India Skipper Virat Kohli is the only cricketer to feature in Forbes' list of the top 100 highest paid athletes in the world for the year 2020. Kohli is ranked at number 66 with estimated earnings of $26 million. Roger Federer is the top paid athlete.
Two women were in the top 100, both tennis players.
Long – Distance runner Kiranjeet Kaur, who won the tata Steel Kolkata 25K among the Indians last year, has been handed a four-year ban by World Athletics’ anti-doping body (WADA) for returning positive for a banned substance in a test conducted in Doha.
World Anti-Doping Agency Headquarters: Montreal, Canada.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs headed by Arjun Munda has announced inclusion of 23 additional Minor Forest Produce (MFP) items in Minimum Support Price (MSP) list. They include Van Tulsi seeds, Van Jeera, Mushroom, Black Rice and Johar Rice among others.
Minister of State for Tribal Affairs: Renuka Singh Saruta.
PM Narendra Modi launched a video blogging competition and invited citizens to participate in it during his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address to the nation. The ‘My Life, My Yoga’ contest, also called Jeevan Yoga is a joint effort by the Ministry of AYUSH & the ICCR.
Sixth International Day of Yoga (IDY) – June 21.
IMF Executive Board approved an emergency financial assistance worth dollar 732 million for Bangladesh to address the COVID-19 pandemic in the country and to meet its urgent Balance of payment and fiscal needs caused due to reduced exports and remittances.
Earlier ADB provided 500 million assistance to Bangladesh.
Gujarat has run 1017 special trains, which ferried 15.18 lakh workers home. It is the first state to complete the sending back of migrant workers safely to their destinations. At least 77% of the total 15.18 Lakh total migrant workers sent to UP and Bihar.
Gujarat also topped states in running Sharmik Special Trains.
Uttar Pradesh became first state to prepare 1 Lakh beds for COVID-19 patients, with each of 75 districts having dedicated beds for patients in the respective facilities. The beds in the hospitals are classified into 3 categories-Level 1, level 2 & level 3.
Uttar Pradesh shares borders with nine other states.
IBBI reconstituted its advisory committee on service providers and is to be chaired by T V Mohandas Pai. The 12-member panel would advise and provide professional support on regulation and development of the service providers dealt with by the IBBI.
IBBI –key in implementing the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of Arun Singhal as chief executive officer of the apex food regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. He will succeed GSG Ayyangar who was briefly appointed as the CEO.
FSSAI comes under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Lieutenant General Manoj Pande, AVSM, VSM, will take over as the 15th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command (CINCAN). During his 37 years of distinguished service, Pande has taken an active part in Operation Vijay and Operation Parakram.
He will replace LtGen Podali Shankar Rajeshwar, the 14th CINCAN.
Global Day of Parents is an annual event celebrated on June 1 to honour all the parents around the world for being the anchor of their families and selflessly nurturing their children. The day was declared as the Global Day of Parents by the UNGA in 2012.
The theme for 2020: Appreciate all parents throughout the world.
World Milk Day was established by Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations to recognize the importance of milk as a global food, and to celebrate dairy sector. Benefits of milk and dairy products have been actively promoted around the world.
The theme for the day: ‘20th Anniversary of World Milk Day.’
Bobby Joe Morrow has died due to natural causes aged 84. Nicknamed "white lightning Texas ", Morrow had joined his fellow countryman Jesse Owens, the only man then to have won the gold for 100m, 200m and 4X100m in a single edition of the Olympic Games.
He was named the sportsman of the Year in 1956.
Music director Wajid Khan, who made his Bollywood debut in Salman’s 1998 was known for his compositions for Salman Khan's popular movies such as 'Wanted', the 'Dabangg' franchise and 'Ek Tha Tiger', passed away at 42 due to kidney infection complications.
He and Sajid, the composer duo scored the IPL 4 theme song.