TNPSC Current Affairs April 18, 2018

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs April 18, 2018 (18/04/2018)

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Topic : Latest Diary of Events

World heritage day

Every year, 18th April is celebrated Worldwide as World Heritage Day to create awareness about Heritage among communities.

2018 theme: “Heritage for Generations”.

What is a World Heritage site?

A World Heritage site is classified as a natural or man-made area or a structure that is of international importance, and a space which requires special protection.

These sites are officially recognised by the UN and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation, also known as UNESCO.

UNESCO believes that the sites classified as World Heritage are important for humanity, and they hold cultural and physical significance.

Key facts:

As of 2018, India has 36 world heritage sites, the sixth most of any country.

Italy leads with 53 sites followed by China with 52 sites.

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Topic : General Administration, Latest Diary of Events

Atal Tinkering Labs

The ATL Community Day was held across India, over the course of April 13 – 16.

The initiative is an effort to spread awareness as well as engage the local communities in the neighbourhood of an Atal Tinkering Lab, to come and experience the exciting new world of science and future technologies.

AIM has selected more than 2400 schools in 2017 for establishing Atal Tinkering Labs.

What are ATLs?

With a vision to ‘Cultivate one Million children in India as Neoteric Innovators’, Atal Innovation Mission is establishing Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATLs) in schools across India.

Objective:

The objective of this scheme is to foster curiosity, creativity and imagination in young minds; and inculcate skills such as design mindset, computational thinking, adaptive learning, physical computing etc.