Awards

The Indian economist who has been chosen to be awarded the 2020 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for his work on issues around global justice by German Publishers and Booksellers Association, Börsenverein – Amartya Sen

The leading soil scientist from Ohio State University, who has been chosen for 2020 World Food Prize for developing and mainstreaming a soil-centric approach to increasing food production that conserves natural resources and mitigates climate change – Dr. Rattan Lal

The Indian poet, lyricist and writer who has been chosen for the Richard Dawkins Award 2020 by US based organisation Center for Inquiry – Javed Akhtar

The Indian writer who has been chosen for The Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2020 for Asia region by Commonwealth Foundation for her work The Great Indian Tee and Snakes – Kritika Pandey

Persons

The Health Minister of Kerala who has been honoured by the UN for her efforts to fight COVID-19 in Kerala – K.K. Shailaja

The Turkish diplomat and politician who has been elected as the President of the 75th General Assembly of the United Nations – Volkan Bozkir

The 13 year old girl from Tamil Nadu who has been chosen by UNADAP to be its Goodwill Ambassador for the Poor (the girl had spent her Rs. 5 lakhs savings on migrants) – M. Nethra

The former Delhi Police chief and former Governor of Jharkhand, Manipur and Mizoram, who passed away on 05 June 2020 – Ved Marwah

The well-known Bollywood filmmaker-screenwriter best known for directing films like Choti Si Baat, Rajnigandha, Baaton Baaton Mein etc who passed away on 04 June 2020 – Basu Chatterjee

The Bollywood music director and singer of Sajid-Wajid duo, famous for giving music in films Dabangg, Welcome etc. who passed away on 31 May 2020 – Wajid Khan

Places

The place in Uttarakhand where India's first lichen park has been developed by Uttarakhand Forest Department to protect, conserve and cultivate lichen – Munsiyari, Pithoragarh

The airport in Uttar Pradesh for which Union Cabinet has given its approval to be declared an International Airport – Kushinagar

The oil field in Tinsukia district of Assam which caught fire on June 9 resulting in death of 2 Oil India Limited persons – Baghjan

Sports

The Indian umpire who has been chosen to be a part of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Elite Panel of Umpires for the year 2020-21 – Nitin Menon

The two countries which have won the bid to host FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 beating the bid by Colombia – Australia and New Zealand

The cricketer who is only one from India to figure in 2020 Forbes' list of world's highest-paid athletes (list topped by Roger Federer, Christiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi) – Virat Kohli

Miscellaneous

The rank of India in terms of money parked by its citizens and enterprises with Swiss banks at the end of 2019 (UK is ranked at the 1st position) – 77

The theme of Statistics Day observed on 29 June 2020 to mark the birth anniversary of Prof. P C Mahalanobis – SDG- 3 (Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages) & SDG- 5 (Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls)

The company which has become the first Indian company to touch $150 billion in market capitalisation in stock market – Reliance Industries

The Indian Railways zone which has launched AI enabled robot Captain Arjun (Always be Responsible and Just Use to be Nice) to intensify the screening and surveillance of railway passengers and railway staff – Central Railways

The autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways which has become the first construction sector organisation to go ‘Fully Digital’ – National Highways Authority of India

The patriotic poem written by Kantakabi Laxmikanta Mohapatra which has been given the State anthem status by Odisha cabinet – Bande Utkala Janani

The special micro-credit facility scheme for providing affordable loan upto Rs. 10,000/- to street vendors launched by the Central Govt is named – PM SVANIDHI

The tropical cyclone which originated in Arabian Sea and made landfall near Mumbai causing loss of lives and property in Maharashtra was name – Cyclone Nisarga

Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan

Purpose: To empower and provide livelihood opportunities in areas/ villages witnessing large number of returnee migrant workers affected by the devastating COVID-19.

Launched by: PM Shri Narendra Modi through video conferencing.

States in which it will be implemented: 1. Bihar; 2. Uttar Pradesh; 3. Madhya Pradesh; 4. Rajasthan; 5. Odisha and 6. Jharkhand