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- American novelist Tayari Jones won this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction for her fourth novel “An American Marriage“. Helen Rogers was named as winner of Women’s Prize/Grazia First Chapter Competition for unpublished writers. Founded in 1996, Women’s Prize for Fiction is United Kingdom’s only annual book award for fiction celebrating excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing from all around the world.
Tayari Jones - In an effort to establish an environment-friendly network, Delhi Metro has become first ever project in India to receive power generated from a waste-to-energy plant. Since beginning of June 2019, DMRC has started receiving 2 MW power from a 12 MW capacity waste-to-energy plant set up in Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh). Delhi Metro which began its operation in 24 December 2002 is first ever rail based organisation in world to claim carbon credits.
- Director General of Indian Coast Guard (ICG), Rajendra Singh inaugurated the 4th Coast Guard Subordinate Officers Conclave 2019 for two days at ICG Headquarters in New Delhi. This idea of Subordinate Officers Conclave is in line with Prime Minister’s vision to encourage innovative idea towards inclusive growth of Service. During conclave Navik Vinod was conferred ‘Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak’ and Coast Guard Benevolent Association App was also launched.
- The 16-year old climate activist, Greta Thunberg of Sweden won Amnesty International’s ‘Ambassador of Conscience’ Award 2019 for mobilising world public opinion global warming. She started protesting outside Swedish parliament in August 2018. She skipped school every Friday demanding Swedish government take more serious action to tackle climate crisis. Her ‘Fridays for Future’ movement has spread globally with students around the world. The award was established in 2002.
- Jimmy Carter, Ex-President (39th) of United States of America (USA) won the inaugural George H. W. Bush Award for Statesmanship in recognition of his contributions to relations between U.S. and China. The award is conferred to people who have made profound contributions towards development of constructive and mutually beneficial relations between US and People’s Republic of China.
- Russia’s annual Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) is being held from 6-8 June 2019. It is an international forum that discusses key economic issues facing Russia, emerging markets and world at large stage. The Saint Petersburg is Russia’s former imperial capital. The first SPIEF was held in 1997. Theme for SPIEF 2019 is ‘Creating a Sustainable Development Agenda’.
- India’s second richest business tycoon Azim Premji is set to retire in July 2019 as the Executive Chairman and Managing Director of India’s fourth-largest IT Company, Wipro. Premji is one of the three pioneers of Indian IT industry, the other two being Infosys’s N R Narayana Murthy and TCS’s F C Kohli. Premji will be succeeded by his elder son, Rishad Premji, a Harvard Business School and London School of Economics graduate, who joined the firm in 2007. The Premji family owns 74.3 percent of the shares in the company.
- Union Culture Minister Prahalad Singh Patel inaugurated the ‘Unknown Masterpieces of Himachal Folk Art’ exhibition at National Museum in New Delhi with an aim to highlight the Folk art tradition of Himachal Pradesh. The Exhibition is jointly organised by the National Museum and Home of Folk Art of Gurugram.
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