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1) The United Nations elected five countries to join the powerful U.N. Security Council with no suspense because all were unopposed -- Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Albania, Ghana and Gabon.

➨The five new council members will start their terms on January 1, replacing five countries whose two-year terms end on December 31 -- Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia and Vietnam.

▪️United Nations Security Council :-

Headquarters - New York, United States

Founded - 24 October 1945

2) Karnataka's noted Kannada Dalit poet and activist Siddalingaiah died due to Covid-related complications. He was 67. 

➨Siddalingaiah, who tested positive on May 2, was admitted to Manipal Hospital on May 4 for severe Covid pneumonia with multi-organ failure.

▪️Karnataka:- 

CM :- Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa 

Formation :- 1 November 1956

Language :- Kannada

Port :- New Mangalore Port

3) The Performance Grading Index (PGI) of the States/ UTs in the field of school education comes with good news as well as major concerns. 

➨Punjab, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Kerala occupy the highest grade A++ in 2019-20 in the field of school education as per PGI released by the Ministry of Education (MoE).

4) Barbora Krejcikova claimed her maiden Grand Slam title when she beat Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in the French Open final.

➨The 25-year-old is the first Czech to lift the Suzanne Lenglen Cup since Hana Mandlikova, who represented Czechoslovakia, triumphed in 1981.

5) The Russia is building its first stealth naval warship that will be fully equipped with stealth technology making it hard to detect it by enemy vessels.

➨The hull of the Mercury naval corvette dubbed project 20386 has already been built and the vessel is expected to be delivered to the navy next year.

▪️Russia :- 

➨President - Vladimir Putin 

➨State Historical Museum in Moscow

➨Hermitage Museum

➨Russian Museum in St Petersburg

➨Kazan Kremlin in Kazan

6) ‘Namaste Yoga’, a mobile application was launched on 11 June 2021 in the curtain-raiser event for the 7th International Day of Yoga.

➨The event was organised by the Ministry of Ayush in association with the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga.

7) Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat won the 53kg gold at the Poland Open in Warsaw, giving herself some crucial practice ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

➨It is the third title of the season for the 26-year-old Vinesh, who claimed gold medals at the Matteo Pellicone event (March) and Asian Championship (April) earlier.

➨The victory would potentially make Vinesh the top seed at the Tokyo Games.

8) Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp Ltd (HSBC), Europe's largest lender by assets, has promoted Hitendra Dave as India CEO, subject to regulatory approval.

▪️Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp Ltd (HSBC) :-

Founder - Sir Thomas Sutherland

Headquarters - HSBC Main Building, Central, Hong Kong

Founded - 3 March 1865

9) The Central Railway has for the first time formed an all women’s team at Kalyan Goods Yard to carry out intensive examination of freight or goods rake.

➨The entire 10-member women team was deployed for under gear examination, air brake testing, examination of under frames, side panels and for on rake attention of defective components and other related repairs.

10) World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is observed globally on 15th June every year. It was officially recognized by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2011 following a request by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse. It has been observed that elder abuse can take various forms such as physical, psychological or emotional, and financial abuse.

11) The award ceremony of Spring Term passing out courses was conducted at the Indian Military Academy’s Khetarpal Auditorium.

➨Lieutenant General Harinder Singh, Commandant, IMA, gave medals and awards to cadets who excelled in various fields during their pre-commission training at the academy.

➨At the ceremony, 148 Regular Course cadets and 131 Technical Graduate Course cadets were felicitated.

▪️Indian Military Academy :-

Established - 10 December 1932

Commandant -  Lt General Harinder Singh (general)

Motto - Veerta aur Vivek/ Valour and Wisdom

12) Five Indians cricketers -- Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Smriti Mandhana, and Deepti Sharma -- will feature in The Hundred women's competition.

➨Shafali Verma has joined Birmingham Phoenix as a replacement for Sophie Devine while Harmanpreet Kaur, who will star in the opening match at the Kia Oval on 21 July, has joined Manchester Originals.

13) Radhamohan, one of the great proponents of organic farming and Padma Shri awardee, passed away here on Friday. He was 78 and is survived by three daughters. 

➨Professor Radhamohan, first Information Commissioner of the State, was a professor of Economics. Later, he practised sustainable agriculture.

14) India’s Neeraj Chopra won the javelin gold medal in the Meeting Cidade de Lisboa with a throw of 83.18 metres recorded with his sixth and last attempt. 

➨In the field of five Portuguese competitors, 23-year-old Chopra’s best throw was 83.18m, which turned out to be a gold medal winning effort as the other competitors failed cross the 80m mark.

15) On the instructions of Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan 'Yuva Shakti Corona Mukti' campaign has been started by the higher education and technical education department in collaboration with the public health and family welfare department to make people aware about the Covid-19 pandemic.

▪️Madhya Pradesh 

➨CM - Shivraj Singh Chouhan

➨Bhimbetka Caves

➨Buddhist Monument at Sanchi

➨Khajuraho Temple

16) The highly transmissible Delta variant of Sars-CoV-2 has mutated further to form the ‘Delta Plus’ or ‘AY.1’ variant.

➨There is no immediate cause for concern in India as its incidence in the country is still low.

➨The newly-mutated 'Delta Plus' variant is resistant to the monoclonal antibody cocktail treatment for Covid-19 recently authorised in India,

17) The ICC inducted 10 icons of the game, including India’s Vinoo Mankad, into its illustrious Hall of Fame with two players each from five eras, dating back to cricket’s early days, making it to the list.

➨The announcement has been coincided with the inaugural World Test Championship final, to be played between India and New Zealand from June 18 in Southampton.

18) One of the world's leading public intellectuals of our time, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has penned his memoir 'Home in the World'. The book will be published in July by Penguin Random House. In 'Home in the World', Sen shares details from his life and explores the idea of 'home'.

19) Nirmal Kaur, former Indian women volleyball team captain and wife of sprint legend Milkha Singh, died at a Mohali hospital due to COVID-19 related complications. She was 85 and is survived by her husband, one son and three daughters.

20) Tamil Nadu has announced implementation of an operating mechanism for functioning of single window portals as part of Ease of Doing Business (EoDB), and in accordance with the requirements of Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, a single window portal (www.tnswp.com) (portal) has been functional in the State.

▪️Tamil Nadu :- 

➨ CM - M K Stalin

➨Governor - Banwarilal Purohit

➨Sathyamangalam tiger reserve  (STR)

➨Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve (KMTR)

21) As per Coursera's Global Skills Report 2021, overall, India ranks 67th globally. 

➨India ranks 55 in business, at 66 in both technology and data science. In Asia, India is placed at 16, ahead of countries such as the Philippines and Thailand, however below others like Singapore and Japan.

22) Novak Djokovic won his 19th Grand Slam title after coming back from 2 sets down against 5th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the French Open 2021 men’s singles final at Roland Garros in Paris. 

➨Djokovic clinched glory after downing the spirited Grand Slam final debutant 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

23) India's Mirabai Chanu, the 2017 world champion in weightlifting, has qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games in women's 49 kg category. The 26-year-old from Manipur has qualified on the basis of her world ranking points.

▪️International Weightlifting Federation :- 

➨ It is headquartered in Budapest , Hungary.  

➨ It is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting.

24) Exceeding all expectations, D. Gukesh sensationally won the $15,000 Gelfand Challenge chess title and with it, a ‘wild card’ for the elite Meltwaters Champions Chess Tour.

➨Gukesh, 15, won all four rounds, including the key battle against Praggnanandhaa, and emerged on top after a series of favourable results from the games involving other title-contenders.

25) The teenager who recorded the infamous video showing George Floyd's murder at the hands of Minneapolis police was awarded a 2021 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation.

➨Darnella Frazier won the citation for courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality around the world, highlighting the crucial role of citizens in journalists' quest for truth and justice.

26) A professor from IIT Roorkee, Prof. Shailesh Ganpule, has received the 'NSG Counter-IED & Counter-Terrorism Innovator Award 2021' for his design of a blast-resistant helmet.

27) The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) named former supreme court justice Arjan Kumar Sikri as chairman of the Grievance Redressal Board (GRB), formed as a part of the Digital Publisher Content Grievances Council (DPCGC) backed by 14 video streaming players including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and MX Player.

▪️Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) :-

Headquarters - Mumbai

Chairperson - Amit Agarwal

Founded - 2004

President - Subho Ray

28) NITI Aayog and Piramal Foundation launched ‘Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyan’ in 112 aspirational districts to assist the administration in providing home care support to Covid-19 patients.

▪️NITI Aayog :- National Institution for Transforming India

➨Formed - 1 January 2015

➨Preceding - Planning Commission

➨Headquarters -New Delhi

➨Chairperson:- Narendra Modi, 

➨Vice Chairperson - Rajiv Kumar, 

➨CEO - Amitabh Kant

29) Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Union Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy laid the foundation stone and performed the Bhoomi Pujan ceremony for Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple at Majeen in the outskirts of Jammu.

▪️Jammu and Kashmir :-

➨L. Governor of J&K - Manoj Sinha 

➨Dachigam National Park

➨Salim Ali National Park

➨Rajparian Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Hirapora Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary

30) Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) launched its ‘Pitha on Wheels’ initiative on Sunday to provide ‘pithas’ to people in the city amid the Covid-19 guidelines.

▪️Odisha CM - Naveen Patnaik

➨ Similipal Tiger Reserve

➨ Satkosia Tiger Reserve

➨ Bhitarkanika Mangroves 

➨ Nalabana Bird Sanctuary

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