Top GKToday’s News Headlines-22 June 2020

INDIA

• The annular ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse, wherein the Sun appears like a ring of fire, was visible in several states
• ISRO receives patent for Liquid Cooling and Heating Garment (LCHG) for human spaceflight
• Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Raj Mohan Vohra, awarded Maha Vir Chakra for bravery in 1971 India-Pakistan War, dies at 88
• Social worker Vidyaben Shah dies at 98 in Delhi; was ex-President of ICCW (Indian Council for Child Welfare), won Padma Shri (1992)
• ECONOMY & CORPORATE
• With USD 157.4 billion, India becomes 12th largest holder of US govt securities at April end; Japan remained No: 1 with USD 1.27 trillion

WORLD

• International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice observed on June 21
  • Solstice: derived from the Latin sol (“sun”) and sistere (“to stand still”)
• International Day of Yoga observed on June 21; theme: “Yoga for Health – Yoga at Home”
• World Music Day celebrated on June 21; started by Frenchmen Jack Lang and Maurice Fleuret in 1981
• 2968-metre Mount Merapi volcano erupts on the island of Java in Indonesia
• China to set up a “national security agency” in Hong Kong to administer a new law aimed at cracking down on dissent