International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression: 04 June
Every year on 4 June, the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is celebrated across the world.
On August 19, 1982, the United Nations General Assembly declared 4 June as this day every year.
Dr. Patrick Amoth from Kenya appointed as new Chairman of WHO Executive Board
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan completed his term as the Chairman of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Dr. Patrick Amoth, Acting Director General of Health, Kenya’s Ministry of Health, has been appointed as the Chairman of the WHO Executive Board.
Establishment of the World Health Organization (WHO): 7 April 1948
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Director General: Tedros Adhanom
Capital of Kenya: Nairobi
Currency: Kenyan shilling
President: Uhuru Kenyatta
IIT-Ropar develops India’s first indigenous temperature data logger ‘AmbiTAG’
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, Punjab has developed the first of its kind Internet of Things (IoT) device ‘AmbiTAG’.
Which records the real time temperature of perishable products, vaccines and even body parts and their surroundings during blood circulation.
The device has been developed under the Technology Innovation Center Avadh (AWADH- Center for Agricultural and Water Technology Development) and its startup ScratchNest.
AWADH is a research center of IIT Ropar.
‘Fawad Mirza’ first Indian equestrian to qualify for Tokyo Olympics
India’s top equestrian Fawad Mirza won the country an Olympic quota after 20 years for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
He is the third equestrian from India to have secured an Olympic quota. Before him, AJ Lamba (1996) and Imtiaz Anees (2000) had given India an Olympic quota in Equestrian.
Fawad has become the first Indian equestrian to officially qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Amul’s MD RS Sodhi elected to the board of International Dairy Federation
RS Sodhi, Managing Director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF) i.e. Amul has been elected to the board of International Dairy Federation (IDF).
International Dairy Federation (IDF) established: 1903
Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
Director General: Caroline Amond
Amul Founded: 1946
Headquarters Anand, India
‘B Shyam’ appointed as Ambassador of India to Iceland
Balasubramaniam Shyam has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Iceland.
Iceland’s capital: Reykjavik
Currency Icelandic Krona
Prime Minister: Geir Hilmer Harde
Online pharmacy ‘PharmEasy’ acquires ‘Medlife’
Online pharmacy ‘PharmEasy’ has acquired Medlife to become the largest healthcare delivery platform in India.
Due to which it has become the largest online pharmacy in India.
Medlife Established: 2014
Headquarters: Bangalore
Founder: Ananth Narayanan
WhatsApp appoints Paresh B Lal as Grievance Officer in India
WhatsApp has appointed Paresh B Lal as Grievance Officer (Grievance Officer) in India.
Under the government’s new IT rules, social media platforms with more than 50 lakh users will have to appoint at least one Grievance Officer, a Nodal Officer and a Chief Compliance Officer in the country.
All these officers should be residents of India.
WhatsApp founded: 2009
Headquarters: California, USA
Founders: Jan Koum, Brian Acton
Facebook bought WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion.
Pakistan launched its first corona vaccine ‘PakVac’
Pakistan has launched one of its homemade vaccines amid the Corona crisis.
Pakistan has named this vaccine as ‘PakVac’.
Capital of Pakistan: Islamabad
Currency: Pakistani Rupee
President: Arif Alvik
Prime Minister: Imran Khan
Former Prime Minister-President of Mauritius ‘Sir Anirudh Jugnauth’ passes away
Sir Anirudh Jugnauth, former Prime Minister and President of the Republic of Mauritius, passed away.
Aniruddha Jugnauth was the father of the current Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth.
He was considered the father of the Mauritius economic miracle of the 1980s.
The Government of India honored Anirudh Jugnauth with the country’s second highest civilian honor ‘Padma Vibhushan’ in the year 2020.
He was also given the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman.
The Government of India has declared one day state mourning in his honour.
Capital of Mauritius: Port Louis
Currency: Mauritian Rupee
