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1) The Minister of Science & Technology Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the 2nd edition of Global-Bio India 2021. The event will provide recognition to India as an immerging hub of innovation and bio-manufacturing globally.
👉The theme for this year is “Transforming lives” and tag line “Biosciences to Bioeconomy”
▪️Ministry of Science and Technology (India):-
👉Founded - May 1971
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉 Minister - Harsh Vardhan
👉 Minister of State - Y. S. Chowdary
2) The International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) Symposium on Sustainable Development of Dams & River Basins was inaugurated by Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister for Jal Shakti as Chief Guest and Shri R.K. Singh, Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Govt. of India presided over the Opening Ceremony.
▪️International Commission on Large Dams :-
Founded - 1928
Headquarters - Paris, France
3) Indian government, Government of Nagaland and the World Bank signed a $68 million project to enhance the governance of schools across Nagaland as well as to improve teaching practices and learning environments in select schools.
▪️World Bank :-
👉Founded - 1944
👉President - David Malpass
👉Headquarters - Washington, D.C.,
4) Chandigarh became the first state or Union Territory in India to launch Carbon Watch, a mobile application to assess the carbon footprint of an individual.
▪️Recent News :- India’s first ‘amputee clinic’ has been launched by Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh.
👉Chandigarh was designed by the Swiss-French modernist architect, Le Corbusier.
👉Sukhna Lake
👉Iskcon Temple
👉Terraced Garden
👉Le Corbusier Center
5) The 6th edition of the International Conference on Pharmaceutical & Medical Device sector was inaugurated by Union Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industry, and Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution Piyush Goyal.
👉The theme of India Pharma 2021 is ‘Indian Pharma Industry: “Future is Now” and the theme of India Medical Device 2021 is “India MedTech Future: Innovate & Make in India through Global Alliance”.
6) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Woochong Um as its Managing Director General.
👉He will assume office immediately and report to ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa.
7) A landmark of the history of Puducherry, Marie Building was built by the French and it has now been rebuilt with the same building architecture, at a cost of about Rs. 15 crore.
👉The reconstructed Heritage Marie Building a landmark in the history of Puducherry has been inaugurated by the Prime Minister.
👉Pondicherry (or Puducherry), a French colonial settlement in India until 1954, is now a Union Territory town bounded by the southeastern Tamil Nadu state.
8) Panchkula will host the
Commonwealth table tennis
championship later this year.
👉The announcement came from Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) president Dushyant Chautala at the closing ceremony of the
National championship.
▪️ Recent News :-Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated the country's first small aircraft air taxi service.
▪️Haryana
👉Governor :- Satyadev Narayan Arya
👉Haryana Government has decided to develop Pipli in Kurukshetra as a world-class tourist hub.
9) A trilateral dialogue has been held among India, France and Australia at the senior official's level with focus on further enhancing cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
10) Amritsar has introduced a tree ambulance and clinic to treat sick plants and trees in the city. It's a boon to ailing plants and trees that have been neglected, rotting, and need special care. The unique tree ambulance is the brainchild of the Green Man of India, IRS officer Rohit Mehra.
▪️Punjab :-
👉CM :- Captain Amarinder Singh
👉GOVERNOR :- VP Singh Badnore
11) Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change used Sanskrit for the first time in United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Debate on climate change. Starting his UNSC debate on climate change, Javadekar addressed other dignitaries with the Sanskrit hymn from Sukla Yajurveda.
▪️ Ministry Of Environment, Forest And Climate Change :-
Founded: 1985
Headquarters: New Delhi
Cabinet Minister - Prakash Javadekar
Minister of State - Babul Supriyo
▪️United Nations Security Council :-
Headquarters - New York, United States
Founded - 24 October 1945
12) The Indian Air Force (IAF) will participate in the Exercise Desert Flag-VI along with the air forces of the UAE, the US, France, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Bahrain for the first time.
▪️Indian Air Force:-
👉Founded - 8 October 1932
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉Commander-in-Chief - President Ram Nath Kovind
👉Chief of the Air Staff - Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
13) The scientists of ICAR-National Rice Research Institute in Odisha's Cuttack have developed a solar pest management 'Alternate Energy Light Trap' device.
👉'Alternate Energy Light Trap' device will help in identifying and mass trapping of insects attacking crops.
▪️Indian Council of Agricultural Research:-
Founded - 16 July 1929
President - Minister of Agriculture
Director - Trilochan Mohapatra
Motto - Agrisearch with a human touch
Headquarters - New Delhi
14) In a boost for the country's surveillance capabilities to monitor activities of both military warships and merchant shipping in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), the 'Sindhu Netra' satellite developed by a team of young scientists from Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was successfully deployed in space.
👉The satellite was launched using the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) PSLV-C51 which took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
▪️ISRO :-
Formed :- 15 August 1969
Headquarter :- Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Chairman :- Kailasavadivoo Sivan
▪️Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-
👉 Founded - 1958
👉 HeadQuarter - New Delhi
👉 Chairman - G. Satheesh Reddy
👉 Recent News - Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW)
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