Important Days
World Health Day 2025
▪ World Health Day 2025 is being observed globally on April 7, marking the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948.
▪ This year, the theme is “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures”.
▪ It puts a spotlight on maternal and newborn health, launching a year-long global campaign to reduce preventable deaths and improve health outcomes for women and infants.
India and its Neighbours
India and Sri Lanka sign 7 MoUs
▪ Covers defence, energy, digitisation, health, and multi-sectoral assistance.
▪ The MoUs signed were on the topics of energy sector cooperation
▪ The relics of the Buddha, found in 1960 in the Aravali region in Gujarat, would be sent to Sri Lanka for an exposition during the Vesak festivities — commemorating the birth, enlightenment and the death of the Buddha — in May this year.
▪ India has decided to reduce the interest rates on loans extended to Sri Lanka to support the country’s external debt treatment.
