1000 Khelo India Centers To Be Opened Across Country By August 15
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1000 Khelo India Centers To Be Opened Across
Country By August 15
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Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur
said one thousand Khelo India centres will be opened by the 15th of August next
year across the country.
Key Points
Mr Thakur stated that be it Tokyo Olympics or Tokyo Paralympics, India has performed better as compared to the past. He said India has also performed well in Deaf Olympics as well. Speaking about Khelo India, the Minister said, the Government has worked to change the mindset of people towards sports. He said Khelo India games have given a platform to grassroots level players to show their talent in front of the entire nation.
The minister said as compared to 2014, when the budget of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports was Rs 1,219 crore, it had increased to 3,062 crore for the year 2022-23, which is almost three times more. Thakur highlighted some of India’s major sporting triumphs that had taken place since the coming of the Modi government in 2014.
Initiatives taken by the Centre, such as ‘Meet the Champions’ initiative to make children aware about sports and nutrition with the help of the country’s best sportspersons. The minister talked about the Khelo India Youth Games and Khelo India University Games.
KCR Launches Bharat Rashtra Samithi Party After ECI Approval
KCR Launches Bharat Rashtra Samithi Party After
ECI Approval
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The Election Commission informed TRS president
and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao that it has accepted the name change of
his party from Telangana Rashtra Samithi to Bharat Rashtra Samithi.
Important Points
The Election
Commission informed TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar
Rao that it has accepted the name change of his party from Telangana
Rashtra Samithi to Bharat Rashtra Samithi. In a letter to TRS, the EC cited a
letter that the party sent to the poll body on October 5 requesting its name
change.
Telangana’s ruling TRS on October 5 changed
its name to ‘BRS’, heralding the party’s foray into ‘national
politics.’ A resolution to this effect was passed at the party’s general body
meeting here. Rao read out the resolution and announced that the party’s
general body meet unanimously resolved to change the name from TRS to
BRS. The TRS on November 7 issued a public notice about the change of its
name to BRS and asked the members of the public to send to the EC objections,
if any, to the proposed new name.
“I am directed to refer to your letter issued on
05-10-2022 on the subject cited and to say that the commission has accepted
your request for change in the name of your party from Telangana Rashtra
Samithi to Bharat Rashtra Samithi. The necessary notification in this
regard will be issued in due course,” read the letter issued by the EC.
The Birth of BRS:
It was on October 5, on the auspicious occasion
of Dasara, that TRS President and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar
Rao announced the new national political entity, 21 years after the TRS
was launched in April 2001 to achieve the separate State of Telangana.
The TRS, which was formed to fight
for separate Statehood and to end the decades of discrimination meted
out to the people of Telangana in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, led to a surge
in the momentum in the movement and saw the party, in an alliance with the
Congress, winning 26 assembly and five Lok Sabha seats in the 2004 elections,
thereby making its mark on the political firmament.
For nearly 14 years, the TRS played a
crucial role in the Statehood movement in association with civil
organisations, employees and other like-minded forces. The party succeeded in
drawing nation-wide attention to the issue and went on to achieve
Telangana State. In 2014, the party emerged as a strong political force in the
State by winning the first elections to the Telangana State Legislature.
The party returned to power for a second term in December 2018, with an even
higher majority.
Author Mansi Gulati released her Book ‘Miracles of Face Yoga’
Author Mansi Gulati released
her Book ‘Miracles of Face Yoga’
Why In News
The
Founder of Manasvani, Mansi Gulati has released her book 'Miracles of Face
Yoga', which has been appreciated by the President of India Droupadi Murmu.
Important Points
The
Founder of Manasvani, Mansi Gulati has released her
book ‘Miracles of Face Yoga’, which has been appreciated by the
President of India Droupadi Murmu. Mansi Gulati, an international
Yogi, celebrated author, and thought leader, devoted her efforts to learning everything
possible about yoga practices and philosophy.
Throughout her learning experience, she has taken the help of numerous sources
to perfect her knowledge and skills. Mansi has over 25 years of experience in
yoga along with many international and national certifications to her credit.
She has written several articles and books on the philosophy of yoga and how it
can benefit all body types through a series of Asanas.
This book introduces the concept of ‘face yoga’, a natural exercise for the
face in addition to various other yoga exercises. Facial yoga can also help you
relax and rejuvenate your body. The face yoga ‘as an as’ release stress and
tension from the face and neck. They will also make us more aware of our facial
muscles so that we can relax them within seconds that indirectly helps to
tighten our skin.
Moreover,
yoga helps in building concentration level and teaches an individual to achieve
a calm mind, thus channelising energy throughout the body. ‘Face yoga’ is a
comprehensive work on facial exercises written in lucid simple language which
can be easily be understood by a beginner to an eminent practitioner.
The
large number of photographs enable better comprehension, easy assimilation and
understanding. The author offers a complete face yoga programmable for beauty
and General health as well as pose sequences that address specific health
problems, and General well being too. The chapters have been well thought of
and the book makes an interesting reading. This book is not only inspirational you
to ‘just follow it and do it’—but it also gives pragmatic instructions needed
to put things in the right perspective. An engaging and must read book.
Digital Rupee vs UPI
Digital Rupee vs UPI
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UPI
serves as an interface for financial transactions involving actual money. The
Digital Rupee is another type of money similar to fiat money.
Important Points
Digital
Rupee vs UPI: UPI, in contrast to Digital Rupee, merely serves as an
interface for financial transactions involving actual money. The Digital Rupee
is only another type of money that is similar to fiat money. UPI and the
digital Rupee are entirely separate ideas. With the introduction of the digital
rupee, India may be hoping to eventually abandon UPI. The concept is likely to
reduce the expense of managing and delivering cash money by depending on the
digital rupee. Therefore, the purpose of digital currency is to eventually
replace the need for physical money.
Digital
Rupee
A digital version of paper money is what the term “digital rupee” or “digital
currency” refers to. Cash money and the digital rupee have the same value. One
digital rupee is equivalent to one rupee in currency, for instance. Simply put,
this indicates that, unlike cryptocurrencies, the value of the digital rupee
never changes.
Digital
Rupee vs UPI: Buying and using Digital Rupee
Users
must visit the official app or website of one of the four designated banks in
order to purchase a Digital Rupee. The precise procedure for purchasing digital
rupee hasn’t been made explicit by the RBI, but it has stated that customers
would be able to make purchases using QR codes displayed at merchant locations,
and the money will be withdrawn from bank wallets.
One can shop and purchase things at their nearby Kirana outlets using Digital
Rupee. The exchange of digital rupees can take place between individuals and
businesses.
RBI Allows Blocking of Funds for Multiple Auto-debits in UPI
UPI
UPI, in contrast to Digital rupee, merely serves as an interface for financial transactions involving actual money. While one cannot withdraw Digital Rupee from their bank account, it is merely another type of money similar to fiat money. The UPI interface, however, enables consumers to conduct online transactions using their bank account. Fiat money is essentially used for all transactions.
72nd Human Rights Day 2022 observed on 10th December
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72nd Human Rights Day 2022 observed on 10th
December
Why In News
Human Rights Day is celebrated across the world
on December 10 every year. It marks the day that the United Nations General
Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
Key Points
Human Rights Day is celebrated across the
world on December 10 every year. It marks the day that the United Nations
General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (UDHR) in 1948.
Human Rights Day focuses on the fundamental
rights and freedoms that people globally are entitled to simply by virtue of
being humans.
It celebrates and advocates for rights that cut
across the distinctions of nationality, gender, ethnicity, race, sexual
orientation, religion, or any other status. This year marks the 74th
anniversary of the adoption of the UDHR and the 72nd Human Rights Day.
Human Rights Day is celebrated with the aim
of making people aware of their rights. Human rights also include the right to
health, economic, social, and education. Human rights are those fundamental
natural rights from which human beings cannot be deprived or oppressed on the
basis of race, caste, nationality, religion, gender etc.
Theme
On December 10, 2023, the world will mark the
75th anniversary of the UDHR. In light of this upcoming milestone, Ahead of
this milestone celebration, a year-long campaign will be launched on December
10 this year to showcase the UDHR, emphasising on its legacy, relevance, and
activism. The campaign will be centred around the theme, “Dignity,
Freedom, and Justice for All.”
History
Human Rights Day was formally instituted
in 1950 after the UNGA passed resolution 423 (V). Under the
resolution, the Assembly had invited all states (members and non-members) and
interested organisations to observe this day to celebrate the proclamation of
the UDHR and exert increasing efforts in this field of human progress. Over the
past decade, Human Rights Day has taken up topics such as discrimination,
diversity, education, freedom, poverty, torture, and equality.
Human rights in India:
The Human Rights Act came into force in
India on 28 September 1993. After which the government constituted
the National Human Rights Commission on October 12,
1993. The Human Rights Commission also works in political, economic,
social and cultural fields. Like wages, HIV AIDS, health, child marriage, and
women’s rights. The work of the Human Rights Commission is to make more and
more people aware.