5 main news head lines of 19 June 2020
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INDIA
Govt. to launch ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ to provide employment to over six million migrant workers in six states — MP, UP, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand and Rajasthan — through government schemes in the next four months
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
Indian economy to contract by 4% in 2020-21, grow by 5% in 2021-22: ADB in its Asian Development Outlook (ADO)
Fitch Ratings retains India’s sovereign rating at ‘BBB-’, changes outlook to ‘Negative’ from ‘Stable’
PM launches auction of 41 coal blocks for commercial mining, a move that opens India’s coal sector for private players
France to provide loan of 200 million euros to India to support Delhi’s Covid response
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to invest ₹11,367 crore in Jio Platforms for 2.32% stake
WORLD
India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway elected non-permanent members of UN Security Council for 2-year term
Nepal’s parliament approves new map that lays claim to Indian territory in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district
Turkey’s Volkan Bozkir elected president of 75th UN General Assembly
2020 Sony World Photography Awards: Uruguay’s Pablo Albarenga named Photographer of the Year in professional category
‘The Room Where It Happened’, a book by US President Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser John Bolton, to release on June 23
US President confirms plans to withdraw 9,500 American soldiers from bases in Germany
Amazon indigenous chief Paulinho Paiakan dies of coronavirus in Brazil aged 65
Sustainable Gastronomy Day celebrated by UN on June 18