On 2014 December 18, the United Nations’ General Assembly adopted a resolution establishing June 13th as International Albinism Awareness Day. Albinism is an inherited genetic condition that reduces the amount of melanin pigment in the skin, hair and eyes.
2020 Theme of the day- ‘Made to Shine’.
Three educational institutes from India, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Indian Institute of Science and IIT Delhi feature in the top 200 list of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2021. MIT of US took the number one spot.
Stanford & Harvard University are at the second and third ranks.
During the third India-ASEAN youth dialogue that was held from June 8 to 10, India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) pledged to enhance cooperation in ways to effectively and constructively channelizing youthful energy.
ASEAN Headquarters- Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Union Government has constituted an Empowered Group of Secretaries headed by Cabinet Secretary to facilitate investment in the country. The empowered group will assist investment in key sectors of the economy by identifying potential investors.
Cabinet Secretary of India- Rajiv Gauba.
DSRV Complex, Visakhapatnam is designed to accommodate the newly inducted Submarine Rescue System with state-of-the-art facilities to store the DSRV assets in a Rescue-Ready state. Currently, there are about 40 nations that operate submarines in the world.
DSRV system can be rapidly mobilised by air or road.
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) released the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranking list. The IIT Madras topped the list followed by IISc Bangalore. The third place was secured by IIT Delhi.
The first NIRF ranking was released in 2016.
Gujarat Chief Minister, Vijay Rupani announced that the phase 2 and phase 3 of the Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) scheme to fill Saurashtra's 115 dams with Narmada water will be completed by August 15 and March 2021 respectively.
Water from river Narmada is used to fill the dam reservoirs.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has launched the Jagananna Chedodu scheme. A total of 2.47 lakh beneficiaries will be credited with this scheme and Rs. 10,000 to Nayi Brahmins, Laundry men and Tailors as a financial aid.
Andhra Pradesh Governor- Biswabhusan Harichandan.
Fertiliser major IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative) has signed an agreement with government’s farm research institute ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) for joint research, testing and validation of different products.
IFFCO HQ-New Delhi, ICAR HQ-New Delhi.
Shobha Sekhar, founder of Kalakruthi, The Montreal-based artiste and lecturer, University of Melbourne, figures in the Queen’s Birthday 2020 Honours List and will be conferred the Medal of the Order of Australia later this year.
Australia PM:Scott Morrison, Currency:Dollar, Capital:Canberra.
Days after being hit by cyclone Nisarga, Maharashtra has renamed its Environment Ministry as Environment and Climate Change Ministry. Maharashtra is among a few states in the country which have a dedicated department to address climate change.
Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray handle the department.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training- NCERT and Rotary India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding - MoU for providing e-learning telecast content for class one to 12th overall NCERT TV channels.
Human Resource Development Minister- Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank.
The former world light heavyweight boxing champion from Ukrain, Oleksandr Gvozdyk has retired. Gvozdyk won the WBC title in December 2018 when he knocked out Adonis Stevenson, who had held the belt for five years.
Gvozdyk also won a bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics.
Former Manchester United defender Tony Dunne, who played in their 1st European Cup-winning side in 1968, has died at the age of 78. He made 535 appearances for Manchester United & scored only 2 goals. He won the Irish Footballer of the year award in 1969.
He was a part of the winning side of the European Cup in 1968.