DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 1 JUNE 2020
1. FREE ONLINE
SKILL TRAINING THROUGH NCS PORTAL
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The
Union Ministry of Labour and Employment in partnership with TCS iON offers free
online career skills training through the National Career Service(NCS) project
to enhance the corporate etiquette, interpersonal skills, presentation skills
and other softs skills of the job-seekers.
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NCS
in partnership with HireMee, online assessment and hiring service
provider, offers creation of video profiles for job-seekers.
2. UN EXTENDS
ARMS EMBARGO ON SOUTH SUDAN
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The
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has extended the individual
sanctions, travel ban and an arms embargo in South Sudan until
May 2021.
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An
arms embargo is a restriction or a set of sanctions that applies solely to
weaponry.
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This
extension has been drafted by the United States (US), which received 12
votes in favour while Russia, China and South Africa abstained it.
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The
resolution will encourage developments in South Sudan’s peace process as the
nation is emerging from a brutal six-year civil war that left 380,000 dead and
millions displaced.
3. FORBES TOP
100 HIGHEST PAID ATHLETES 2020
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Virat
Kohli, Indian Cricket Team Captain becomes the only cricketer and the only
Indian to feature in the Forbes’ Top 100 highest paid athletes of 2020.Kohli
ranked 66 with Forbes Magazine estimated earning of around 26 million USD (24
million from endorsements and 2 million from salary/winnings).
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Tennis
player Roger Federer Tops the list for the first time with estimated earnings
106.3 million USD.
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He
placed 4th in the 2019 list with the estimated earnings of 95million USD.
4. FINANCE
MINISTRY APPOINTS PR JAISHANKAR AS MD OF IIFCL
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The
Ministry of Finance appointed PR Jaishankar as the MD
(Managing Director) of the India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL)
for 3 years.
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The
appointment comes after the recommendation of PS Jaishankar by the Bank Boards
Bureau (BBB) on March 15, 2020.
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Since
the post remained vacant for 3 years before the appointment (No one was found
suitable from among the list of applicants in 2017.
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Subsequently,
another failed attempt was made in 2018 when Pankaj Jain was chosen).
5. ARUN
SINGHAL BECOMES NEW CEO OF FSSAI
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The
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), Government of India (GoI), has
approved the appointment of Arun Singhal, a 1987-batch IAS (Indian
Administrative Service officer) of Uttar Pradesh cadre, as chief executive
officer (CEO) of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
(FSSAI).
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Mr
Singhal, currently serving as Special Secretary in the Department of Health and
Family Welfare, will succeed GSG Ayyangar who was briefly appointed to the
post.
6. IRRAWADDY
DOLPHIN POPULATION AT ODISHA ‘S CHILIKA LAKE INCREASED
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A
research project undertaken by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Madras, a public technical and research university located in Chennai,
Tamil Nadu (TN), has helped triple the number of Irrawaddy
dolphins in Odisha’s Chilika lake, asia’s largest
natural water reservoir.
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As
per the IIT team involved in the project, the research benefited more
than 200,000 fishermen living in 132 villages as now seven times more fish
can be caught.
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Chilika
lake is more than four 4,000 years old and extends to Puri, Khurda and Ganjam
districts of Odisha.
