07-02-23 Daily-Haryana-HPSC Current Affairs

Haryanachief minister,Manohar Lal Khattarsaid on Sunday that the state government is taking effective steps to make the state’s gaushalas self-reliant. He said that a grant of Rs 30 crore is given every year for fodder of cattle.
The CM was addressing on the occasion of the anniversary celebration ofShri Jagat Guru Brahmanand Gaushalain PanipatsKuranavillage.
Kurana village will be developed under Mahagram Yojana.

The chief minister approved several demands for Kurana village. He approved the demand for widening four roads of the village to five and a half meters. With the population of the village being more than 10,000, the CM also announced to give the benefit of Mahagram Yojana to Kurana village, along with an assistance of Rs 21 lakh for Shri Jagat Guru Brahmanand Gaushala, Kurana.

Apart from this, Member of Parliament, Sanjay Bhatia and Rajya Sabha member,Krishan Lal Panwarannounced Rs 11 lakh each and MP Arvind Sharma announced Rs. 2.50 lakh for the Gaushala.

The National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) has released Indias first national assessment regulator, PARAKH, which will work on setting norms, standards, and guidelines for student assessment and evaluation for all recognized school boards in the country.

The PARAKH regulator aims to set up assessment guidelines for all boards to help remove disparities in the scores of students enrolled with different state boards. PARAKH stands for The Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development. It is established within the education survey division of the NCERT.

PARAKH has been launched as a part of the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

It has envisaged a standard-setting body to advise school boards regarding the new assessment patterns and the latest research and promote collaboration between them.

PARAKH will work in three major assessment areas including large-scale assessments, school-based assessments, and examination reforms.

An earthquake with a magnitude 7.8 hit Turkey and Syria. More than 4,000 people died in Turkey and Syria as a result of an earthquake. As rescuers search the debris of collapsed buildings for trapped victims in the bitter cold and snow, the death toll is anticipated to grow.

On June 22, 2022, an earthquake of a magnitude of 6.1 killed over 1,100 people in Afghanistan.

On August 14, 2021, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, killing almost 2,200 people.

On September 28, 2018, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck Indonesia, killing almost 4,300 people.

More than 300 people were killed on August 24, 2016, by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in central Italy.

On April 25, 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal killed around 8,800 people.

On August 3, 2014, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake close to Wenping, China, claimed the lives of around 700 people.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has extended a concessional USD 40 million Line of Credit for developing sporting infrastructure in the Maldives. It is a part of New Delhis efforts to bring Prime Minister Narendra Modis flagship projects such as fit India and Khelo Indiainto the stretch of the Neighborhood First Policy. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is on a visit to the Maldives to further expand bilateral engagement with the key maritime neighbor of India.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has inaugurated the community center with his Maldivian counterpart Abdulla Shahid.

Sports infrastructure across islands will be developed through the dedicated concessional USD 40 million Line of Credit.