The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi flagged off the World’s Longest River Cruise-MV Ganga Vilas and inaugurated the Tent City at Varanasi via video conferencing.
Punjabi is going to be the newest language to be added to public schools’ curriculum in Western Australia.
➨ The curriculum creation for grades pre-primary through 12 will take place this year, wherein students will be offered an option to study Punjabi.
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah released the book Revolutionaries – The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom in New Delhi.
The Author of the book is Economist Sanjeev Sanyal who is also a member of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister.
Captain Surabhi Jakhmola, an officer of the 117 Engineer Regiment of the Indian Army, has become the first woman officer of the Border Roads Organization (BRO) to be posted on a foreign project.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the world’s first insect vaccine, which has been developed to protect bees from a devastating bacterial disease.
The National Centre for Drinking Water, Sanitation and Quality in Kolkata has been renamed as Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institution of Water and Sanitation.
▪️West Bengal :-
➠CM – Mamata Banerjee
➠GOVERNOR – C.V. Ananda Bose
India scripted history by defeating Sri Lanka by the largest ever margin of 317 runs in 50-over international cricket. India clean sweep ODI series against Sri Lanka by 3-0 in Thiruvananthpuram.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, IIT Madras is conducting its Annual Cultural Festival Saarang in physical mode this year.
➨ Saarang is one of the largest student-run festivals which will be featuring 100 events.
The Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, announced that India’s first Centre of Excellence for online gaming would be set up in Shillong, Meghalaya.
Meghalaya :-
➨Governor – Satya Pal Malik
➨CM – Conrad Kongkal Sangma
Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (retd) has given his consent to a Bill providing 30 per cent horizontal reservation to domiciled women of the state in government jobs.
Uttarakhand CM :- Pushkar Singh Dhami
Governor :- Gurmit Singh
