Days in Focus
- Theme for International Day of Yoga 2019 (21 June) - Yoga for Heart.
- World Humanist Day - June 21.
- Theme for World Hydrography Day 2019 (21 June) - Hydrographic information driving marine knowledge.
- Theme for World Refugee Day 2019 (June 20) - Take A Step on World Refugee Day.
Economy
- Flipkart’s initiative that aims to fill the gap between financial institutions and the underserved - Growth Capital.
- Revised India's GDP growth for fiscal year 2020 by DBS Bank - 6.8%.
- First payments bank in India to offer Atal Pension Yojana by Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) - Airtel Payments Bank.
International
- World's largest multi-stage lift irrigation scheme that was built on Godavari river, provide irrigation facility to 45 lakh acres for two crops - Kaleshwaram project (Telangana).
- According to 'QS World Universities Ranking 2020', the best university in the world - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.
National
- According to TeamLease Services biannual 'Employment Outlook' report for the April-September 2019-20, Retail and fast moving consumer goods and durables (FMCG&D) sector together is likely to add ….. new jobs in the first six months of the FY 19-20 -2.76 lakh.
- Number of senior Finance Ministry officials of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) have been sent into compulsory retirement, as a part of the action against corruption on June 18 - Fifteen.
- According to 'QS World Universities Ranking 2020', the best university in India - Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai (152nd).
- 35,000 km of highways will be built by 2022 under the project of the Government of India, called – Bharatmala.
Person in News
- An Indian-origin person who considered as the pioneer of the Islamic movement in South Africa, died on June 19 - Shawkat Ali Thokan.
- Winner of a reader’s poll for world’s most powerful person 2019 conducted by magazine British Herald - Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Sports
- New FIFA General Delegate for Africa - FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura.
General Knowledge
- Scheme by Government of India which will provide regional air connectivity across the nation - UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagarik).
- International Football Federation (FIFA) – Established in: 1904; Headquarters: Zurich (Switzerland).
- South Africa - Capital: Cape Town (Constitutional); Currency: South African Rand.
- The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) in India was established in – 2003.
