DAILY CA :23 APR

 

DAILY CA :23 APR

 

1.       JOHN F. KENNEDY PROFILE IN COURAGE AWARD 2022

·         The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, for the first time ever, awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award 2022 to five individuals including Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelenskyy

·         United States (US) Representative Liz Cheney, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Arizona Representative Russell “Rusty” Bowers, and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss are given award for their courage to protect and defend democracy.

·         The award was created by the family of the late president John Fitzgerald Kennedy to honour public figures who risk their careers by embracing unpopular positions for the greater good, and is named after Kennedy’s 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, ”Profiles in Courage.”      

 

 

2.       INTERNATIONAL MOTHER EARTH DAY 2022 – 22 APRIL

·         The United Nations(UN)’s International Mother Earth Day (also known as World Earth Day) is annually observed across the globe on 22nd April to honour the Earth and the concept of peace.

·         The theme of Earth Day 2022 is “Invest In Our Planet”.