DAILY Current Affairs 8 JULY 2020
1. ASSAM GOVERNMENT TO UPGRADE DEHING PATKAI WS TO
NATIONAL PARK
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Assam
has decided to upgrade the 111.942 sq km Dehing Patkai
Wildlife Sanctuary into a national park which is located within the larger
Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve, spreading across the coal- and oil-rich
districts of Upper Assam
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Dehing
Patkai, also known as Amazon of East.
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It
is also the place with the highest concentration of the rare endangered White
Winged Wood Duck.
2. 1ST CHAIRMAN IFSC AUTHORITY
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Government
appointed former corporate affairs secretary and IAS officer, Injeti
Srinivas as the 1st chairman of the International
Financial Services Centre Authority(IFSCA) for a 3 years term.
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IFSCA
regulates all financial services in international financial services centres
(IFSCs) in Gandhinagar.
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The
Union government had notified that it had set up the IFSCA on April 27, 2020.The
notification has brought into effect certain provisions of the IFSCA Act,
2019, in relation to its functioning.
3. MCA EXTENDS TENURE OF CHAIRPERSON OF NCLAT
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The
Ministry of Corporate Affairs(MCA) has extended the term of Justice(Retd.) Bansi
Lal Bhat, as the acting chairperson of National Company
Law Appellate Tribunal(NCLAT) by 3 month, effective from June 15.
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Bansi
Lal Bhat also holds the post of Member (Judicial) at the appellate
tribunal.
4. JAYANT KRISHNA IS APPOINTED AS CEO OF UKIBC
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UK
India Business Council(UKIBC) announced that Jayant Krishna has
accepted the Invitation of UKIBC to become the Group’s new Chief Executive
Officer(CEO) and became the first India based CEO of UKIBC.
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He
will assume office from 3rd August 2020 succeeding the current CEO Richard
Heald.
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Richard
Heald will take charge as the chairman of the Group from 1st September 2020
5. AIBA WORLD MEN’S RANKING 2020
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The International
Boxing Association (AIBA) has released the world rankings 2020 for
women’s and men’s boxing, as per which Indian amateur boxer & World
championships silver medallist Amit Panghal (24) has been
ranked first in the world ranking of main elites of 52 kg weight
category with a total of 1300 points.
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At
the same time, Manju Rani has got the second place in women’s
rankings in 48 kg with 1175 points.
6. HARYANA TO RESERVE 75% PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS FOR
LOCALS
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The
Haryana state Cabinet, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal
Khattar, has passed the draft “Haryana State Employment of Local
Candidates Ordinance, 2020” to provide 75% reservation for the
residents of Haryana in private sector jobs having salary of less than Rs
50,000 per month in companies, Societies, Trusts, Limited Liability Partnership
(LLP) Firms, partnership firms etc. situated in Haryana.
7. “MISSION VRIKSHAROPAN-2020” TO PLANT 25 CRORE
SAPLINGS
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Yogi
Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh inaugurated “Mission
Vriksharopan-2020” in Kukarel Forest, Lucknow, on account of Guru Purnima,
under which around 25 crore saplings of medicinal, herbal, environmental, fruit
producing, shady, fodder plants of around 201 species will be planted across
the state.
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Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath planted saplings of a Banyan tree, Ficus Virens and
Ficus Religiosa in Harishankari Vatika at Kukrel Forest, Lucknow.
