INDIA
– Govt widens eligibility for CDS (Chief of Defence Staff) appointment; Includes serving or retired three-star Army Lt General, Air Marshal and Vice Admiral for the post
– India-Bangladesh Joint Military Exercise Sampriti being held at Jeshore in Bangladesh from June 5 to 16
– Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Central Universities and Directors of Institutions of National Importance being held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on June 7-8
– Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates newly-built National Tribal Research Institute at India Institute of Public Administration Campus in New Delhi
– Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya launches logo for Ayurveda Aahar
– Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya releases Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) 4th State Food Safety Index (SFSI)
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– World Bank cuts India’s economic growth forecast to 7.5% for FY23
– Alok Kumar Choudhary appointed MD of SBI for a period of two years
WORLD
– 25th Founding Day of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) celebrated in Dhaka on June 6
– World Food Safety Day observed on June 7; slogan: “Food safety, everyone’s business”
SPORTS
– Wrestling: India return from Bolat Turlykhanov Cup at Almaty in Kazakhstan on 2nd position with 12 medals
– Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announces first ever National Air Sports Policy 2022
