Important Day
- World Sickle Cell Day - 19 June.
- Theme of International Day of Yoga (21 June) for the year 2020 - "Yoga for Health - Yoga at Home".
- Theme of World Hydrography Day (21 June) for the year 2020 – “Hydrography enabling autonomous technologies”.
- International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice - 21 June.
- World Music Day - 21 June.
International
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has proposed a new ‘Trident’ mission to explore Triton, the largest moon of - Neptune.
- New Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan - Kubatbek Boronov.
- This country’s President announced his intention to nominate Indian American Deven Parekh as a member of the Board of Directors of the International Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) – The USA.
National
- Web-portal that enable digital submission of proposals of projects with the project monitoring and utilization of funds/grants, launched by the Union Minister for Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs - SATYABHAMA (Science and Technology Yojana for Atma Nirbhar Bharat in Mining Advancement).
- This think tank has formed a panel including top officials of tech companies like Google, Microsoft and Tech Mahindra to develop a job platform for migrant labours - NITI Aayog.
- Coal India Limited (CIL) has agreed to partner with this initiative of NITI Aayog to support proactively the flagship mission’s innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives across the country - Atal Innovation Mission (AIM).
- The ____ candidates have been elected to the Rajya Sabha from 20 States – 61.
Persons in News
- The US Senate has confirmed this Indian-American scientist as the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) – Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan.
- Person who will take charge as chairman of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP, Delhi) to replace Vijay Kelkar - Urjit Patel.
- Indian who became the ninth richest billionaire globally on the Forbes Real-time Billionaires List with a net worth of $64.6 billion - Mukesh Ambani (CMD, Reliance Industries).
Sports
- Host of the Women's Asian Cup 2022 in football – India.
General Knowledge
- International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) - Founded: 21 June 1921; Location: Principality of Monaco.
- Asian Football Confederation (AFC) - Founded: 08 May 1954; Headquarters: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Coal India Limited (CIL) - Founded: 1975; Headquarters: Kolkata.
- International Maritime Organization (IMO) - Founded: 06 March 1948; Headquarters: London, United Kingdom.
- Kyrgyzstan - Capital: Bishkek; Currency: Kyrgyzstani som.
