Haryana State PCS

• 28 Feb 2022

Astronomy Lab

Why in News

• Recently, the Chief Minister of Haryana inaugurated the Astronomy Lab established at Government Model Sanskriti Senior Secondary School and Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Bhiwani. Through this lab, students will be able to understand the secrets of the universe.

Key Points

• In the first phase in the district, Government Model Sanskriti School and Government Girls Senior Secondary School at the district headquarters and Astronomy Lab at Government Model Sanskriti School in Bawani Khera town have been established.
• Kalpana Chawla Astronomy Lab in Government Model Sanskriti School and Astronomy Lab in the name of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai in Government Girls Senior Secondary School has been set up.
• In this astronomy lab, children will be able to see the Earth's atmosphere, moon and stars through telescopes. Children will learn new things about twinkling stars. There is a plan to provide the facility of four telescopes in one lab.
• In the Astronomy Lab, kids will find answers to every question about the universe. For this, there will be 25 working models in the lab, so that children will be able to know why the color of the sky is blue? Why do stars shine? Where do the moon and the sun hide? Or why does the sky appear black at night?
• There are three main objectives of setting up a lab-
  
  • To bring curiosity amongst all students in 21st century India through practical knowledge of space.
  • To develop scientific temper in all the children from a young age.
  • Through the telescope, the other planets of the solar system have to be seen closely and their pictures are captured in the camera.

38th State Level Livestock Exhibition

Why in News

• The 38th State Level Livestock Exhibition was organized at HUDA Ground, Bhiwani, Haryana from February 25 to 27, 2022. Chief Minister Manohar Lal attended the last day of the exhibition as the chief guest.

Key Points

• The 38th Livestock Exhibition organized by the State Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department and Haryana Livestock Development Board was inaugurated by State Governor Bandaru Dattatreya.
• Addressing the livestock exhibition, Chief Minister Manohar Lal announced to double the budget of medicines of the Animal Husbandry Department.
• Agriculture Minister JP Dalal said that this livestock exhibition has been successfully organized after two years due to Covid epidemic. It will be organized every year.
• 70 mobile vans will be started by the Animal Husbandry Department for ambulance service and the process of artificial insemination will also be started for goats.
• Two thousand better breed animals were brought in this exhibition, seeing which other farmers were also inspired to improve their animal's diet and breed.
• In the exhibition, 53 categories of best breed animals including cow, buffalo, sheep, goat, camel, horse were given cash prizes by the government, in which first, second, third and consolation prizes were allotted in each category.
• In the exhibition, in the breed champion category, each male and female of Murrah, Haryana Sahiwal and Aegyotic breeds were given cash prizes of Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs 1.5 lakh. In this way, a cash amount of 37 lakh 31 thousand 800 rupees was distributed by the state government to the cattle owners keeping the best animals in the exhibition.