Important Day

• Theme of International Albinism Awareness Day (13 June) for the year 2020 – “Made to Shine”.

Defence

• New Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval Command (ENC), Visakhapatnam – Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta.

International

• First Railway in the world that run Double Stack Container train with high reach pantograph in high rise territory of Over Head Equipment (OHE) – Indian Railways.
• Winner of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Award for the year 2020 – Hyderabad-based Deccan Development Society.

National

• A flagship programme which launched at Bengaluru and Chennai by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) for faster Customs clearance of imported goods – Turant Customs.
• The internship programme which has been launched by National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) – ‘Sahakar Mitra’.
• A joint Science Communication Forum has been constituted by – Department of Science & Technology (DST).
• First Covid-19 hospital based on public-private partnership with Wipro – Hinjewadi, Pune.

Persons in News

• Recipient of the World Food Prize 2020 for developing and mainstreaming a soil-centric approach to increasing food production – Rattan Lal (Indian-American soil scientist).
• Winner of Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award 2020, announced by the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) – Masrat Zahra (Srinagar).
• Melbourne-based Indian who will be conferred the Medal of the Order of Australia – Shobha Sekhar.

Sports

• Rank of Indian football team in the latest FIFA world rankings – 108th.
• First position in the latest FIFA world rankings for football team – Belgium.

State Current Affairs

• New permanent Judge of the common High Court of Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir & Ladakh – Justice Javed Iqbal Wani.
• Bal Shramik Vidya Yojna, a scheme for children of labourers to get financial assistance monthly to stop them from working as child labourers, launched by – Uttar Pradesh government.

Science

• An Integrated Flood Warning System for Mumbai – IFLOWS-Mumbai.

General Knowledge

• Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) – Founded: 26 January 1944; Headquarters: New Delhi.
• National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) – Founded: 13 March 1963; Headquarters: New Delhi.
• International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) – Founded: 1990; Location: Washington, D.C.
• Australia – Capital: Canberra; Currency: Australian dollar.
• International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) – Founded: 21 May 1904; Headquarters: Zürich, Switzerland.