Around INDIA
# India has become the 71st country to ratify the United Nations
International Convention of Road Transport (TIR) that will help boost trade and
regional integration across South Asia and beyond
# Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), ISRO’s maiden interplanetary mission
completed 1000 days in its orbit on June 19, 2017
# BJP President Mr. Amit Shah declared that Bihar Governor Mr.
Ram Nath Kovind as the party's candidate for the Presidential polls
# Government is planning to set up an academy to promote the
language “Braj”, a dialect of Hindi that is spoken in the state of
# Energy Conservation Building Code 2017 (ECBC 2017) was
inaugurated in New Delhi
# A Citizen centric mobile application (Jan-MGNREGA) on MGNREGA
capable of providing information on different aspects of GNREGA Programme was
launched by the Minister for Rural Development.
# Minister for Science & Technology Dr. Harshvardhan
launched a Mobile App “Celebrating Yoga” developed by Department of Science
& Technology on the occasion of International Yoga Day 2017
TAMIL NADU
# Acting Governor Mr. Ch. Vidyasagar Rao forwarded the complaint
of DMK in connection with cash for vote in the vote of Confidence in the
Assembly to the Assembly Speaker and the Chief Secretary
# Assembly passed the Tamil Nadu Goods and Services Tax Bill,
2017 enabling the transaction to the GST regime
# New centre for water sports such as kayaking, canoeing at
Melakottaiyur in Kancheepuram Dt: Chief Minister, Mr. Edappadi K. Palaniswami
in Assembly
# Tamil Nadu Maritime Tourism Policy, 2017 to be framed: Chief
Minister, Mr. Edappadi K. Palaniswami in Assembly
STATES SCAN
# Punjab: Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh announced
complete waiver of crop loans of up to Rs.2 lakh for small and marginal farmers
with up to 5 acres of land holding, and a flat of Rs. 2 lakh relief for all
other marginal farmers
BILATERAL ISSUES
# US aircraft major Lockheed Martin and Tata Advanced Systems
Limited (TASL) signed an agreement to make the F - 16 Block 70 fighter aircraft
in India to meet the IAF's single-engine jet requirement
# India and Afghanistan inaugurated air freight corridor
service; the corridor passes through the airspace of Pakistan
# BRICS Foreign Ministers Meet 2017 was held in Beijing
WORLD
# Russia: threatened to target US Warplanes over Syria
# 65.6 million forcibly displaced worldwide; altogether, more
than half of all refugees worldwide came, from just three countries (Syria,
Afghanistan and South Sudan)
# USA and Nepal kick started special operations training
exercise called as “Balance Nail” in Kathmandu
# UNICEF appointed Syrian refugee Muzoon Almellehan as its
newest and youngest Goodwill Ambassador; the appointment made Muzoon as the
first person with official refugee status to become an ambassador for UNICEF
ECONOMICS
# Actor Amitabh Bachchan is chosen as the brand ambassador for
Goods and Service Tax (GST)
# Commerce & Industry Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman
launched the Startup India Virtual Hub, an online platform for all stakeholders
of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India to discover, connect and engage with
each other.
# Shashi Shanker will be the next Chairman and Managing Director
of India's biggest oil and gas producer, ONGC
SPORTS
# Chennai team in the ProKabaddi League has been christened as
"Tamil Thalaivas"; co-owned by Sachin Tendulkar
# TNPL (Tamil Nadu Premier League) new logo was released
MISC
# President of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission,
Swami Atmasthanandaji (98 years) passed away
# June 20: World Refugee Day
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