British Indian Parm Sandhu – First Woman of Colour – Senior Most Female Police Officer – Scotland Yard

Parm Sandhu (aka) Parm Kaur Sandhu, British Sikh , senior most female police officer of colour to reach the highest-rank in London’s Metropolitan Service.

Position/s:

  • Temporary Chief Superintendent, attached to Human Resources, Metropolitan Police
  • Borough Commander, Richmond-Upon-Thames – First Asian Woman in the history of the Force to hold this position

Award:

  • Asian Women of Achievement Award (2006)

Harsh Vardhan takes charge as Chairman of WHO’s Executive Board : May 2020

Dr. Harsh Vardhan (aka) Harshvardhan Goel has taken charge of the World Health Organization (WHO), as Executive Chairman of the Board with effect from May 22nd, 2020.

He succeeds Hiroki Nakatani of Japan. To head a 34 member Executive Board of the 134 nation, World Health Assembly

Presently :

  • Minister – Ministry of Health & Family Welfare – Government of India
  • Minister – Ministry of Science & Technology – Government of India
  • Minister – Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India
  • Member of Parliament – 17th Lok Sabha

Education :

  • M.S. (Otorhindaryngologist) – Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur (1983)
  • M.B.B. S – Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur (1979)

Awards / Honours :

  • IMA President’s Special Award of Appreciation – by Indian Medical Association (1994)
  • Director-General’s ‘Polio Eradication Champion Award Commendation Medal’ – World Health Organization (WHO) – (1998)
  • Polio Eradication Champions Award – by Rotary International (2001)
  • ‘Doctor of the Last Decade’ (Swasthya Ratna) – by Indian Medical Association’s New Delhi branch (2002)

ISRO gets patent for Made in India ‘moon soil’ : May 2020

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has registered a patent for its method of manufacturing highland lunar soil stimulant or simply ‘ lunar / moon soil.

The patent was granted by the Indian Patent Office on May 18th for an invention as to the method of manufacturing highland lunar soil stimulant.

Sania Mirza First Indian Tennis Player to Win ‘ Fed Cup Heart Award’ – May 2020

Sania Mirza is the First Indian Tennis Player to Win the International ‘Fed Cup Heart Award’ in the Asia/Oceanic group category.

The Award is an initiative of ‘International Tennis Federation’.

She has donated the prize money to the Telangana Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.