World Bicycle Day: 03 June
World Bicycle Day is celebrated every year on 3 June by the United Nations.
In April 2018, the United Nations General Assembly decided to observe 3 June as ‘World Bicycle Day’.
The purpose of celebrating this day is also to promote cycle among all the members of the society.
RDSO becomes first institute to be included under ‘One Nation, One Standard’ mission
Research Design and Standards Organization (RDSO), an institute of Indian Railways under the Department of Consumer Affairs, is the first institute to be declared a Standard Development Organization (SDO) under the ‘One Nation, One Standard’ campaign. has been made.
The ‘One Nation, One Standard’ scheme was launched to bring uniformity in standards at the international level.
Establishment of RDSO: 1921
Headquarters: Lucknow
Center for World University Rankings 2021-22
Recently the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) 2021-22 has been announced.
Harvard University ranks top globally, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Cambridge and Oxford University respectively.
68 institutes from India have made it to the list among the top 2,000 institutes across the world
Top 05 Indian Institutes:
| Global Ranking | Indian Institute |
| 415 | IIM Ahmedabad |
| 459 | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| 543 | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai |
| 557 | IIT Madras |
| 567 | IIT Bombay |
Former Danish Prime Minister ‘Paul Sluter’ passes away
Former Danish Prime Minister Paul Sluter has passed away at the age of 92.
Sluter was the Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993.
He was instrumental in the exemption of Denmark in the important treaty with the European Union.
Capital of Denmark: Copenhagen
Currency: Danish krone
Prime Minister of Denmark: Mette Fredriksen
Isaac Herzog appointed 11th President of Israel
Israel’s former Labor Party chief Isaac Herzog has been elected the country’s 11th president.
Herzog will replace Reuven Rivlin.
Israel’s capital: Jerusalem
Currency: Israeli shekel
Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu
Rajasthan government started ‘Ghar Ghar Aushadhi’ scheme
Rajasthan government has launched a unique initiative ‘Ghar – Ghar Aushadhi’ scheme.
Under the scheme, four selected medicinal herb plants Tulsi, Giloy, Ashwagandha, Kalmegh will be made available to all the families of the state to increase the immunity of the people.
In five years, about 1 crore 26 lakh families of the state will be benefitted under this scheme.
India hosted the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting 2021
The meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers was held virtually on 1 June 2021.
The meeting was attended by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Chinese Foreign Minister Bang Yi, South African International Relations Minister Grace Naledi Pandor and Brazil’s Foreign Minister Carlos Alberto Franco.
India hosted this meeting as the Chair of BRICS.
Theme for India’s Chair: “BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus”
Established: 2009
Founders: China, India, Brazil, Russia (BRIC)
South Africa joined in 2010 (BRICS)
Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka announces her withdrawal from French Open 2021
Japan’s famous tennis player Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the French Open Grand Slam tournament.
The French Open fined him $15,000 and warned that he could face expulsion from the tournament as Osaka chose not to speak to the press during the tournament.
IFFCO introduced the world’s first ‘Nano Urea’
Cooperative company, IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited) has developed the world’s first ‘Nano Urea’ fertilizer for farmers across the world.
Its price is Rs 240 per 500 ml.
It is 10% cheaper than the per bag price of conventional urea.
IFFCO Established: 3 November 1967
Headquarters: New Delhi
President: B.S. Nakai
MD & CEO: Dr. U.S. Awasthi
Nitin Rakesh and Jerry Wind won the International Business Book of the Year Award 2021
Authors Nitin Rakesh and Jerry Wind created history by winning the prestigious International Business Book of the Year Award 2021 for their book “Transformation in Times of Crisis”.
The book was published by Notion Press in November 2020.
Nitin Rakesh, the winner of the ‘Gold Stevie Award’ for Tech Innovator of the Year in 2019, is the CEO of Mphasis, an IT services management company.
While Jerry Wind is a professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
Supriya Paul, author of the book “All You Need is Josh: Stories of Courage and Conviction in 21st Century India”
Recently a book titled “All You Need is Josh: Stories of Courage and Conviction in 21st Century India” was released.
This book is written by Supriya Paul.
Supriya Paul is the director and co-founder of Indian media company Josh Talks.
She was placed in the list of Self-Made Women in 2020.
Bihar government announced 33% reservation for girl students of engineering and medical colleges
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has decided to reserve 33% seats for girls in engineering and medical colleges of the state.
