International Yoga Day is an annual event that has its roots in an Indian context, but is commemorated every year on 21 June.
The idea of International Yoga Day was conceived by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who proposed the concept on September 27, 2014, during his speech at the UN General Assembly.
This year, the theme for the event is "Yoga for well-being"
Dr. Tadang Minu based in Arunachal Pradesh has been appointed to the Coaches Committee of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), the parent body for boxing in the world.
She is the first woman in the country and the second Indian to be appointed as a member of AIBA.
She is also the president of the Arunachal Amateur Boxing Association (AABA).
Teli Kahi from Arunachal has been appointed as the secretary of the BFI’s YouthCommission
In a major boost to India's exports of Geographical Indications (GI) certified agricultural produce, a consignment of fibre and mineral-rich ‘Jalgaon Banana’ has been shipped to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The twenty-two metric tonnes of GI-certified Jalgaon banana were sourced from progressive farmers of Tandalwadi village(Jalgaon district).
Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, which is known as ‘’Banana City of India”
Srabani Nanda, currently the most active Indian athlete in the world, has emerged as the fastest Indian woman this year. The 30-year-old from Odisha clocked a personal best 11.36s at the NACAC New Life Invitational Meet in Florida, the US. With her 11.36s, Nanda replaces S. Dhanalakshmi, who clocked 11.38s in the Federation Cup in Patiala in March 2021.
The qualification standard for Tokyo in the 100m is 11.15s.
Dr Pratima Murthy, head of Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru has been appointed as Director of the Institute for a period of five years. She will retire in March 2026.
Dr Murthy was awarded the WHO Regional Director's Special Recognition Award on 'World No Tobacco Day 2021'.
India was elected to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the 6 main organs of the United Nations, for the 2022-24 term.
In the Economic and Social Council by-election, Greece, New Zealand and Denmark were elected for a term of office from January to December 2022 and Israel was elected for a term of office beginning January 1, 2022 and until December 31, 2023.
Actor Tillotama Shome has won the Best Actor award at the latest edition of the UK Asian Film Festival.
Raahgir: The Wayfarers was earlier screened at several film festivals -- including Busan International Film Festival, MAMI - Mumbai Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival and Cinemasia Film Festival.
British lawyer Karim Khan was sworn in as the new chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, pledging to reach out to nations that are not members of the court and to try to hold trials in countries where crimes are committed.He has defended clients at international courts including former Liberian President Charles Taylor & Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto
2 working languages for ICC: English&French.
Headquarters: The Hague, the Netherlands.
Japan plans to issue so-called vaccine passports from around mid-to-late July as more activities around the world open up to people who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus.The government is asking other countries to exempt travelers carrying the documents that officially certify their vaccination status from quarantine or to shorten the quarantine period.
EU & Association of Southeast Asian Nations are also introducing vaccination certificates
Financial services player Centrum Group said it has received in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to take over the troubled cooperative lender PMC Bank and re-launch it as a small finance bank.
Centrum hopes to complete the license terms and conditions within the next 120 days.
Centrum Group is primarily into broking, investment banking, wealth management, & travel.
As part of the Year of AI 2020 initiative, the Telangana government launched the Telangana Artificial Intelligence Mission (TAIM) accelerator programme Revv Up, which is exclusively designed for growth-stage artificial intelligence (AI) startups.
The vision of T-AIM is to develop Telangana as a global hub for AI startups. Revv Up, which will begin its first cohort in July.
Hyderabad a global destinations for AI and other emerging technologies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered the keynote address at the 5th edition of VivaTech.
The Prime Minister invited as a Guest of Honour.
Participants:- French President Emmanuel Macron, Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez and Ministers/MPs from various European countries, Apple CEO Tim Cook etc.
Senior bureaucrats Renuka Kumar and Sanjay Kumar Singh have been appointed as secretaries for Minority Affairs and Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances respectively as part of a minor top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre.Cabinet has approved the appointment Manoj Kumar Parida as National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention Chairman