World Milk Day: 01 June
World Milk Day is observed every year on 01 June to encourage people to talk about the benefits of dairy in relation to health including nutrition, access and affordability.
Theme of World Milk Day 2021: ‘Sustainability in the dairy sector along with empowering the environment, nutrition, and socio-economic’
Sanjay Dutt becomes first actor to get UAE Golden Visa
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has been granted a Golden Visa to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Sanjay Dutt has become the first Bollywood actor to get this visa.
The government of the UAE implemented a new visa system in 2019, under which foreign nationals are granted long-term visas to live, work and study in the UAE.
Golden Visa is granted for a period of 05 or 10 years.
Capital of United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi
Currency: United Arab Emirates Dirham
President: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Tata Digital buys 64% stake in Big Basket
Tata Digital, a digital conglomerate of the Tata group, has bought a 64% stake in Big Basket, an on-line grocery company.
Under this, Tata Digital has also bought the stake of the giant Chinese online company Alibaba Group in BigBasket.
Alibaba has a 29% stake in BigBasket.
Establishment of Tata Group: 1868
Founder: Jamsetji Tata
President: Ratan Tata
Establishment of Alibaba: 4 April 1999,
Founder: Jack Mai
CEO: Daniel Zhang
Laurence des Cars became the first woman president of the Louvre Museum, the world’s largest museum
Historian Laurence des Cars Lup has been appointed as the first female president of the Louvre Museum, the world’s largest museum, in 228 years.
She will replace the current president, Jean-Luc Martinez, on September 1, 2021.
The Louvre Museum is located in Paris, France.
Capital of France: Paris
Currency: Euro
President: Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister: Jean Castex
Mount Nyiragongo volcano erupts in Congo
Mount Nyiragongo erupted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This volcano was last erupted in 2002.
This volcano is located inside the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
India has two volcanoes:
The first Baron Volcano, which is located in the Baron Island Andaman and Nicobar Deep Group, to the east of Middle Andaman.
It is an active or awake volcano.
The second Narakondam volcano is east of Andaman and Nicobar Deep group north of Andaman.
This is a dormant volcano.
In 2020, the Puhahonu Volcano in Hawaii was declared the world’s hottest and largest volcano.
Earlier, Mauna Loa, located near it, was considered the largest volcano.
Capital of Congo: Brazzaville
Currency: Congolese franc
President: Denis Sassou Ngeso
Prime Minister: Anatole Colleen Makoso
Three Indian peacekeepers to be honored with prestigious UN medals
Three Indian peacekeepers with prestigious medals by the United Nations Corporal Yuvraj Singh, Civil Peace Guard Ivan Michael Picardo and Moolchand Yadav will be honored.
Those who laid down their lives while serving in UN peacekeeping operations last year are among the 129 military, police and civilian personnel.
International Day of UN Peacekeepers: 29 May
The theme of 2021: “The Road to a lasting peace: Leveraging the power of youth for peace and security”.
“Language of Truth: Essays 2003-2020” New Book by Salman Rushdie
Famous novelist Salman Rushdie has written a book titled “Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020”.
The book is published by Random House.
Salman Rushdie won the Booker Prize in 1981 for his novel ‘Midnight’s Children’.
OECD lowered India’s growth forecast for FY 2021 – 22 to 9.9%
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has cut India’s growth forecast for the fiscal year 2022 to 9.9% from 12.6% projected in March.
Establishment of Economy Support and Development Organization (OECD): 30 September 1961
Headquarters: Paris, France
TV Narendran, CEO of Tata Steel, appointed as the new chairman of CII
Tata Steel Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director TV Narendran has been elected as the new chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
He took over from Uday Kotak, Managing Director and CEO, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
Apart from this, Sanjeev Bajaj, Chairman and Managing Director of Bajaj Finserv Limited, has been appointed as the Nominee Chairman of CII for 2021.
While Pawan Munjal, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hero MotoCorp Ltd will be the Vice Chairman of CII.
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) established: 1895
Headquarters: New Delhi
RBI imposes fine of Rs 10 crore on HDFC Bank
The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a fine of Rs 10 crore on the country’s largest private bank HDFC Bank.
The central bank found several irregularities in the car/auto loan portfolio of HDFC Bank.
The Reserve Bank in its investigation found the matter to be a violation of Section 8 and Section 6 (2) of the Banking Regulation Act-1949.
Establishment of HDFC Bank: 1994
Headquarters: Mumbai
MD & CEO: Shashidhar Jagadeesan
Ravi Shastri wrote his first book titled ‘Stargazing: The Players in My Life’
Indian cricket team all-rounder, commentator and coach Ravi Shastri has written his first book titled ‘Stargazing: The Players in My Life’.
The book will be published by Harper Collins India.
The co-author of this book is ‘Ayaz Memon’.
WHO honors Dr Harsh Vardhan for his efforts in tobacco control
The World Health Organization (WHO) has awarded the ‘WHO Director General Special Recognition Award’ to the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan for his achievements in the field of tobacco control.
WHO recognizes every year individuals or organizations in each of the six WHO areas for their achievements in tobacco control.
World No Tobacco Day: 31 May
Issue 2021: “Committed to Quit”
World Health Organization (WHO) established: 7 April 1948
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Director-General: Tedros Adhanom
