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- During 22nd edition of Emirates Recycling Awards in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), an 8 year old Indian origin student named Nia Tony was awarded Eco Champions of Recycling for collecting a total of 14,914 kg of paper waste. The Emirates Recycling Awards were conducted to celebrate World Environment Day observed on 5 June.
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev - Interim President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, won the country’s snap Presidential elections with nearly 71%. He was also the chosen successor of veteran ruler and former leader Nursultan Nazarbayev. Tokayev’s predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev was serving as Kazakh President since the independence of country in 1992 until his resignation in March 2019. After his resignation, the Presidentship was transferred to the then Speaker of the Senate (Upper House), Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
- India has been designated as Guest of Honour at 33rd Guadalajara International Book Fair (also called Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara), in Mexico to be held from 30 November 2019 to 8 December 2019. A dedicated India pavilion will be displayed at the book fair with more than 35 Indian authors and artists, along with 15 publishing houses. Guadalajara International Book Fair was created in 1986 by University of Guadalajara, Mexico.
- International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) new brand identity as World Athletics will begin its rollout in October 2019 following the completion of world championships in Doha, Qatar and after congress grants approval of change to federation’s legal name. IAAF was initially founded on 17 July 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden, as International Amateur Athletic Federation.
- The Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP) from Madhya Pradesh’s Tikamgarh constituency, Dr Virendra Kumar will be the Pro-tem Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha. As Pro-tem Speaker, he will preside over the 1st sitting of newly constituted Lok Sabha, administer the oath of office to newly elected MPs, and also oversee the election of LS Speaker. The appointment of Pro tem speaker is a convention and there is no provision mentioned in the Constitution for this position.
- As per a closely-watched review by London based, British multinational oil and gas company, BP, titled “The BP Statistical Review of World Energy”, the global carbon emissions grew by 2.0% in 2018, the highest rate since 2010-2011. The global energy demand grew by 2.9%. Although the use of renewable forms of energy globally grew by 14.5% in 2018 but it still accounted for just 33% of total rise in power generation in 2018.
- The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has appointed senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer V.S. Kaumudi as Director General of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) by lowering the post to the rank of Additional Director General for a period of two years. He will be succeeding IPS officer Sudeep Lakhtakia, a 1984 batch IPS officer. Established in 1970 under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), BPRD is a federal law enforcement agency with headquarters in New Delhi.
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