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  ■ Monthly Current Affairs ■ Bihar’s Mithila Makhana gets a Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Mithila Makhana, simply known as 'Makhan' with its botanical name ‘ Euryale Ferox Salisb ’ is a variety of aquatic fox nut, famously consumed during Kojagara Puja by Maithil Brahmins. It’s cultivated in the Mithila region of Bihar and in some parts of Nepal. It's a unique aquatic cash fruit crop in the state mainly grown in agro-climatic Zone-I and Zone-II of Bihar . 

■ Monthly Current Affairs ■ On 12 July 2022 PM Narendra Modi unveiled the Centenary Memorial Pillar ( Shatabdi Smriti Stambh ) in front of the Bihar legislative Assembly, to commemorate 100 years of Bihar Vidhan Sabha. He also laid the foundation stone of the Vidhan Sabha Museum. About Centenary Memorial Pillar / Shatabdi Smriti Stambh :

■ Monthly Current Affairs ■ On 7 June 2022 , Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and CM Nitish Kumar inaugurated and laid foundation stones of 15 national highway projects worth ₹13,585 crores in Bihar. This also included superstructure replacement of the eastern flank of Mahatma Gandhi Setu. Earlier on July 2020, the western flank was inaugurated.  About Mahatma Gandhi Setu

■ Monthly Current Affairs ■The trial of Bihar government’s ambitious project  Ganga Udvah Pariyojana  ( गंगा _ उदवह _ परियोजना )  of transporting the water of river Ganga from  Mokama 's  Hathidah  to  Nawada  through  190 km   pipeline was successful. With the completion of this project, all the people in the cities of  Gaya, Bodh Gaya, Rajgir and Nawada  will get pure drinking water. Purification of water will be done at treatment plants at  Ghora Katora   in  Rajgir ,  Motnaje  in  Nawada  and  Manpur  in  Gaya .