22.06.23 Daily [Telangana] TSPSC Current Affairs

Over 1,000 renovated government schools were inaugurated as part of Education Day in the ongoingTelanganaformation decennial celebrations. These schools were renovated under the Mana Ooru, Mana Badi scheme.
Education ministerSabitha Indra Reddyinaugurated Jillelguda Zilla Parishad School in Meerpet .

She also commenced distribution of two pairs of uniforms (136 crore), free textbooks (190 crore) and Ragi java weekly once (at an annual cost of 35 crore) to about 25 lakh students studying in government schools across the state. She also started the distribution of notebooks worth 56 crore for 12 lakh students and tabs worth 34 crore to 20,000 teachers.

The minister also launched 25 civic reading centres in Rangareddy district. These reading centres have been set up in areas with a Population of 2,500 approx and Rangareddy district has been selected for a pilot project. A total of 5,000 reading centres will be established in the state.

Recently, a former archaeologist ofArchaeological Survey of India (ASI)has discovered aMesolithic periodrock painting depicting a person tilling a piece of land in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.

It was found while surveying thelowerRiver KrishnaValleyto ascertain the architectural features of shrines.

Minister of State for Culture, Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi inaugurated the exhibition Hamari Bhasha, Hamari Virasat under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate 75th International Archives Day at , New Delhi.

On the occasion of 75th International Archives Day, National Archives of India has made available the Gilgit Manuscripts written between the 5 -6 centuries CE, which is the oldest surviving manuscript collection in India.

It contains documents written on pieces of inner layer of the bark of birch trees which were found in Kashmir region and contain both canonical and non-canonical Jain and Buddhist works that throw Light on the evolution of many religious-philosophical literature.

The United Nations General Assembly has adopted by consensus a draft resolution piloted by India to establish a memorial wall in the UN headquarters here to honour fallen peacekeepers.

India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj introduced the draft resolution titled Memorial wall for fallen United Nations peacekeepers’ on Wednesday in the UN General Assembly Hall and it was adopted by consensus.

It welcomed the initiative of member states to establish at a suitable and prominent place at United Nations Headquarters in New York a memorial wall to honour the memory of fallen peacekeepers, giving due consideration to the modalities involved, including the recording of the names of those who have made the supreme sacrifice.”

India is currently the 3rd largest contributor of uniformed personnel to UN Peacekeeping with more than 6,000 military and Police personnel deployed to Abyei, the Central African Republic, Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lebanon, the Middle East and Western Sahara.