15.06.23 Daily [Andhra Pradesh] APPSC Current Affairs

Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has launched the distribution of Jagananna Vidya Kanuka kits worth Rs 1,042.53 crore under the scheme that would benefit 43,10,165 students of Classes I to X in government and government-aided schools.

This is the fourth consecutive year that the is distributing the kits to deserving students. Each kit costs Rs 2,400.

The distribution of kits was taken up all over the state in the presence of ministers, MLAs, MLCs, MPs and other public representatives in a festive Atmosphere.

The CM said that this time, the government has come up with better-quality material in the kits, based on the feedback it received from the stakeholders. He listed out the material contained in each kit, like three pairs of uniform dress, a school bag, bilingual textbooks, notebooks, workbooks, a pair of school shoes, two pairs of socks, a belt, an English to Telugu dictionary and a school bag of larger size.

The Chief Minister announced that the AP government has signed an MoU with the Educational Testing Service to train students from Classes three to nine, to improve their skills and appear for TOEFL. This apart, under this programme, select groups of English teachers would be made to attend orientation courses in the US from the current academic year.

The CM promised efforts to link Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine Learning, data analysis, language learning module and Chat GPT with the Education system in the state so that students could get an exposure to the international education system.

To promote higher education, the government is providing fee-reimbursement to the students with no cap on the number of beneficiaries in each family. So far, a sum of Rs 10,636 crore was spent on this. Under the Vasanthi Deevena, the government spent Rs 4,275 crore so far, he said.

The CM said that the government was providing financial assistance upto Rs 1.25 crore each for students to pursue professional education in top universities around the world, under the Jagananna Videshi Deevana. The government had spent Rs 60,329 crore on the Education sector in the last four years in AP, he said.

INDIAN NAVY is conducting Julley Ladakh (Hello Ladakh), an outreach programme to Ladakh to increase awareness about the service in the pristine state and to engage with youth and civil Society there. Towards this a 5000km Motorcycle Expedition was flagged off by VAdm Sanjay Jasjit Singh, Vice Chief of Naval Staff, from the National War Memorial on 15 Jun 23. The Navy had previously made similar effort in the North East that was hugely successful. The Indian Navy had also undertaken theSam No Varunahcar expedition to engage with citizens in all the coastal states.

The main objectives of the current initiative in the Northern Territory include: –

Celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav (75 years of Indian Independence).

Conduct Awareness drives at Schools/ Colleges in Ladakh region about the career opportunities Indian Navy offers including the Agnipath Scheme.

Motivate Youth to join the Indian Navy.

Showcase Nari Shakti, an initiative of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, by including Women Officers and spouses.

Interact with naval veterans and Veer Naris in the region.

The scaffold is an animal-derived Class D Biomedical Device that can rapidly heal skin wounds at low-cost with minimum scarring.

IDC approves indigenous animal tissue scaffold for scar-free skin wound healing.

The scaffold is an animal-derived Class D Biomedical Device that can rapidly heal skin wounds at low-cost with minimum scarring.

Nadu Minister of Youth Welfare and Sports Development, Udayanidhi Stalin, inauguratedthe Squash World Cup in Chennai.

The Squash World Cup is being held from June 13 to June 17, at Express Avenue, Royapetta in Chennai.

Eight countries are participating in the championship including India, China, Japan, Malaysia and Australia, South Africa, Egypt.

The proponents of the agreement believed it would help prevent the revival of Irans nuclear weapons program and reduce conflict with regional rivals such as Israel and Saudi Arabia.

The countries with the highest prevalence of modern slavery include North Korea, Eritrea, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Tajikistan.

The countries with the lowest prevalence include Switzerland, Norway, Germany, Netherlands, and Sweden.