Top Best Current Affairs 23 June 2020 (2)

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) became the first Indian company to reach a market capitalisation of Rs 11 trillion, as the company was valued at Rs 11.15 trillion. With this, RIL accounts for nearly 9% of the country's total m-cap of Rs 138 trillion. Its stock on Bombay stock exchange (BSE) was record high at Rs 1,738.95. Notably the company's share doubled since mid-March 2020.

Hyundai Motor India Limited partnered with HDFC Bank to offer industry 1st online auto retail financing on its end-to-end online automotive retail platform, 'Click to Buy' to the customers.

The International Tennis Federation announced, 25 years old Niki Kalyanda Poonacha, National Champion of India as a member of the ITF World Tennis Tour Men's Panel representing the Asia-Oceania zone with Ti Chen of Chinese Taipei.

The Supreme Court on June 22, 2020 indicated that it would allow Puri's Rath Yatra, which is scheduled to start from tomorrow. The Apex court stated that it cannot micro-manage the rituals and left it to the wisdom of state, the Centre and temple management to deal with that issue. The SC bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde was informed by the Odisha government that it will coordinate with temple management and the Centre to make things smooth during Rath Yatra.

In accordance with the "Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020", a first of its kind report by United Nations (UN), upto 1 billion children are affected by physical, sexual or psychological violence, with long-lasting and costly emotional, social and economic consequences due to the inability of the countries to protect them by following the established strategies.

The former governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Urjit Patel was appointed as the Chairman of National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP). He will start his 4 year tenure on 22nd June 2020 succeeding Vijay Laxman Kelkar, former chairman of NIPFP.

The Tripura government has decided to launch a scheme called 'Ektu Khelo, Ektu Padho' which means 'Play little, Study little', from June 25, 2020. Under the scheme, the students would be getting audio and video content on learning activities projects as well as fun and gaming activities through SMS or WhatsApp.

France and India signed a credit financing agreement promising 200 million euros (Rs. 1709 crore) to support the social welfare system and India's covid response. The fund will be provided to India through the AFD, French Development Agency (Agence Francaise de Developpement).