Snippets:5-6 JUNE 2023

Published on: June 6, 2023

The Union government appointed a three-member Commission of Inquiry headed by Ajai Lamba, former Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court, to investigate the ethnic violence in Manipur
Karnataka state government announced the formation of two Elephant Task Forces at Bannerghatta and Ramanagara to control human-elephant conflict. Currently, Elephant Task Forces are operating in Hassan, Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu, Mysuru, and Chamarajanagar and separate task forces will be formed in Ramanagara and Bannerghatta
Environmental activist ,former Indian Forest Service officer and Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan activist Manoj Misra passed away
Malviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur has been identified as the National Centre for Earthquake Safety of Dams, the first centre of its kind in the country. The centre will develop indigenous capabilities in making the country self-reliant in handling technology issues related to structural and earthquake safety of dams.
Uttar Pradesh organised the Khelo India University Games 2022 at varanasi. Punjab University emerges winner with 69 medals.
Bhaderwah has emerged as the Lavender capital of India and Agri StartUp destination. The Purple Revolution or Lavender Revolution, launched by the Ministry of Science & Technology, aims to promote the indigenous aromatic crop-based agro economy through the ‘aroma mission’ of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

Poland’s Opposition parties on the streets of warsaw held one of the biggest anti-government protests in the 30 years since the end of communism.
Members of the Sudanese paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, have taken over the national museum in Khartoum, fears for the safety of important artefacts including ancient mummies amidst the war

National Cybersecurity Coordinator, outlined a draft of called as “Delhi Declaration”, a series of commitments to “responsible state behaviour in cyberspace” for G-20 member countries, drawn from existing non-binding norms that they have already signed onto under the auspices of the United Nations.
Iran is set to reopen its embassy in Saudi Arabia following a seven-year closure.
Siddharth Choudhary won the men’s shot put gold in the 20th Asian under-20 athletics championships at Yecheon, South Korea.
The Global Chess League to be held in Dubai.
The Special Olympics World Games are the world’s largest inclusive sporting event for people with intellectual disabilities and will be held in Berlin, Germany
President Droupadi Murmu has been conferred with Suriname’s highest civilian award by President Chandrikapersad Santokhi to honour the deep-rooted bilateral ties.
Maiden International Cruise Vessel – MV Empress, India’s first international cruise vessel – from Chennai to Sri Lanka in Chennai was flagged
Myanmar’s Power Sector Professionals get training from NTPC in Microgrids and Electric Vehicles Technologies, under Government’s Capacity Building Programme
Nyaya Vikas Portal created for monitoring the implementation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes

Nigeria’s north, a region regularly hit by criminal violence and clashes between communities and the bloodshed is the latest outbreak of inter-communal violence
Mashhad is a city in Iran
Violence linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group has made Burkina Faso one of the world’s fastest-growing populations of internally displaced people

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