01. The Ministry of Human Resource Development has introduced a
70-point grading index to assess the quality of school education offered by states.
02. The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) will host the third edition of the
National Entrepreneurship Awards (NEA) on January 4, 2019, at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, Janpath, New Delhi.
03. On which date, the 2018 World Braille Day (WBD) was observed recently?
The World Braille Day (WBD) is observed every year on January 4
to remember the birth anniversary of Louis Braille, the inventor of Braille – for the people with visual disabilities.
04. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the introduction of a Bill namely The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2018 in the Parliament for certain amendments in the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 so as to modify the list of Scheduled Tribes (STs) of
Arunachal Pradesh.
05. Which state of India has the highest percentage of scheduled tribe population?
Madhya Pradesh has the largest Tribal population. It has more than 1.6 crore Schedule Tribe population who are 21% of state population according to 2011 census.
06. The 125-year-old Old High Court Building in Nagpur, Maharashtra, and two Mughal-era monuments in Agra — Haveli of Agha Khan and Hathi Khana — are among the six monuments declared protected and of national importance by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 2018.
07. Uttar Pradesh (745 monuments/sites), Karnataka (506) and Tamil Nadu (413) have the highest number of ASI-maintained sites.
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