DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 28-29 JUNE 2020
1. PRESIDENT PROMULGATES BANKING REGULATION
(AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2020
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President
of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind in exercising the powers conferred under clause
(1) of article 123 of the Constitution has promulgated the Banking Regulation
(Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 which will amend section 45, and 56 of
Banking Regulation Act, 1949 as applicable to Cooperative Banks.
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This
promulgation followed the Cabinet approval on June 24, 2020 regarding an
ordinance to bring nearly 1,482 urban and 58 multi state cooperative banks
under the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) supervision.
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Therefore,
RBI’s power applied to scheduled banks, will now apply for cooperative banks as
well.
2. NASHA MUKT BHARAT: ANNUAL ACTION PLAN (2020-21)
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To
celebrate “International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking” on the
theme Better knowledge for better care, Rattan Lal Kataria,
Minister of State (MoS) for Social Justice and Empowerment has virtually
launched “Nasha Mukt Bharat: Annual Action Plan (AAP) (2020-21) for 272 Most
Affected Districts” from New Delhi.
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Rs
260 crores has been allocated for NAPDDR for
the year FY 2020-21 as compared to Rs 110 crores for FY 2019-20.
3. THE YOUNG UNIVERSITY RANKING 2020 WITH 2 INDIAN
INSTITUTES IN TOP 100
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The
Times Higher Education(THE) released THE Young University
Rankings 2020 for the universities which are 50 years old or
younger.
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Two
Indian Institutes secured their ranks in the top 100 with IIT Ropar,
the best 12year old institutes of India at 62nd rank and IIT
Indore at 64th rank.
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Rank
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Name
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Country
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1
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The
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Hong
Kong
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2
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Nanyang Technological University
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Singapore
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3
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Paris
Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University
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France
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4. HP PANCHAYATI RAJ DEPARTMENT WINS 1ST PRIZE
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Himachal
Pradesh panchayati raj department wins 1st
prize under e-Panchayat Puraskars 2020 for
effective implementation of e-applications, developed by the central government
& other applications developed by the state government. The prize will be
given by Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
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The
e-panchayat puraskar is given to states that have made maximum use of
Information Technology to monitor the works of the panchayat
5. ADVANCED TORPEDO DECOY SYSTEM ‘MAAREECH’
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Indian
Navy inducted an Advanced Torpedo Decoy System (ATDS) namely ‘Maareech’ that is
capable of being fired from all frontline warships.
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It
is equipped with sonars and towed and expendable decoys, which are capable
of detecting, confusing, diverting and decoying the incoming torpedoes.
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The
design and development of this ATDS have been done by Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO) labs viz.
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Naval
Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi in Kerala and the Naval
Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam, Andhra
Pradesh (AP).
6. PUNJAB’S FIRST WOMAN CHIEF SECRETARY
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The Punjab government
appointed 1987 batch Indian Administrative Service(IAS) Officer Vini
Mahajan as the Chief Secretary, after which she becomes the 1st
woman to hold this post.
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She
will remain in the post until October 2024.
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She
succeeded Karan Avtar Singh, who was due to retire in August 2020.
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Currently
she is the only Punjab cadre officer in the state to hold a Secretary’s post at
the Centre.
7. 1ST STATE TO LAUNCH “GODHAN NYAY YOJANA”
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Bhupesh
Baghel, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh announced the launch of “Godhan
Nyay Yojana” through an online press conference to promote animal
husbandry and make it a commercially profitable practice and to procure the cow
dung from the farmers at a fixed rate.
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Under
this scheme the government will collect the cow dung from the farmers for a
fixed price and convert it into vermicompost fertilizers.
