Ramon Magsaysay Award 2021
63rd Ramon Magsaysay Award for the year 2021 announced on August 31
A total of five people have been selected for the Ramon Magsaysay Award this year.
List of winners:
| 1. | Dr. Firdausi Qadri | Scientists from Bangladesh. Dr. Qadri is credited with developing the oral vaccine for cholera and the typhoid vaccine. |
| 2. | Muhammad Amjad Saqib | Saqib is credited with founding one of the largest microfinance institutions in Pakistan. They have developed a first of its kind interest free microfinance program ‘Akhuwat’. |
| 3. | Roberto Ballone | Roberto Ballon is a fish and community environmentalist from the Philippines. |
| 4. | steven munsi | Steven Muncie is a humanitarian activist from America. He has been selected for the Ramon Magsaysay Award for humanitarian work, refugee aid and peacebuilding. |
| 5. | watchdock | Indonesia’s WatchDoc has been selected for the award for investigative journalism. |
Establishment of Ramon Magsaysay Award: 1957
The award is given in memory of Ramon Magsaysay, the third President of the Philippines.
It is also called the ‘Nobel Prize of Asia’.
This award is the highest honor in Asia.
First Indian to receive Ramon Magsaysay Award: Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1958)
The Ramon Magsaysay Awards for the year 2020 were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
World Coconut Day: 02 September
World Coconut Day is celebrated every year on 02nd September with the aim of making people aware about the importance and use of coconut.
Theme of World Coconut Day 2021: “Building a Safe Inclusive Resilient and Sustainable Coconut Community in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond”
Scientific name of coconut: Cocos nucifera
It is a monocot plant.
Ladakh declares snow leopard as state animal and black-necked crane as state bird
The Forest Ecology and Environment Department of the Union Territory of Ladakh has declared the snow leopard as the state animal and the black-necked stork as the state bird.
Scientific name of Snow Leopard: Panthera uncia
International Snow Leopard Day: 23 October
Scientific name of Black necked crane (Black neck crane): Gras nigricollis
State Animal and State Bird of Jammu and Kashmir
Ladakh became a union territory on 31 October 2019.
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates ‘My Pad, My Right’ project in Tripura
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated a project named ‘My Pad, My Right‘ with an aim to sensitize women about menstrual hygiene in Killa village of Gomati district of Tripura.
Along with this he flagged off a mobile ATM van of Tripura State Co-operative Bank Ltd.
Army Sports Institute, Pune renamed as “Neeraj Chopra Stadium”
Amul ranked 18th in Rabobank’s 2021 Global Dairy Top 20 list
Lactalis (France) has been ranked as the world’s largest dairy company in Rabobank’s 2021 Global Top 20 Dairy Companies list with a turnover of US$ 23.0 billion.
Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), Amul is ranked 18th with an annual turnover of $5.3 billion.
Amul was ranked 16th in the year 2020
Highest milk producing state in India: Uttar Pradesh
World Milk Day: 1 June
National Milk Day: 26 November
Father of White Revolution (Milk Production): Dr. Verghese Kurien
Amul Founded: 1946
Headquarters Anand, India
Managing Director: RS Sodhi (Awarded with Asia Pacific Productivity Champion Award 2021)
Adidas adds Mirabai Chanu to its ‘Stay in Play’ campaign
Recently, Adidas has roped in Mirabai Chanu, who won a silver medal in weightlifting at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in its ‘Stay in Play’ campaign.
This campaign has been started for special products designed to promote women during menstruation.
Brand Ambassador of Amway India: Mirabai Chanu
Adidas Founded: 18 August 1949
Headquarters: Herzogenaurach, Germany
CEO: Casper Rorstedt
Founder: Adolf Dassler
Ajitabha Bose wrote the biography of Kapil Sharma “The Kapil Sharma Story”
The first naval exercise between India and Algerians was conducted
Recently, the first naval exercise between India and Algerians was conducted in the Mediterranean Sea.
Indian naval ship ‘INS Tabar’ participated in this exercise.
The naval ship ‘ANS Ezzadjer’ participated from the Algerian side.
Capital of Algeria: Algiers
Currency: Algerian Dinar
President: Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Prime Minister: Ayman Benbader Rahman
IRS officer JB Mohapatra appointed as chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Jagannath Vidyadhar Mohapatra has been appointed as the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
On May 31, 2021, J.B. Mohapatra was appointed as the space chairman of CBDT under Prakash Chand Modi.
Establishment of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT): 1924
Headquarters: New Delhi
Central Board of Direct Taxes Day
The CBDT consists of a Chairman and 6 members.
Income Tax Day is observed by CBDT on 24th July.
Para athlete Vinod Kumar snatched bronze medal at Tokyo Paralympics
Para athlete Vinod Kumar has been loose of the bronze medal for being found ineligible in the classification inspection at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020.
Vinod Kumar won the bronze medal in the F-52 category of disc throw.
And their result was put on hold.
SBI opens floating ATM at ‘Dal Lake’ in Srinagar
Recently State Bank of India (SBI) has opened a floating ATM on ‘Dal Lake’ in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
This ATM has been opened for the convenience of the local people and tourists.
According to RBI, SBI has the largest number of ATMs across the country.
SBI Established: 1st July 1955
Headquarters: Mumbai
President: Dinesh Kumar Khara
World’s first ‘Museum on wheels’
Dorji Angchuk inducted as an honorary member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
Dorji Angchuk from Ladakh has been inducted as an honorary member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
With this Angchuk has become the first Indian to be elected as an honorary member of the IAU.
International Astronomical Union (IAU) founded: 28 July 1919
Headquarters: Paris, France
Secretary General: Maria Teresa Lago
President: Evin van Dishoek
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