Daily Current Affairs 02 May 2020

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Daily Current Affairs – 02 May 2020

Shri Arvind Kumar Sharma Assumes Charge as Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Shri Arvind Kumar Sharma has also worked in the Government of Gujarat at various positions including field and policy level and has extensive experience of handling the portfolios of regulatory and developmental administration, disaster management, Corporate Management, industrial/investment promotion and infrastructure development.

Other Appointments

• Giridhar Aramane has assumed the charge as Secretary to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
• Shri Ajay Tirkey assumes charge as Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development

World Tuna Day is observed on 2nd May

World Tuna Day is observed globally on 2nd May every year to raise awareness about the importance of tuna fish. It was observed for the first time in 2017.

Sania Mirza Becomes First Indian To Get Nominated for Fed Cup Heart Award

Sania Mirza became the first Indian to be nominated for the Fed Cup Heart Award. Sania is the nominee for the award from the Asia/Oceania Zone alongwith Indonesia’s Priska Madelyn Nugroho.

IIT Madras professor, Padma Shri awardee chosen for Nikkei Asia Prizes 2020

IIT Madras professor T Pradeep, a 2020 Padma Shri Awardee, was chosen for the prestigious Nikkei Asia Prizes 2020 in ‘Science and Technology’ category for his pioneering work in nanotechnology-based water purification.

Ramayan sets world record, becomes most viewed entertainment programme

The epic mythological show Ramayan, by Ramanand Sagar, has scripted new worldwide record of becoming the most watched entertainment programme in the world in 2020

As per DD, Ramayan has also clocked the highest viewership record on a single day and has reported a viewership of 7.7 crore as of 16 April 2020

India lose top spot in ICC Test rankings for first time since October 2016

The Virat Kohli-led Indian cricket team was dethroned from the top spot in the ICC Test rankings for the first time in close to four years after cricket parent’s body announced the latest rankings

Australia (116) have taken over from India as the top ranked side in the ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings with New Zealand (115) remaining in second place. India are now third with 114 points.

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01 May Current Affairs 2020

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01 May Current Affairs 2020

International Labour Day is observed on 1 May

International Labour Day is celebrated every year on 1 May. This day is observed to pay tribute to the contribution of workers across the world

Manipur black rice, Gorakhpur terracotta & Kovilpatti kadalai-mittai gets GI tag

The black rice is glutinous rice cultivated in Manipur over centuries, is characterised by its special aroma& is consumed mainly after being cooked like rice or kheer.

Gorakhpur terracotta is a centuries-old traditional art form, the work is done with bare hands including the ornamentation & natural color which stays fast for a long time

Kadalai Mittai is a peanut candy made in southern parts of Tamil Nadu. The candy is prepared from groundnut and jaggery

Shri Ajay Tirkey assumes charge as Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development

Mr. Ajay Tirkey, an Indian administrative Service officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre belonging to 1987 batch, today assumed charge as Secretary in Ministry of Women and Child Development. He succeeds Rabindra Panwar

KVGB launched loan scheme ‘Vikas Abhaya’ for Covid-19-affected MSME borrowers

Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) has launched ‘Vikas Abhaya’ a loan scheme to provide some relief to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise(MSME) borrowers whose business activities are disrupted on account of the COVID-19 pandemic in Dharwad

Shikha Sharma appointed as advisor of Google Pay India

Google Pay appointed Shikha Sharma, former CEO of Axis Bank, as an advisor.

Sharma left Axis Bank at the end of 2018. Since then she has joined multiple companies, including Tech Mahindra and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, as an independent director.

Chhattisgarh tops among other states in providing employment to workers under MGNREGS

Chhattisgarh has topped the list of states in providing employment to over 18 lakh unskilled labourers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)

Rajasthan(2nd) to 10.79 lakh workers & Uttar Pradesh(3rd) to around 9.06 lakh workers

USAID announces additional $3 million grant in support of India’s Covid-19 efforts

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced an additional grant of $3 million to India to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

The USAID is providing these funds under the Partnerships for Affordable Healthcare Access and Longevity (PAHAL) project

Neeraj Vyas Appointed as Interim MD and CEO of PNB Housing Finance

Neeraj Vyas has been appointed as the interim Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of PNB Housing Finance Ltd for 8 months. He has replaced Sanjaya Gupta who was serving as the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the company.

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7th February Current Affairs 2020

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7th February Current Affairs 2020

Veteran Writer Manoj Das receives Mystic Kalinga Literary Award

Manoj Das, who was recently bestowed with Padma Bhushan for his outstanding contribution to English and Odia literature, received Mystic Kalinga Literary Award for the year 2020 in the category of Indian and Global Languages.

The Mystic Kalinga Literary Award will carry a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, khadi shawl and a certificate.

He will deliver the festival’s keynote address on “Divine Madness: Knowledge, Ecstasy and Transformation”.

He is currently teaching English Literature & Philosophy at Sri Aurobindo International University, Puducherry.

DoT approves merger of Bharti Airtel, Tata Teleservices

The department of telecommunications has approved the merger of the consumer mobile operations of the Tata group with Bharti Airtel, Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd.

Under the deal signed in 2017, Airtel absorbed Tata’s mobile phone operations across the country in 19 circles.

India Signs first term contract to import Crude Oil from Russia

State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) signed first term contract with Russian oil and gas company Rosneft for the annual purchase of 2 million metric tonnes of crude oil

India is the 3rd largest Energy Consumer in the world, India imports globally 83% of oil to meet its oil need.

RBI to conduct Financial Literacy Week 2020

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will conduct the Financial Literacy Week 2020 from February 10 to February 14.

The theme of the Financial Literacy Week 2020 is Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

India becomes second largest steel producer of Crude Steel

As per World Steel Association data, India became the second-largest steel producer of crude steel after China 2019, by replacing Japan.

Top 5 Crude steel producers in the world

• China
• India
• Japan
• USA
• South Korea

International Seafood Show to be held in Kochi

Ministry of Commerce and Industry is conducting the 22nd edition of India International Seafood Show 2020 in Kochi from 7th to 9th February 2020.

The theme for the 2020 seafood show is “Blue Revolution: Beyond Production to Value Addition”. 

Haryana launches Rs 1500 crore Mukhyamantri Parivartan Yojna

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar officially launched the welfare scheme for poor families titled ‘Mukhya Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojna.

This scheme is to provide social security benefits to eligible families of the state through annual financial assistance of Rs6000.

India’s first glass floor suspension bridge to be built in Rishikesh

The country’s first glass floor suspension bridge is to be built across the river Ganga in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand.

The Uttarakhand Government has approved the design of a glass floor suspension bridge.

The bridge is as an alternative to the iconic Lakshman Jhula, almost 94 years old, which was closed in 2019 due to safety reasons.

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6th February Current Affairs 2020

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6th February Current Affairs 2020

 

Union Cabinet clears the setting up of Vadhavan Port in Maharashtra

The cabinet has given its ‘in-principle’ approval for setting up a Major Port at Vadhavan near Dahanu in Maharashtra at a cost of Rs.65,544.54 crore.

The new Major Port will be established on the basis of land lord model.

A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) will be formed with Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) as the lead partner.

This is part of the government’s plan to develop infrastructure projects with a cost of ₹100-lakh crore over the next five years.

India ranked 40th in International Intellectual Property (IP) Index 2020

India has been ranked at 40th position among 53 global economies in the 2020 International Intellectual Property (IP) Index.

This report was conducted by Pugatch Consilum, a consultancy that provides evidence-based research, analysis, and intelligence on the fastest growing sectors of the economy.

Top 3 Countries

• United States
• United Kingdom
• Sweden

East Asia Summit on Maritime Cooperation to be held in Chennai

The 4th East Asia Summit (EAS) Conference on Maritime Security Cooperation will be held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

The first conference was organized in Delhi in 2015.

The fourth conference is being organized by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in partnership with the Governments of Australia and Indonesia.

6th Bi-monthly monetary policy 2020 released by RBI

The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee has released its 6th Bi-monthly Monetary Policy 2019-20.

The Reserve Bank of India’s MPC has decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged to 5.15%

RBI expects the India’s GDP to grow by 6% next year

Current rates:

• Policy Repo Rate: 5.15%
• Reverse Repo Rate: 4.90%
• Marginal Standing Facility Rate: 5.40%
• Bank Rate: 5.40%
• CRR: 4%
• SLR: 18.25%

Sourav Ganguly to be Indian team’s Goodwill Ambassador for Tokyo Olympics

The Indian Olympic Association has invited the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly to become the Goodwill Ambassador of the Indian contingent at the Tokyo Olympics this year.

President of Indian Olympic Association – Narinder Dhruv Batra

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation: 6th February

International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation is observed globally on 6 February.

It was observed since 2003, as part of the UN’s efforts to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation and to spread the awareness about FGM which is a violation of the human rights of girls and women.

International Day of Zero Tolerance 2020 theme was Unleashing Youth Power: One decade of accelerating actions for zero female genital mutilation.

JSW Steel names Rishabh Pant as brand ambassador

JSW steel has appointed Indian cricketer Rishabh Rajendra Pant as its brand ambassador.

The young wicketkeeper-batsman Pant has been signed for three-years to promote JSW’s steel products which include JSW Colouron+ color coated sheets & JSW Neosteel TMT bars.

President confers International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy

President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy to Dr N.S. Dharmashaktu under the Indian nomination (individual) category and the Leprosy Mission Trust under the institutional category in New Delhi.

The International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy commemorates the compassion that Mahatma Gandhi possessed and his services towards people with leprosy.

India’s unemployment rate hit four-decade high of 6.1%

India’s unemployment rate hit a 45-year-high of 6.1 per cent in 2017-18, as per the National Sample Survey Office’s (NSSO’s) periodic labour force survey (PLFS) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

Rakhi Halder bags gold at Senior Women’s National Weightlifting Championships

Rakhi Halder of Bengal claimed gold in the 64kg category of the 35th edition of the Senior Women’s National Weightlifting Championships at Khudiram Anushilan Kendra in Kolkata.

Halder is ranked 19th in the Olympic qualifiers list and she has a personal best of 218 kg at the Qatar International Cup last year to win the bronze medal.

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5th February Current Affairs 2020

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5th February Current Affairs 2020

 

Karnataka govt launches Janasevaka scheme to provide Govt services at Home Delivery

The Karnataka government launched the Janasevaka scheme in certain municipal corporation wards to provide home delivery of various government services like ration cards, senior citizen identity and health cards.

The Scheme was launched by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, and the scheme will contain 53 services from 11 departments.

The beneficiary will have to place the request for the service through the website or Phone. Jan Sevak or a delivery executive will be assigned to deliver the service to the citizens

The main objective of the scheme is to ensure on-time delivery of government services and make the lives of the citizens of Karnataka Easy.

• Karnataka Governor: Vajubhai Vala

Cabinet approves amendment to bring cooperative banks under regulatory control of RBI

The Union Cabinet approved amendments to the Banking Regulation Act to bring cooperative banks under the regulatory mechanism of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

The government has taken this move in the wake of the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank crisis.

Maharashtra tops list of States hit by global medical data leak

Greenbone Sustainable Resilience, a German cybersecurity firm, has published a report on medical data leak, Maharashtra topped among the Indian states which has been hit by global medical data leak.

Medical details of over 120 million Indian patients have been leaked and made freely available on the Internet.

Maharashtra at the top of the States affected by the leak, followed by Karnataka.

Supreme Court directs states to issue notification for establishing ‘Gram Nyayalayas’

The Supreme Court has directed the states to establish Gram Nyayalayas within four Weeks. Gram Nyayalayas are mobile village courts established under Gram Nyayalayas Act,2008.

The Gram Nyayalayas should be established for every Panchayat at the intermediate level or a group of contiguous Panchayats at intermediate level in a district.

A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana also took into account the fact that several states have issued notifications for establishing Gram Nyayalayas but all of them were not functioning except in Kerala, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

MSME implemented a new scheme named SFURTI

Ministry of MSME is implementing a ‘Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries’ (SFURTI) Scheme under which financial support is being provided for setting up of traditional industries clusters viz. Khadi, Coir & Village industries clusters.

Its aim is to develop clusters of traditional industries in the country over a period of five years, to make sustainable development, employment and strengthen governance systems for traditional rural industries.

RBI hikes insurance cover on bank deposits to Rs 5 lakh

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has increased the Insurance cover on bank deposits to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh.

Deposit insurance was static at Rs 1 lakh since 1993. The cover is provided by the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC), a wholly owned subsidiary of the RBI.

The DICGC does not directly charge any premium from the depositor on this insurance. So Now Banks will pay a premium of 12 paise against 10 paise per Rs 100 deposit.

The deposit insurance scheme covers all banks operating in India, including the private sector, cooperative and even branches of foreign banks.

Big Bang Boom solutions wins SKOCH award

India’s startup in the defence sector, Big Bang Boom Solutions Pvt. Ltd., won the prestigious SKOCH award at a recently held ceremony at New Delhi.

Big Bang Boom Solutions has conferred the highest individual honor for Boron Nitrate Based Personal Hybrid Combat Armor.

Reliance General launches a comprehensive health insurance plan “Infinity”

Reliance General Insurance has launched a comprehensive health insurance plan called Reliance Health Infinity.

The product comes with 90 days pre and 180 days post hospitalization cover as well as a wide range of sum insured from Rs 3 lakh to 1 crore.

In addition to that if an insured person suffers an illness or injury which requires medical treatment – the cost of all-day care procedures, domiciliary hospitalization, emergency transportation will all be covered.

Greta Thunberg nominated for 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been nominated for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.

Two lawmakers in Sweden nominated the teenager for the award saying she has worked hard to make politicians open their eyes to the climate crisis.

Thunberg, who has encouraged students to skip school to attend rallies for the environment, has spoken out on the world stage about climate change.

Thunberg was among four people last year to win the Right Livelihood Award and was also named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year.

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4th February Current Affairs 2020

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4th February Current Affairs 2020

 

World Cancer Day: 4 February

World Cancer Day observed every year globally on 4th February.

The Day aims to raise awareness to encourage cancer’s prevention, detection and treatment.

Theme: I am I will

The day is observed by the United Nations and the theme highlights that all of us can fight against cancer.

Shaktikanta Das wins ‘Central Banker of the Year 2020’ for the Asia-Pacific region

The Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das has been named the ‘Central Banker of the Year 2020’ for the Asia-Pacific region by financial intelligence magazine The Banker.

As per Banker magazine, Shaktikanta Das has made many efforts to improve India’s banking system from NPAs (non-performing assets) loans to banks struggling with fraud.

Waheeda Rehman to be honoured with Kishore Kumar Samman by MP Govt

The Veteran actor Waheeda Rehman will be honoured the Madhya Pradesh government’s National Kishore Kumar Samman.

The award, for the year 2018, will be given to Rehman at her Bandra residence in Mumbai by Madhya Pradesh Culture Minister Vijaylaxmi Sadho.

Rehman, one of Hindi film industry’s most successful leading ladies with a string of box office hits and several awards.

L V Prabhakar assumes office as MD, CEO of Canara Bank

L V Prabhakar has assumed office as managing director and chief executive officer of Canara Bank.

Prior to his appointment as MD and CEO of Canara Bank, he was holding the post of executive director at Punjab National Bank.

11th DefExpo 2020 to be held in Lucknow

11th edition of DefExpo 2020 which will be held from 5th to 9th February at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.

Theme of the DefExpo 2020 is ‘India: The Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub’.

The 11th biennial edition of defence expo will be held in coordination with the Ministry of Defence.

Fitch forecast India’s FY21 GDP growth at 5.6 per cent

Fitch Predicts India’s GDP Growth to 5.6 % for the financial year FY21

For the current fiscal 2019-20 (FY 20), GDP is projected at 4.6 %.

This estimation is less than what the central government had estimated in the Economic Survey 2020, presented just a day before the Union Budget for 2020-21.

Amazon partnering with Eastern Railways sets up pick-up kiosk in Kolkata.

Amazon India has partnered with Eastern Railways inorder to set up a pick-up kiosk at the Sealdah railway station in Kolkata, West Bengal.

A kiosk is a small open-fronted hut or cubicle from where newspapers, refreshments, tickets will be sold.

This tie up with the Amazon India, will help Indian Railways meet its freight and passenger earning targets.

Vinod shukla wins first Mathrubhumi book of the year 2020 award

Eminent Hindi poet-novelist and Sahitya Akademi awardee Vinod Kumar Shukla has won the inaugural Mathrubhumi Book of the Year award.

He won the award for his translated book “Blue Is Like Blue “.

Arvind Krishna Mehrotra and Sara Rai have translated the stories of ‘Blue Is Like Blue’s into English.

Punjab government bans online lottery schemes

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh decided to ban the sale of all types of online lottery schemes in the state.

The ban, under Section 5 of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act 1998, would not only check illegal lottery business but also give a boost to the state’s tax and non-tax revenue.

9th edition of India-Bangladesh joint military exercise SAMPRITI-IX begins in Meghalaya

The 9th edition of the annual joint military training exercise by Indian and Bangladesh armies named ‘SAMPRITI-IX’ was flagged off on 3rd February 2020 in Umroi in Meghalaya.

The objective of SAMPRITI-IX is to provide basic counter-terrorism training for mountainous and jungle locations.

Albin Kurti appointed as the new Prime Minister of Kosovo

Albin Kurti has been appointed as the new and 4th Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo.

Albin Kurrti replaced Ramush Haradinaj.

Albin who is the leader of the political party Vetëvendosje (Self Determination).

Maldives rejoins Commonwealth as 54th member

Maldives officially re-joined the Commonwealth on February 1, 2020 and became the 54th member of the Commonwealth Union.

Maldives joined the Commonwealth in 1982 and withdrew its membership in 2016 upon the decision of the then President Abdulla Yameen over the charges of corruption and deteriorating human rights in the country.

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