The International Yoga day is observed on June 21 every year since 2015. June 21 also marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The proposal was first introduced by PM Modi during the opening of the 69th session of the General Assembly.
The theme for 2020 is ‘Yoga for Health - Yoga at Home’.
A rare celestial event, annular solar eclipse also called ring of fire eclipse will be visible on June 21. The first solar eclipse of this year takes place on the summer solstice. Welders glass 13 or 14 can be used to see the Sun directly with naked eyes.
Bhuj - first town in India to see the beginning of the eclipse.
Coal India Limited partnered with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog to support the mission’s innovation & entrepreneurship initiatives across the country. A Statement of Intent of a strategic partnership between AIM and Coal India Limited was also signed
Chairman and MD, Coal India Limited: Mr Pramod Agarwal.
The World Bank has approved dollar 1.05 billion for three projects in Bangladesh to create quality jobs and accelerate economic recovery in the wake of the Corona pandemic. This is the second of the programme based series of three projects for Bangladesh.
Bangladesh has one of the largest IDA programs over $13 billion.
Bangladesh will start receiving zero tariff facility on 97% of its goods exported to China under the Duty-Free Quota Free (DFQF) scheme of WTO for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Bangladesh will get this facility on 5161 additional items from July 1.
Duty-free export facility is part of Duty-Free Quota Free scheme
Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) declared itself net debt-free after a fund-raising spree that saw it garner ₹1.75 trillion- most of it within a span of less than two months- fro marquee investors and a sale of shares to existing stockholders.
The company had a net debt of ₹1.61 trillion as on 31 March.
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman & MD of RIL entered into the list of world's top 10 richest, according to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaire list. Ambani's net worth rose to $64.6 bn on the back of RIL's stock price hitting an all-time high of ₹1,738.95 a share.
RIL has become 1st Indian company to be valued at $150 billion.
Drug firm Glenmark Pharmaceuticals launched antiviral drug Favipiravir, under the brand name FabiFlu, for treatment of patients with mild to moderate Covid-19 at a price of about Rs 103/tablet. It is the first oral favipiravir-approved medication in India.
It has shown improvement of up to 88% in mild to moderate cases.
The Northern Hemisphere, including India to witness the longest day of the year on June 21. The sun will be at its highest position in the sky & the shadows cast will disappear at noon in Ujjain and other places located along the Tropic of Cancer in India.
The solstice will be observed around 3:13 AM in India.
Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has extended a Line of Credit (LoC) of USD 20.10 million to the government of Nicaragua for the reconstruction of Aldo Chavarria Hospital. Exim Bank so far has extended 4 LoCs to Nicaragua on behalf of Indian govt.
Exim Bank has now in place 261 LOCs, covering 62 countries.
Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) announced its partnership with HDFC Bank, offering industry-first online auto retail financing solutions to the customers on its end-to-end online automotive retail platform ‘Click to Buy’.
HMIL Head Office: New Delhi.
Reigning national champion Niki Poonacha has been elected to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) men’s player panel and will represent the Asia-Oceania zone along with Ti Chen of Chinese Taipei. Men’s panel is headed by Mark Woodforde.
International Tennis Federation (ITF) Headquarters: London, UK.
Private sector lender CSB Bank announced that its board has appointed Pralay Mondal as the organization’s President (Retail, SME, Operations and IT). He is expected to join the private sector lender in September 2020. He was previously working in Axis Bank
CSB (The Catholic Syrian) Bank HQ:Thrissur. CEO:C.VR. Rajendran.
The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, or IIT Delhi, has collaborated with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), India, to develop solutions for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of food security programmes of Government of India.
Headquarters of UN WFP: Rome, Italy.
Indian officials, including representatives from enforcement agencies, attended the virtual 32nd special Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) plenary meeting, under the aegis of the Financial Action Task Force.
The FATF's virtual plenary meet will be held on June 24.
Noted playback singer A.L. Raghavan passed away. Born in Thanjavur to Lakshmana Bhagavathar, Raghavan entered the film world as a child artiste in the film Krishna Vijayam. His song ‘Engirunthalum Vaazhga’ has found a lasting place in many hearts.
Thanjavur, where he was born is located in Tamil Nadu.
Social worker and National Award winner Vidyaben Shah passed away at her residence in the national capital. Vidyaben was the first non-official to head the New Delhi Municipal Council in the 1970s. She established the first Bal Bhavan.
She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1992.
World Music Day is celebrated on June 21. It is a day to cherish and gusto the Music on a global level and how music can bring harmony between nation. World Music Day is an annual celebration that was founded by Jack Lang and Maurice Fleuret in 1981.
The day is also popularly referred to as Fete de la Musique.
World Hydrography Day is observed on 21st of June to raise awareness about IHO and hydrography science. In 1921, the International Hydrographic Bureau was established. In 1970 the name was changed to the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO).
2020 Theme: Hydrography enabling autonomous technologies.