To enhance athletes’ mental health at the Paris Olympics 2024, the event’s organisers have set up a space called the ‘365 Athlete365 Mind Zone’ where athletes can relax. The area is designed to soothe and comfort athletes and will include sleep pods, creative activities and activities related to meditation. 

Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Puja Tomar achieved a historic feat by becoming the first Indian to emerge victorious in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Tomar accomplished this feat by beating Rayanne Amanda dos Santos of Brazil by split decision in a three-round bout at the UFC Louisville, USA, on June 8. 

Archaeologists discovered an ancient rock slab, which has an alphabet engraved on it, in southwest Spain. The stone, which dates back to 600 BCE, is around 400 years older than the Rosetta Stone and is believed to be linked to the Tartessos civilisation. 

The Kadamadai Area Integrated Farmers Association (KAIFA) and the Pudukottai district government have begun the process of constructing artificial islands inside the Kavinadu Kanmoi irrigation tank in Tamil Nadu. The project involves clearing out invasive weed species from the tank and planting native trees on the man-made islands in order to conserve the region’s biodiversity. 

Rising sea levels due to climate change have forced residents of a small island called Gardi Sugdub off Panama’s coast to relocate. The Panama government has relocated hundreds of Guna people, who are native to the island, to a newly developed town in the Guna Yala region of Panama.