Top GKToday’s News Headlines-23 June 2020

INDIA

• Govt. approves individual and institutional contributions to NDRF (National Disaster Response Fund) that was set up under Section 46 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005
• UP becomes first state to operationalise rail coaches converted into isolation units for Covid-19 cases at Mau junction in Varanasi
• IIT-Bombay develops Dhruva, Indian receiver chip for NAVIC, GPS satellites

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• Reliance Industries Ltd. became the first Indian firm to hit a market valuation of $150 billion (₹11,43,667 crore)
• Harsimrat Kaur Badal launches Food Processing Edition of Exclusive Investment Forum
• FICCI organising Virtual Healthcare and Hygiene EXPO 2020 on June 22-26

WORLD

• India Pavilion at the Cannes Film Market 2020 jointly set up by I&B Ministry and FICCI

SPORTS

• Former Haryana and Punjab spinner Rajinder Goel dies at 77; took a record 637 wickets in Ranji Trophy