1.June 8th each year, we celebrate the ocean, its importance in our lives, and how we can protect it.World Oceans Day helps raise the profile of the ocean and inspire more involvement in helping to conserve this amazing resource we all depend on.The main action focus is to prevent plastic pollution and encourage solutions for a healthy ocean.
2.President Ram Nath Kovind declared Tripura’s queen variety pineapple as state fruit.The state holds good potential in world trade.Export of the pineapple to foreign countries is a major step in connecting with world trade.Tripura exported its first consignment of one-tonne pineapples to Dubai earlier this month.
3.The UN India Business Forum and the Women Entrepreneurial Platform of NITI Aayog formed a consortium to reduce gender disparities in start-up investments.It will provide mentorship and networking opportunities and accelerating financial and market linkages for women entrepreneurs.The consortium aims to strengthen women’s entrepreneurship by creating an enabling ecosystem for investments.
4.L&T Group firm Nabha Power Ltd. (NPL) said it had been forced to shut a 700 MW unit of Rajpura thermal power station due to shortage of coal.The present crisis was triggered by disruption in the supply of coal rakes to the plant.NPL has been facing coal crisis since last year, forcing it to operate the plant at critical levels of coal stocks i.e. less than seven days.
5.The government is not yet ready to sign the Hague treaty on inter-country abduction of children by parents fleeing a bad marriage.The Hague Convention is a multi-national treaty that seeks to protect children wrongfully removed by one of the parents from the custody of the other parent.It also recommended setting up of a Child Removal Disputes Resolution Authority to act as a nodal body.
6.The Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has accepted two major irrigation/multipurpose projects and four flood management schemes/master plans.The Kaleshwaram Project of Telangana and The Upper Pravara (Nilwande-II) Project of Maharashtra are two projects.The Advisory Committee met in Central Water Commission, New Delhi.
7.Captain Amarinder Singh is the Chief Minister of Punjab.Vijayendrapal Singh Badnore is the Governor of Punjab.Chandigarh is the capital of the northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana.
8.Shimla is the capital of Himachal Pradesh.Jai Ram Thakur is the current Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.Acharya Dev Vrat is the Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
9.Pawan Kumar Chamling is Chief Minister of Sikkim.Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim. Shriniwas Patil is governor of Sikkim.
10.Mamata Banerjee is the current Chief Minister of West Bengal.Keshari Nath Tripathi is present Governor of West Bengal.Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal.
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