World Health Day: 7 April
April 7 of each year marks the celebration of World Health Day with the aim of making people aware of health related problems.
The celebration was started in 1950 by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Theme of World Health Day 2021: “Building a fairer, healthier world for everyone”.
Establishment of WHO: 7 April 1948
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Speaker: Tedros Adhanom.
Currently 194 countries are members of the WHO.
India became a member of the WHO on 12 January 1948.
The South East Asia Regional Office of WHO is located in New Delhi.
IIT कानपुर ने दृष्टिबाधित लोगों के लिए विकसित की स्पर्श-संवेदनशील घड़ी
Professor Siddharth Panda of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, along with a research associate Vishwaraj Srivastava, has developed a novel touch-sensitive clock that makes it easier for the visually impaired to find the correct time and read the time.
Suman Chakraborty selected for 30th GD Birla Award
Professor Suman Chakraborty has been selected for the Ghanshyam Das Birla Scientific Award of the year 2020.
Pro. Chakraborty is working in the Mechanical Engineering Department at IIT Kharagpur.
the award recognises eminent Indian scientists below the age of 50 for their original and outstanding contributions to any branch of science or technology in the last 5 years.
The award was instituted in the year 1991.
This award includes a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh.
48th Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana appointed
President Ram Nath Kovind, Justice N.V. Ramna has been appointed as the 48th Chief Justice of India.
Justice Ramana will take charge as the next Chief Justice of India on 24 April 2021.
He will succeed Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde.
His term of office will remain till August 26, 2022.
TRIFED launches ‘Sankalp se Siddhi’ initiative
The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED), operated under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, has recently launched the “Sankalp se Siddhi” initiative.
It is a 100-day drive that was started on 1 April.
The main objective of this campaign is to activate Van Dhan Vikas Kendras located in tribal villages.
Union Tribal Minister: Arjun Munda
Alfred V. Aho wins ACM Turing Award for 2020
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) AM for the year 2020 Turing Award won by Alfred V. Aho.
Ego shared the award with his long-time collaborator, Jeffrey David Ullman.
The ACM A. M. Turing Award is an annual award given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for its contribution to sustainable and major technical importance in the computer sector.
This is known as the “Nobel Prize for Computing”.
The award is named after Alan Turing, who was a British mathematician and a mathematics reader at the University of Manchester.
Google, Inc. at this award. A $ 1 million prize is awarded with financial support provided by.
Shabbir Khandwala appointed as head of Anti Corruption Unit of BCCI
Former Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) Shabbir Hussain Shekhadam Khandwala has been appointed as the head of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
He will replace Ajit Singh.
Establishment of BCCI: December 1928
Headquarters: Mumbai
President: Sourav Ganguly
Secretary: Jai Shah
Famous Bollywood actress Shashikala passed away
Famous Bollywood actress Shashikala of the 70s passed away at the age of 88. His full name was ‘Sasikala Javalkar’.
In the year 2007, she was awarded the Padma Shri award.
In 2009, she was honored with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the V. Shantaram Award.
Amboli of Maharashtra declared as a biodiversity heritage site
The Maharashtra government has declared an area as a biodiversity heritage site in Amboli in Sindhudurg district of the Western Ghats. A rare freshwater fish species “Schistura hiranyakeshi” has been discovered in this area.
This fish is named after the Hiranyakeshi river near Amboli village.
This species was discovered in Sawantwadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district under the leadership of wildlife researcher Tejas Thackeray (son of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray).
Biological Diversity Act: 2002
Samajwadi Party founder member and former minister Bhagwati Singh passed away
Samajwadi Party (SP) founder member and former Uttar Pradesh minister Bhagwati Singh passed away.
The Samajwadi Party was founded on 8 October 1992.
Samajwadi Party founder: Mulayam Singh Yadav
