United Nations Russian Language Day: 06 June
Russian Language Day is celebrated by the United Nations on 6 June every year.
This day is celebrated on the birthday of Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin.
The official languages of the United Nations are English, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Russian and French.
United Nations Arabic Language Day – 18 December
United Nations English Language Day – 23 April
United Nations Chinese Language Day – April 20
United Nations French Language Day – March 20
United Nations Russian Language Day – 6 June
United Nations Establishment: 24 October 1945
Headquarters: New York, United States
Secretary General: Antonio Guterres
Member Countries: 193
World Pest Day: 06 June
World Pest Day, also known as World Pest Awareness Day, is observed every year on 6 June.
The first World Pest Day was observed on 6 June 2017 in Beijing.
World Food Safety Day: 07 June
World Food Safety Day is celebrated every year on 7 June.
The purpose of celebrating this day is to make people aware of food safety.
Theme of World Food Security 2021: “Safe Food Today for a Healthy Tomorrow.”
Food Safety Day was celebrated for the first time in the year 2019.
Indian Navy hydrographic ship Sandhak decommissioned
Indian Navy’s Aquatic Survey Ship Sandhyak was decommissioned at Visakhapatnam after serving the nation for 40 years.
The ship was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 26 February 1981.
Current Navy Chief of India: Admiral Karambir
Indian Navy is mainly divided into three parts:
- Western Naval Command whose headquarter is in Mumbai.
- Eastern Naval Command Its headquarter is in Visakhapatnam.
- Southern Naval Command It is headquartered in Kochi.
Raimona becomes the sixth national park of Assam
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has declared the Raimona Reserved Forest as the sixth National Park of the state on the occasion of World Environment Day on June 5, 2021.
This national park is located in the Gosaigaon subdivision of Kokrajhar district.
Raimona National Park is famous for the Golden Langur, it has Asiatic Elephant, Royal Bengal Tiger, Clouded Leopard, Indian Gaur, Wild Water Buffalo, Spotted Deer, Hornbill, more than 150 species of butterflies, 170 species of birds, 380 varieties of plants and There are also orchids.
It is adjacent to the Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan.
Area: 422 sq km
Five National Parks in Assam:
Kaziranga National Park – Famous for One Horned Rhinoceros.
Manas National Park
Nameri National Park
Orang National Park and
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurates Indus Best Mega Food Park in Chhattisgarh
Union Food Processing Minister Narendra Singh Tomar along with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated ‘Indus Best Mega Food Park’ in a virtual form in the presence of Union Minister of State for Food Processing Rameshwar Teli.
The park will provide direct and indirect employment to about 5,000 people and benefit about 25,000 farmers in the Central Processing Center (CPC) and PPC catchment area.
Union Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot launched the ‘SAGE’ program and portal
The Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Thaawarchand Gehlot has launched the ‘SAGE (Senior Care Aging Growth Engine)’ program and the SAGE portal.
The SEZ portal has been launched to support individuals interested in entrepreneurship, in the field of providing services for the care of the elderly.
Rajasthan government started ‘Chief Minister Anupriti Coaching Scheme’
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has announced to implement ‘Mukhyamantri Anupriti Coaching Scheme’, free coaching for meritorious girl students of the state.
Under this scheme, such students, whose family’s annual income is less than Rs 8 lakh per annum, will be able to prepare under the ‘Mukhyamantri Anupriti Coaching Scheme’.
Along with this, such students whose parents are drawing salary up to Pay Matrix Level-11 as State Government Personnel will also be eligible for the scheme.
The benefit of this scheme will be available for a period of one year only.
‘Raabta campaign’ successfully completed in Punjab
Government teachers in Punjab have successfully completed the one week campaign ‘Raabta Campaign’ organized by the State School Education Department from 24th to 31st May.
12.71 lakh parents of primary students were contacted through this campaign.
The aim of the event was to facilitate phone contact between parents and teachers, to discuss about education, health and how to prevent children from getting infected with COVID.
Kerala’s Thomas Vijayan wins Nature TTL Photographer of the Year Award 2021
Thomas Vijayan from Kerala, now settled in Canada, has won the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year Award for the year 2021.
The title of this image is ‘The World is Going Upside Down’.
Vijayan’s special picture of an orangutan has won the first prize.
The title of this image is ‘The World is Going Upside Down’.
Vijayan has won a prize money of 1500 pounds, beating 8 thousand photographs.
Sanjeev Kohli appointed as Indian Ambassador to Serbia
Shri Sanjeev Kohli, a 1988 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Serbia.
He is currently the High Commissioner of India to the United Republic of Tanzania.
High Commissioner: Envoys who go to Commonwealth countries to represent their country are called High Commissioners.
Ambassador: Envoys who go to non-Commonwealth countries to represent their country are called ambassadors.
Commonwealth Countries: These are the countries which were once within the British Empire, 53 countries come in the Commonwealth countries.
Capital of Serbia: Belgrade
Currency: Serbian dinar
President: Boris Tady
Prime Minister: Mirko Kvitkovic
Zhang Hong conquered the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest without his eyes
China’s 46-year-old Zhang Hong has become the first in Asia and the third blind in the world to climb Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, from Nepal’s side.
The world’s first blind climber to scale Everest is Eric Weihenmayer of America.
Who conquered Everest in 2001.
Height of Mount Everest: 8,848.86 m
In Nepal it is known as Sagarmatha (Heaven’s top).
In Tibet it is known as Chomolangma (Queen of the Mountains).
Mount Everest was named after George Everest, a surveyor and geographer from Wales.
He was the first to tell the exact height and location of Everest.
