TNPSC Current Affairs May 24, 2018

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs May 24, 2018 (24/05/2018)

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Topic : General Administration, Latest Diary of Events, Profile of States

India’s 1st Sports University in Manipur

The Union Cabinet has approved an ordinance to set up the country’s first national sports university in Manipur.

A bill to set up the university in Imphal is already pending in parliament. The ordinance will be on the lines of the bill introduced in Lok Sabha in August, 2017.

Establishment of the University: 

The Bill establishes a National Sports University located in Manipur. It will promote sports education in the areas of: (i) sports sciences, (ii) sports technology, (iii) sports management, and (iv) sports coaching.

It will function as a national training centre for select sports disciplines. It may also establish campuses and study centres in other parts of the country.

The University will be empowered to grant degrees, diplomas and certificates.

Significance of the move:

Setting up of National Sports University in Manipur will result in giving an opportunity for youth of country in general and of North Eastern States in particular for pursuing courses such as B.PEd, MPEd, Diploma / certificate courses in coaching, physiotherapy, fitness, sports management, sports journalism, etc.

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Topic : International Diary of Events, Profile of States

Nepal – First country in South-East Asia validated for eliminating trachoma

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Nepal for having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem – a milestone, as the country becomes the first in WHO’s South-East Asia Region to defeat the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness.

Background:

Trachoma was the second leading cause of preventable blindness in Nepal in the 1980s.

In 2002, the Government of Nepal stepped up efforts to eliminate the disease with the establishment of a national trachoma programme.

From 2002 to 2005, following the implementation of sustained control activities, the prevalence of active (inflammatory) trachoma fell by 40%.

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Topic : Awards and Honours, Persons in News, Latest Diary of Events

Man Booker Prize 2018

An English translation of Olga Tokarczuk’s Polish novel Flights, which combines tales about travel with explorations of the human body, has been named as the winner of the prestigious Man Booker International Prize 2018.

About her:

Olga Tokarczuk is a Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual who has been described as one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful authors of her generation.

About Man Booker Prize:

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Booker–McConnell Prize and commonly known simply as the Booker Prize) is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel written in the English language and published in the UK.

The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured international renown and success; therefore, the prize is of great significance for the book trade.

It started in 1969 and PH Newby was the first winner of Booker Prize in 1969 for ‘Something to Answer For’.