12 June 2011, Sunday
- Villagers of Dhinkia gram panchayat of Jagatsinghpur, Orissa resist land acquisition of South Korea's steel company POSCO
- Jyotendra Dey(J Dey) : Editor, Special Investigations, MiD Day was shot dead by unidentified persons at Hiranandani Gardens, Mumbai
- B Vivekanandan : 1st Indian to be bestowed with Honorary Degree of Doctor of Social Sciences by the University of Helsinki, Finland - a "Hat of Wisdom", a "Sword of Truth" & a "Diploma" were presented
- Tarja Halolen : President of Finland
- World Day Against Child Labour : June 12 - "Over 20cr children are still child labourers"
- Robert Blake : Assistant Secretary, State for Central & South Asian Affairs
- Naoto Kan : PM of Japan
- Leon Panetta : Director of CIA, US
- Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan Farah : Interior Minister of Somalia, Killed in a suicide bomb attack by his own niece
- Joke van Peteghem : Head of Mission of Medecins sans Frontiers(MSF) in Kenya
Dadaab - a sprawling desert city in Kenya - population expected to reach 450000 by end of this year - had run out of space - known as World's Largest Refugee Camp
- Infosys gets 4 new directors
- Karunuday Singh : won his maiden singles title in ITF Men's Future's Tennis Tournament at DLTA Complex, New Delhi - beat Vijayant Malik to win $1300 & 18 ATP Points
- PV Sindhu : won her maiden International title at Maldives Badminton Challenge defeating PC Thulasi
- Mayookha Johny : beat Anju George's 4 year old record of 6.53m in long jump by a jump of 6.63m
- Junrey Balawing of Philippines : "Shortest Living Man" in Guinness Book of World Records - 22in(55cm) at his 18th birthday
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