DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 6 JUNE 2020
1. 200 “URBAN FORESTS” IN 5 YEARS: CENTRAL GOVT.
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“Nagar
Van” (Urban forest) Scheme
launched virtually by the Central Govt. on June 5, the occasion of the World
Environment Day 2020 (WED) announcing the implementation to develop
urban forests across the country over the span of 5 years.
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Stressing
on the substance theme of “Biodiversity” by the United Nation’s
Environment Programme (UNEP), The Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change celebrated the day by announcing the initiative of
urban forests in India.
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Urban
forest are seemingly the best way to bridge the gap of climate change.
2. INDIA, AUSTRALIA BILATERAL VIRTUAL SUMMIT
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The
first India-Australia virtual leader’s summit was held between Indian PM
Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison.
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The
focus of the meet was to further strengthen the bilateral ties in areas like
healthcare, trade and defence.
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The
External Affairs Minister of India Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and Australia’s
Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne signed the 4-year $12.7 million Australia-India
Cyber and Critical Technology Partnership.
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Notably,
Australia expressed its strong support for India’s membership of the Nuclear
Suppliers Group (NSG).
3. ASIA UNIVERSITY RANKING
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In
the Times Higher Education(THE) Asia University Ranking launched on 4th
June 2020, Indian became the Third most represented country with
8 institutes in the top 100.
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Indian
Institute of Science(IISc) with 36th position on the list
retains its top position in India.
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Six
Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) are featured in the top 100 of
list along with Institute of Chemical Technology(ICT)
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Tsinghua
University, China Tops the List following Peking
University, China in 2nd position and National
University of Singapore, Singapore in 3rd position.
4. WORLD ENTREPRENEUR 2020
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Kiran
Mazumdar-Shaw(67 years old), Executive
Chairperson of India-based Biocon Limited was named
as EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2020 for her contribution
to improve access to affordable life-saving medicine & transform the world
in one of its kind virtual entrepreneurship award ceremony.
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She
became the 3rd Indian to win this award, after Uday Kotak of
Kotak Mahindra Bank (2014) and Narayana Murthy of Infosys Technologies Limited
(2005)
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Kiran
Mazumdar-Shaw founded Biocon, a bio-enzymes company in 1978 and her firm became
the 1st Indian company to export enzymes to
the US and Europe.
5. FORBES 100 WORLD’S HIGHEST-PAID
CELEBRITIES 2020
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According
to the Forbes 100 world’s highest-paid celebrities 2020, Bollywood
actor Akshay Kumar ranked 52nd with estimated
earnings of USD 48.5 million(M) & is the only Indian featured
on the list.
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The
list is topped by 22 years old Kylie Jenner, model who earned USD
590M & also topped in the women category, followed by 42 years old American
rapper Kanye West(2nd, USD 170M), 38 years old Tennis player Roger Federer(3rd
rank, USD 106 M) & 35 years old Football Cristiano Ronaldo( 4th rank
, USD 105 M).
6. RAJEEV TOPNO TO BE SENIOR ADVISOR AT WORLD
BANK
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Cabinet’s
Appointment committee approved the appointments of Rajeev Topno as Senior
Advisor to the Executive Director(ED), World Bank & Brajendra
Navnit, as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of
India(PRI) to the World Trade Organisation(WTO) .
7. MUBADALA TO BUY 1.85% STAKE IN JIO PLATFORMS
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The
Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor, Mubadala is all set to buy 1.85% stake in
jio Platforms, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries (RIL), for Rs
9,093.60 crore.
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With
this investment, the platform has raised Rs 87,655.35 crore from leading global
technology and growth investors including Facebook, Silver Lake, Vista Equity
Partners, General Atlantic, KKR and Mubadala in less than six weeks.
8. WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2020 – JUNE 5
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The
Theme of World Environment Day 2020 is “Biodiversity”.
9. SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM “NISARGA”: INDIA’S WEST
COAST
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Cyclone
Nisarga, which intensified into a severe cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea,
expected to hit the coasts of Gujarat, Maharashtra.
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Over
coastal Maharashtra weakened into a Cyclonic Storm, dropped heavy rains
and winds gusting up to 120km (75 miles) per hour as a category 4 cyclone near
the coastal city of Alibag(Maharashtra).
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The
name Nisarga was suggested by Bangladesh.
