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- The first session of the newly elected Lok Sabha has begun with Pro-Tem speaker Dr. Virendra Kumar administering the oath to the Members. Prime Minister and Leader of the House Narendra Modi took the oath and then signed the roll of Members and greeted them. The House also observed silence for a short while to mark the solemn occasion of the first sitting of the 17th Lok Sabha.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the creation of a high-level task force on structural reforms in agriculture during the Fifth Meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog. Prime Minister stressed on the need to promote export and every state should focus on export to enhance the economy.
- The Indian men’s recurve team on June 16 bagged a silver medal in the Archery World Championships at Den Bosch in The Netherlands. Indian trio of Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das and Pravin lost to Chinese team with 6-2 in the summit clash. This was India’s sixth silver at the World Championships where the country is yet to win a gold medal. The silver and two bronze at the 2019 World Championships took India’s overall count to eight medals in the premier biennial competition.
Bicycle rally at Dhaka to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi - High Commissioner of India Riva Ganguly Das and Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University Professor Md Akhtaruzzaman inaugurated a bi-Cycle Rally at the Dhaka University campus on Saturday morning to mark 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Suman Rao from Rajasthan has won the Femina Miss India World 2019 beauty pageant during a star-studded ceremony at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai. Shivani Jadhav from Chhattisgarh clinched Femina Miss Grand India 2019 title and Shreya Shanker from Bihar won Miss India United Continents 2019 title during the grand finale of the beauty pageant on 15 June, 2019. 20-year-old Suman, a college student, will represent India at Miss World 2019 in Thailand.
- Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched DBT Tribal web portal to streamline and expedite the process of releasing scholarship grants directly into bank accounts of beneficiary students. The portal provide single common platform to states to upload data related to beneficiaries, raise queries and give feedback. It is linked with Aadhaar and the Public Financial Management System, thus help to reduce the chances of duplication of beneficiary and manipulation.
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