🔰 Current Affairs - 4 June 2021 🔰
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◾️ Validity period of TET qualifying certificate extended from 7 years to lifetime
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has announced that the Government has decided to extend the validity period of Teachers Eligibility Test qualifying certificate from seven years to lifetime. This will be implemented retrospectively from the year 2011.
◾️ Bangladesh allocates Tk 10,000 crore for COVID-19 emergency requirements
The Bangladesh budget for the Financial Year 2022 has allocated Tk 10,000 crore to meet the emergency requirements arising out of the COVID pandemic in the country. The allocation in the health sector has also gone up for FY 2022 with a proposed allocation of Tk 32,731 crore which marks an increase of Tk 3484 over the current year’s budget allocation of Tk 29,245 crore.
◾️ UNICEF reaches coronavirus vaccine supply agreement with Moderna
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said that it had reached an agreement with vaccine manufacturer Moderna to supply their international vaccination efforts against the Novel Corona virus. The vaccines will be supplied to UNICEF's COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility. UNICEF said, the vaccines are expected to be delivered in the final quarter of 2021 and will be allocated in a way that reflects the program's value of equity in access.
◾️ Ranjitsinh Disale appointed as Advisor to World Bank
Ranjitsinh Disale, the first Indian teacher to receive the Global Teacher Award has been appointed by the World Bank as an Advisor to the World Bank. The World Bank has appointed 12 advisors from world over and Mr. Disale is one of them representing India.
◾️ Freedom fighter Kaliannan Gounder Who Was Last Surviving Member of First Parliament of India Passes Away
The noted Gandhian, and freedom fighter, T.M. Kalliannan Gounder, who was the last surviving member of the first parliament of India, has passed away. He was 101. Tamil Nadu based Kalliannan Gounder joined the Indian National Congress at 19, and also participated in the Quit India movement. He was elected to the Indian Constituent Assembly at the very young age of 28. Besides being the member of India’s first provisional parliament, 1950–1952, he was also the youngest member in the Indian Constituent Assembly then.
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