RAJASTHAN

52% village enterprises run by women in Rajasthan

Out of 6,483 enterprises formed in Rajasthan under Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), a sub-scheme under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) since 2015-16, 52 per cent are owned and managed by women and 82 per cent are from SC/ST/OBC categories, according to data received from Rajasthan Grameen Ajeevika Vikas Parishad (Rajeevika).

According to officials in the department, the SVEP programme has been launched in five districts as of now. These include Ajmer (1,874), Chittorgarh (1,685), Baran (924), Tonk (914) and Churu (1,086). The enterprises include tailoring shops, beauty parlours, grocery shops, canteens, shops with items for women, garment shops, optical shops etc.

In the third phase, SVEP has been approved for Hindoli (Bundi) and Sawai Madhopur (Sawai Madhopur) blocks. “For providing facilitation and support to these enterprises, a group of CRP-EPs (a cadre of Community Resource Persons – enterprise promotion) trained in business management, monitoring and support using ICT (information and communication technology) and audio-visual aids are deputed in each of the blocks. There are a total of 85 CRPs-EP working currently,” the official added.

The objective of SVEP is to enable rural poor to set up their enterprises, develop local resources by training a pool of village level community cadre (CRP-EP) and handholding of the rural entrepreneurs.

INTERNATIONAL

Nagasaki Day of Japan – 9th August

Japan commemorates the ninth of August every year as Nagasaki day. On August 9, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.

Highlights:

The bomb was code-named “Fat Man” due to the diagram of the bomb as it had a wide, spherical shape. This passed off three days after losing an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
A region of about 5 square miles was obliterated, and around 65,000 human beings have been killed in the bombing. Nagasaki and Hiroshima continue to experience the impact of the adverse bombing even today.

NATIONAL

Anniversary of Quit India Movement – 8th August

The 79th anniversary of the August Kranti Din or Quit India Movement, which is regarded as one of the necessary milestones in the history of the freedom hostilities of our country, is being determined on eight August 2021.

Highlights:

On eighth Aug 1942, Mahatma Gandhi gave a clarion call to stop British rule and launched the Quit India Movement at the All-India Congress Committee in Mumbai.

After the failure of the Cripps Mission, Gandhiji gave the name “Do or Die” in his Quit India speech delivered at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Mumbai. Grateful India is paying homage to the freedom fighters and remembering the supreme sacrifices of the martyrs during the freedom struggle.

Earth Observation Satellite Soon be Launched by ISRO

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is ready to launch an Earth Observation Satellite on 12th August.

Highlights:

The satellite is set to be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.

Satellite referred to as EOS-03 will be carried onboard the 14th flight of the GSLV celled GSLV-F10.

GSLV-F10 will be a satellite in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.

EOS-03 will attain the remaining geostationary orbit using its onboard propulsion system.

In this GSLV flight, a 4-metre diameter Ogive-shaped payload fairing will be flown for the first time.

This will be the 14th flight of GSLV.

Khel Ratna Award as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award

PM Narendra Modi has announced that the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award will be renamed as the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.

Highlights:

The pass was primarily based on the numerous requests he obtained from across the nation. Dhyan Chand, whose birthday is celebrated as National Sports Day, won three Olympic golds for India in Hockey.

The award was inaugurated in 1991-92. The Khel Ratna award comprises a medallion, a certificate, and a money prize of Rs.25 lakh. The first awardee of the Khel Ratna was chess legend, Viswanathan Anand. In recent years, some of the winners include cricketer Rohit Sharma, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, women’s hockey team captain Rani Rampal, amongst others.

Steps for Online Education to Students

The Indian government has taken steps to provide online education to students – the information given by the Union Minister for Education.

Highlights:

PM eVIDYA: Facilitating online learning and teaching materials of various types among teachers and students.

DIKSHA: It is a Digital infrastructure for providing students with quality e-content for school education in states/UTs, and it has QR coded Energized Textbooks for all grades.

Swayam Prabha: It’s a programme that offers TV channels for classes 1 to 12 (one channel per class).

Shiksha Vani: This includes the usage of Radio, Community radio and CBSE podcasts.

Special e-content for the visually and hearing impaired developed on Digitally Accessible Information System (DAISY) and in sign language on NIOS website/YouTube.

All the mentioned schemes/programmes are free of cost and available to all the students across the country.