World Chocolate Day: 7 July
World Chocolate Day is celebrated every year on 7th July.
World Chocolate Day was first celebrated in the year 2009.
Khadi and Village Industries Commission launches ‘BOLD’ project in Rajasthan
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has launched the first of its kind project in the country “BOLD” (Bamboo Desert Garden on dry land area) in tribal village Nicha Mandwa in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
The objective of this project is to boost tribal income and bamboo based economy and reduce desertification in Rajasthan.
Establishment of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC): 1956
Headquarters: Mumbai
President: Vinay Kumar Saxena
Korean Air awarded Air Transport World’s (ATW) 2021 Airline of the Year Award
South Korea’s Korean Air has been awarded the Air Transport World (ATW) 2021 ‘Airline of the Year’ award.
This award has been given to Korean Air for effectively combating the covid 19 situation.
Capital of South Korea: Seoul
Currency: South Korean won
President: Mun Jae Ein
Army Chief Manoj Naravane to inaugurate war memorial for Indian soldiers in Italy
Indian Chief of Army Staff Manoj Naravane will inaugurate an Indian Army Memorial in the Italian city of Casino during his official visit to the UK and Italy.
The memorial is built to pay tribute to the more than 3,100 Commonwealth soldiers who took part in the World War II effort to liberate Italy.
World War II: 1939–45.
Capital of Italy: Rome
Currency: Euro
Prime Minister: Enrico Letta
Book ‘The Fourth Lion: Essays for Gopalkrishna Gandhi’
Recently a book titled ‘The Fourth Lion: Essays for Gopalkrishna Gandhi’ has been written.
The authors of this book are Venu Madhav Govindu and Srinath Raghavan.
Central government launched ‘Matsya Setu’ app
The Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Giriraj Singh has launched the online course mobile app “Matsya Setu”.
This mobile app has been developed by ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA), Bhubaneswar and developed with funding support from National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), Hyderabad.
Military fighter range in Kashmir named after actress Vidya Balan
A military firing range in Gulmarg, Kashmir is named after actress Vidya Balan.
Which will now be known as ‘Vidya Balan Firing Range’.
Olympic double gold medalist Keshav Dutt passed away
Legendary hockey player Keshav Dutt, who was a member of the Indian hockey team that won independent India the first Olympic gold, passed away.
He was part of the gold medal winning Indian hockey team at the 1948 London Olympics and the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
He was awarded the Mohun Bagan Ratna Award in 2019, becoming the first non-footballer to receive the honour.
‘Superman’ director Richard Donner passed away
Renowned film director and producer Richard Donner has died at the age of 91.
Richard Donner was the director of popular films like ‘Superman’ and ‘The Goonies’.
The horror film ‘Omen’, which came in the year 1976, was well liked by the audience.
149-year-old ‘Darbar Move’ tradition ends in Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has formally ended the ‘Darbar Move’, a 149-year-old biennial tradition of transferring governance between the two capitals Srinagar and Jammu on a six-month basis.
The decision to do away with ‘Darbar Move‘ will result in savings of Rs 200 crore every year.
Darbar Move: Jammu and Kashmir The ‘Darbar Move’ tradition started in 1872 during the reign of the then Dogra ruler Maharaj Gulab Singh.
Srinagar used to be the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir
Whereas Jammu used to be the winter capital.
Norway’s Carsten Warholm sets world record in 400m hurdles
Norway’s two-time world champion Carsten Warholm broke a 29-year-old world record in the men’s 400m hurdles at the Diamond League athletics event.
He clocked 46.70 s to break America’s Kevin Young’s record of 46.78 s in the final of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
