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The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education today released the Performance Grading Index (PGI) for States/UTs for 2020-21, a unique index for evidence based comprehensive analysis of school education system across State/UTs.

The Indian Education System is one of the largest in the world with about 14.9 lakh schools, 95 lakh teachers, and nearly 26.5 crore students from varied socio-economic backgrounds. DoSE&L devised PGI for States/UTs to provide insights and data driven mechanism on the performance and achievements of on the success of school education across all States/UTs. The prime objective of PGI is to promote evidence-based policy making and highlight course correction to ensure quality education for all. So far, DoSE&L has released PGI report for the year 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20. The present report is for the year 2020-21.

The PGI structure comprises of 1000 points across 70 indicators grouped into 2 categories viz., Outcomes, Governance Management (GM). These categories are further divided into 5 domains, viz., Learning Outcomes (LO), Access (A), & Facilities (IF), Equity (E) & Governance Process (GP).

SAFAL (Simplified Application for Agricultural Loans) is Indias first online Agricultural credit facilitation portal. This common credit portal eases access to over 300 term loan products provided for farmers and agri-entrepreneurs. These term loan products will be provided by more than 40 partner banks.

The portal acts as a one-stop solution for farmers and agri-entrepreneurs to access loans offered by public and , Regional Rural Banks, state Cooperative banks and small finance banks.

National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) got registered in the Guinness Book of World Records On the first day of Ganga Utsav.

Highlights:

Because a record amount of images of handwritten notes were uploaded to Facebook in an hour, it was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records.

The Ganga Utsav event was held to promote awareness about Ganga rejuvenation as well as to expand the festival’s scope.

The 5th edition of Ganga Utsav began with a bang, with lots of fun and celebrations. The celebration will honor the glory of the Ganga, as well as other Indian rivers.

The Trophies for 2020 Government Sports Awards were handed over to the winners on 1 November.

Highlights:

The Sports Awards ceremony happened virtually in the middle of the Covid-19 outbreak, winners of the Awards were unable to collect their trophies and citations during the 2020 event.

On August 29, 2020, the Sports Ministry presented a total of 74 National Sports Awards, including 27 Arjuna Awards and 5 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards.

Highlights of the occasion include the presence of Vinesh Phogat and Ishant Sharma.

National Sports Award is the collective name for six sports awards in India. The award is presented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.

The First Place for the World Deaf Judo Championship was won by the Jammu and Kashmir team.

Highlights:

The deaf team from Jammu and Kashmir took first place in the World Deaf Judo Championships held in Paris Versailles, France.

Rakshanda Mehak, a member of the Indian deaf team, won the bronze medal in the semifinals by defeating the South Korean team.

The event was contested in the French city of Versailles.

The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf is in charge of organizing the event.

The International Committee of Deaf Sports is a non-profit organization that promotes deaf sports around the world.

The two-day apple festival was launched Virtually by Union Minister Of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, Narendra Singh Tomar.

Highlights

The Apple Festival, which was held for the first time in Srinagar, Jammu, and Kashmir, was virtually opened by Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Lt Governor Manoj Sinha.

It will give apple growers and other stakeholders a greater platform.

With an annual production of more than 2 million metric tonnes, apple production in Jammu and Kashmir accounts for 87 percent of national production and supports the livelihoods of roughly 30 percent of the people.

The INDIAN NAVY Frigate P1135.6 class was launched at the Yantar Shipyard in Russia.

Highlights:

It was launched at the Yantar Shipyard at Kaliningrad in Russia.

Tushil, a word that means guardian shield, has been given to the ship.

Tushil will be commissioned into the Indian Navy in mid-2023, with its sister ship following close behind by the end of the year.

The ship was designed as part of an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) signed in 2016 between India and Russia for the building of four more P1135.6 class ships for the Indian Navy.
Two Project 1135.6 ships were to be built in Russia, while two ships were to be built in India at M/s Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).

The Project 1135.6 class is also known as the Talwar class, and Russian frigates of this class are manufactured for the Indian Navy.

International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) was launched at the Summit.

Highlights

The Methane Observatory was established to encourage people to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

It was started with the help of the European Union.
It was started since methane is one of the most hazardous gases for the Environment.

IMEO

IMEO will use satellites to track methane emissions.

The Observatory will compile a global dataset of empirically validated methane emissions for public use.

It will begin by focusing on the fossil fuel Industry, which accounts for one-third of all anthropogenic emissions. This industry offers the most potential for cost Savings.

Ministry of Social and Empowerment organises Vayo Naman Programme on the International Day of Older Persons, in honour of senior citizens, in New Delhi on 1 October.

Highlights:

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu is the chief guest of the programme and will present the Vayosheshtra Samman Awards.

The vice-chairman will dedicate the Elderly Help Line 14567 to the state and launch the Senior Able Citizens Reemployment in Dignity (SACRED) and Senior Care Ageing Growth Engine (SAGE) Portals on this occasion.

First indigenously developed anti-drone system, NADS to be inducted through the INDIAN NAVY.

Highlights:

A contract was signed between the IN (Indian Navy) and Navaratna DEFENCE Psu Bharat Limited for the supply of the 1st indigenous comprehensive Naval Anti Drone System with both hard kill & soft kill capabilities.

The Naval Anti Drone System (NADS) is the first indigenously developed anti-drone system to be established into the Indian Armed Forces.

NADS can immediately detect and interfere with micro drones, and use laser-based killing mechanisms to terminate the targets. It will be an wonderful all-encompassing counter to the increased drone danger to strategic naval installations.

The NADS makes use of the help of Radar, Electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensors and Radio Frequency (RF) detectors to observe and jam the micro drones.

DRDO‘s radio frequency/global satellite system (GNSS) detects the frequency used by the controller, and then the signal will be interfered.