DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 25 MAY 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1.
NETHERLANDS BECOMES 64TH SIGNATORY
MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE
i.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who is
in India at PM Modi's invitation held wide-ranging discussions on bilateral and
international issues at the Hyderabad House.
ii.
The Netherlands has become the 64th signatory member of the International Solar
Alliance.
iii.PM
Modi noted that the first Indo-Dutch Centre of Excellence CoE in Vegetables had
started in Baramati, Maharashtra. .iv.India also welcomed the Netherlands as
the Partner Country for the Tech Summit in 2019.
2.
HRD MINISTRY LAUNCHES SAMAGRA SHIKSHA
SCHEME
i.
Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar launched 'Samagra Shiksha
scheme' for school education.
ii.
An annual grant of 5,000 to 20,000 rupees will be provided for strengthening
libraries in schools.
iii.
The scheme will be focused on digital education.
ib.
Samagra Shiksha is a program that unifies learning from the pre-school to class
12 levels and encapsulates elements of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Rashtriya
Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and teacher education.
3.
PM OF NETHERLANDS INAUGURATES
INDO-DUTCH GANGA FORUM
i.
In New Delhi, Prime Minister of Netherlands Mark Rutte inaugurated the
Indo-Dutch Ganga Forum to take forward an MoU signed between the Ministry of
Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, and the Ministry of
Infrastructure & Environment of the Netherlands in June 2017.