DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 29 MAY 2020
1. UNICEF
REPORT ON COVID-19 IMPACT
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According
to the report “Children in monetary poor households and COVID-19: Technical
Note” released jointly by the UNICEF (United Nations
Children’s Fund) & Save the Children, a United Kingdom (UK)
based non-profit organisation which works for child rights, the economic crisis
caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic may increase the number of
children living in poor households in low- and middle-income countries by
86 million (or an increase of 15%) to reach 672 million by
the end of 2020.
2. TECH FIRM
VAKRANGEE JOINS HANDS WITH LIC
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Vakrangee
Limited (VL), a
technology company based in Mumbai (Maharashtra), has entered into the
Corporate Agency (Registration Code CA0249) partnership with Life
Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to distribute latter’s micro
insurance products in unserved and underserved areas through its Nextgen
Vakrangee Kendra network spread across India.
3. 25 TONNES
OF PESTICIDES TO IRAN
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HIL,
(India) Limited (Formerly- Hindustan Insecticides
Limited) a Public sector undertakings(PSU) under Department of Chemicals and
Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers is in process to produce
& supply 25 tonnes of MT Malathion Technical to Iran
for the Locust Control Program under government arrangements.
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It
has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
for the supply of Malathion Technical to Rajasthan and Gujarat for the Locust
Control Programme
4.
NEW PRESIDENT OF NDB
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The
New Development Bank of the BRICS countries has designated Brazil’s Marcos
Prado Troyjo as its President.
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He
will succeed eminent Indian banker K.V. Kamath who took over
as the first president of the bank in 2015.
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The
decision regarding appointment was taken during the special virtual meeting of
the Board of Governors.
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The
Board also appointed Anil Kishora of the State Bank of India
(SBI), as the vice president of the NDB.
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Recently,
the bank has granted USD one billion loan to India under
emergency assistance programme to fight COVID-19 in the country.
5. NARINDER
BATRA AS MEMBER OF OLYMPIC CHANNEL COMMISSION
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Indian
Olympic Association (IOA) President Dr Narinder Dhruv Batra, 63
years old, was appointed as a member of the Olympic Channel Commission.
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Batra
also heads the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
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The
Olympic Channel Commission advises the IOC (International Olympic Committee)
session, the IOC Executive Board, the IOC President & provides guidance
throughout the launch and operation of the Olympic Channel.
6. IAF
OPERATIONALISED ITS 2ND SQUADRON OF LCA TEJAS MK-1
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The
Indian Air Force(IAF) operationalised its 2nd squadron(Sqn) No.
18 ‘Flying Bullet’ equipped with Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)
Tejas (Mk-1)Final Operational Clearance(FOC) at its Sulur Air
Force Station in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. It was operationalised by Air Chief
Marshal (ACM) Rakesh Kumar Singh(R.K.S.) Bhadauria.
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Tejas
is an indigenous fourth generation tailless compound
delta-wing aircraft.
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It
is equipped with a fly-by-wire flight control system, integrated digital
avionics and multimode radar and its structure is made out of composite
material.
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It
is the lightest and smallest in its group of fourth-generation supersonic
combat aircraft.
7. ISRO
RECEIVES PATENT FOR HIGHLAND SOIL SIMULANT
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Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has received a patent for its method of
manufacturing highland lunar soil simulant or moon soil which was prepared to
create an artificial moon surface as a part of 2019’s Moon landing mission
Chandrayaan-2 so that the Vikram lander and Pragyaan rover could be tested.
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This
soil simulant represents the regolith (loose unconsolidated rock and dust that
sits atop a layer of bedrock) of lunar highland region.
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It
is made in bulk from anorthosite rocks, a sample similar to
regolith identified and picked out from Sittampundi Anorthosite Complex,
almost 67 km from Salem, in Tamil Nadu.
8. LADAKH
SOLAR LIFT IRRIGATION PLANT
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Ladakh’s Director of Animal, Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries
Mohammad Raza inaugurated the 1st Solar Lift Irrigation Plant of Kargil with
five kilowatt(KW) Solar Plant and 3 Horsepower(HP) Submersible Pump(installed
by Kargil Renewable Energy Agency- KREDA) at Yak Breeding
Farm, Bodh Kharboo.
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The pump
discharges 45,000 liters of water per day, a major achievement
in the industry.
