Published on: June 21, 2023
Snippets:20 JUNE 2023
Snippets:20 JUNE 2023
- Europe should brace for more deadly heatwaves driven by climate change, noting the world’s fastest-warming continent was some 2.3 degree Celcius hotter last year than in pre-industrial times.
- Sociologist, author Imtiaz Ahmad passed away. His areas of interest included social stratification, communalism and ethnic conflicts, social movements, Islamic transformations, refugees and migrants, child rights and child labour, poverty alleviation and development and society.
- Senior IPS officer Ravi Sinha appointed next chief of RAW
- Olympian C.A. Bhavani Devi created history by securing India’s first-ever medal a bronze at the Asian fencing championships in Wuxi, China
- World Refugee Day is an international day organised every year on 20 June by the United Nations. It is designed to celebrate and honour refugees from around the world. The theme for 2023 is “Hope away from home”
- GSI proposes ‘Geo Heritage’ tag for Jurassic age ‘Natural Arch’ in Odisha. Apart from the arch at Sundargarh, India has two others- one at Tirumala hills in Tirupati and another at Andaman and Nicobar
