DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 26 October 2021
Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Phase II
- To operationalize the mission and strengthen the skill training delivery mechanism in the country, Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP), a World Bank loan assisted program, was launched by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in January 2018.
- SANKALP engages with District Skill Committees (DSCs) to effectively reduce the mismatch between the supply and demand of skilled manpower in the country, thereby creating decent opportunities for the youth to work and earn.
- The MGNF program under SANKALP was designed to provide a cadre of professionals at District level who not only know about governance and public policy in general but vocational education too. MGNF is a unique blend of academic and work-based training handled at the IIM campus and the districts, respectively.
- MGNF is an opportunity for young women and men in the age group of 21-30 years who already possess some level of academic or professional expertise for providing catalytic support to the district administration to improve the skill development program delivery.
- MGNF Phase-I (Pilot): Launched with IIM Bangalore as Academic Partner and 69 are Fellows currently deployed in 69 districts across 6 States.
- MGNF Phase-II (National Roll Out): Being launched on 25th October with 661 MGNFs who will be deployed across all districts of the country. 8 more IIMs have been on boarded taking the total to 9 IIMs (IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM-Jammu, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Lucknow, IIM Nagpur, IIM Ranchi, IIM-Udaipur, and IIM Visakhapatnam)
67th National Film Awards
- Vice President Shri M Venkaiah Naidu confers 67th National Film Awards.
- Shri Rajnikant honoured with Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
- The award for best non-feature film for the year 2019 has been given to AN ENGINEERED DREAM (Hindi) produced and directed by Shri Hemant Gaba, while the award for best feature film has been accorded to Marakkar-Arabikkadalinte-Simham (Malayalam) directed by Shri Priyadarshan.
- Tajmahal (Marathi) has been awarded Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. Shri Dhanush and Shri Manoj Bajpayee have both been conferred Best Actor award while Ms Kangana Ranaut has been awarded Best Actress for her role in Manikarnika-The Queen of Jhansi (Hindi) and Panga (Hindi). The star studded award ceremony also witnessed recognition of power-packed performers like Shri Vijaya Sethupathi, Smt Pallavi Joshi, Shri B Praak among others.
Clean India Drives
- Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has said that more than 75 lakh Kilograms of waste have been collected across the country through Clean India Drives so far.
- The month-long nationwide Clean India Drive to clean waste was launched on 1st of this month. It is a youth-led programme being organised in six lakh villages of 744 Districts across the country through the networks of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan.
- Mr Thakur said, 75 lakh kilogram of waste collected ahead of the deadline. Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan has now aimed to collect one hundred lakh Kilogram of waste across the country. The drive aims to propagate the mantra of Clean India: Safe India.
United Nations Day 2021
- United Nations Day is an annual commemorative day, reflecting the official creation of the United Nations on 24 October 1945.
- In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly declared 24 October, the anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, as which “shall be devoted to making known to the people of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations and to gaining their support for” its work.
- In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a further resolution (United Nations Resolution 2782) declaring that United Nations Day shall be an international observance or international holiday and recommended that it should be observed as a public holiday by United Nations member states.
- The name was coined by the President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt and was first used in the Declaration of the United Nations on January 1, 1942, during the Second World War. The UN had 51 members at the time of its establishment. It is currently made up of 193 Member States.
Army Commanders’ Conference
- The second Army Commanders’ Conference 2021 will begin in New Delhi.
- The four-day conference is a formal forum for the senior leadership of the Indian Army to interact with the senior officials of the Department of Military Affairs and Department of Defence.
- The Chief of Defence Staff and the Chiefs of the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force are also scheduled to address the senior leadership of Indian Army on avenues for promoting tri-service synergy.
Sudan’s Military Dissolves Civilian Rule
- Sudan’s military has dissolved civilian rule, arrested political leaders, and declared a state of emergency. Gen Abdel Fattah Burhan, who had been heading a joint council with civilian leaders, blamed political infighting. Protesters have taken to the streets of the capital, Khartoum, and there are reports of gunfire. Military and civilian leaders have been at odds since long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir was overthrown two years ago and a transitional government was set up.
- Although the country remains in a deep economic crisis, there had been more international support – and a military takeover will put that hugely at risk.
- Gen Burhan has been heading the Sovereign Council, part of a power-sharing arrangement between military and civilian leaders. In a televised address, he said infighting between politicians, ambition and incitement to violence had forced him to act to protect the safety of the nation and to rectify the revolution’s course. He said Sudan was still committed to “international accords” and the transition to civilian rule, with elections planned for July 2023.
REVIEW QUESTIONS
- ‘SANKALP’ sometimes seen in news is associated with
- Health Infrastructure
- Skill Development
- Transportation
- Banking Regulations
ANSWER: B
- The National Skill Development Mission was launched in
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
ANSWER: B
- Tejasvi nāvadhītamastu is motto of
- IIM Bangalore
- IIM Ahmedabad
- IIM Bombay
- IIM Delhi
ANSWER: A
- It was the first Indian Institute of Management to be established
- IIM Bangalore
- IIM Ahmedabad
- IIM Bombay
- IIM Calcutta
ANSWER: D
- National Film Awards were first awarded in
- 1948
- 1952
- 1954
- 1958
ANSWER: C
- National Film Awards are presented by
- Directorate of Film Festivals
- Indian Academy of Motion Arts & Picture
- Indian Flimfare
- Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)
ANSWER: A
- Current Director of Directorate of Film Festivals
- Anurag Thakur
- Gajendra Chauhan
- Parson Joshi
- Senthil Rajan
ANSWER: D
- Who has been awarded National Film Award for Best Actor the most times
- Rajesh Khanna
- Dharmendra Deol
- Amitabh Bachchan
- Dilip Kumar
ANSWER: C
- World Development Information Day is celebrated on
- October 22
- October 23
- October 24
- October 25
ANSWER: C
- U.N. Headquarters
- Geneva
- New York
- London
- Paris
ANSWER: B
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