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Daily Current Affairs – 05 March 2020

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Current Affairs 05 March 2020

U’khand CM Trivendra Rawat Announces Gairsain to be Summer Capital of the state

  • Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has announced that his government will make Gairsain the summer capital of Uttarakhand.
  • This means that, Uttarakhand will now get a permanent summer capital. However, Dehradun would continue to operate as the second capital.
  • With this decision, Uttarakhand also becomes the only second state after Jammu and Kashmir in the country to have two capitals.
  • The decision has been taken as Dehradun is far off from many districts, while Gairsain’s has an edge due to its location and proximity with hill districts.

After Mumbai, Google to launch its second cloud infrastructure in Delhi by 2021

  • Google has planned to open its second cloud region in India in Delhi.
  • The Delhi cloud region is expected to be launched in 2021, and will have three zones to protect against service disruptions.
  • It will be the Google’s second cloud region in India. The first region was launched in Mumbai in 2017.
  • The new cloud region will expand the existing network of Google, which currently stands at eight regions in the Asia Pacific and 22 regions globally.

Luxembourg Becomes World’s First country to make public transport free

  • Luxembourg has become the first country in the world to make public transport system free for the residents as well as tourists.
  • Luxembourg, which is Europe’s richest country, aims to tackle road congestion, pollution, as well as supporting low earners, using this initiative
  • All the fares for trams, trains and buses have been abolished in the country with effect from February 29 2020.
  • However, the only exception is that first-class train travel will continue to cost £2.60 (€3) per journey.

US-Israel Joint military Exercise Juniper Cobra 20 Cancels over coronavirus

  • The Israel Defense Forces and United States military launched the 10-day long joint missile defense drill Exercise Juniper Cobra 20 (JC20) on March 3, 2020.
  • However, the remaining part of Juniper Cobra 20 has been scraped over the coronavirus outbreak. The exercise was scheduled to be held between March 3-13, 2020.
  • Exercise Juniper Cobra 20 (JC20) is the tenth edition of the biennial exercise series conducted in Israel every two years since 2001 between the two country.

EPFO lowers interest rate on PF deposits to 8.5 pc for 2019-20

  • Retirement fund body, Employees’ Provident Fund Organization, (EPFO) has lowered the interest rate on provident fund deposits to 8.5 percent for the current financial year 2019-20.
  • Earlier it was 8.65 percent.
  • This announcement was made by Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar in New Delhi on 5 March 2020

Former India Spinner Sunil Joshi named Chairman of BCCI’s selection committee

  • Former India spinner Sunil Joshi (South Zone) has been named as chairman of the national selection panel by the BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC).
  • The CAC has also picked ex-pacer Harvinder Singh (Central Zone) as a member of the five-member panel.
  • The other three member of the group includes: Jatain Paranjpe (West), Devang Gandhi (East) and Sarandeep Singh (North)
  • The CAC committee comprised of Madan Lal, RP Singh and Sulakshana Naik.

Hockey India Announces First Edition of U-21 Khelo India Women’s Hockey League

  • The Sports Authority of India, in association with Hockey India, has announced to organise the first edition of the Khelo India Women’s Hockey League (U- 21), to provide a platform to bring forth many talented hockey players.
  • The event will be organised at three different venues in three phases between March to November 2020 in the following venues:
    • Phase I – March 23 to 29 – Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi
    • Phase II – July 13 to 19 – SAI Center in Bengaluru
    • Phase III – November 22 to 29 – Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar
  • The effort of the government is to create talent identification platforms for athletes from multiple sports through the Khelo India Scheme

Badminton Asia Championships 2020 Shifted from Wuhan to Manila over coronavirus outbreak

  • The Badminton Asia Championships 2020 was scheduled to be held from April 21-26, 2020 in Wuhan, China.
  • However, because of being the epicenter of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the event has now been shifted from Wuhan to Manila, in the Philippines.
  • The decision was confirmed by Badminton World Federation (BWF), headquartered at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Former UN Chief Javier Perez de Cuellar Passes Away at 100

  • Former UN Chief Javier Perez de Cuellar, has passed away. He was 100.
  • The former diploma served as United Nations Secretary General from 1981 to 1991.

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has infused 1.46 lakh crore rupees in the rural banking system during the current fiscal.

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