JUNE - 08
INDIA
“Safety Injection Use State”
v Andhra Pradesh will become the first Indian
state to use auto-disable syringes for all clinical purposes to prevent
infection. The move will be enforced from the World Hepatitis Day (WHD-2018)
when the state government will declare itself as “Safety Injection Use
State”.
State fruit of Tripura
v President Ram Nath Kovind has recently declared
the ‘Queen’ variety of pineapple as the state fruit of Tripura.
Guinness World Record
Sudheesh Guruvayoor, an Indian farmer from Kerala,
has set a Guinness World Record by distributing the largest number of curry
tree saplings in Sharjah on 5th June 2018.
“Business First Portal”
v The Punjab government has launched a “Business
First Portal” to give a big push towards the ease of doing
business in the state. It was unveiled by Industry Minister Sunder Sham Arora in Jalandhar on June 7, 2018.
CONFERENCES
Mandela-Gandhi Youth Conference
v The Mandela-Gandhi Youth Conference was held at
Pietermaritzburg in South Africa on June 8, 2018.
AWARDS
v Indian captain Virat Kohli will receive the
Polly Umrigar Award for the best international cricketer (2016-17 and 2017-18
seasons) at the BCCI awards, to be held in Bengaluru
SPORTS
v India began their campaign at the 2018 Asian
Junior Athletics Championships in Gifu, Japan with a strong start by clinching
four medals- – a gold, a silver and two bronze. Ashish Jakhar created a new
National U-20 record to clinch the gold medal with a hammer throw of 76.86.
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