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JUNE 2020 Current Affairs Monthly JUNE 2020 Current Affairs Monthly 2020 - 21 CURRENT AFFAIRS STRAIGHTZERO BCCI nominated Rohit Sharma for an award .. 7 Contents TCS won two Stevie Awards ............................ 7 Mergers and Events 8 Awards & Honours 0 HUL completed acquisition of VWash.............. 8 UN honours Kerala Health Minister K.K Shailaja CCI approved an acquisition ............................ 8 .......................................................................... 0 Mastercard to buy Fincity ................................. 8 Sansad Ratna Award for Srikakulam MP ......... 0 Adani Power to acquire stake in Odisha Power Gulabbai Sangamnerkar to get lifetime honour 0 ......................................................................... 8 Himachal Pradesh won e-Panchayat Puraskar Piramal Pharma Solutions to acquire G&W Labs 2020 .................................................................. 0 ......................................................................... 9 Six District Hospitals of J&K UT won an award 1 CCI approved acquisition of Metso Oyj ........... 9 Golden Globe awards postponed to February Facebook acquired Mapillary ........................... 9 2021 .................................................................. 1 Acquisition by MacRitchie in API ..................... 9 Minerva Academy FC recommended for an award ................................................................ 1 Cipla to acquire 21.85% stake in GoApptiv ... 10 Amartya Sen won Peace Prize ......................... 1 Facebook to acquire 9.9% stake in Jio .......... 10 J&K conferred with three prestigious awards ... 2 Peugeot and Fiat Chrysler to merge .............. 10 AIFF recommended IM Vijayan for Padma Shri Tata Power acquired 51% stake in TPCODL 11 .......................................................................... 2 AGC Networks to acquire Fujisoft .................. 11 Deccan Development Society won an award ... 2 Days and Events 12 Hima Das nominated for Khel Ratna Award ..... 2 International Asteroid Day: 30 June ............... 12 ZestMoney awarded as technology pioneer ..... 3 International Day of the Tropics: 29 June ...... 12 • Chef Angad Singh Rana won a competition National Statistics Day: 29 June .................... 12 3 MSME Day: 27 June ...................................... 12 Shobha Sekhar conferred with an honour ........ 3 Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 13 Rattan Lal got 2020 World Food Prize ............. 4 Day in Support of Victims of Torture: 26 June 13 Asian Peace Prize cancelled due to COVID-19 Day of the Seafarer: 25 June ......................... 13 .......................................................................... 4 Olympic Day celebrated on 23rd June ........... 13 Renjith Kumar honoured with “NASA Medal” ... 4 United Nations Public Service Day: 23 June . 14 India’s solar ferry shortlisted for an award ........ 4 International Widows’ Day: 23 June .............. 14 Javed Akhtar bagged Richard Dawkins Award 5 Day of the Celebration of the Solstice ........... 14 Gold rating for Trichy Railway Junction ............ 5 World Hydrography Day: 21st June ............... 14 Hyderabad airport received ACI recognition .... 5 World Music Day: 21 June ............................. 15 Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw won an award ............. 5 National Reading Day: 19 June ..................... 15 Delhi-based NGO won WHO award ................. 6 International Yoga Day: 21 June.................... 15 Neeraj Chopra nominated for Khel Ratna ........ 6 World Sickle Cell Day: 19 June ...................... 16 Indian writer won an award ............................... 6 World Refugee Day: 20 June ......................... 16 Amit Panghal nominated for Khel Ratna .......... 6 Autistic Pride Day: 18 June ............................ 16 SOLV partnered with Standard Chartered Bank ....................................................................... 24 19th Great June Uprising Day: Manipur ......... 16 PhonePe partnered with ICICI Bank .............. 25 Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence .... 17 Pepsi joined hands with NRAI, Swiggy .......... 25 Karnataka to observe "Mask Day" on June 18 ........................................................................ 17 Haryana Govt and Reliance Jio signed agreement ...................................................... 25 Sustainable Gastronomy Day: 18 June .......... 17 Intellipaat partnered with E&ICT Academy .... 25 Day to Combat Desertification and Drought ... 17 IOC joined hands with WHO, UN ................... 26 Int. Day of Family Remittances: 16 June ........ 18 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: 15th June Virgin Galactic announced deal with NASA ... 26 ........................................................................ 18 UCO Bank partnered with four insurers ......... 26 World Wind Day celebrated on 15th June ...... 18 Yes Bank partnered with Affordplan .............. 27 World Blood Donor Day: 14 June ................... 18 Biocon signed agreement with DKSH ............ 27 Green Mizoram Day 2020: June 11 ............... 19 Hyundai Motor India partnered with HDFC Bank ....................................................................... 27 International Albinism Awareness Day: 13 June ........................................................................ 19 France committed 200 mn euros to India ...... 27 World Day Against Child Labour: 12 June ..... 19 NITI Aayog collaborated with ITF ................... 28 World Accreditation Day: 9th June ................. 20 Park+ tied up with AarogyaSetu .................... 28 World Brain Tumour Day: 8 June ................... 20 Urban Affairs Ministry and SIDBI signed MoU ....................................................................... 28 World Oceans Day: 8 June ............................. 20 Tata AIA Life tied up with ECS ....................... 28 World Food Safety Day: 7 June...................... 20 Serum Institute, UNICEF signed agreement . 29 Day for fight against illegal fishing: 5 June ..... 21 Vymo partnered with Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC World Pest Day 2020: June 6 ......................... 21 ....................................................................... 29 UN Russian Language Day: 6 June ............... 21 Vivendi partnered with Ricky Kej ................... 29 World Environment Day: 5 June ..................... 21 Maruti partnered with Karur Vysya Bank ....... 29 Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression India to construct a facility in Nepal ............... 30 ........................................................................ 22 Safal partnered with Zomato .......................... 30 International Sex Workers Day: 2 June .......... 22 Maharashtra govt signed MoUs with companies World Bicycle Day: 3rd June .......................... 22 ....................................................................... 30 Telangana Formation Day: 2nd June ............. 22 HDFC ERGO to launch 'Pay As You Fly' ....... 30 Global Day of Parents: 1st June ..................... 23 Tata Power to develop solar project in Gujarat World Milk Day: 1 June ................................... 23 ....................................................................... 31 Goa observed 32nd statehood day ................ 23 $216 million credit line to Malawi govt ........... 31 MOU and Agreements 24 Zydus Cadila signed agreement with Gilead . 31 TN University collaborated with IIHT, Salem .. 24 Dr Reddy's inked pact with Gilead Sciences . 31 Agreement signed between India and Bhutan Wipro partnered with Microsoft, Citrix ............ 32 ........................................................................ 24 IFFCO signed MoU with ICAR ....................... 32 JLL India tied up with RoofandFloor ............... 24 Contact No. +91 84470 22 777 www.straightzero.in [email protected] ePaisa joined hand with First Alliance Bank ... 32 Anandiben Patel gets additional charge of MP ....................................................................... 41 EPS Pvt Ltd partnered with Mastercard ......... 32 Mandip Singh Gill took over as Additional DG NFL inked MoU with ITI Nangal...................... 33 ....................................................................... 41 TCS iON partnered with NSDC ...................... 33 Sanjay Kumar: New Maharashtra chief IHBT, Himachal government joined hands ..... 33 secretary ........................................................ 41 Google Cloud, Synechron signed a pact ........ 33 Sanjay Mahajan: MD Carrier Midea India ...... 41 Panacea Biotec to collaborate with Refana .... 34 Rajesh Shukla: 5th Lokayukta of Gujarat ...... 42 JNCASR signs MoU with Breathe Applied Justice Anant Manohar: Kerala High Court Sciences ......................................................... 34 Judge ............................................................. 42 NCERT, Rotary India inked MoU.................... 34 T. Rabi Sankar becomes new Chairman of Maruti Suzuki partnered with Mahindra Finance IFTAS ............................................................. 42 ........................................................................ 34 Wasim Jaffer appointed Uttarakhand head A2A Pharma collaborated with LAXAI ............ 35 coach .............................................................. 43 India, Denmark signed MoU ........................... 35 Geeta Pasi: US envoy to Ethiopia .................. 43 Wipro, IBM to collaborate ............................... 35 Jaideep Nandi: New MD of Bajaj Consumer Care ..............................................................
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