• Kritika Pandey, a writer from Ranchi, was on 2nd June declared as the regional winner for Asia in the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
• The 29-year-old writer got for her story The Great Indian Tee and Snakes, which is about two young people trying to tell the idea of love in an era of hatred and prejudice.

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• India opener Rohit Sharma has inked with IIFL Finance as its first-ever brand ambassador.
• IIFL Finance, one of Indias preceding Non-Banking Finance Companies, with over Rs 36,000 crore of assets under management, efforts to stand out for being honest with its customers.

• Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar started the “Nagar Van” scheme. The scheme was released to mark Environment Day.
• Aim: The scheme stresses on urban forestry. Under the scheme, around 200 urban forests are to be promoted all over the country in the next five years.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on 2^nd June said that it has prepared a disinfection unit called ”Ultra Swachh” to disinfect a broad range of materials, including Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), electronics items and fabrics.

The Asian Football Confederation has bestowed the hosting virtues of the 2022 Women’s Asian Cup to India for the first time since 1979.

The ministry of finance selected PR Jaishankar as the managing director of the India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL) for three years. Jaishankar worked as the executive director of the National Housing Bank earlier to this.

As many as 750 tigers have died in the country in the last eight years because of poaching and other causes, with Madhya Pradesh reporting the maximum casualties at 173, according to the official data.

The first app to get advantage of the Apple and Google Exposure Notification API has been launched in Switzerland. The app is called “SwissCovid” and is right now available to select essential workers.

Karnataka’s Hubballi railway station is ready to get the world’s longest railway platform with a measurement of 1,400 meters length and 10 meters width. Confirming the same, South Western Railway (SWR) officials stated that the extension work in Platform number 1 of the Hubballi Junction is underway.

Lieutenant General Manoj Pande will be appointed as the 15th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN) on 1st June, the Defence Ministry said.

Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan has declared that Kerala Fibre Optic Network Project (K-FON) project of Rs. 1,500 crore that will give free internet access to the poor will roll out by December 2020.

Twitter on 3rd June designated ex-Google chief financial officer Patrick Pichette as the company’s new chairman of the board. Pichette takes over the role after joining Twitter’s board of directors in 2017.

Expert banker Uday Kotak has been selected as the new President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2020-21. Uday, who was also the President-Designate of CII for the last two years, will substitute Vikram Kirloskar.

The Labor and Employment Department Government of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has released the Raj Kaushal Portal and online Shramik exchange on World Environment Day. Under this portal, employment is secured to those migrant workers who are jobless.

• India has selected Brajendra Navnit, a 1999 IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre as its Ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet recommended his appointment for a period of three years from the date of assumption of charge.

Gujarat is the first and the only state which had run more than 1,000 shramik special trains for sending 15 lakh 18 thousand migrant workers to their native state.

India and Australia on 4th June upgraded their bonds to a comprehensive strategic partnership and inked seven agreements including a landmark deal for reciprocal access to military bases for logistics support through an online summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison.

• World Milk Day is commemorated on June 1 in order to admire the dairy sector and recognize the significance of milk as a global food.
• Theme 2020: “20th Anniversary of World Milk Day”

Thirteen-year-old M. Nethra daughter of C. Mohan an owner of a salon in Madurai has been selected as a ‘Goodwill Ambassador to the Poor’ for United Nations Association for Development And Peace (UNADAP).

Senior IAS officer Pradip Kumar Tripathi on 1 June took over the command as Secretary in the Ministry of Steel. Mr. Tripathi replaces Binoy Kumar, who superannuated on May 31, 2020