CURRENT AFFAIRS: DAYS
National Education Day
- National Education Day or Rashtriya Shiksha Diwas is celebrated every year on November 11.
- This day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first Education Minister of Independent India.
- He was India’s first Vice President and also the first education minister of independent India from 1947 to 1958.
- Since 2008, this day is celebrated to commemorate the birthday of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad for his contributions in the field of education, national-building, and institution-building.
Public Service Broadcasting Day being observed
- Public Service Broadcasting Day is being observed. The day is celebrated every year to commemorate the only visit of Mahatma Gandhi to the studio of All India Radio, Delhi in 1947.
- The Father of the Nation addressed the displaced people, who had temporarily settled at Kurukshetra in Haryana after partition.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL
After Jammu And Kashmir, Saffron Cultivation Likely To Be Expanded To Northeast India
- The North East Centre For Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR) has undertaken a pilot project to explore the feasibility of growing saffron in North East region of the country.
- Saffron production has long been restricted to a limited geographical area in the Union territory of Jammu & Kashmir.
- Pampore region, commonly known as Saffron bowl of Kashmir, is the main contributor to saffron production, followed by Budgam, Srinagar, and Kishtwar districts.
- Saffron has traditionally been associated with the famous Kashmiri cuisine. It’s medicinal values were considered as part of the rich cultural heritage of Kashmir. As saffron growing was confined to very specific areas in Kashmir, its production remained limited. Though the National Mission on Saffron focused on several measures to improve its farming, the measures were still limited to the specified areas of Kashmir.
About Jammu and Kashmir
- Capital: Capitals: Jammu (Winter), Srinagar (Summer)
- Governor: Manoj Sinha
Home Minister Amit Shah to inaugurate “Sarhad Vistar Vikasotsav 2020 “in Gujarat
- Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate “Sarhad VistarVikasotsav 2020 “at Dhordo village situated in the forward border area in Kutch district of Gujarat.
- Over 1500 Sanpanch and Gram Panchayat members from 158 border villages from Kutch, Banaskantha and Patan districts are invited to participate in this first of its kind event being organized under Border Area Development Programme (BADP).
- Union Minister for Panchayati Raj Narendra Singh Tomar and Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will be present on the occasion. Home Ministers’ Special Operation Medals will also be presented to the PRI functionaries selected for this decoration.
- “Sarhad Vistar Vikasotsav 2020” is aimed to address the problems relating to health, education and road connectivity in remote and border villages, so that standard of living in such areas can be improved considerably.
About Ministry of Home Affairs:
- Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
- Constituency: Gujarat
