current affairs 09 June 2021 (In English)

India elected to UN Economic and Social Council for 2022-24 term.

• India was elected in the Asia-Pacific States category along with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Oman.
• ECOSOC is the coordinating body for the economic and social work of UN agencies and funds.
• UN Economic and Social Council Headquarters:- New York, USA.

"Hitendra Dave" has been appointed as CEO of HSBC India.

• Dave succeeds Surendra Rosha who will be moving to Hong Kong as the co-chief executive of HSBC Asia-Pacific.
• HSBC:- Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp Ltd.

Uttar Pradesh government has launched "pink booths" for covid vaccination.

• "Pink booth" for women in the state to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
• To ensure the safety of the women against the covid-19 pandemic.

Weyan, India's first village to vaccinate all its adult population against covid-19.

• Weyan, A remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
• The village had only 362 adult residents.
• The village is located only 28 kilometres away from Bandipora district headquarters,
• but a distance of 18 kilometres has to be covered by foot as there is no motorable road.

Isro develops three types of ventilators to battle Covid-19.

• PRANA ("Programmable Respiratory Assistance for the Needy Aid')
• Based on the automated compression of an AMBU (Artificial Manual Breathing unit) bag.
• VaU (Ventilation assist Unit) can assist or replace spontaneous breathing in patients under respiratory distress.
• SVASTA Space Ventilator Aided System for Trauma Assistance.
• Shwaas is a portable Medical Oxygen Concentrator