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Current Affairs 10 July 2020
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National News
PM Modi delivers inaugural address at India Global Week 2020
- Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi delivered the inaugural address on Day 1 of the India Global Week 2020, a three – day virtual conference, being organised in the United Kingdom, from 9 July to 11 July 2020.
- The theme for the event is ‘BeTheRevival : India and a Better New World’.
- India Global Week 2020 will have 5000 global participants from 30 nations across +75 sessions and +250 speakers for incisive global discussion and lively debate.
- This is for the first time the prime minister addressed a global audience since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic.
- India Global Week is a pltform where India meets the World, and the World meets India, address some of the burning issues around India’s performance and impact on the world stage.
Prakash Javadekar Represents India at Fourth virtual Ministerial on Climate Action
- The fourth edition of the Ministerial on Climate Action (MoCA) was held, virtually for the first time, on 7th July 2020 due to the ongoing pandemic.
- The meeting was co-chaired by European Union, China and Canada, to discuss and ensure that progress is made on climate action.
- Union Environment Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar, represented India in the meeting.
- MoCA is an annual meeting of ministers and high-level representatives from over 30 countries, including ministers from the G20 and chairs of key party groupings in the UN climate negotiations, and are co-hosted by Canada, the EU and China.
- It is a platform for discussions on the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change through the promotion of ambitious climate action and the successful adoption of technical rules under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Asia’s Largest and World’s Second Largest Data Centre Inaugurated In Mumbai
- Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and IT, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad and Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray jointly inaugurated the second-largest Tier IV data centre of the world in Mumbai on 8th July 2020, through online mode.
- The world-class ‘Yotta NM1 data centre’ building has been set up at Mumbai’s Panvel data center park, to cater to the needs of engineering and real estate businesses.
- It is the largest of its kind data centre in India and Asia, as well as the second largest in the world.
- The Yotta NM1 facility has been developed and owned by the Hiranandani Group through its fully owned subsidiary, the Yotta Infrastructure Group.
- The Yotta NM1 offers 7200 racks and 50MW of power with 48 hour backup.
- The data centre has been awarded the tier IV Design Documents Certification by Uptime Institute, USA, a globally recognised certification for data center design issued in over 98 countries.
- It is the first of five data centre buildings coming up at the Integrated Yotta Data Center Park, with an overall capacity of 30,000 racks and 210MW power.
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Launches India’s first Space Technology & Artificial Intelligence based system ‘BLUIS’ to monitor Government Lands
- In Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched Bhubaneswar Land Use Intelligence System (BLUIS), to monitor changes in all government land in the capital city Bhubaneswar by leveraging high resolution satellite imagery.
- With this, Odisha has become the first state in the country to tap space technology and artificial intelligence for safeguarding government lands.
- BLUIS is a geo-tagged repository of all the government lands in Bhubaneswar, created through high-resolution satellite imagery.
- Under BLUIS, a web and mobile-based solution has been developed to monitor changes in all government lands in Bhubaneswar.
- The mobile app also enables crowdsourcing cases of unauthorised land use and can also be used by citizens to report any unauthorised development taking place over geo-tagged government lands.
International News
WHO Declares Sri Lanka & Maldives as Rubella and Measles-Free
- On 8th July 2020, the global health body World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that Maldives and Sri Lanka have successfully eliminated Measles and Rubella from the country.
- With this achievement, Maldives and Sri Lanka have become the first two countries in the South East Asia region to eliminate measles and rubella ahead of the 2023 target.
- In Maldives, the last endemic case of measles was recorded in 2009 and rubella in October 2015.
- Sri Lanka recorded its last endemic cases of measles in May 2016 and rubella in March 2017.
- Apart from this, WHO has also declared Bhutan, North Korea and East Timor to be measles-free.
- WHO South-East Asia’s Regional Director : Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh
Banking & Economy
India’s GDP to contract by 3% in FY21: BofA
- The US brokerage firm BofA Securities has projected the India’s GDP to contract by 3 percent in FY21 because of the coronavirus pandemic, assuming the economy is opened up fully from August 2020.
- The GDP is likely to grow at 9 percent in FY22, expects BofA, the multinational investment bank division under the auspices of Bank of America.
Ranking
India achieves 8th rank for cancer preparedness among 10 Asia-Pacific countries; Australia tops: EIU Report
- India has been ranked at eighth position among 10 Asia-Pacific countries for cancer preparedness, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report titled “Cancer preparedness in Asia-Pacific: Progress towards universal cancer control”.
- The report is based on the findings from the EIU’s Index of Cancer Preparedness.
- India stood 8th with an overall score of 51.6 out of 100, which is below the regional average of 66.5.
- Australia (92.4) has topped the regional list, followed by South Korea (83.4) and Malaysia (80.3).
- The 10 Asia-Pacific countries in the list are Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.
- Vietnam (44.5) and the Philippines (42.6) are the only nations behind India.
Books/Authors
A.K. Srikumar and Rupa Srikumar authors novel on 1962 Indo-China War titled ‘Mahaveer: The Soldier who never died’
- Amid the rising tensions between India and China, the award winning author A.K. Srikumar along with his wife, Rupa Srikumar, has come up with a novel titled ‘Mahaveer: The Soldier who never died’ that tells the tale of the Indo-Chinese battle of Nuranang in 1962.
- It is a patriotic story of courage and selfless love of the Jaswant Singh Rawat, one of India’s legendary Garhwali soldiers from the war.
- The novel is published by highly noted Indian publishing house Rupa Publications.
Obituary
Veteran actor Jagdeep, who played Soorma Bhopali in ‘Sholay’, passes away at 81
- Veteran Actor and renowned comedian Jagdeep, best known for his role as Soorma Bhopali in 1975 film “Sholay”, has passed away. He was 81.
- The actors real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri.
- Jagdeep has worked in over 400 films.
Ivory Coast’s Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly passes away at 61
- The incumbent Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, passed away on 8th July 2020. He was 61.
- The minister became unwell during a weekly cabinet meeting and was taken to a hospital where he died.
- Coulibaly was a candidate for president in a coming election, to be held in October.
- He took over as the 10th PM of the country in January 2017.