National News

4th Mid-Career Training Programme for mid-level Civil Servants of Gambia

• A Two-week 4th Mid-Career Training Programme for mid-level Civil Servants of Gambia in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) completed successfully in New Delhi.
• The event marked successful implementation of India Gambia MoU on Personnel Administration and Governance 2019-24.

About Gambia

International News

List of shame by UN

• The United Nations has included Israel and Hamas in its annual “list of shame,” part of a report documenting violations against children in armed conflicts.

About UN

Exhibition “Retro Revival”

• The PaintBrush Art Community in the UAE, hosted a unique exhibition titled “Retro Revival.”
• This cross-cultural artistic endeavour brings together 22 artists from 8 countries to pay homage to iconic Paramount movies from Hollywood’s golden era.

About UAE

Environment and Biodiversity

The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024 Report

• According to a report released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Catla (Labeo catla) was one of the top 10 species of aquatic animals harvested by humans in 2022.

About FAO

SIGHT Programme

• Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued Request for Selection (RfS) for Selection of Green Ammonia Producers for the production of Green Ammonia in India through cost based competitive bidding under Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) Programme of the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM).

About NGHM

Economy

CPEC

• Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chinese President Xi Jinping have affirmed consensus on the upgradation of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and advancing high-quality development of the multi-billion dollar project in the second phase.

About CPEC

Sports

Norway Chess tournament 2024

• Magnus Carlsen and Ju Wenjun emerged the champions of the Norway Chess tournament 2024 at Stavanger, in the men’s and women’s category respectively.

About FIDE (International Chess Federation)

Budapest Ranking Series 2024

• Anshu Malik has won silver in the 57kg category of the Budapest Ranking Series 2024 wrestling in Budapest.

French Open 2024

• In the French Open Tennis Women’s singles final, World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland defeated Italy’s Jasmine Paolini at Roland Garros, to clinch the title.
• She became only the third woman in the Open era to clinch three straight French Open titles.

Grand Slams of Tennis

Awards and Honours

KASISH International Film Festival

• The short film Mehroon, directed by Abu Sohel Khon dekar, has won laurels at the KASISH International Film Festival in Mumbai.

Plastic Export Excellence Award

• Maharashtra Governor Ramesh presented the ‘Plastic Export Excellence Award’ given by the Plastics Export Promotion Council under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Mumbai.
• P. Tapadia received the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Arvind Goenka was given a special honour. In total, 75 plastic exporters were awarded.

Person in News

Anamika B Rajeev

• Sub-Lieutenant Anamika B Rajeev created history by graduating as the ‘First Woman Naval helicopter pilot’ at Naval Air Station - INS Rajali, Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu.

Important Days

World Oceans Day

• Grethel Aguilar, the director general of IUCN, urged countries worldwide “to strive for a fully functional High Seas Biodiversity Treaty” on World Oceans Day 2024, observed on 8th June.