World Environment Day is observed on June 5 every year. In 2019, China is hosting World Environment Day and the theme is ‘Beat air pollution’. In 2018, India hosted the main event centered on combatting pollution caused by plastic.
UN Headquarters:New York
As per the Global Economic Prospects report from the World Bank, the forecasted growth rate of India has retained at 7.5% for the current financial year. Also, WB stated that India’s growth rate is expected to remain the same for the next two fiscals.
President – David Malpass
HQ – Washington DC
RBI released the report on 'Benchmarking India's Payment Systems’ which mentions that India is ‘strong’ in areas like having laws & cash in circulation per capita. It provides a relative position of payment system ecosystem compare to other payment systems
Reserve Bank of India was established on April 1, 1935.
ONGC has toppled Indian Oil Corp to regain crown of being the country's most profitable public sector company. According to earnings statements of the listed companies, ONGC reported a 34% jump in its 2018-19 fiscal net profit to ₹ 26716 Cr.
CEO of ONGC – Shashi Shanker
The Indian junior women's hockey team clinched the Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International 4-Nations title after beating Ireland in the final at Dublin, Ireland. Mumtaz Khan finished as the highest goal scorer of the tournament with three goals in four games.
Indian Men’s Hockey Team Coach - Graham Reid
GOI, TN govt & WB signed a $287 mn loan agreement for the TN Health System Reform Programme. It aims to improve the quality of health care, reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases & fill equity gaps in reproductive & child health services in TN.
Tamil Nadu ranks 3rd in the NITI Aayog Health Index.
ICICI Bank launched a centre in Bengaluru to provide business solutions exclusively to start-ups and MSME sector. The services offered include working capital loans up to ₹20 Cr, business loans up to ₹1 Cr, instant overdraft facility of ₹15 lakh etc.
Sandeep Bakshi – CEO of ICICI Bank
L&T Financial Services launched an educational programme ‘Digital Sakhi’ in 2 villages of Villupuram dist in TN. It is aimed at digital financial inclusion of rural women. It has identified 500 women from trades such as dairy, poultry and goat-rearing etc
Governor of Tamil Nadu - Banwarilal Purohit.
CAG of India Rajiv Mehrishi has been elected as external auditor of WHO for four years from 2020 to 2023. Rajiv Mehrishi will take over from the incumbent External Auditor of WHO, the Supreme Audit Institution of Philippines.
DG of the World Health Organization: Tedros Adhanom
Sidharth Rawat outplayed Rio Noguchi of Japan to clinch his maiden title in the ITF men’s Futures tennis tournament.He had a career-best rank of 430.David Haggerty is the President of ITF.
ITF Headquarters:London, UK