CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -"Honoured to unveil a bust of Mahatma Gandhi ji in Asuncion, Paraguay. Appreciate the Asuncion Municipality’s decision to locate it at the prominent waterfront of the city.

Detailed explanation-2: -Buniyadi Shiksha (Basic Education also known as ‘Nai Talim’) was the base of educational practice as propounded by Gandhi in 1937 at Wardha which subsequent became as Wardha Scheme or Basic National Education. As has been argued by Samuel Ravi, that “The principle of non-violence is the basis of basic education.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gandhi’s Approach to Global Peace: He believes that a genuine and enduring peace could never be achieved by means of violence, war and repression. He says that violence originates from anger, hatred, ill will, enmity and selfishness. Violence produces counter violence, and it becomes a law unto itself.

Detailed explanation-4: -We need to build a culture of non-violence among our children and youth, through actively ensuring that we (and they) do not support war toys or violent games, media, books, stories, etc., but instead promote a culture of resistance to injustice. We need to inculcate a communal responsibility among all our people.