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June 18 , 2019 1905 days 813 0
  • Nashik police in Maharashtra have set up a 'Nirbhaya squad' to check incidents of eve-teasing and harassment of women.
  • Rohit Sharmahas now hit the most sixes (358) for India in the international cricket.
    • Heachieved this in the World Cup match against Pakistan.
  • For the first time, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has appointed two women scientists to head the India’s second Moon mission Chandrayaan-2.
    • Ritu Karidhal will serve as Mission director and Muthayya Vanitha as Project Director.
  • The South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir became the 1st spinner in World Cup history to bowl the 1st over.
    • He achieved this feat in the opening match of World Cup 2019 against England.
  • Karnataka government has launched 'Pink Sarathi' vehicles which will be used to attend to the grievances of women passengers in city buses.
  • Bancha in Betul district, Madhya Pradesh is the first village in India to have zero wooden stoves and almost no use for LPG cylinders with all its 75 houses relying on solar-powered stoves to meet their cooking needs.
  • The Dzukou Valley of Nagaland has officially declared a ‘No Plastic Zone’ on the event of World Environment Day.
  • Indian-American Congresswoman, Pramila Jayapal has become the first South Asian American woman to preside over the US House of Representatives.
  • The Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently ruled that all animals are legal persons entitled to legal rights like human beings in Haryana.
    • The landmark judgement was given in in the case titled Karnail Singh and others v State of Haryana.

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