CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and Indian Dairy Association (IDA) announced the first National Milk Day on 26 November 2014, in honor of Dr. Verghese Kurien, whose birth anniversary falls on the same day.

Detailed explanation-2: -National Milk Day on January 11th commemorates the day many think the first milk deliveries in glass bottles began in the United States. Alexander Campbell of the New York Dairy Company professed to the New York State Senate that his company was the first to make these deliveries in 1878.

Detailed explanation-3: -National Milk Day: History The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), the Indian Dairy Association (IDA), and 22 state-level milk federations in 2014 together decided to celebrate the birthday of Dr Verghese Kurien who was known as the father of India’s White Revolution on 26 November.