Important Day
- United Nations Public Service Day - 23 June.
- International Widows' Day - 23 June.
Economy
- First Indian company that now stands at 57th position in the overall market capitalisation (market-cap) ranking of listed companies globally - Reliance Industries ($150 billion).
International
- Current participants of the “Decarbonising Transport in Emerging Economies” (DTEE) initiative include - Argentina, Azerbaijan, India and Morocco.
- First position in the overall market capitalisation (market-cap) ranking of listed companies globally – Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia ($1764.5 billion).
- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will participate at a virtual conference of the Russia-India-_____ trilateral on 22 June - China.
- Winner of 'The Best Midnight Short Award' at Palms Spring International Short Fest 2020 - "The Sleepwalkers".
- This company has signed up with NASA to develop a program to promote private missions to the International Space Station - Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc.
National
- This international institution in collaboration with NITI aayog will launch the “Decarbonising Transport in India” project on 24 June 2020 with the objective of developing a pathway for making a low-carbon transport system for India - International Transport Forum (ITF).
- This institution has partnered with upGrad, one of India’s largest online higher education companies to utilise its technology platform - National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
- The Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated India's one the largest 1st Virtual Healthcare & Hygiene EXPO 2020, which has been organised by – Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
- HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on June 23 will be launching the MIND-Massive Indian Novelty Depository in collaboration with - MHRD Innovation.
State Current Affairs
- This state has become probably the first State to introduce second level verification of GST registration granted on or after June 1 - Kerala.
General Knowledge
- National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) - Founded: 01 September 1961; Location: Delhi.
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - Founded: 08 August 1967; Headquarters: South Jakarta, Indonesia.
- National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) - Founded: 12 October 1993; Headquarters: New Delhi.
- NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) - Founded: 01 January 2015; Headquarters: New Delhi.
- International Transport Forum (ITF) – Founded: 31 May 2006; Headquarters: Paris, France.
