Current Affairs June 2020

1/06/2020

• Every year World Milk Day is celebrated on June 1.
• New Asteroid discovered near Jupiter called Active Asteroid.
• PM Modi launched “My Life My Yoga”, a video blogging contest to inspire people to participate in the sixth International Day of Yoga that is to be celebrated on 21st June.
• First Unlock 1.0 start on June 1, 2020 

2/06/2020

• Telangana celebrates Statehood Day on June 2.
• The government of India launched PM SVANIDHI for providing affordable loans to street vendors.
• WHO Launches COVID-19 Technology Access Pool aimed at making vaccines, tests, treatments and other health technologies to fight COVID-19 in partnership with Costa Rica.
• The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a disinfection unit named 'Ultra Swachh' to disinfect a wide range of materials, including PPEs, electronics items.
• Technology Platform called CHAMPIONS launched by PM Modi to help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
• Sports minister Kiren Rijiju launched the Khelo India Community Coach Development program for 15,000 physical education teachers and coaches around the country.

3/06/2020

• World Bicycle Day is celebrated on June 3.
• Central Government allocates funds to Assam and Bihar to implement Jal Jeevan Mission.
• SpaceX has become the first private rocket company to send astronauts to space.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that Kolkata Port Trust will be renamed as Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port.
• The Union Cabinet has approved the historic and farmer-friendly amendment to the Essential Commodities Act.
• Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between India and Bhutan to improve cooperation in the field of environment.
• The first-ever India-Australia virtual summit held by PM Modi with Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
• The Central Government is to conduct SWADES initiative which is a Skill Mapping program for Indians returning from Abroad.
• PM Narendra Modi approved the re-establishing of Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H).
• Under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, China sets up Kohala Hydropower project in Pakistan occupied Kashmir.