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- According to the report “Women in Business and Management: The business case for change” released by United Nation’s (UN) International Labour Organization (ILO), Companies that improve gender diversity especially at top perform better and reported higher profits hikes in between 5% to 20%. Founded on 29 October 1919, ILO is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It became United Nations first specialised agency in 1946.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled a new global strategy to greatly reduce deaths and injuries from snakebites. WHO also warned that a scarcity of antivenoms could soon spark a “public health emergency” It seeks to achieve 50% reduction in mortality and disability caused by snakebite envenoming by 2030. Every year snakebite affects about 1.8–2.7 million people, claiming 81,000–1,38,000 lives and causing around 4,00,000 cases of permanent disability.
- The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) new commercial arm called NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) was officially inaugurated in Bengaluru. On 6 March 2019, the Department of Space (DoS) registered its second commercial entity called NSIL for commercially utilising research and development (R&D) activities carried out by ISRO in area of space. The first commercial venture of DoS was Antrix Corporation Limited, which was set up in September 1992 to market products and services of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
- In 2019 Lok Sabha Election Results, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has won 303 seats on its own, surpassing its previous record of 282 seats in 2014. The 16th Lok Sabha has been dissolved with the acceptance of the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Council of Ministers by President Ram Nath Kovind on May 24, 2019. The term of the 16th Lok Sabha will officially end on June 3, 2019.
- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test-fired an indigenously-developed 500 kg class guided bomb from a Sukhoi combat jet at Pokhran in Rajasthan. The test firing of the guided bomb came two days after the Indian Air Force successfully test fired the aerial version of the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile from a Sukhoi jet at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 2.5-tonne air-to-surface missile has a range of around 300 km, and it will significantly enhance the IAF’s combat capability.
- India bags a total of 57 medals including 12 Gold, 18 Silver and 27 Bronze at India Open International Boxing tournament in Guwahati. MC Mary Kom, Shiva Thapa, L Sarita Devi and Naman Tanwar won gold in their respective finals. In women’s 54 kg, Jamuna Boro defeated Sandhyarani and also qualified for the World Championship. In men’s 69 kg Aashish clinched the Gold, while in women’s 57 kg category Neeraj won the final. Deepak defeated Govind Kumar in 49 kg final while in 52 kg category – Amit Panghal defeated Sachin.
Naveen Patnaik - Naveen Patnaik is all set to take oath as chief minister of Odisha for a record fifth term in a row. Odisha Governor Prof. Ganeshi Lal has accepted the resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his council of Ministers to pave the way for the formation of the new government in the State. The Biju Janata Dal headed by him has won in the assembly polls bagging 112 of the 146 assembly seats, polls for which were held along with the Lok Sabha elections. The 15th State Assembly which was formed on June 12, 2014, will complete its term on 11th of next month.
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