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- Every year, on 31st May, the World Health Organization (WHO) and global partners celebrate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD).
- This year theme of the 2021 WNTD is “Commit to quit.”
- Drug firm Zydus Cadila has introduced a new feature in the packaging of its critical drugs.
- This is to help patients ensure that the product is not fake or counterfeited.
- India extended support after US President asked US intelligence agencies to find how coronavirus emerged in China.
- Demands were raised by countries including US and Australia to investigate whether coronavirus originated in Wuhan City of China in late 2019 from an animal source or from laboratory accident in December 2019.
- The UK cleared a Covid-19 vaccine for use from Johnson & Johnson.
- It is to be the first single-dose shot to be authorised in Britain.
- BCCI announced its plans to host remaining matches of the suspended 14th edition of IPL.
- It is planned between September 15 and October 15 in the United Arab Emirates.
- Research and Analysis Wing chief, Samant Kumar Goel and Intelligence Bureau head Arvind Kumar were given a one-year extension in their services.
- National Memorial Day is observed every year on the last Monday of May (31st May in 2021).
- This day will pay tribute to the men and women who are doing and working for us to combat COVID-19 and also highlights to honor and reminds our troops, veterans, wounded warriors who sacrificed their lives.
- Christine Wormuth was confirmed unanimously by the US Senate to be the first female secretary of the Army.
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