June 2021

1. ODISHA GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED E-PATHSHALA OR E-MULYANKAN On 17 June 2021, Samir Ranjan Sprint, Minister of the Odisha State School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA), launched e- pathshala and e- Mulyankan learning platforms for students, teachers, and district education officials of Odisha under COVID-19. The e- pathshala is an online learning platform that includes repositories of electronic content in the form

1. THE GLOBAL PEACE INDEX 2021 REPORT: Global Peace Index (GPI) was announced by Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) Sydney, Australia. This 15th edition Index ranks 163 independent states and territories as per the level of their peacefulness. Iceland, the most peaceful country worldwide since 2008. Afghanistan is regarded as the world’s least peaceful country for the fourth

1. NEW PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL: Naftali Bennett was on June 12, 2021 sworn in as Israel’s new Prime Minister, ousting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power after an uninterrupted 12 years at the helm of affairs. Bennett, the 49-year-old leader of the right-wing Yamina party, took oath of office after parliament (Knesset) voted on June 12, 2021 on the

1. WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY The World Health Organization has celebrated annually on 31st May 2021 and is also known as World No Tobacco Day 2021. WHO launched a campaign global under the slogan “Commit to Quit”. The theme of World No Tobacco Day or Anti Tobacco Day 2020 was “Protecting youth from industry manipulation and preventing them from tobacco