INDIA
– PM launches Global initiative ‘Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE) Movement; Calls for human centric and collective efforts that further sustainable development
– India achieves 10% ethanol blending target in petrol ahead of schedule: PM
– President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates Sant Kabir Academy and Research Centre at Sant Kabir Nagar in UP
– Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurates National Food Laboratory of FSSAI at Raxaul in Bihar
– Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to ban single-use plastic from July
– NGT (at Sant Kabir Nagar) orders West Bengal govt to close all hotels, restaurants in Buxa Tiger Reserve in two months
– 12 killed in boiler blast at chemical factory in UP’s Hapur district
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Appointments Committee of Cabinet clears 3 names to head three public sector banks: A Manimekhalai: MD & CEO at Union Bank of India; Ajay Kumar Srivastava: MD & Indian Overseas Bank and Swarup Kumar Saha: MD and CEO of Punjab & Sind Bank
WORLD
– Three astronauts enter China’s space station module called Tianhe after successful launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre
– Bangladesh: 35 killed, over 450 injured in fire at chemical container depot in Chittagong
– World Environment Day celebrated on June 5; this year’s campaign: #OnlyOneEarth
– International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing observed on June 5
SPORTS
– French Open tennis: Spain’s Rafael Nadal defeats Norway’s Casper Ruud in final to win men’s singles title
