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Current Affairs 13 March 2020

Main Event of International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2020 to be held in Leh, Ladakh

Leh, the capital of the Union Territory of Ladakh has been chosen as the venue for the main event of the International Yoga Day (IDY) 2020.
The sixth edition of the annual event, which takes place on June 21 each year will be lead by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In 2019, the event was held in Ranchi.
The AYUSH Ministry is the nodal body to oversee the annual celebrations.
The first International Day of Yoga was observed all over the world on June 21, 2015 at Rajpath in New Delhi.

Biennial Civil Aviation Business Exhibition ‘Wings India 2020’ Begins in Hyderabad

The four-day civil aviation business exhibition and air show titled ‘Wings India 2020’ kick-started on 12 March 2020 at Begumpet airport, Hyderabad. It will continue till March 15.
However, the programme will be formally inaugurated on 13 March 2020 by the Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri.
The theme of the biennial event is ‘flying for all’.
The event has been organized by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) along with Ministry of Civil Aviation and Airports Authority of India (AAI).
The aerobatics will be performed by two teams namely Sarang, the helicopter aerobatics team of Indian Air Force and Global Stars team of British pilots on fixed wing aircrafts.

Karnataka launches ‘Namaste over Handshake’ campaign for COVID-19

The state government of Karnataka has launched ‘Namaste over Handshake’ campaign with an aim to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Under the campaign, the government advises people to keep a safe distance from one another.
The campaign asks people to greet each other by ‘Namaste’ instead of shaking hands in order to protect themselves from others who might be infected with the COVID-19.

Govt sets up development council for pulp, paper and allied industries; Head- A S Mehta

Central Government has formed a 25-member development council for pulp, paper and allied industries with an objective to increase the growth of this sector.
A S Mehta is the chairman of the council. He is the President of J K Paper Ltd.

Five Indians named in WEF’s Young Global Leaders list 2020

Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) has released the list of members for the Forum of Young Global Leaders (YGL) for the year 2020.
The 2020 list consists of 115 Young Global Leaders (YGLs) from various fields.
Five Indians have been included in the 2020 list of YGLs namely:
1. Byju Raveendran – Founder & CEO of Byju Classes’
2. Gaurav Gupta – Co-Founder of Zomato
3. Tara Singh Vachani – CEO of Antara Senior Living
4. Vinati Mutreja – Managing Director and CEO of Vinati Organics Limited)
5. Swapan Mehra – CEO of Iora Ecological Solutions
The Forum of Young Global Leaders is dynamic global community of exceptional people, under the age of 40, with the vision, courage and influence to drive positive change in the world.
The members are inducted in the forum for a five-year period

Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Takes Over as Asia Richest Man, Pushing Mukesh Ambani at Second Position: Bloomberg Billionaires Index

Indian energy tycoon and Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani is no longer Asia’s richest man as per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which is a daily ranking of the world’s richest people.
The title of Asia’s richest man has now been taken over by the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. founder Jack Ma with total net-worth of $45.7 billion, about $2.6 billion more than Ambani.
Ambani has been pushed to second spot on the list of Asia’s richest people, with an estimated net-worth of $42.3 billion.
Globally, Mukesh Ambani is the 19th richest man in the world while Jack Ma is now the 18th richest man in the world.
The decline in Ambani’s net worth comes after the collapse in oil prices along with global stocks.

India Ranks World’s 2nd Biggest Arms Importer While Placed at 23rd in Exporters List: SIPRI Report

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has released its annual “Trends in international arms transfers 2019” report to determine the International transfers of major arms during the five-year period 2015–19.
As per the data, India was the second largest arms importer in the world during the period 2015-19. Russia was the largest supplier of arms to India.
Saudi Arabia was the largest arms importer in the world during the same period.
Top 5 largest arms importer in the world were Saudi Arabia, India, Egypt, Australia and China respectively, accounting for 36% of all arms imports.
Apart from this, India has been ranked 23rd among the 25 largest arms exporters in the world.
The largest exporters of arms during the five-year period 2015–19 were the United States, Russia, France, Germany and China respectively.

Facebook launches ‘Pragati’ to boost women entrepreneurship in India

Facebook India has launched its CSR initiative, Facebook Pragati to promote women entrepreneurship in India.
The initiative will incubate and accelerate early-stage women-led non-profits that are working to drive women entrepreneurship and to spread awareness and adoption of technology among women in India.
Facebook Pragati will award four grants of up to ₹50 lakh for each non-profit to scale their work.

Google India Launches ‘DigiPivot’ Skill Programme Designed for Women

Google India has introduced a skilling programme ‘DigiPivot’ designed for women to empower them with digital marketing knowledge and tools as well as mentorship on strategic leadership skills.
The programme aims to provide an opportunity for 200 women professionals to re-skill themselves.
DigiPivot is open to both women professionals who are currently working as well as those who are keen to return to the workforce with 4-10 years of experience in consulting, analytics, branding and sales and support with passion for digital marketing.
The programme is completely sponsored by Google and has been developed jointly in association with Avtar, a career portal service for women, and the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
Applications for registration are open from March 6 and the last date for registration is March 21.
Selected participants will go through 18-week learning programme and engagement (both offline and online).

World Bank Bank to Provide USD 80 Million Loan to improve water management in Himachal Pradesh

The World Bank has signed an agreement with the Government of India and Government of Himachal Pradesh to provide USD 80 million (about Rs 600 crore) loan for implementing Integrated Project for Source Sustainability and Climate Resilient Rain-Fed Agriculture in Himachal Pradesh
The project aims to improve water management practices and increase agricultural productivity in 428 gram panchayats in 10 districts in Himachal Pradesh.

Indian Mountaineer Bhawna Dehariya Scales Australia’s Highest Mountain Peak ‘Mount Kosciuszko’

Indian mountaineer Bhawna Dehariya successfully scaled Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain peak in Australia, on March 9, 2020.
Ms Dehariya, who hails from Madhya Pradesh, scaled the 2,228-metres Mount Kosciuszko on the occasion of Holi celebration in the country.
Bhawna Dehariya had also scaled Mount Kilimanjaro on the occasion of Diwali on November 27th, 2019, celebrating two biggest festivals of India at the mountain peaks.
In May 2019, she also became the first women from Madhya Pradesh to scale Mount Everest.

Singer Taylor Swift Named as Google’s most-searched for woman in music of 2020

The search engine Google honoured the women folk on the occasion of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2020 by sharing data for the most-searched women on the Internet in 2020 in the following 4 discipline: Music, Sports, Comedy, Novelists
1. Music – Singer Taylor Swift
2. Sports – Tennis player Serena Williams
3. Comedy – American actress Awkwafina
4. Novelists – American Novelist Toni Morrison

World Kidney Day 2020: 12 March 2020

The World Kidney Day (WKD) is observed annually on the Second Thursday in March.
In 2020, the World Kidney Day is being celebrated on 12 March 2020.
The theme of WKD 2020 is ‘Kidney health for everyone everywhere – from prevention to detection and equitable access to care’.
The day aims to raise global health awareness on the importance about conditions of the kidney and the impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide.
WKD is a joint initiative of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF).

Director General (DG) of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Surjeet Singh Deswal has been given the additional charge of Border Security Force (BSF) DG after its serving chief V K Johri has been given the charge of Madhya Pradesh DGP

Daily Current Affairs – 13 March 2020