• National

National (17th June 2019 – 22nd June 2019)

• For the first time, India to host COP-14 of UNCCD in September 2019
• Second Edition of World Food India to be held in New Delhi from 1-4 November, 2019
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh formed committee to work on modalities of revising pension under OROP
• Centre sets up committee headed by Kirit Parikh to review LPG marketing
• India hosting Intersessional meeting of Kimberley Process 2019
• D Sarangi re-elected as SRFI president, while Cyrus Poncha is the new Secretary-General
• Shri Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi gets extension as Director General, Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)
• For the First time, India opens water clinic for Elephants in Mathura
• Union Government Restored ‘ration in kind’ to military officers in peace areas
• NITI Aayog has proposed to sell only e-vehicles after 2030

• International

International (17th June 2019 – 22nd June 2019)

• 3rd edition of Namaste Thailand Festival 2019 concludes in New Delhi
• India will overtake China as world’s most populous country: UN report
• Venezuela to roll out three new banknotes due to Hyperinflation
• Saudi Arabia hires i-banks for bond meetings in Europe
• Zuzana Caputova sworn in as first female president of Slovakia
• Ireland plans to ban sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2030
• Microsoft’s GitHub takes over pull panda for code-review collaboration
• Saudi Arabia becomes first Arab country to be granted full membership of FATF
• India, France decide to deepen cooperation in cyber security sector
• Bangladesh emerged as the fastest economy in Asia-Pacific: Asian Development Bank

• Economy and Business

Economy and Business (17th June 2019 – 22nd June 2019)

• Facebook confirmed the launch of cryptocurrency ‘Libra’ in 2020
• RBI assigns SBI as lead bank in three new districts in Telangana, MP
• DBS revises India GDP forecast for FY20 down to 6.8 per cent

• Sports

Sports (17th June 2019 – 22nd June 2019)

• Nihal Sarin wins blitz event at 2019 Asian Continental Chess Championship held in Xingtai, China
• India beats South Africa to win FIH Series Finals 2019
• Peter Gilchrist lifted Pacific International Billiards Championship title
• In Archery World Championships, Indian men’s recurve team bags Silver Medal
• Joshna Chinappa wins record 17th national squash title.
• Gary Woodland wins 119th US Open 2019 by beating Brooks Koepka
• Pranati Nayak wins bronze at Asian Artistic Gymnastic Championship
• PU Chitra and Sreeshankar strikes Gold & Johnson wins silver at Folksam Grand Prix 2019

• Awards

Awards (17th June 2019 – 22nd June 2019)

• Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar to be honoured with ‘Distinguished Alumni Award’
• Akshay Patra’s school meals program wins BBC award
• Suman Rao crowned as Miss India 2019
• Social activist Makarand Tilloo receives ‘Save Water Hero Award’
• Sahitya Akademi announces winners of Bal Sahitya Puraskar & Yuva Puraskar
• 44th Matri Shree Media Awards 2019 conferred upon 29 journalists
• Kolhapuri chappal gets GI (Geographical Indications) tag
• Nitesh Kumar Jangir wins Innovation Award in UK

• Appointments

Appointments (17th June 2019 – 22nd June 2019)

• Hero MotoCorp appoints Yerry Mina as its new brand ambassador
• Lt Gen Faiz Hameed appointed Pakistan’s new ISI chief
• Padmaja appointed as India’s High Commissioner to Tuvalu
• RBI appoints Rabi Mishra as Executive Director
• Om Birla named as the new Lok Sabha Speaker by the NDA

• Important Days

Important Days (17th June 2019 – 22nd June 2019)

• Sustainable Gastronomy Day 2019 observed on June 18
• International Day of Family Remittances observed on 16 June 2019
• June 17 is being celebrated as World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
• International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict observed on June 19,2019
• World Refugee Day is being celebrated on June 20
• International Yoga Day is celebrated on June 21 across the world

• Science and Tech

Science and Tech (17th June 2019 – 22nd June 2019)

• NASA to shut down Spitzer Space Telescope after 16 yrs. in 2020
• Scientists develop cancer cell detection ‘dots’ from coal in Assam
• Sri Lanka launched its first satellite ‘Ravana-1’ into orbit

• Defence

Defence (17th June 2019 – 22nd June 2019)

• Armies of India and Myanmar carried out a coordinated operation ‘Operation Sunrise 2’
• Navy launches executes Operation Sankalp

• Obituaries

Obituaries (17th June 2019 – 22nd June 2019)

• Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy passed away
• Former S. Korean first lady, feminist activist Lee Hee-ho passes away
• Franco Zeffirelli, Legendary ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Director dies at 96
• Dronacharya awardee, veteran athletics coach N Lingappa passed away in Bengaluru
• Former Mizoram minister and MNF leader, Lalrinchhana dies at 84

• States

States (17th June 2019 – 22nd June 2019)

• Lucknow builds its first road from plastic waste
• Assam Transport Minister launches State Transport Corporation’s Chalo app
• Jammu and Kashmir Bank now under RTI, CVC guidelines
• ADB sanctions Rs 1,650cr infra projects in Tripura
• Maharashtra topped the USGBC list of Top 10 States for LEED in India
• Unemployed graduates in Rajasthan to get up to Rs 3,500
• India’s first solar-powered cruise boat to be rolled out in December
• Punjab Government set to launch a universal health insurance scheme from July 2019

• Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous (17th June 2019 – 22nd June 2019)

• IIT-Bombay secured top position among Indian institutions in QS World University Ranking 2020

• Agreements

Agreements (17th June 2019 – 22nd June 2019)

• BSF and BGB agreed to increase coordinated patrols
• Maruti ties up with Bank of Baroda for dealer financing