It will provide a one-stop shop for scientific knowledge, data and intellectual property to be shared equitably by the global community. C-TAP will serve as a sister initiative to the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator and other initiatives to support efforts to fight COVID-19 worldwide.
2)The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has refused to disclose details on the creation and operation of the PM CARES Fund, telling an RTI applicant that the fund is “not a public authority” within the ambit of the RTI Act, 2005. The PMO cited a Supreme Court (SC) observation that “indiscriminate and impractical demands under RTI Act for disclosure of all and sundry information would be counterproductive”.
3)The Union Minister for Electronics and IT launched a National Program for the youth called “Responsible AI for Youth”. To empower the youth to become AI ready and help reduce the skill gap, while enabling youth to create meaningful social impact solutions. Bodies involved: The Program has been created and launched by the National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics & IT in collaboration with Intel India, with support from Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSE&L), Ministry of HRD.
The National Programme is open to students of classes 8 - 12 from Central and State government-run schools (including KVS, NVS, JNV) from across the country
4)Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister has announced the launch of the ‘Rozgar Setu’ scheme, to help secure employment for skilled workers who have returned. After such workers requiring employment are identified, the government will contact factory, workshop owners and contractors overseeing infrastructure projects such as road and bridge construction. Thus, the State government will act as a setu [bridge] between workers and employers so that both are benefited. According to CM, Madhya Pradesh is the 1st state to devise such a work plan.
5)The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics, has released the Provisional Estimates of National Income for the financial year 2019-20 and Quarterly Estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter (January-March) of 2019-20, both at Constant (2011-12) and Current Prices. The growth in GDP during 2019-20 is estimated at 4.2 percent as compared to 6.1 percent in 2018-19. This is the lowest annual growth rate of GDP registered under the new GDP data series which uses 2011-12 as the base year. This sharp deceleration in nominal GDP growth shows the continued weakening of India’s growth momentum even before it was hit by the Covid-19 induced lockdown in the last week of March.
6)A 2 MW Solar Photovoltaic Plant was commissioned at INS Kalinga, Visakhapatnam. The plant is the largest in the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) and has an estimated life of 25 years. INS Kalinga has taken significant strides in Green Initiatives since it's setting up in the early 1980s, including afforestation, numerous plantation drives, coastal cleanup drives and protection of the GeoHeritage site “Erra Matti Dibbalu”. Erra Matti Dibbalu also called as Red Sand Hills, a notified National Geo-heritage Monument, is situated at the outskirts of Visakhapatnam City. It is located very near to the Bay of Bengal and is one of Visakhapatnam's many heritage sites.
7)Ajit Jogi passed away at the age of 74 after a heart attack. Ajit Pramod Kumar Jogi (1946 – 2020) was a politician, who served as the first chief minister of the state of Chhattisgarh during 2000-2003. He was a member of the Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (INC) political party. Earlier, he was selected for the Indian Administrative Service and served as a District collector of Indore during 1981-85. He also served as member of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.
8) President Ram Nath Kovind has expressed grief on the demise of Rajya Sabha Member and former Union Minister M.P. Veerendra Kumar. • P. Veerendra Kumar was an Indian politician, writer and journalist, who was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha. • He was a member of the Loktantrik Janata Dal political party and was the president of Kerala state unit of the party. • He was also the chairman and managing director of the Malayalam daily newspaper Mathrubhumi.
• Mathrubhumi is a Malayalam newspaper that is published from Kerala. It is the second most widely read newspaper daily in Kerala. It was founded in 1924 by K. P. Kesava Menon, a freedom fighter who led the Vaikom Satyagraha in Travancore.
9)BCCI nominated Rohit Sharma for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards. The Award is considered to be the highest sporting honour award in India. The period of consideration for a person to get nominated is from January 2016 to December 2019. The award is the highest sporting honour of India. The award is presented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and sports. The award is presented for outstanding performance for a period of 4 years. The award comprises of cash prize of Rs 7.5 lakhs
10)Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendra achieved sales up to Rs 100.40 crores in the first two months of the financial year 2020-21. The sales were high as compared to the sales in the same two months period of 2019-20. The Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendra have saved Rs 800 crores through the sales of medicines in the two months of the financial year 2020-21. The Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI) are responsible for the success. It is the BPPI that implements Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana through the network of Pradhan Mantri Janaushadhi Kendra
11)The United States is facing nation wide protests over the death of an African American George Floyd. Mr Floyd was from Houston and has been living in Minneapolis several years. He was left jobless due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was reported to the police by a shopkeeper to have used a counterfeit currency. People even claim that the “Black Lives Matter” movement is back. The Black Lives Movement is an African-American movement that campaigns against violence and racism towards black people.
The movement campaigns against killings of black people, police brutality, racial profiling and racial inequality in the United States. The movement began in 2013. The movement spread to Canada, Australia and Germany
12)Reserve Bank of India recently announced that the Government of India has discontinued 7.75% savings bonds. The 7.75% savings bonds that are also called government bonds or RBI bonds were issued in 2018. They were available for the resident citizens of India alone. The value of one bond was Rs 1000 and there was no maximum limit of investment. The interests of the bonds were taxed under Income Tax Act, 1961
13)THAAD is Terminal High Altitude Area Defense. It is a transportable and groundbased missile defense system. China believes that US is exerting its influence over South Korea and Japan. This may interfere China’s long term diplomatic, military and economic interests in the region. China has been reiterating its long-standing objections about the presence of US THAAD missile defence system in South Korea. The THAAD is an anti-ballistic missile system. It was developed after the US experiences in the Gulf War, 1991. THAAD has been deployed in Israel, UAE, Romania and South Korea. THAAD is capable of destroying missiles by colliding with them. It uses Kinetic Kill Technology
14)The Researchers at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute have found a rare fish from the Gulf of Mannar. The specimen was deposited at the National Marine Biodiversity Museum of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI). The fish is locally called Scorpion Fish for its venomous tail. When the spines in the tail pierces an individual, the venom gets injected and causes severe pain. This is the first time, the species has been found alive in the Indian waters. Gulf of Mannar is a shallow bay in the Indian Ocean between Sri Lanka and India.
A Chain of low islands and reefs called Ram Sethu separates Gulf of Mannar from Palk Bay. Ram Sethu is also called Adam’s bridge. Gulf of Mannar is also called Adam’s bridge. Gulf of Mannar is a biosphere reserve.
15)PM Modi launched “My Life My Yoga”, a video blogging contest. The contest is to be conducted as a joint effort of Ministry of AYUSH and ICMR (Indian Council of Cultural Research). The contest is being launched to inspire people to participate in the sixth International Day of Yoga (IDY) that is to be celebrated in 21st June, 2020. Any participant from the world can take part in the contest. In order to participate in the contest, the participants have to upload 3 minutes video on yogic practices such as Asana, Kriya, Bandha, Pranayama or Mudra. The participants should also include the message how yogic practices influenced their lives. First, Second and third prizes of worth Rs 1 lakh, Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 have been announced.
16)The Central Government has allocated Rs 1,832 crores to Bihar and Rs 1,407 crores to Assam under Jal Jeevan Mission. In Assam, the Jal Jeevan mission aims to provide tap connections to over 13 lakh rural households by 202021. The state aims weaker and marginalized sections on priority basis. Village Action Plans have been framed with active participation of the rural community. With the help of funds allocated, the Bihar Government will offer tap connections to more than 50 lakh households. The Government is focusing on aspirational districts and SC ST villages. Jal Jeevan Mission aims to supply 55 litres of water to all rural household by 2024. The mission will create necessary infrastructure such as ground water recharge, rainwater harvest and management of household waste water for reuse
17)US President Donald Trump signed an executive order regarding liability protections for social media companies such as Twitter and Facebook for content posted on these platforms. • Under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, tech companies currently enjoy broad immunity from civil lawsuits stemming from what users post because they are treated as “platforms” rather than “publishers”.
• This executive order aims to narrow their protections from liability over the content posted on their services. Trump’s executive order is designed to pressure regulators, including the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission, to come up with new rules that would curtail that immunity. • The move came as the US president stepped up his attacks against social media giants after Twitter factchecked him for the first time over a false assertion that mail-in voting leads to widespread voter fraud. Trump said fact checks were editorial decisions by Twitter and amounted to political
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