This award is given by UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and co-organised by World Future Council (WFC) and IFOAM Organics International.
The award is nicknamed the "Oscar for best policies".
It recognises the world's best laws and policies promoting agroecology.
Sikkim State has won the 2018 award for its achievement in becoming the world's first totally organic agriculture state.
Sikkim beat out 51 other nominees from around the world for the award.
Brazil, Denmark, Quito and Ecuador shared the Silver award.
World Future Council
It is an independent body with 50 eminent members from governmental bodies, civil society, business, science and the arts.
It is registered as a charitable foundation and headquartered is in Hamburg, Germany.
It focuses on policy solutions that serve the interests of future generations.
ROSHNI
Roshni is a centre of Women Collectives led Social Action.
It is established recently by the Ministry of Rural Development in collaboration with Lady Irwin college, New Delhi.
It is under the ministry’s National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM).
It is technically and financially supported by UNICEF India.
It aims to work with women collectives for social action on Food, Health, Nutrition and WASH (FHNW) interventions in line with NRLM’s strategy.
It supports implementation of action plan under POSHAN Abhiyaan.
Unmanned Drone
China has successfully tested the world’s largest unmanned transport drone.
Feihong-98 (FH-98) is a large commercial unmanned aircraft which can carry payload of 1.5 tonnes.
It has a cruising speed of 180 kilometers per hour and a maximum range of 1,200 kms.
Hand-in-Hand
It is an annual joint army exercise between India and China.
The exercise was cancelled last year due to tense relations in the aftermath of the Doklam standoff.
This year (7th edition), it will resume in Chengdu region in China.
It was first held at Kunming (China) in the year 2007 and the last edition was held in Pune,2016.
It is seen as a sign of normalising relationship between India and China.
The scope of the exercise is to understand transnational terrorism and evolve joint drills for the conduct of counter terrorism operations, in addition to Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations.
Marijuana
Canada has become the second country after Uruguay to legalise possession and use of recreational cannabis.
It is the first industrialised nation to do so.
Medical marijuana has been legal in the country since 2001.
Marijuana is a psychoactive drug from the Cannabis plant used for medical, recreational & religious purposes.
Cannabis can be used by smoking, vaporization, within food, or as an extract.
It creates mental and physical effects, such as a "high" or "stoned" feeling, a general change in perception, and an increase in appetite.
Short term side effects may include a decrease in short-term memory, dry mouth, impaired motor skills, red eyes, and feelings of paranoia or anxiety.
Long term side effects may include addiction, decreased mental ability and behavioural problems in children whose mothers used cannabis during pregnancy.
