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Current Affairs 15 June 2020
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Centre Launches ”Aarogyapath” Healthcare Supply Chain Portal
- The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has launched a healthcare supply chain portal named ”Aarogyapath”, to provide real-time availability of critical healthcare supplies to manufacturers, suppliers and customers.
- The portal AarogyaPath can be accessed at https://www.aarogyapath.in.
- The initiative aims at filling a critical gap in last-mile delivery of patient care within India through improved availability and affordability of healthcare supplies.
Central Railways Installs Body Screening Facility ‘FebriEye’ in Mumbai’s CSMT & LTT Stations to screen Passengers
- The Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways has launched a body-screening facility “FebriEye thermal cameras” at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai, Maharashtra, to scan passengers for COVID-19 symptoms and ensure contactless entry.
- FebriEye is an Artificial Intelligence-based thermal screening system for real-time and automated, non-intrusive monitoring of the passengers at the entry point, to ensure that a person entering does not have a high fever.
- When passengers pass before the cameras, anyone with temperature above the set range will be shown in a different colour pattern than the rest, on the computer screen connected to the cameras.
- FebriEye thermal cameras can cover large areas which means it can detect the temperature of multiple people entering at once at a premise and record temperature automatically while passengers keep on moving.
SpaceX Launches Fresh Batch of 58 Starlink internet satellites in a Rideshare mission
- On 13 June 2020, the private spaceflight company, SpaceX successfully launched its latest batch of 58 Starlink internet satellites into the orbit, in a rideshare mission.
- With this launch, the total number of operational Starlink broadband internet satellites on orbit comes to 538.
- The launch of the rideshare mission took place on Falcon 9 rocket, which carried 58 internet-beaming Starlink satellites along with three small Earth-observation satellites, SkySat, owned by PlanetLabs.
- This is the first time that SpaceX Starlink mission shared the ride with Planet Skysat spacecrafts.
Imtaiyazur Rahman appointed as the CEO of UTI Mutual Fund
- UTI Asset Management Company (AMC) has appointed Imtaiyazur Rahman as its chief executive officer (CEO).
- The post was lying vacant since Leo Puri completed his five-year term as CEO of UTI AMC in August 2018.
- Rahman has been the acting CEO of the company for nearly two years. He was appointed interim CEO in 2018 after Leo Puri’s term came to an end.
Bollywood and TV Actor Sushant Singh Rajput Commits Suicide at 34
- Noted Bollywood actor and television star Sushant Singh Rajput, has passed away, after he commited suicide at his home in Mumbai. He was only 34. Reasons for suicide is yet to be known.
- Rajput came to fame after portraying the role of Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the legendary cricketer’s biopic, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story.
- Sushant made his film debut with Kai Po Che in 2014 and had starred in a number of films such as PK, Kedarnath, Shudh Desi Romance.
- He made his acting debut with Zee TV serial Pavitra Rishta.
India’s oldest first-class cricketer Vasant Raiji passes away at 100
- Vasant Raiji, the oldest first-class cricketer of India has recently passed away. He was 100-year-old.
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The legendary cricketer Vasant Raiji celebrated his 100th birthday on 26 January 2020.
- Raiji, a right-handed batsman, played in 9 first-class matches from 1939 to 1950, scoring 277 runs with 68 being his highest score.
World Blood Donor Day: 14 June
- World Blood Donor Day is marked by the World Health Organization (WHO) all around the world on every 14 June to create awareness about the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank blood donors for their voluntary, life-saving gifts of blood.
- The theme for the Blood donor day 2020 is ‘Safe Blood Saves Lives’.
- It would be promoted with the slogan ‘Give blood and make the world a healthier place.’