Important Day

• Theme of World Accreditation Day (9 June) for the year 2020 – “Accreditation: Improving Food Safety”.

Defence

• Fifth and final ship in the series of Fast Patrol Vessels (FPV) for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) – ‘ICGS Kanaklata Barua’.

Economy

• This organisation has introduced an artificial intelligence-based fully automatic system for settlement of EPF withdrawal claims – Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).
• To facilitate the taxpayers to file timely returns, the Government of India has allowed the citizens to file NIL GST monthly returns through SMS in – FORM GSTR-3B.

International

• India’s biggest overseas market for engineering parts in April 2020 – Singapore (replaced the United States).
• Only three educational institutes from India that feature in the top 200 list of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2021 – IIT Bombay (172), IISc Bengaluru (185) and IIT Delhi (193).
• First position in the QS World University Rankings 2021 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US (2nd: Stanford University, 3rd: Harvard University).
• This country officially declared Russia a hostile state for the period from 2020 to 2024 – Romania.

National

• With the aims to achieve reduction in imports of Chinese manufactured goods by Rs. 1 lakh crore by December 2021, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on 10 June launched a national campaign, titled – “Indian Goods- Our Pride”.
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed a MoU with this institution for collaboration in the field of Astrophysics and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) – Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital, Uttarakhand.
• The Central government has allocated ________ as annual allotment to states for the current financial year under ‘Per Drop More Crop’ component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY-PDMC) – Rs 4,000 crore.

General Knowledge

• Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) – Founded: 1955; Location: Kolkata.
• International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) started as a conference in – 1977.
• International Accreditation Forum (IAF) was founded in – 1993.
• National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) – Founded: 1988; Headquarters: Gurgaon.
• Quality Council of India (QCI) – Founded: 1997; Headquarters: New Delhi.
• National Commission for Women (NCW) – Founded: 31 January 1992; Headquarters: New Delhi.
• Philippines – Capital: Manila; Currency: Philippine peso.