VP M.Venkaiah Naidu releases commemorative postage stamp of Rajyogini Dadi Janki
Vice President(VP) M Venkaiah Naidu released a commemorative postage stamp on the memory of Rajyogini Dadi Janki, the former Chief of Brahma Kumaris commemorating her Spiritual works & fight social evils like gender discrimination, casteism and communalism at New Delhi.
• The VP highlighted that Brahma Kumaris are a unique religion that is headed by Women.
• Brahma Kumaris is one of India’s newest religions, formed as a result of the spiritual movement started in Hyderabad in the 1930’s.
India approves Use of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 Vaccine
Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the use of Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine, “Sputnik V” in India, to tackle the 2nd Wave of the virus spread in India. With this approval, India has 3 Covid-19 vaccines – Covaxin, Covishield and Sputnik-V.
• Sputnik-V is manufactured in India by Hyderabad based Dr Reddy’s Laboratories.
• Covishield is manufactured in India by Serum Institute of India, Pune & developed by Oxford-AstraZeneca.
• India’s indigenous vaccine “Covaxin” is manufactured by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with ICMR – National Institute of Virology.
New Zealand introduces World’s 1st Climate Change Law for Financial Sector
New Zealand becomes the 1st country in the world to introduce a Climate Change Law for regulating the Financial Sector. As per the new law, All banks, insurers, investment managers with total asset value greater than NZ$1 billion (USD 703 million) shall report the impacts of climate change on their investments to the government.
i.The law will be passed by 2022 & Companies have to submit the report by 2023.
ii.Previously, New Zealand has set targets to provide carbon-neutral public transport by 2025 & procure only zero-emissions public transport buses.
President Ram Nath Kovind Appointed Sushil Chandra as 24th CEC of India
President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Senior-most Election Commissioner, Sushil Chandra as the 24th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India. He succeeds Sunil Arora whose tenure ended on 12th April 2021.Sushil Chandra will assume charge on April 13, 2021.His tenure will end on Mid 2022.
• He was appointed in pursuance of clause (2) of Article 324 of the Constitution of India.
• He will oversee the conduct of assembly polls in Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, which is set to end on 2022.
102nd Anniversary of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre – April 13, 2021
13th April 2021 marks the 102nd anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, which took place on 13th April 1919 in a public garden (Jallianwala Bagh) in Amritsar, Punjab. According to the records of the British Government around 400 people including men, women and children were killed and around 1200 were wounded in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre which is also known as the Amritsar Massacre.
World Parkinson’s Day 2021 – April 11
World Parkinson’s Day is annually observed across the globe on 11th April to create awareness and raise the funds to support the people living with Parkinson’s disease.
The day marks the birth anniversary of Dr. James Parkinson who was the first to describe Parkinson’s disease as a neurological syndrome in 1817.
• The month of April is observed as Parkinson’s Awareness month
• ‘Red tulip with a fringe of white’ is the official symbol of Parkinson’s disease.
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