Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan is set to take over as the chairman of the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation.The board consists of 34 members and India’s health minister will be succeeding Japan’s Dr Hiroki Nakatani.
The World Health Organization,Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
The first Range Rover made under new social distancing measures in place to combat coronavirus drove off the production line at the Tata Motors' owned Jaguar Land Rover's manufacturing plant in Solihull in the West Midlands region of England.
JLR, the UK's largest carmaker.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed that the company has acquired Softomotive, a software robotic automation platform.It would become part of Microsoft’s Power Automate platform.Until now, Power Automate did not feature any desktop automation tools.
Softomotive was founded in 2005 by Marios Stavropoulos.
Franklin Templeton Trustee Services has appointed Kotak Mahindra Bank as an independent adviser to assist Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Private Ltd with all portfolio actions in six funds being wound up, including monetising their assets.
Sanjay Sapre, President, Franklin Templeton, India.
Jimmy Fallon, Greta Thunberg, Malala Yousafzai, Tom Hanks, Cardi B, LeBron James, Lil Nas X, Dolly Parton, Ronan Farrow, Game of Thrones and Celine Dion are among the winners of the 24th annual Webby Awards, which honor the best of the web.
International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences is in New York.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) under its National Centre of Sports Sciences and Research (NCSSR) scheme has selected the Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) to establish a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in sports science education and research.
Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) ,Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
Renowned Christian apologist and author Ravi Zacharias passed away at the age of 74. Zacharias was born in the south Indian city of Madras (now Chennai) in 1946, into an Anglican family. In 1984, he founded Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM).
Anglican means belonging or relating to the Church of England.
Eminent homeopathic doctor Dr. S. Vidyaprakash (60) passed away. He is the son of Alappuzha native and Akkarakkattil family member Dr. KS Prakash and and Dr Vidyavathy Amma. KS Prakash was the former principal of Kozhikode Homeo College.
Kozhikode is a coastal city in the south Indian state of Kerala.
'Club First' have made India's first service robots and named it as Sona 1.5 and Sona .5 which is a fully autonomous self navigator robot with multi floor access.It will be used for doing jobs such as sanitizing hospitals & delivering food in restaurants.
The company is also making firefighting robot.
International Tea Day promote and foster collective actions to implement activities in favour of the sustainable production and consumption of tea and raise awareness of its importance in fighting hunger and poverty.
There is evidence that tea was consumed in China 5,000 yrs ago.
ICC cricket committee - headed by Anil Kumble has recommended the prohibition of saliva to shine the ball, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. It has also recommended increase in DRS per innings is introduced in each format as an interim measure.
International Cricket Council (ICC),Headquarters: Dubai, UAE.
According to Ministry of External Affairs Nepal’s new official map is "artificial" and unacceptable to India, after Kathmandu unveiled a new political map that claimed Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh of Uttarakhand as part of its sovereign territory.
Nepal, Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli.
Noted spiritual leader Dev Prabhakar Shastri, popularly called ''Daddaji'', died night at ''Daddadham'' in Katni in Madhya Pradesh.He was undergoing treatment in Delhi and was 82 years old.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Ministry of Defence has signed an MoU with eGov Foundation for online management of Cantonment Boards. The joint initiative sees Directorate General Defence Estates (DGDE), Ministry of Defence and eGov Foundation working together to drive e-governance.
There are 62 cantonment boards in the country.
In order to mobilize the youth of the state towards entrepreneurship, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the ‘Uttar Pradesh Startup Fund’ handing over the first installment of Rs 15 crore to Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
SIDBI ,Headquarters location: Lucknow.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) and WHO Director signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the WHO headquarters in Geneva.The two organizations have been working together since 1984, leading numerous joint initiatives.
IOC , Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland.
Ayurveda expert Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha has got two years extension as the secretary, Ministry of Ayush. He was in 2017 appointed special secretary in the Ministry of Ayush (Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) for three years.
Kotecha took over as the Ayush secretary in October 2017.
May 21 is observed as Anti-terrorism day across India .The objective behind the observance of Anti-Terrorism Day is to spread the message of peace, humanity, unity and harmony among the people and make them aware about anti-social act of terrorism.
Rajiv Gandhi, youngest PM of India.
The day provides us with an opportunity to deepen our understanding of the values of cultural diversity and to advance the goals of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions adopted on 20 October 2005.
Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO.