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Current Affairs 30 June 2020
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National News
Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal launches Pradhan Mantri Scheme for Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises
- The Union Minister of Food Processing Industries, Harsimrat Kaur Badal formally launched Pradhan Mantri Scheme for Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises as a part of Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan on 29 June 2020.
- The scheme aims to enhance the competitiveness of the existing individual micro enterprises by increasing their access to credit, modern technologies among other things.
- Salient Features of the scheme
- The All India Centrally Sponsored Scheme has an outlay of Rs.10,000 crore for 5 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25
- Provide employment to about nine lakh skilled and semi-skilled workers.
- Cover 2,00,000 enterprises
- Expenditure will be shared by Government of India and States at 60:40
- About Rs. 35,000 cr investment is expected under the programme.
Ministry of Culture to celebrate Sankalp Parva from 28th June to 12 July 2020
- Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent charge) Shri Prahlad Singh Patel has announced that the ministry has decided to celebrate ‘Sankalp Parva’ from 28th June to 12 July 2020.
- This initiative is line with the Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi’s call for planting at least five trees either in Office campus or wherever it is possible, to ensure clean and healthy environment of the country.
- The Ministry of Culture has asked all its Subordinate Offices, Academies, Attached Institutions, Affiliated Institutions to plant the five trees as identified by PM Modi, in its campus or at the surroundings wherever it is possible.
- These trees are “Bargad”, “Awla”, “Pepal”, “Ashok” and “Bel” and represent the herbal heritage of our country.
- However, people may do plantation of any other sapling of their choice, incase of non availability of the saplings of these trees.
India’s first Plasma Bank to be set up in Delhi to treat COVID-19 patients
- The Delhi government is all set to establish India’s first plasma bank in the national capital to fight the novel coronavirus.
- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced that the plasma bank will be set up at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in south Delhi’s Vasant Kunj.
- It will serve the purpose of coordination between plasma donors and recipients.
- The Minister has also requested those who have recovered from the infection to donate plasma to help other patients.
Maharashtra launches world’s largest plasma therapy trial ‘Project Platina’ for COVID-19 patients
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray virtually launched world’s largest convalescent plasma therapy trial project ‘Project Platina’ on 29 June 2020, for treating critical COVID-19 patients.
- The state government has approved Rs 16.65 crore for the project from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
- 21 centres have been picked for the trial, including 17 medical colleges under the department of medical education and drugs, the government of Maharashtra and four BMC medical colleges in Mumbai.
- Under the project, critical patients will receive two doses of 200 ml of plasma recovered from COVID-19 patients.
- The treatment will be provided free of cost to all coronavirus patients under the trial project.
- Plasma is the liquid part of the blood which have antibodies to the coronavirus, thereby fight the infection and helping critically-ill patients to recover.
United Nations honours Kerala’s Health Minister KK Shailaja for efforts to fight pandemic
- The state Health Minister of Kerala, KK Shailaja, has been honoured by the United Nations, during a virtual conference organised as a part of the occasion of the United Nations Public Service Day on 24 June 2020.
- The 63-year-old minister was honored for her efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic in the state by adopting the three strategies of “Trace, Quarantine, Test, Isolate and Treat”, “Break the Chain” and “Reverse Quarantine.”
- Shailaja was among 10 other world leaders invited to speak on the occasion.
- She was the only speaker from the country to speak at the event on the strategies adopted by Kerala to curb COVID-19 transmission.
Summit
36th ASEAN Summit held virtually in under the Chairmanship of Vietnam
- The 36th edition of the biannual ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit was held via video conferencing on 26 June 2020 Hanaoi, Vietnam, under the Chairmanship of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
- The theme of the Summit was “Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN”.
- The main focus of the summit was on the COVID-19 epidemic response, post-pandemic recovery and further cooperation with partners.
- The 36th ASEAN summit was scheduled to be held in April 2020 in central Vietnam”s Da Nang, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ranking
IIT-Ropar Emerges as best Indian University in ‘THE Young University Ranking 2020’, HKUST tops
- The Times Higher Education (THE) has released the ‘THE Young University Rankings 2020’ which list the world’s best universities that are 50 years old or younger.
- The 2020 ranking includes 414 universities from across the globe, up from 351 in 2019.
- Overall, 26 Indian universities appear in the ranking of 2020, while only two Indian universities made it into the top 100, and none could enter the ’50 under 50′ category.
- The best Indian university among the youngest institutes in the country is IIT-Ropar, in Punjab. It is ranked at 62nd spot.
- The other Indian university in top 100 is IIT Indore at 64th rank..
- The overall ranking has been topped by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
- The universities are judged across all their core missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook – to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available.
- List of top 10 Universities
Banking & Economy
Indian economy expected to contract 5% in FY21: S&P Ratings
- The GDP growth of India is expected to contract by 5 percent in the fiscal year 2020-21, according to latest forecast by S&P Global Ratings.
- The growth is expected to rebound in 2021-22 at 8.5%
- Summary
- FY21: -5%
- FY22: 8.5%
- FY23: 6.5%
Appointments
UP Governor Anandiben Patel gets additional charge as Governor of Madhya Pradesh
- President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel to assume the additional charge as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh on 28 June 2020.
- The incumbent Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Lal Ji Tandon, is on medical leave due to the poor health conditions.
Micheal Martin takes over as the Prime Minister of Ireland
- Micheal Martin has been appointed as the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland on 27 June 2020.
- The 59-year-old will lead a three-party coalition government consisting of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party.
- Martin is serving as the 15th Taoiseach of the country. He succeeds Leo Varadkar.
- He has been the leader of the Fianna Fáil party since 2011.
Gudni Johannesson Re-elected as President of Iceland for second 4-year term
- The current President of Iceland, Gudni Johannesson has been re-elected as the head of the state.
- The former history professor won his second four-year term on 28 June 2020, with 92.2 percent of the 168,821 votes cast.
- It is the second-highest margin of victory in the history of Iceland’s presidential elections.
- Vigdis Finnbogadottir, the first woman in the world to be democratically elected as head of state, holds the record, winning re-election in 1988 with 94.6 percent of the vote.
Indian umpire Nitin Menon inducted in ICC Elite Panel
- Indian umpire Nitin Menon has been included in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC’s) Elite Panel of Umpires for the upcoming 2020-21 season on 29 June 2020.
- The 36-year-old is the only third Indian umpire to feature in the prestigious panel after former captain Srinivas Venkatraghavan (2002) and Sundaram Ravi (2010).
- Menon replaces Nigel Llong of England in the list of 12 umpires for the season.
- He has the experience of officiating in three Tests, 24 ODIs and 16 T20Is so far.
Important Days
International Day of the Tropics: 29 June
- The International Day of the Tropics is a United Nations designated day, observed on 29 June every year.
- The main purpose of the day is to raise awareness about the specific challenges faced by tropical areas, the far-reaching implications of the issues affecting the world’s tropical zone and the need, at all levels, to raise awareness and to underline the important role that countries in the tropics will play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
- It was on this day in 2014, that Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi launched inaugural State of Tropics Report which is the culmination of collaboration between 12 leading tropical research institutions, and offers unique perspective on Tropics.
International Asteroid Day: 30 June
- The International Asteroid Day, also known as Asteroid Day is a United Nations proclaimed day observed globally on June 30 ever year to raise awareness about asteroids and what can be done to protect the Earth, its families, communities, and future generations from a catastrophic event.
- The event marks the anniversary of the Siberian Tunguska event that took place on June 30, 1908, and was the most harmful known asteroid-related event on Earth in recent history.
- The first International Asteroid Day was held in 2015.
International Day of Parliamentarism: 30 June
- The United Nations International Day of Parliamentarism is held on June 30 to celebrate parliaments and the ways in which parliamentary systems of government improve the day-to-day lives of people the world over.
- The 2020 event is the third edition of the celebration.
- The day marks the anniversary of the Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union, the global organization of parliaments, that was established on June 30, 1889.