No Tobacco Day or Anti-Tobacco Day is marked on May 31. The day as the name suggests is meant to raise awareness about the adverse effects of smoking. The day created by World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1987, aims to sensitise people about the hazardous diseases that can be caused due to smoking.
2021 Theme: “Commit to Quit”.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will bring universities, businesses, startups and government together at its latest innovation hub in Amsterdam to help use digital technology to solve sustainability challenges.
It will focus on sustainability challenges faced by organisations and becomes the first in a network of hubs, known as TCS Pace Ports, in Europe.
Netherland capital : Amsterdam;
Capital : Euro
Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson has won the 2020-21 Kia NBA Sixth Man Award for his contributions in a reserve role.
This is the first Sixth Man honour for Clarkson, who becomes the first player to win the annual award with the Jazz.
Clarkson received 65 first-place votes and earned 407 total points from a global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters.
Barclays has pegged India’s economic growth for fiscal 2021-22 (FY22) – as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) – at 7.7 per cent in the bear-case scenario, if the country is hit by the third wave of the Covid pandemic going ahead.
The economic cost, it believes, could rise by at least a further $42.6 billion.
IIT Guwahati researchers have developed a smart window material that can effectively control the amount of heat and light passing through it in response to an applied voltage. This material can help in developing automatic climate control systems in buildings.
This study was recently published in the journal- 'Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells'
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Swiss Confederation signed a Memorandum of Understanding to launch the first WHO BioHub Facility as part of the WHO BioHub System, which was announced in November 2020.
This facility will enhance the rapid sharing of viruses and other pathogens between laboratories and partners globally.
Space-tech startup Bellatrix Aerospace has test-fired India’s first privately built Hall Thruster, a highly efficient electric propulsion system.
The technology, originally demoed in Russia, is aimed at helping satellites manoeuvre in space and maintain proper orientation.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in partnership with National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) has launched an online survey to assess nutrition-related misinformation circulating on the internet.
The study aims to understand the impact of the abundant information on food and nutrition floating on the web, nutrition-related knowledge, attitude and practices, etc.
India added 2,105 megawatts (MW) of grid-connected solar power generation capacity in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, as the first wave of COVID-19 subsided and construction pace picked up gradually.
This took the total installed capacity to 44,241 MW by 31 March 2021.
It added that utility-scale solar installations increased by more than 33 percent in Q1 2021.
The Assam Cabinet appointed ministers who would act as guardians for different districts in the state. These guardians are given the responsibility of 2-3 districts to take stock of welfare schemes, implementation of infrastructure projects, etc.The guardian ministers will be assigned with a secretary each and both will have to visit their districts at least once a month.
Assam CM:Himanta Biswa Sarma;
Governor: Jagdish Mukhi
The Centre has granted permission of "No-Permission-No-Takeoff" (NPNT) compliant drone operations at 166 additional green zones.
Accordingly, the approved sites allow drone usage up to 400 ft 'Above Ground Level' (AGL).
These zones are in addition to the 'Sixty-Six' green zone sites approved earlier.
The list of the approved green zone sites can be accessed from the 'Digital Sky Platform
PharmEasy has acquired Medlife for an undisclosed amount.
The deal will make PharmEasy the largest player in the domestic online pharmacy sector, with the combined entity set to serve 2 million customers a month.
The deal values the stake of Medlife shareholders at $250 million