World Milk Day: 1st June
i. World Milk Day is an initiative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, to celebrate the contribution of the dairy industry around the globe on 1st June.
ii. The Day provides an opportunity to focus attention on milk and to publicize activities connected with milk and the milk industry. The first World Milk Day was held in 2001.
India to be first in world to run all government ports on green energy
i. All 12 major domestic ports will soon switch to renewable energy to meet their entire power requirements, making India the first country to have all government-owned ports running on solar and wind energy.
ii. The government plans to install almost 200 megawatt solar and wind power generation capacity at the ports by 2019.
iii. Almost 150 mw of this will be solar power and 50 mw wind power generation capacity. The capacity could be ramped up to 500 mw in the next few years.
Delhi Police launch bicycle patrol
i. The Delhi Police launched patrolling on bicycle to improve policing in congested localities in trans-Yamuna region of the city. The move is also being billed as a green initiative.
ii. The bicycle patrols will complement and supplement the existing motorcycle and PCR patrols which focus mainly on crime prevention along the arterial and main roads of Delhi.
Important Points to Remember:
- United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO) is an agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
- United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation Headquarter is in Rome, Italy.
- Few major Government Ports are Listed Below:
- Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- Visakhapatnam Port, Andhra Pradesh.
- Kochi Port, Kerala.
- New Mangalore Port, Karnataka.
- Mundra Port, Gujarat.
- Kandla Port, Gujarat.
- Port of Quilon – The oldest and second largest port in Kerala
- Hansraj Gangaram Ahir the Union minister of state for home affairs
- Amulya Patnaik is the current Commissioner of Police, Delhi
- Sh. J. N. Chaturvedi was the first commissioner of Delhi Police
