The ILO launched the World Day Against Child Labour in 2002 to focus attention on the global extent of child labour and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it.The 2019 theme is: Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams!
International Labour Organization(ILO) Hqs: Geneva,Switzerland
Hero MotoCorp has become the 1st company to get BS VI certification for its Hero Splendor iSmart. Hero has received the type approval certificate from ICAT after the Splendor iSmart was successfully tested for BS6 compliance.
ICAT: International Centre for Automotive Technology
Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawarchand Gehlot has been appointed as the leader of Rajya Sabha.He will replace senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley who opted out of the government citing health reasons.
Mr Gehlot is a Rajya Sabha member representing Madhya Pradesh.
BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh Virendra Kumar will be the Pro-tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha. As such, he will preside over the 1st sitting of the Lok Sabha, administer the oath of office to the newly elected MPs & oversee the election of the Speaker.
Mr. Kumar, is a seven-term member of Parliament.
Acc. to Personnel Ministry, I V Subba Rao will continue as secretary to Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu.The appointment is on contract basis in the rank and pay of secretary of GoI.His tenure will be co-terminus with the tenure of the vice president.
Vice President of India serves for a five-year term.
Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd.,launched a proprietary tool, 'My Protection Quotient' (MyPQ) to ensure financial protection in the country.MyPQ is a smart tool designed to promote importance of term plans in protecting the financial future of families.
Aalok Bhan: Director & Chief Marketing Officer, Max Life.
The devotees of the Goddess Mata Kheer Bhawani fast and gather here on the eighth day of the full moon in the month of May/ June. Kheer Bhawani is considered to be the Presiding Deity of most of the Kashmiri Brahmans.
Capital of Jammu & Kashmir: Srinagar(Summer)
Jammu(Winter)
PM Modi has accepted an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to attend the outreach session of the G7 Summit in Biarritz as a special invitee. The 45th summit of the G7 group of countries will take place in Biarritz, France.
G7 is a group of 7 nations having the most advanced economies.
A memorandum of understanding was signed between the V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust and the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) to facilitate direct port entry (DPE) of cargo, which would help cut down on dwell time and costs.
Chairman of V.O.C Port Trust: T.K. Ramachandran
Former Puducherry Chief Minister and senior Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader R V Janakiraman died recently. He was the Chief Minister between 1996 and 2000, heading the coalition government of DMK and the Tamil Maanila Congress.
Chief Minister of Puducherry:V Narayanasamy