National

PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed the first file authorising release of 17th instalment of PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi.
• This will benefits nine crore 30 lakh farmers by distributing around twenty thousand crore rupees.
• PM-KISAN Scheme was launched in 2019 with an aim to provide income support to all landholder farmer families across the country.
• Under the scheme, the financial benefit of six thousand rupees per year is provided to the eligible family of farmers.

 International

Bangladesh to Import Hydro-Electricity from Bhutan

• Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her country’s eagerness to import hydro-electricity from Bhutan through India when Bhutanese Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay met her in New Delhi.

Sports

Heilbronn Neckarcup Challenger

• In tennis, India’s Sumit Nagal clinched the Heilbronn Neckarcup Challenger in Germany.

French Open Tennis

• In Tennis, Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz Garfia grabbed his first-ever French Open Men’s singles title at the Roland Garros in Paris.

National Karting Championship

• Akshat Misra from Crest Motorsports cruised to a commanding victory in the Senior Max final in the first round of the MECO-FMSCI National karting championship Rotax Max 2024.

 Person in News

Narendra Modi

• Narendra Modi has been sworn in as Prime Minister for the third consecutive term.

Sonia Gandhi

• Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has been unanimously elected as the Congress Parliamentary Party, CPP Chairperson.

Prem Singh Tamang

• Sikkim Krantikari Morcha leader Prem Singh Tamang will be sworn-in as Chief Minister of Sikkim.

Anamika B. Rajeev

• Sub-Lieutenant Anamika B. Rajeev became the Indian Navy’s first woman helicopter pilot.

 Marcell Jacobs

• Italy’s Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs timed 10.02 seconds to retain his European 100m crown in Rome.

 Miscellaneous

International Archives day

• International Archives Day is observed on June 9 every year to raise awareness among public about the importance of records and archives.
• It commemorates the day the International Council on Archives was created in 1948.
• A collection of items which form evidence of the activities of a person or institution is called an archive.