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- On the eve of World Environment Day, Union Environment Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar launched a people’s campaign called #SelfiewithSapling, urging people to advocate the cause on social media. Recently, the Environment ministry released a music video for World Environment Day 2019′s theme of “Air Pollution”, song is titled “Hawa Aane De”. In January 2019, National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) was launched by Centre government with aim to reduce air pollution by 2024.
- Maharashtra Tourism Minister Jaykumar Rawal inaugurated the Elephanta Festival of art and culture commenced at the iconic Gateway of India in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Started in 2012, it is held every year to promote tourism and culture of Mumbai. It is held on Gharapuri island (also known as Elephanta Island) where Elephanta Caves are located. Elephanta Caves is currently maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and are also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- The “Kharga Prahar”, a major training exercise, was conducted by the Indian Army in Punjab from 27 May 2019 to 4 June 2019. The exercise brought out valuable lessons and also reinforced a high degree of operational preparedness of the Kharga Corps. The exercise setting also incorporated joint training aspects as Indian Air Force (IAF) components also participated. The Indian Army’s II Corps, based in Ambala is known as Kharga Corps. It has been stationed at Ambala since 1985.
Rajiv Mehrishi - The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Rajiv Mehrishi, at 72nd World Health Assembly (WHA), has been elected as external auditor of World Health Organization (WHO) for a period of four years from year 2020 to 2023. He will take over the charge from the Supreme Audit Institution of Philippines which is the incumbent External Auditor of WHO. In March 2019 the CAG was chosen for the post of External Auditor of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, Italy.
- During the 14th OIC Summit held in the holy city of Makkah, in Saudi Arabia, OIC appointed Yousef Aldobeay of Saudi Arabia as its special envoy for Jammu & Kashmir. The OIC extended their support for people of Jammu and Kashmir and towards achievement of their legitimate rights. They called upon India to hold a re ferendum in J&K under the United Nations’ patronage.
- In United States, Google’s India-born CEO Sundar Pichai and Nasdaq president Adena Friedman have been chosen for the prestigious Global Leadership Awards 2019 by Washington-based business advocacy group US-India Business Council (USIBC) in recognition of the two companies’ contribution as the leading technology-driven platforms. Given annually since 2007, the USIBC Global Leadership Awards recognise top corporate executives from the United States and India.
- Asian Football Confederation in Paris confirmed that China will host the 2023 Asian Cup football. It will mark the second time for China to host the quadrennial continental tournament. China, who has only qualified once for the World Cup in 2002, is ranked a lowly 74th in the world in FIFA’s rankings. This year’s Asian Cup in the UAE was expanded to 24 nations for the first time with Qatar winning the final 3-1 against Japan.
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