1. The Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari released a book entitled Healing Memories: Civilizations in Dialogue on 24 June 2013. The book is edited by Zeenat Shaukat Ali. Wisdom Foundation brought out the book.
2. Coffee table book on Freedom Fighters’ Descendants launched in Mumbai by former Bombay High Court chief justice CS Dharmadhikari.
... The book titled,1857-1947: Forgotten Heroes and Martyrs of India’s Freedom Movement’, is written by journalist Shivnath Jha.
3. Scientists of University of Alaska Museum discovered a new species of burying beetle from the Solomon Islands archipelago.The new species is named Nicrophorus efferens.
4. Connaught Place, the marketplace located in Delhi has been ranked fifth in the list of world’s most expensive office market due to its strong demandamid limited supply as per the CBRE report.
5. Union Minister for Culture Chandresh Kumari Katoch inaugurated a special exhibition titled Jamini Roy (1887 – 1972): Journey to the Roots on 24 June 2013. The special exhibition is meant to celebrate the 125th Birth Anniversary of Jamini Roy who was an eminent artist.
6. Legal Activist and the youngest daughter of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Amrit Singh received the India abroad publisher’s special award for excellence 2012 for her report Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret Torture and Extraordinary Rendition released in February 2013.
7. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 21 June 2013 decided to extend the Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDR) for the 12th Five-Year Plan period in order to strengthen the distribution sector.
8. Sanjiv Goenka was honoured with the “2013 Indian Business Leader of the Year” award at the 2013 Global India Business Meeting currently being held at Belfast UK.
9. Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sentenced to 7 years imprisonment in a sex scandal.
10. South Korean Websites Hit by Cyber Attack; Various Official Websites Attacked
11. India Consolidated Top Position in ICC ODI Rankings; Increased Lead over Rivals
12. Spain's Rafael Nadal crashes out of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
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