World Heritage Day: 18 April
World Heritage Day or World Heritage Day is celebrated every year on 18 April with the aim of preserving cultural, historical and natural heritage and making people aware of it.
Theme of World Heritage Day 2021: “Complex Pasts: Diverse Futures”
World Heritage Day was first celebrated in Tunisia on 18 April 1982 by the International Council on Monuments and Sites-ICOMOS.
India has a total of 38 World Heritage Sites including 30 cultural, 7 natural and 1 mixed.
Establishment of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS): 1965
Headquarters: Paris, France
Speaker: Toshiyuki Kono
Establishment of UNESCO: 4 November 1945
Headquarters: Paris, France
Director General: Audrey Azolay
‘Techno India’ makes Ayushman Khurana its brand ambassador
Global smartphone brand Techno has made actor Ayushmann Khurrana its Indian brand ambassador.
Headquarters of ‘Techno India’: Noida (Uttar Pradesh)
CEO: Arijit Talpatra
Indo-Kyrgyzstan Special Forces joint exercise ‘Khanjar’
The Indo-Kyrgyz Special Forces exercise “Khanjar” was launched in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.
This is the 8th edition of the joint exercise between the two countries which was first started in 2011.
Kyrgyzstan Capital: Osh
Currency: Kyrgyzstan Mon
President: Sadir Zaparov.
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World Liver Day: 19 April
World Liver Day Day is observed every year on 19 April.
The liver is the largest and busiest gland in the human body that produces light yellow color bile juice.
It weighs about 1.5–2 kg.
Suresh Raina’s autobiography ‘Believe: What Life and Cricket Taught Me’
Former Indian batsman Suresh Raina’s autobiography ‘Believe: What Life and Cricket Taught Me’ will be published in May 2021.
This book is written by Suresh Raina and author Bharat Sundaresan and To be published by Penguin India.
Principal Scientific Advisor launches “MANAS”, a digital platform to promote mental-health
Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Prof. K Vijay Raghavan on 14 April launched the digital platform “MANAS (Mental Health and Normalcy Augmentation System)” to promote mental well-being in all age groups.
The app was jointly executed by AFMC (Armed Forces Medical College), Pune, NIMHANS Bengaluru and C-DAC (Center for Development of Advanced Computing).
NASA will launch SpaceX Crew 2
The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), along with Elon Musk’s company SpaceX, will send four astronauts to the International Space Station on April 22 (World Earth Day).
This crew is the second crew operational flight of Dragon Spacecraft.
The 4 astronauts traveling to the International Space Station are from NASA, JAXA and ESA.
Establishment of NASA: 1 October 1958
Headquarters: Washington DC (USA)
Acting Administrator: Steve Zurich
Establishment of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA): 1 October 2003
Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Establishment of European Space Agency: 30 May 1975
Headquarters: Paris, France
Establishment of SpaceX: 2002
Headquarters: California (USA)
Founder and CEO: Elon Musk
Roberto Benigni received Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice International Film Festival
Director Roberto Benigni will be awarded the ‘Golden Lion’ for the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.
The Venice Film Festival takes place from 1 to 11 September.
Roberto Remigio Benigni is an Italian film and television actor, comedian, screenwriter and director and was awarded an Oscar honor for ‘Life is Beautiful’.
Christine Wormuth appointed as the first female secretary of the US Army
US President Joe Biden appointed Christine Wormuth as the first female secretary of the US Army.
RBL Bank partnered with MasterCard for its first payment functionality
Private sector RBL Bank (Ratnakar Bank Limited) and MasterCard announced a partnership to launch the “Pay By Bank” app, a mobile-based customer-friendly payment solution.
It is a type of payment system that ensures that the bank never pays the customer’s credit standing to the merchant, making the transaction completely secure.
Establishment of RBL Bank: August 1943
Headquarters: Mumbai
MD & CEO: Vishwaveer Ahuja
Renowned radiologist Kakarla Subba Rao passed away
Dr. Kakarla Subbarao, renowned radiologist and first director of the Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad, passed away at the age of 96.
He was a professor of radiology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the US.
In the year 2000, Dr. Kakarla Subbarao was awarded the Padma Shri Award for his contribution in the field of medicine.
Dr. Rao was the founding president of the Telugu Association of North America (TANA), an umbrella organization for Telugu speaking people in the United States.
Italy launches first food park in India
Italy launched the first “Mega Food Park” at Phanidhar in Mehsana district of Gujarat which includes food processing facilities.
The main objective of this project is to develop synergy between agriculture and industry.
The Mega Food Park Scheme was launched in the year 2008 by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries in India.
A target has been set by the government to set up 42 mega food parks across the country under this scheme.
Italy Capital: Rome
Currency: Euro
President: Sergio Mattarella
Food Processing Industries Minister: Narendra Singh Tomar
