II. According to General Assembly resolution A/RES/61/271 of 15 June 2007, which established the commemoration, the International Day is an occasion to “disseminate the message of non-violence, including through education and public awareness”.
Kieren Dsouza becomes the first Indian to complete World’s toughest race, Spartathlon
I. Bengaluru’s Kieren Dsouza has become the first Indian to complete the Spartathlon, widely described as the “world’s toughest race”.
II. The 23-year old completed the 246.6 km distance in the 2016 edition, in 33 hours, one minute and 38 seconds. The Spartathlon is an annual run between Athens and Sparta in Greece, with a reported success rate of 50%.
II. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has maintained the monument and its surroundings very well, offering clean drinking water and proper sanitation, among other things, to tourists.
I. Japan’s Yoshinori Ohsumi, a cell biologist specialising in autophagy, has received the 2016 Noble Prize in Medicine.
I. The Delhi Police has launched a mobile application for senior citizens to enable them to reach out to the police quickly in emergency situations.
I. Young filmmaker Katyayan Shivpuri, from Maharashtra, has won the first prize at the Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival (SBSFF) for his work “Murga”.
II. The short film was directed by young filmmaker Katyayan Shivpuri from Maharashtra.
II.World Space Week, 2016 is being observed with the theme, Remote Sensing: Enabling our Future.
