Current affairs.
1.Prime Minister Narendra Modi was awarded first ever Philip Kotler Presidential Award.
Philip Kotler, a professor of marketing at Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management is also known as ‘Father of Modern Marketing’.
Apart from marketing, Philip Kotler has extensively written on education, environment, government marketing, healthcare, hospitality, and on innovation.
Apart from marketing, Philip Kotler has extensively written on education, environment, government marketing, healthcare, hospitality, and on innovation.
2.Renowned writer Namita Gokhale was awarded Sushila Devi Literature Award for her work “Things to Leave Behind”. She was honoured in ‘Best Book of Fiction Written by a Woman Author’ category at inaugural edition of Bhopal Literature and Art Festival.
Sushila Devi Literature Award is constituted by the Ratanlal Foundation. The award recognises the Best Book of Fiction Written by a woman author. It is a newly constituted award and comes with a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh.
Namita Gokhale is a founder-director of ‘Jaipur Literature Festival’ along with William Dalrymple. She has also served as member-secretary of Indian Literature Abroad (ILA), an initiative by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, to translate and promote contemporary literature from the Indian languages into major international languages, particularly the six UNESCO languages English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Russian and Chinese.
Namita Gokhale is a founder-director of ‘Jaipur Literature Festival’ along with William Dalrymple. She has also served as member-secretary of Indian Literature Abroad (ILA), an initiative by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, to translate and promote contemporary literature from the Indian languages into major international languages, particularly the six UNESCO languages English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Russian and Chinese.
3.Sakhi centre or One Stop Centre (OSC) is a fully sponsored scheme of Central Government. These centres are set up through the Nirbhaya Fund under the National Mission for Empowerment of women by Ministry of Women and Child Development.
The Nirbhaya Fund was announced by government of India in the 2013 Union Budget. The fund was established to support initiatives by government and NGOs working towards protecting dignity and ensuring the safety of women in India.
4.The Chief Minister of Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling has announced One family one job scheme to provide employment to youth of Sikkim.Chief Minister handed over appointment letters to over 12,000 unemployed youths at an employment fair organised at the Paljor Stadium in Gangtok. Only members of those families which do not have a government job at present are eligible for the government employment under this scheme.Sikkim is the first state in the country to launch an exclusive programme which entitles every family in the state with a government job and Sikkim earmarks 70 per cent of its revenues towards salaries for the state government employees.
5.India celebrates National Youth Day on the January 12 to commemorate birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.Swami Vivekananda was born in 1863. He was a renowned philosopher, poet, writer, social reformer and orator. His works include Jnanayoga’, ‘Bhaktiyoga’, ‘Rajayoga’, ‘To the youth of India’. He also founded the Ramakrishna Math
and Ramakrishna Mission.He passed away on July 4, 1902, at the age of 39. Within this short span of time, his works, ideals, and ideas became immortal in the Indian history.
and Ramakrishna Mission.He passed away on July 4, 1902, at the age of 39. Within this short span of time, his works, ideals, and ideas became immortal in the Indian history.
6.The National Wildlife Board has given its approval for the Trishna Gas project of ONGC which falls in Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary in Gomati district of Tripura.
The Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary was established in 1988. The vegetations in the sanctuary fall under four broad categories of tropical semi-evergreen forest, east Himalayan lower Bhanar sal, Moist mixed deciduous forest and Savanah woodland.
National Board for Wild Life is a statutory organization constituted under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. It is an apex body to review all wildlife-related matters and approves projects in and around national parks and sanctuaries.
National Board for Wild Life is chaired by the Prime Minister, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is the vice-chairman of the Board and the members include 15 non-government members, 19 ex-officio members and 10 government officials such as secretaries.
National Board for Wild Life is chaired by the Prime Minister, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is the vice-chairman of the Board and the members include 15 non-government members, 19 ex-officio members and 10 government officials such as secretaries.
7.Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a commemorative coin and stamp on the Guru Gobind Singh to mark 350th birth anniversary. On this occasion, Prime Minister Modi underlined the role of Guru Gobind Singh in uniting the country through Khalsa sect.
8.The Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) will be held at Varanasi on January 21 and would be formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 22. The theme of the PBD 2019 is “Role of Indian Diaspora in building a New India.”
India celebrates Pravasi Bhartiya Divas on 9 January to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community towards the development of India. 9th January also commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa to Mumbai in 1915.
9.government of Odisha has launched scheme Ama Ghare LED to provide LED bulbs at free of cost to about 95 lakh families in the state.
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