5th April 2016

A.Mehbooba Mufti sworn in as first woman Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir

1.Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed (56) took oath as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, bringing to an end the three-month Governor’s Rule in the state. 

2.She was administered oath to the office by Governor NN Vohra at Raj Bhawan in the winter capital city of Jammu. 

3.Along with her 22 member council of ministers from BJP-PDP alliance also took oath. BJP leader Nirmal Singh took oath as Deputy Chief Minister of the state. 

4.Mehbooba Mufti succeeds her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in the role who had died in January 2016. 

5.She is also second Muslim woman to become the Chief Minister of a state in India after Syeda Anwara Taimur who had served as the first Muslim woman CM of Assam from 1980 to 1981.

About Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed 
1.Born on 22 May 1959 in Akhran Nowpora, Jammu and Kashmir. She is the president of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). 

2.She is currently a Member of Parliament, representing Anantnag constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha and shall vacate this role in light of her Chief Ministership. 

3.Previously, she also had represented Anantnag constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha (2004-09).

B.World’s first public dengue vaccination programme launched in Philippines

1.The world’s first public dengue vaccination programme was launched in the Philippines with a French drug Dengvaxia (world’s 1st dengue fever vaccine) to combat mosquito-borne disease. 

2.Several hundred children aged between 9 and 10 were vaccinated with the injections in front of government health workers at a public school in eastern Manila. 

3.Mexico was first country in the world to approve first-ever Dengvaxia Dengue fever vaccine for the public use and Philippines was the first county in Asia to allow it. 

4.However with the launch of first public dengue vaccination programme, Philippines became first country to introduce, adopt and implement the first-ever dengue vaccine through the public health system and under public school settings. 

5.According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Dengue or haemorrhagic fever is the world’s most common mosquito-borne virus. 

6.It infects an estimated 390 million people in more than 120 countries each year, killing more than 25,000. 

7.Asia is home to some 70% of cases worldwide and in the Philippines 200,000 cases were reported in 2013.

C.World’s first White Tiger Safari opens in Madhya Pradesh

1.World’s first White Tiger Safari was inaugurated at Mukundpur in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh. 

2.It was inaugurated and opened to public by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. 

3.The first of its kind safari is situated adjacent to the Mukundpur Zoological Park. It is spread over an area of 25 hectares and has been built at cost of 50 crore rupees. 

4.The safari houses three white tigers, including two females named Vindhya and Radha and one male named Raghu. 

Background 

1.The first white tiger in Madhya Pradesh’s was spotted in Vindhya region in 1915. 

2.However, the rare breed of the big cat spotted for first time died in 1920. 

3.In 1951, a white tiger cub named Mohan was captured by Rewa Maharaja Martand Singh. 

D.Vietnam Police Chief Tran Dai Quang sworn in as 9th President

1.Tran Dai Quang has sworn in as the ninth President of Vietnam after he was elected by country’s National Assembly. 

2.He succeeds Truong Tan Sang and shall have term of five years. He was elected as President after he had secured 91.5% votes i.e. 452 valid votes out of the total 494 members of the unicameral house. 

About Tran Dai Quang 
1.Prior to getting elected as the President of Vietnam, Quang had served as Minister of Public Security of the country from 2011 to 2016. 

2.He is a member of the 12th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam and is currently ranked second after General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trọ In August 2011 he was appointed Secretary of the Central Police Party Committee In 1972, he had attended the People’s Police School. 

3.He studied at the School of Foreign Languages Department of Cultural Affairs from 1972 to 1975.