11 Jun/जेस्ट मासा (Friday) ग्रीष्म ऋतू
1. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board provides 18 Oxygen Concentrators to Deputy Commissioner, Reasi in J&K.
2. World famous Rath Yatra in Puri, Odisha to be held without any devotee for second consecutive year 2021 due to the ongoing COVID pandemic. The Rath Yatra falls on the 12th of July this year.
3. Online nominations and recommendations on for Padma Awards to be announced on occasion of Republic Day next year.
Online nominations and recommendations for the Padma Awards to be announced on the occasion of Republic Day 2022.
The last date for nominations for Padma Awards is 15th of September. Nominations for Padma Awards will be received online only on the Padma Awards portal padmaawards.gov.in.
4. The first Solar Eclipse or Surya Grahan of 2021 took place on Thursday 10 June 2021.
In our country, a partial eclipse was visible only in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh. People in parts of northeastern United States, Canada, Greenland, northern Europe and Siberian Russia witnessed the partial eclipse. The dramatic ‘ring of fire’ or annular Solar Eclipse occured only far north in the polar region.
5. Government has urged people to not share information on social media about a child found abandoned or in distress as it can put the child’s life at risk.
The Women and Child Development Ministry has said such information should be reported to CHILDLINE on 1098.
The Supreme Court had recently expressed concerns about the illegal adoption of children orphaned by COVID-19.
6. IIT Kanpur to provide 20,000 indigenous high quality oxygen concentrators and oxygen plants for emergency response to COVID pandemic
7. Govt has decided to allow LPG customers to have a choice, deciding which distributors they want their LPG refill from.
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry said, now the consumers will be able to choose their delivering distributor from the list of distributors catering to their address.
The facility of Online transfer of LPG connection to another distributor serving in the same area has been provided to LPG customers through respective Oil Marketing Companies web-portals as well as their Mobile Apps.
8. Directorate General of Health Services, DGHS of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued comprehensive guidelines for management of Covid-19 in children below 18 years.
The govt has strictly forbidden the use of Remdesivir in children infected with corona virus. Also, the Children under the age of five are no longer required to wear masks.
9. A major accident was averted after a fire broke out at the Kaza toll gate in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.
According to reports, the fire broke out after when a lorry’s tyre burst during a toll payment at the Kaza toll gate. It was traveling from Vijayawada to Guntur, no causality has been reported and the Police have started investigation in the case.
10. Maharashtra Government has announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each for the kin of those who died in the Malad building collapse on Wednesday night.
Incident was 11 people had died while seven others were injured after a three-storey residential building collapsed last night at the New Collector Compound on Abdul Hamid Road in the Malwani area of Malad.
11. Karnataka government on Thursday said that Covid-19 lockdown will continue in 11 districts in Karnataka which have a high positivity rate till June 21. Chikmagalur, Shivamogga, Davanagere, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Bengaluru rural, Mandya, Belagavi and Kodagu are in complete lockdown till June 21. The relaxation in lockdown measures will be in place from 6 AM on June 14 to 6 AM on June 21.
12. Heavy rains lashed Mumbai in Maharashtra and its suburbs on Wednesday, causing flooding on roads and rail tracks and disrupting suburban train services as the south-west monsoon arrived in the city with a bang, while the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an alert for more downpour.
13. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has notified that the interview for Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2020 will resume on 2nd Aug 2021.
The Civil Services preliminary examination 2021 which was scheduled to be held on June 27 has been postponed to October.
14. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have developed an early cyclone detection technique which will help in early detection of development or strengthening of tropical cyclones in North Indian Ocean region.
15. The historic Chetwode Drill Square at the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, on Thursday played host to the Commandant’s Parade for Spring Term-2021.
The event was a prelude to the final passing out parade, scheduled to be held on June 12, and marked the culmination of training of 341 Indian and 84 foreign gentlemen cadets.
16. COVID STATUS
TOTAL CASES
29183125▲ 94053
TOTAL RECOVERED
27655495
▲ 151370
TOTAL DEATHS 359680
▲ 6150
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