CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -International Award for Promoting Gandhian Values outside India: Dr Ogirat Younan and Dr Walid Slyabi of Lebanon was awarded the Jamnalal Bajaj award for Promoting Gandhian Values outside India.

Detailed explanation-2: -He founded the Bajaj Group of companies in the 1920s, and the group now has 24 companies, including six that are listed on the bourses. He was also a close and beloved associate of Mahatma Gandhi, who is known to have often declared that Jamnalal was his fifth son.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jamnalal Bajaj was born on 4 November 1889, in a village in Rajasthan. At the age of 5, he was adopted by a wealthy businessman from Wardha, Bachraj Seth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Humanitarian, freedom fighter, philanthropist, social reformer and a devoted Mahatma Gandhi follower, Jamnalalji was adopted as the fifth son by Gandhiji. He was the alter ego of the Mahatma in the Gandhian constructive movement, who took active part in the Indian freedom struggle.

Detailed explanation-5: -Jamnalal Bajaj Award is an Indian award, for promoting Gandhian values, community service and social development.