CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
World Asteroid Day – Observed on June 30
- The United Nations has proclaimed World Asteroid Day observed globally on June 30 every year in its resolution.
- Asteroid Day is an annual global event which is held on the anniversary of the Siberian Tunguska event, which is considered by some to be the most harmful known asteroid-related event on Earth in recent history.
- International Asteroid Day aims to raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard and to inform the public about the crisis communication actions to be taken at the global level in case of a credible near-Earth object threat.
