Current Affairs 7th April 2019
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Current Affairs 7th April 2019
Indo US military exercise concluded in New Delhi on 5th March
The military training exercise of the United States military forces from the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) with the Indian National Security Guard in New Delhi concluded on 5th March. The month-long exercise provided soldiers hands-on experience in real urban settings, such as hotels and transportation hubs, in preparation for the possibility of terror attacks on vulnerable soft targets. These training events are part of US Indo-Pacific Command’s Theater Security Cooperation Programme, conducted by the US military with a select group of nations in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance coordination and capabilities. Military collaboration between the two countries is a result of growing high-level trust and consistent efforts by both sides to broaden the ways in which the US and India can work together. Consul General of US Consulate at Hyderabad, Katherine Hadda addressed the soldiers at the closing ceremony.
World Health Day observed on 7th April
World Health Assembly decided to celebrate 7 April of each year as the World Health Day, with effect from 1950. World Health Day is one of eight official global health campaigns marked by WHO, along with World Tuberculosis Day, World Immunization Week, World Malaria Day, World No Tobacco Day, World AIDS Day, World Blood Donor Day, and World Hepatitis Day. The theme of World Health Day 2019 is Universal health coverage: everyone, everywhere.
Six new spider species spotted in Kerala
Arachnologists from Kochi’s Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kerala spotted a group of jumping spiders that mostly occur in Eurasia and Africa for the first time in Ernakulam’s Illithodu forests. The team also found that the spider belonging to the genus (a taxonomic classification above species) Habrocestum is a species new to science. The team came across six different-looking spiders, predominantly brownish-black in colour with white and creamy-yellow patches, while conducting a routine survey (funded by the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Engineering Research Board) for ground-dwelling spiders in the Illithodu reserve forests of the Malayatoor forest division. They examined the physical features of males and females under a microscope and photographed them. They also compared these to similar-looking spider specimens collected earlier from the Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam district, Kerala.
UGADI
The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind greeted the nation on the eve of Chaitra Sukladi, Ugadi, Gudi Padava, Cheti Chand, Navreh and Sajibu Cheiraoba.
About:
Yugadi (also known as Samvatsaradi or ugadi): It is the New Year's Day for the people of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states in India. It is observed in these regions on the first day of month of Chaitra (the first month of lunar calendar).
Gudi Padwa: Maharashtrians term celebrate the festival as Gudi Padwa.
Cheti Chand: Sindhis celebrate the same day as Cheti Chand.
Sajibu Nongma Panba (also called Meetei Cheiraoba or Sajibu Cheiraoba): Manipuris also celebrate the same day as Sajibu Nongma Panba.
Traditionally, these festivals mark the onset of New Year and the warmer months and they reflect values of prosperity and well being.
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