Every year, on 31 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) and global partners celebrate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). It raises awareness on the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure.
The focus for 2019 is "tobacco and lung health."
Global investment banking firm Jefferies Group , appointed Christopher Wood as global head of equity Strategy. Wood, one of the top-ranked market strategist, joined Jefferies from Asian securities house CLSA, where he spent around two decades.
Jefferies Group LLC headquarters:New York
CEO: Richard Handler
According to a survey by FICCI, the country's median GDP is forecast at 7.1% for FY20 and 7.2% for FY 21.Inflation is expected to remain moderate and the WPI based inflation rate is projected at 3.1% in FY19-20.
FICCI-Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Indian playwright & journalist Annie Zaidi was announced the winner of the 2019 Nine Dots Prize for her essay Bread, Cement, Cactus. The winner writes a short book expanding on the essay’s idea. The question of 2019 was “Is there still no place like home?”
The Nine Dots Prize is worth $100,000
Papua New Guinea has appointed James Marape as its new PM.He succeeds Peter O’Neill. Marape, the member for Tari-Pori in New Hela province was a key minister in O’Neill’s government . He was elected by MPs who voted 101 to 8, to make him the next leader.
Capital of Papua New Guinea-Port Moresby
YSR Congress chief Yeduguri Sandinti Jaganmohan Reddy has taken oath as the 2nd CM of Andhra Pradesh post its bifurcation.He defeated N Chandrababu Naidu, who became the first CM of the state after it was bifurcated to carve out Telangana .
Capital of A.P.-Amravati
Governor-E.S.L. Narsimhan
Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain,assumed charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command,recently.He has commanded INS Nirghat (Missile Boat), INS Khukri (Missile Corvette), INS Rajput (Destroyer) and INS Mysore.
He has been awarded VSM in 2009 and AVSM in 2015.
PM Narendra Modi, along with 57 Ministers, took oath of office at a grand swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Women accounted for 6 out of the 58 berths, with three Cabinet nods for Nirmala Sitharaman, Harsimrat Badal and Smriti Irani.
The new government formed is for 17th Lok Sabha
The first Rafale combat aircraft would be inducted into the IAF's 'Golden Arrows' 17 Squadron which was commanded by Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa during the Kargil war in 1999. The first unit to receive the Rafale combat aircraft would be the 17 Squadron.
The 17 Squadron used to operate the MiG-21s earlier
Carmine Caridi, who played Carmine Rosato in The Godfather: Part II and Albert Volpe in The Godfather: Part III, died recently. He was known for big-screen turns in The Gambler, Prince of the City,The Money Pit and Brewster’s Millions & Bugsy.
Francis Ford Coppola was the director of Godfather.