DAILY Current Affairs 7 JULY 2020
1. INDIAN RAILWAYS SETS UP SOLAR PLANT IN
BINA
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For
the 1st time in the
world, Indian Railways will directly supply power to
Overhead Traction System of train.
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To
achieve this feat, Indian Railways has recently set up 1.7 MWp (mega watt power) at Bina (Madhya Pradesh) which shall be
connected directly to Overhead Traction System.
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Indian
Railways has
partnered with Bharat Heavy Electricals
Limited (BHEL) under its Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) scheme for this first of its kind project in the world.
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Indian
Railways will transform itself as ‘Net Zero’ Carbon Emission Mass
Transportation Network by 2030.
2. CBSE PARTNERS WITH FACEBOOK FOR
CURRICULUM ON DIGITAL SAFETY
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The Union Minister for HRD Ramesh
Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ made an announcement on the partnership of Central Board of
Secondary Education (CBSE) and Facebook to launch a curriculum on Digital
Safety and Online well-being and Augmented Reality (AR) for students and
educators.
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To ensure online well being of students
and prepare them for the future of work.
3. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2020
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In accordance with the “Sustainable
Development Report 2020- The Sustainable Development Goals and Covid-19”,
comprising of SDG index 2020, there will be severe negative impacts on most of
the United Nations (UN)-mandated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) due to
COVID-19 pandemic.
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India, which has ranked at 117th position
with a score of 61.92 is also facing major challenges in 10 of
the 17 SDGs including zero hunger, good health, gender inequality among others.
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The index has been topped by Sweden.
4. INFORM RISK INDEX 2020
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In accordance with the “INFORM
Report 2020:Shared evidence for managing crises and disasters” released
by research centre INFORM, operating under European Commission (EU), India has
ranked at 31st place with an inform risk of 5.4, means risk of
humanitarian crises and disasters .
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The report ranked the countries based on
“INFORM Risk Index” which has been topped by Somalia with an inform risk of
8.9.
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The report has analyzed 191 countries.
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It is the first global, objective and
transparent tool for understanding the risk of regions based upon crises and
disasters.
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A higher figure means more exposure to
risks.
5. NHRC CONSTITUTES COMMITTEE TO ASSESS
COVID-19 IMPACT
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The National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) has set up an 11-member expert
committee headed by Dr K S Reddy, president of Public Health
Foundation of India to study impact of coronavirus (Covid-19) on human
rights of individuals, particularly marginalised and vulnerable
sections of the society, together with migrant labourers & will also study
the future response of the government.
6. ELYMENTS – INDIA’S FIRST SOCIAL MEDIA
SUPER APP
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Vice President of India Shri Venkiah
Naidu launched India’s first social media super application: Elyments
virtually.
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The app provides free audio/video calls,
and private/ group chats through vibrant feed.
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Around 1,000 IT professionals worked to
create a homegrown application, which is a massive boost to ‘Make in India’
initiative.
7. ISRAEL SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES NEW SPY
SATELLITE
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The Space Administration in the
Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D), of the Israel
Ministry of Defense (IMoD), and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), have
successfully launched a new spy satellite “Ofek 16” into
orbit by using a locally-developed Shavit rocket from a
launchpad at Palmachim airbase in central Israel.
8. BOOK -‘OVERDRAFT: SAVING THE INDIAN
SAVER’
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Former
RBI governor Urjit Patel has authored a book titled ‘Overdraft:
Saving the Indian Saver’, which focuses on the issue of Non-Performing
Assets (NPAs) that has affected Indian banking in recent years and also
its causes.
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The book
will be published by HarperCollins India and will be released
by the end of July.
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He was
born in Nairobi, Kennya on 28 October 1963
9. WORLD ZOONOSES DAY 2020: JULY 6
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World
Zoonoses Day is observed annually
on July 6 to raise awareness of the risk of zoonotic
diseases among people.
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The day
commemorates French Biologist, Louis Pasteur who administered
the first successful vaccine against the Rabies virus in July 6, 1885.
