CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Gyan-Darshan Educational Channel (2000) Ministry of Human Resource Development, Information & Broadcasting, the Prasar Bharti and IGNOU launched Gyan Darshan (GD) jointly on 26th January 2000 as the exclusive Educational TV Channel of India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Swayam Prabha was inaugurated on 07 July, 2017. Swayam Prabha is a group of DTH channels devoted to telecasting quality educational programmes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It operates using the GSAT-15 satellite.

Detailed explanation-3: -School television was introduced in 1961 after studying where TV could help most. At that point in time, many reforms in the educational system were taking place and the content of science was increased at both the middle and the high school levels.

Detailed explanation-4: -DD Gyan Darshan 1 is a state owned television channel telecasting from Doordarshan, Kendra, IGNOU. It is an educational media initiative of MHRD in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), Prasar Bharati and ISRO with IGNOU as the nodal agency.