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Nathpa Jhakri Dam

The Nathpa Jhakri Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Satluj River in Himachal Pradesh, India. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and it supplies a 1,500 MW underground power station with water. Before reaching the power station, water is diverted through a 27.4 km (17 mi) headrace tunnel. Construction on the project began in 1993 and it was complete in 2004. The last two of the 250 MW Francis turbine-generators went online in March 2004.

Safdar Hashmi

Safdar Hashmi (April 12, 1954 – January 2, 1989) was a Communist playwright, actor, director, lyricist, and theorist, chiefly associated with Street theatre in India, and is still considered an important voice in political theatre in India.^[1] He was a founding member of Jana Natya Manch (People's Theatre Front; Janam for short) in 1973, which grew out of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). He was brutally murdered in Delhi while performing a street play, Halla Bol.

QII (qualified institutional investor)

In certain countries where financial markets are not fully liberalised, an institutional investor authorised by the local financial regulator to participate in certain types of transaction as long as specific criteria are met. Depending on local regulations and the investment schemes or markets involved, different conditions may be imposed on domestic and foreign institutions (sometimes called qualified domestic institutional investor or QDII, and qualified foreign institutional investor or QFII).