Current Affairs Quiz: January 25, 2020

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January 24 is observed as the International Day of Education every year by UNESCO. It celebrates the role of education for Development and Peace. The theme for this year’s International Day of Education is “LEARNING FOR PEOPLE, PLANET, PROSPERITY AND PEACE”. On December 2018, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted a resolution, which declared January 24 as ‘International Day of Education’.
This year’s celebration is the second-year of observing the day and it has considered Education and Learning as the greatest Renewable Resource and it reaffirms that the Education is a Fundamental Right.

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An MoU has been signed by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). This MoU is under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). The MoU aims to strengthen the rural poor institutions at grass root level. DAY NRLM and BMGF has a shared focus on improving the lives of poor people and the marginalized, by creating employment opportunities through rural institutions.
DAY NRLM was launched by the MoRD IN June 2011. The scheme has an agenda of covering 7 crore rural population in the country through self-managed Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and other such institutions in a period of 8 to 10 years.

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Kumar Munnan Singh has been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2020 under the Individual category. Under the Institution category, Disaster Mitigation & Management Centre, Uttarakhand has been selected for the award. Kumar Munnan Singh was the founding member of the National Disaster Management Authority in 2005. He is also lauded for establishing the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), from scratch.
The award is given by the Government of India to recognize the commendable work done by individuals and organisations in the field of disaster management. The award is announced every year on 23rd January which marks the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

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As per an order issued by the State Education Department of Madhya Pradesh, the state government has made the reading of the Preamble to the Constitution in schools mandatory. As per the order, the Preamble would be read out every Saturday, by the head master or the teacher in all the primary, middle, high and higher secondary schools after prayer, along with the students. It is said that such practice in school would inculcate the interest in our constitution among the students.
Maharashtra: Maharashtra has also has made reading of Preamble of the Constitution in all primary and secondary schools, starting from January 26, 2020. The resolution in this direction was adopted in 2013 but was not implemented so far.

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The Barrier Free Tourism Project implemented by Kerala Tourism in Trissur District has received the special mention honour as “Emerging Global Destination” in UN World Tourism Organisation Global Destination Award 2019.
In March 2019, the Kerala Tourism has launched the barrier free project to make 120 destinations in Kerala disabled friendly. 80 such projects have been implemented and 8 of them are in the district of Trissur. Kerala is the first state to work as per the guidelines issued by UN WTO, on making the destinations disabled friendly.