International Everest Day: 29 May
International Everest Day is celebrated every year on 29 May.
On this day in 1953, Tenzing Norgay of Nepal and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand ascended Everest for the first time.
In 2008, the Government of Nepal decided to celebrate that day as International Everest Day.
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world with a height of 8,848 meters.
It is known as Sagarmatha (the top of heaven) in Nepali.
In Tibet it is known as Chomolangma (Queen of Mountains).
From 1830 to 1843, the mountain was named as ‘Everest’ after the name of Surveyor General of India, Sir George Everest.
World’s first woman to climb Mount Everest: Junko Tabei
First Indian woman to climb Mount Everest: Bachendri Pal
(1984)
First person to climb Mount Everest 10 times without oxygen: Ang Rita Sherpa ‘Snow Leopard’
World’s first woman to climb Mount Everest twice: Santosh Yadav
International Day of UN Peacekeepers: 29 May
The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is observed every year on 29 May.
The day is celebrated to honor peacekeepers who have lost their lives under the United Nations.
The theme of United Nations Peacekeeping International Day of 2021: “The Road to a lasting peace: Leveraging the power of youth for peace and security.”
Jagjit Pawadia becomes the chairman of the Vienna-based INCB
Jagjit Pavadia has been elected as the Chairman of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).
She has become the first Indian to head a Vienna-based narcotics organization.
Establishment of International Narcotics Control Board: 1968
Headquarters: Vienna, Austria
Speaker: Cornelis P. de Jonchere
Rajnath Singh launches ‘SeHAT OPD Portal’
Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh launched the ‘Services e-Health Assistance and Tele-Consultation (SeHAT)’ OPD portal through video conferencing.
This portal will help in providing telemedicine services to the armed forces.
Guillermo Lasso became Ecuador’s first right-wing president in 14 years
Guillermo Lasso took over as Ecuador’s 47th President.
He has become Ecuador’s first right-wing president in 14 years.
Ecuador’s capital: Quito
Currency: United States Dollar
Official Language: Spanish
Bashar al-Assad elected as President of Syria for the fourth time in a row
Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected as President for the fourth consecutive term in Syria.
Assad received 95.1% of the vote in the elections held in the country.
He has been the President of Syria since the year 2000.
Syrian Capital: Damascus
Currency : Syrian pound
Prime Minister: Hussain Arnaus
Aditya Gupta authored the book ‘7 Lessons from Everest – Expedition Learnings for Life & Business’
A successful entrepreneur (owner of The Rag Republic) and mountaineer Aditya Gupta wrote a book titled ‘7 Lessons from Everest – Expedition Learnings for Life & Business’.
Which tells of his experience of climbing Mount Everest at the age of 50 in 2019.
Indian men’s team ranked 105th in FIFA world rankings
Recently world ranking was released by FIFA.
In which the Indian men’s football team remains at 105th position.
FIFA World Men’s Ranking Top 5
Belgium – 1
France – 2
Brazil – 3
England – 4
Portugal – 5
The Indian women’s football team slipped four places to 57th.
FIFA World Women’s Ranking Top 5
America – 1
Germany – 2
Netherlands – 3
France – 4
Sweden – 5
Establishment of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA): 1904
Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland
Speaker: Gianni Infantino
VK Pandian, Private Secretary to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, received FIH President Award
Personal Secretary of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and IAS V Karthikeyan Pandian was conferred with the prestigious ‘President’s Award‘ of Hockey by the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
Pandian was instrumental in successfully organizing the Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018 and other international hockey events in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha.
Ministry of AYUSH has organized a series of five webinars on “Be with Yoga, Be at Home”
The Ministry of AYUSH is organizing various activities under the broad theme of “Stay with Yoga, Stay at Home” to celebrate International Yoga Day, 2021.
These include a series of five webinars which the Ministry is organizing in collaboration with five renowned organizations in the country.
Some of the famous organizations are – Art of Living, Yoga Institute, Arrah Dhyan Yoga, etc.
The first Bevinar of the series – organized by the Art of Living on 24 May 2021, “The search for inner power amidst external crisis”.
International Yoga Day: 21 June
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Ministry of AYUSH: Shripad Yesso Naik
International week of solidarity with people from non-autonomous regions: 25 to 31 May, 2021
International week of solidarity with people from non-autonomous regions is being organized by the United Nations from 25 to 31 May 2021.
According to the United Nations Charter, “Non-self-governing sector is an area where people have not attained full self-government.”
In the year 1946, 8 nations of the nation member listed 72 non-self-governing areas under their administration.
Currently, there are 17 non-autonomous regions remaining.
Jammu and Kashmir government launches ‘SASCM scheme’
J&K Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha has launched a special scheme ‘Assistance Scheme for COVID Mortalities – SASCM’ for financial assistance to families who have lost their sole earner due to Covid-19 epidemic. .
This scheme is also being called ‘Saksham’.
Under the scheme, a spouse and the eldest member of the family will be provided a cash assistance of Rs 1,000 per month.
In addition, a scholarship of Rs 20,000 per year is given for school going children and Rs 40,000 per year for college going students.
