19.12.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Goa: 75 more schools to get sanitary pad dispensers   Seventy-five more schools in the state will be provided sanitary napkin dispensers and incinerators during the current academic year 2019-20.   The training will be provided by a group of social organisations, who are providing the sanitary pad dispensers and incinerators to the institutions.   In April 2018, … Read more 19.12.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

17.12.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Goa declares ghumot as heritage instrument   The Goa government has notified the earthen instrument ghumot as a heritage Goan folk musical instrument.   Protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, the poaching and killing of the reptile is therefore illegal. Modern day potters have found a replacement by using other materials to replace … Read more 17.12.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

15-16.12.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL International Tea Day 2019 The United Nations (UN) has declared May 21 as International Tea Day on the recommendations of India, however, this day is celebrated on December 15 Every Year. The proposal was made by India at the International Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Intergovernmental Group meeting held in Milan 4 years ago. … Read more 15-16.12.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

14.12.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Goa University signs MoU with Dalai Lama foundation The Goa University (GU) has signed an MoU with ‘Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama’. The varsity has agreed to establish the Dalai Lama chair for Nalanda studies under the visiting research programme at the GU. The Dalai Lama chair of Nalanda studies at GU will focus of … Read more 14.12.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

08-09.12.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Goa’s anganwadis move towards all-round improvement   Functioning of the state government’s preschools — anganwadis — is undergoing a paradigm shift with the government not only reducing teachers’ administrative burden, but also actively monitoring students’ health and enhancing activities for them.   Additionally, a mobile app, which teachers have been asked to use, aids the directorate … Read more 08-09.12.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs