Goa Day was observed on May 30
Goa observed Goa Day on May 30 as its 27th Statehood anniversary. It was on this day in 1987 when Goa became 25th State of the Indian Union.
Story of Goa joining Union of India
Goa remained a territory under Portuguese Empire from 1510 to 1947. After Independence India requested Portuguese to cede Goa and few other holdings to India, which was refused by Portugal.
On the contrary, Portugal lodged a complaint against India in the InternationalCourt of Justice at The Hague. In 1960, the court held in its judgment that Portugal had right to the enclaves but that India equally had a right to deny Portugal access to the enclaves over Indian Territory.
In December 1961, Indian forces launched Operation Vijay and entered Goa as a result of which the Portuguese forces surrendered. Following this action, a resolution condemning the action of India was proposed in the United Nations Security Council which was vetoed by the USSR. Then, under Indian control, Goa voted in a referendum to become an autonomous, federally administered territory. Goa was attained statehood on May 30, 1987.
Note: Goa Day is different from Goa’s “Liberation Day” that is observed on December 19 every year.
Goa observed Goa Day on May 30 as its 27th Statehood anniversary. It was on this day in 1987 when Goa became 25th State of the Indian Union.
Story of Goa joining Union of India
Goa remained a territory under Portuguese Empire from 1510 to 1947. After Independence India requested Portuguese to cede Goa and few other holdings to India, which was refused by Portugal.
On the contrary, Portugal lodged a complaint against India in the InternationalCourt of Justice at The Hague. In 1960, the court held in its judgment that Portugal had right to the enclaves but that India equally had a right to deny Portugal access to the enclaves over Indian Territory.
In December 1961, Indian forces launched Operation Vijay and entered Goa as a result of which the Portuguese forces surrendered. Following this action, a resolution condemning the action of India was proposed in the United Nations Security Council which was vetoed by the USSR. Then, under Indian control, Goa voted in a referendum to become an autonomous, federally administered territory. Goa was attained statehood on May 30, 1987.
Note: Goa Day is different from Goa’s “Liberation Day” that is observed on December 19 every year.
Two additional attempts, no change in pattern and syllabus of the Civil Services Examination: UPSC
The government has decided to allow two additional attempts with consequential age relaxations to all categories of candidates with effect from Civil ServiceExamination (CSE), 2014. However, contrary to the speculations in the market,the format and syllabus will remain the same. The Union Public Service Commission will release CSE notification by May 31, 2014.
At present, candidates from General category are allowed a maximum of four attempts for the examination. However, there is no restriction on number of attempts by a candidate belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). Aspirants belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) are allowed as many as seven attempts.
The government has decided to allow two additional attempts with consequential age relaxations to all categories of candidates with effect from Civil ServiceExamination (CSE), 2014. However, contrary to the speculations in the market,the format and syllabus will remain the same. The Union Public Service Commission will release CSE notification by May 31, 2014.
At present, candidates from General category are allowed a maximum of four attempts for the examination. However, there is no restriction on number of attempts by a candidate belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). Aspirants belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) are allowed as many as seven attempts.
India inks $ 1006.20 million loan pact with World Bank US for “Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan III”
India inked $1006.20 million International Development Assistance (IDA) loan agreement with World Bank for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan III.
At present, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is the largest ongoing EducationFor All (EFA) program in the world. It is the flagship programme for universalizing elementary education. The project aims to achieve universal access and retention, bringing down gender and social category disparity in elementary education and enhancement of learning levels of children. The World Bank aid to Sarva Siksha Abhiyaan-III will mainly focus on qualitative improvement in the learning process of the children.
This will also facilitate smooth and effective implementation of the whole Sarva Siksha Abhiyan project. The objective of this project with World Bank IDA is to improve education outcomes of elementary school children in India. It will aid in bringing qualitative improvements in the programme by putting into use the World Bank’s global experience. About 200 million children enrolled in elementary schools and 4.5 million teachers in the sector are expected to benefit with this project. The benefits of the project also include development of grade and subject specific learning indicators to measure children’s progress in acquiring expected knowledge and skills at different grade level. It will also bolster monitoring and evaluation for teachers’ accountability.
The project will be implemented by the Ministry of HRD (Human Resource Development0 in a period of 3 years.
Ajit Doval appointed as the new National Security Advisor
The new government at Centre appointed former Intelligence Bureau Chief Ajit Doval as National Security Adviser.
He retired in January 2005 as the chief of Intelligence Bureau. His tenure will be co-terminus with the term of the Prime Minister or till further orders, whichever is earlier.
Doval is a 1968-batch IPS officer and is known for his sharp intelligence skills. He was India’s main negotiator with the hijackers of Indian Airlines plane IC-814 taken to Kandahar in 1999.
Mukul Rohatgi is the new Attorney General of India
The new government at the Centre appointed senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi as the new Attorney General of India (AGI) to take over from G E Vahanvati as the 14th AG of the country.
The AGI is the Indian government’s chief legal advisor, and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of India. He is appointed by the President of India underArticle 76(1) of the Constitution and holds office during the pleasure of the President. He must have qualification to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court. Like the Advocate General of a State, the Attorney General is not supposed to be a political appointee, in spirit, but this is not the case in practice. Every time a new government attains power at the Centre, all the law officers resign and law officers loyal to the new party are appointed.
Vishwanath Tripathi awarded Vyas Samman
Noted Hindi author Vishwanath Tripathi awarded the prestigious Vyas Samman for the year 2013. He was awarded for his memoir ‘Vyomkesh Darvesh’, a biolgraphy of noted Hindi scholar Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi. ‘Vyomkesh Darvesh’ is a biographical criticism and its speciality is that the personality (Hazari Prasad Dwivedi) that it describes, has been written about by his own student in his (Dwivedi’s) own style.
Vyas Samman is an annual literary award instituted in 1991 by the K K Birla Foundation which carries an amount of Rs 2.5 lakh and is given to an outstanding literary work in Hindi published during the last 10 years.
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