Mrityunjay Mahapatra Appointed As Director General Of IMD
India-based scientist, Mrityunjay Mahapatra has been appointed Director General of India Meteorological Department (IMD) on 4th June. Maha Patra will succeeds the on role Director General Dr. KJ Ramesh. He will be the Chief of the Indian Meteorological Department from August 1, 2019, his tenure will be 5 years. Mrityunjay Mahapatra – He is known for the cyclone warning specialist and people call him as Cyclone man for his cyclone forecasts. The recent warnings and revelations given during the recent Fani cyclone came true, after which he was praised. Due to information in time many people are rescued. He prior
India ranked 95th by Global Gender Equality
Global Gender Equality index was released on 4th June.In this index India is ranked 95th out of the 129 countries . Denmark is ranked first in this list while Chad is at the bottom. Global Gender Equality index are analyse on the basis of different aspects like , health, nutrition, hunger energy , infrastructure innovation climate . India score highest in heath sector which is around (79.9), , hunger and nutriton (76.2)and in energy sector i.e. (71.8). On the contrary to this India also scores lowest in the field of participation (18.3), industry, infrastructure and innovation (38.1) and climate (43.4).



