Russia’s Daniil Dubov gets chess Rapid Challenge in Armageddon
June 8, 2020

- In chess, the final of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge moved all the way to a tie-breaking Armageddon match from which Russian Daniil Dubov become the champion after beating Hikaru Nakamura of the United States.
8th June is observed as World Oceans Day
June 8, 2020

- June 8th is observed as World Oceans Day to aware everyone about the significance of oceans’ role in our everyday life.
- Theme 2020: ‘Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean’.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh starts ‘COVID BEEP’ app for COVID-affected patients
June 9, 2020

- Union Minister Jitendra Singh on June 7, released the ‘COVID BEEP’ app, the country’s first indigenous wireless physiological parameters monitoring system promoted for COVID-19 affected patients.
Plantation drive called “Thank Mom” began in Madhya Pradesh
June 9, 2020

- In Madhya Pradesh, a plantation drive called “Thank Mom” has been commenced on the axioms of Social Justice and Disabled Welfare Directorate from today on World Environment Day.
“Bande Utkala Janani” receives state anthem status in Odisha
June 9, 2020

- The Odisha Cabinet on 7th June recommended a proposal to give state anthem status of Odisha to ”Bande Utkala Janani”.
- Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh said that the Cabinet led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik agreed with state anthem status to ”Bande Utkala Janani”.
Gujarat is on the first place in FSSAI food safety index for 2019-20
June 9, 2020

- In the Largest States, Gujarat is on the first place, following by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra food safety in 2019-20, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) announced on 7th June.
Madhya Pradesh started “Mukhyamantri Shahri Path Vyavasayi Utthan Yojana” for Street Vendors
June 9, 2020

- Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh began Street Vendor Registration Portal http://www.mpurban.gov.in/and “Mukhyamantri Shahri Path Vyavasayi Utthan Yojana” and transferred Rs 300 crore to the urban local bodies.
India stands 168th on Environmental Performance Index 2020, Denmark top
June 9, 2020

- India has stood on 168th out of 180 countries in the 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), according to researchers at Yale and Columbia universities, who state that India’s decarbonization agenda requires to expedite, and the country suffers a number of serious environmental health risks, including poor air quality.
The global economy will decline by 5.2% in 2020: World Bank
June 9, 2020

- The global economy is on way to drop by 5.2 % this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the deepest recession since the Second World War, the World Bank Group stated in its latest Global Economic Prospects.
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