Indian honours system is the system of awards given to individuals for a variety of services to the Republic of India. The categories of awards are as follows: Contents 1Civilian awards 1.1Bharat Ratna 1.2Padma awards 1.2.1Selection process 1.2.2Annulment of awards 2Military awards 2.1Wartime gallantry awards 2.2Peacetime awards 2.3Wartime/peacetime service awards 2.4Wartime distinguished service 2.5Peacetime distinguished service
The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both highly dynamic and a characteristically constant feature of human life, they have developed into innovative, stylized and sometimes intricate forms. This is often achieved through
Padma Shri Award, India’s fourth highest civilian honours – Winners, 1960-1969: Contents 1List of recipients 1.1Padma Shri Award recipients in the year 1960 1.2Padma Shri Award recipients in the year 1961 1.3Padma Shri Award recipients in the year 1962 1.4Padma Shri Award recipients in the year 1963 1.5Padma Shri Award recipients in the year 1964 1.6Padma Shri
Padma Shri Award, India’s fourth highest civilian honours – Winners, 1954–1959: Contents 1List of recipients 1.1Padma Shri Award recipients in the year 1954 1.2Padma Shri Award recipients in the year 1955 1.3Padma Shri Award recipients in the year 1956 1.4Padma Shri Award recipients in the year 1957 1.5Padma Shri Award recipients in the year 1958 1.6Padma Shri