HISTORY

Important Days

World Food Safety Day – June 7

  • World Food Safety Day was observed by WHO (World Health Organization) to draw attention to food standards.
  • Foodborne diseases affect 1 in 10 people worldwide each year.
  • Theme 2023 – ‘Food standards save lives’

About WHO

  • CEO – Tedros Adhanom
  • Founded – 7 April 1948
  • Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland.

Defence

Indigenous heavyweight torpedo successfully tested 

  • The Navy test-fired an Indigenously designed and developed heavyweight torpedo, Varunastra, with a live warhead against an undersea target.
  • Varunastra is a ship-launched anti-submarine torpedo and was designed and developed by the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory in Visakhapatnam under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

About DRDO

  • Chairman – Sameer V Kamet
  • Formation – 1958
  • Headquarter – DRDO Bhavan, New Delhi 

Awards and Honours

Suriname conferred its highest civilian honour to President Droupadi Murmu

  • “The Grand Order of the Chain of Yellow Star”, the first Indian to receive this award. 
  • Murmu received the award from the President of the Republic of Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi.

About Droupadi Murmu 

  • Droupadi Murmu – 15th President of India.
  • First person belonging to the tribal community and also the second woman after Pratibha Patil to hold the office.

About Suriname (Dutch Guiana) 

  • Country in the northeastern coast of South America
  • President – Chandrikapersad Santokhi
  • Capital – Paramaribo
  • Official language – Dutch
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