June 2020 Current Affairs – GK – JUNE MONTH UPDATED

1^st June 2020 Current Affairs

• For 18 Rajya Sabha seats the elections will be held on 19^th June 2020 according to Election Commission. Andhra Pradesh 4 seats, Gujarat 4 seats, Madhya Pradesh 3 seats, Rajasthan 3 seats, Jharkhand two seats, Meghalaya 1 seat and Manipur 1 seat.
• The first phase of unlock starts nationwide today. India is in 7^th place now in covid 19 cases rank globally.
• Two astronauts of NASA docked with the International Space Station last night successfully with SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft. This spacecraft was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
• 1^st June is World Milk Day. Milk day was celebrated worldwide.

2nd June 2020 Current Affairs:

• The Indian Government has permitted Gilead Science Inc’s antiviral drug remedesivir for emergency use in treating corona virus patients.
• Minister for Road Transport and Highway and MSMEs Gadkari declares development of new Greenfield expressway to Amritsar.

3rd June 2020 Current Affairs:

• Union Cabinet today passed an important amendment to Essential Commodities Act. Commodities like pulses, cereals, edible oils, oil seeds, onion and potatoes have been removed from list of essential commodities.
• Raveesh Kumar, the senior diplomat is appointed as the new Ambassador to Finland. He was 1995 batch IFS officer. Before this selection he was the spokesperson of Ministry of External Affairs.
• Nisarga (strong cyclone storm) hit north Maharashtra State Coast. Nisarga cyclone landfall at Deceaagar in Alibagh at 1.15pm today.

4th June 2020 Current Affairs:

• Virtual summit of India and Australia for the first time held between our Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison.
• They signed 7 agreements including a landmark deal reciprocal access to military bases for logistics support during the online summit.

• ADA – The Aeronautical Development Agency passed the advancement of a twin engine made homogeneous fighter jet, following the successful trial landing of the fighter Tejas-N onboard INS Vikramadithya.
• Basu Chatterjee, the Vetaran film maker died at his age of 93 due to health problems.

5^th June 2020 Current Affairs:

• Urban Forest program due to the World Environment Day is started by Prakash Javadekar this day.
• Present Chairperson and Managing Director of Biocon Limited, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw has been selected as EY World Entrepreneur of the Year for 2020.

8^th June 2020 Current Affairs:

• 8^th June is World Ocean Day. UN General Assembly declared to identify 8^th June as World Oceans Day in the year 2008.
• Hotels, restaurants, shopping malls and religious places and offices were closed regarding Lockdown. All these places have reopened in some states from today with some precautions.
• Baby Rani Mourya, Uttarakhand Governor announced Gairsain as new summer capital of the State. The city Gairsain is also known as Bhararisen.

• M. Nethra selected as UN Goodwill Ambassador.

1. Nethra who is a 13 year old Girl has been selected as “Goodwill Ambassador (GWA) for the poor ” by the United Nations Associations for Devepopment and Pease (UNADAP). She also got the agency’s DIXON Scholarship. She scholarship value is 1 lakh.

• Biggest Biodiversity park of Uttarakhand.

The Largest Biodiversity park of U’Khand was started in Haldwani on             the occasion of world environmental day on 5^th June. The name of the           park is Uttarakhand Forest Research wing Bodiversity park. The area             of the park is 18 acres.

9th June 2020 Current Affairs:

• Chief Minister of Manipur, N Biren Singh started a plant health clinic at the Directorate of Horticulture and Soil Conservation, Imphal on  8th June 2020.

10th June 2020 Current Affairs:

• Titan, the moon of Saturn is drifting away faster than before. NASA’s researchers and Italian Space Agency scientists identified these details. Depending on the data received from the Cassini Spacecraft of NASA, the scientists expecting that the distance between Saturn and its moon is increasing. This distance is about 4 inches every year. According to the studies the drifting rate is increased 100 times faster than before.
• The Govt of India prolonged Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (Ayushman Bharath) to help migrant Workers. Government had declared the beneficiaries of Ayushman Barath will be offered free COVID-19 testing.
• International Cricket Council, has agreed substitution if any cricketor have covid 19 symptoms at the time of test match. ICC also banned using saliva to shine the ball.

11^th June 2020 Current Affairs:

• Depending on the report of National Institutional Ranking Framework – NIRF released today the IIT Madras is the best one in higher education field. The Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru got the second place and Delhi IIT got 3^rd place in the rankings.
• In Gujarat, the Asiatic Lions population increased by 28.87 percent. The latest Poonam Avalokan tells that the number of lions has raised to 674 against the 523 which was reported in the year 2015.

12^th June 2020 Current Affairs:

• Nirmala Sitaraman, the finance minister of India announced that the late fee will be levied on registered entities with ‘zero’ Goods and Services Tax return filling between 2017 July to 2020 January.
• The World Food Prize has been awarded to Rattan Lal who is an eminent Indian – American soil scientist. This award has been offered his for the enhancing and mainstreaming a soil –centric approach food production.

14^th June 2020 Current Affairs:

• June 14^th is World Blood Donor Day.
• World Blood Donor Day theme for the year 2020 is SAFE BLOOD SAVES LIVES
• Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput died by committing suicide in his home. He was 34.

15^th June 2020 Current Affairs:

• Sri S Jai Shankar is going to conduct a joint virtual conference with Chinese and Russian Counterparts on June 22, 2020.

17^th June 2020 Current Affairs:

• In a violent clashes with China troops at Ladakh region about 20 Indian soldiers were martyred on last Monday night.
• Bayern Munich got Bundesliga champions for 8 successive season at Werder Bremen.

18^th June 2020 Current Affairs:

• After winning 184 votes in the 193 member General Assembly, India was elected as a non permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for a two year term. In these elections Mexico, Norway and Ireland also won the Security Council elections.
• Nepal Parliament’s Upper House has made a constitution amendment bill that supports new map which claims the disputed territory of Limpiyadura, kalapani and Lipulekh.

20^th June 2020 Current Affairs:

• PM Modi started Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan in six states. About 42 crore poor citizens will get help of Rs 65,454 cr under this scheme.

21^st June 2020 Current Affairs:

• 21^st June is International Yoga Day. Today is sixth international yoga day and the day is being celebrated internationally.
• Glenmark Pharma prepared Fabiflu tablets for the covid 19 virus treatment. The cost of the tablet (one tablet) is Rs. 103. Glenmark Pharma is the first one to prepare this Favipiravir medicine for the treatment of corona virus
• Nagaland State Sports Academy at Indiragandhi stadium has been elected to be founded as KISCE (Khelo India State Center of Excellence).

22nd  June 2020 Current Affairs:

• Depending on the Bloomberg Billionaires index, chairman of reliance industries limited, Mukhesh Ambani has earned d $64.5 billion. This made Mukhesh Ambani the only Asian tycoon in the exclusive club of the world’s top ten richest persons.
• Rajnathsingh, defense minister of India reached Russia on a three day visit.

23rd  June 2020 Current Affairs:

• India and China agreed to remove their troops in the eastern Ladakh sector and all friction areas.
• The great Puri Rath Yathra being performed successfully in Odisha at puri.
• 23^rd June is International Olympic Day. June 23 is International Olympic Committee inaugural day.

24^th June 2020 Current Affairs:

• The Union cabinet declared to take all cooperative banks under RBI by passing an ordinance.
• India Armed Forces are participating the Russian Victory Day Parade.

26^th June 2020 Current Affairs:

• 26^th June is International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.