» Government proposes to set up 3000 Van Dhan Kendras involving 30,000 SHGs across the country under the Van Dhan Scheme of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. This initiative has an estimated value: Rs.2 Lakh Cr. per year.
» Maharashtra government set up a committee to study issues related to the development of a 1,000-MW floating solar power plant at Ujani dam in Solapur district of Maharashtra.
» 'Paani Bachao, Paise Kamao’, for checking depletion of underground water, was launched in Jalandhar, Punjab.
» "No toilet, no bride’ resolution"
The Godikan panchayat in Haryana has become the first panchayat in India to pass a resolution to marry girls only to families that have a toilet in their house.
» RBI has proposed to set up a board of management for the urban co-operative banks. The guidelines have been recommended by committee headed by former deputy governor of RBI R Gandhi.
» World Food Prize 2018 awarded to Lawrence Haddad and Dr. David Nabarro.
» S Ramesh has been appointed the chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).
» International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking – 26 June
Theme -- “Listen First – Listening to children and youth is the first step to help them grow healthy and safe.”
» India has topped the list of the most dangerous countries in the world for women, according to a survey conducted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
» Seychelles has gifted pair of Giant Aldabra tortoise to India as a goodwill gesture.
» Egyptian goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary, aged 45 years and 161 days, has become the oldest player to play a FIFA World Cup match.
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