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Current Affairs PDF for Law Entrance Exams 1St June 2019 – 10Th January 2020 www.gradeup.co 1 www.gradeup.co Current Affairs PDF for Law Entrance Exams 1st June 2019 – 10th January 2020 Dear Aspirants, This Current Affairs PDF is a compendium of important Current Affairs news and events that occurred in last 7 months (1st June 2019 – 10th January 2020). This file is important and relevant for all Law Entrance Exams like – CLAT 2020, AILET 2020 and other Law Etrance Exams. Ranking/Indexes • The study says that intake of added sugar in metro 1. UIDAI’s 10-year success-The State of Aadhaar cities was 19.5 grams per day. This is lower than the Report: level recommended by ICMR which is 30 gram per • According to the State of Aadhaar report, 2019, day. Aadhaar has been the first identity document for • Though the levels of all the cities were within the around 65-70 million individuals. This benefitted threshold, they were so close to the upper limit in them in opening bank accounts, accessing food certain cities. rations, mobile phone services, etc. • According to the study, sugar intake was the highest • The report also stated that 80% of participants felt in Mumbai. Mumbai reported 26.3 g/day followed that Aadhaar improved the reach of government by Ahmedabad at 25.9 g/day. schemes and services faster. Only 34% of Indians 4. Violence against Children surpassed to 1,70,000: are yet to link their Aadhaar in the fear of losing UNICEF Report the services. • The annual report published by the United Nations 2. State of Aadhaar report surveyed 1,70,000 individuals. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on December 31, 2019, The initiative was started 3 years ago by IDinsight and stated that since 1989, the number of countries Omidyar Network of India. experiencing conflicts has increased and the attacks Effect of Automation on FDI flows: World Bank on children has increased as well. • World Bank released its study on how FDI flows are • The UNICEF has named the last decade as “Deadly affected in the world due to automation. The study Decade” because as per the report, the number of concluded that automation will certainly disrupt the attacks on children since 2010 has increased to flow of capital from rich countries to poor countries. three-fold. On the other hand, the poor countries can gain from • The world agency responsible for providing automation if adopted at the right time. humanitarian and developmental aid to children • The study has used data of FDI (Foreign Direct around the world says that in 2018, around 24,000 Investment) and industrial robot usages between grave violations were recorded against children and 2004 and 2015. It reports that during this period, the number has gone up highly to 1,70,000 in 2019. High Income Countries (HIC) saw the highest FDI • This includes abductions, killing, sexual violence, outflows. maiming, child recruitment, denial to humanitarian 3. ICMR releases report on Sugar Intake of India: access and attacks in schools and hospitals. • Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) 5. 'World Economic League Table 2020': India released first of its kind report on sugar intake of become fourth-largest economy by 2026 India. The intake was measured in grams per day. • The report titled 'World Economic League Table • The report was released based on a joint survey 2020' was released by the UK-based Centre for conducted by ICMR, NIN (National Institute of Economics and Business Research (CEBR). Nutrition), Hyderabad and ILSI (International Life • According to the report, India is expected to become Science Institute of India). The study is the first of the fourth largest economy by 2026 and the third its kind in the country. largest by 2034. 2 www.gradeup.co • The CEBR report states that India would surpass • Kerala ranked first in composite SDG index with Germany to become fourth largest economy by score of 70. Kerala was followed by Himachal 2026 and further topple Japan in 2034 to become Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil the third largest economy. Nadu. The biggest improvement was seen in states • Today, India is the fifth largest economy in the such as Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim. 9. Government launched Good Governance Index: World after US (20.49 trillion USD), China (13.41 • Government of India launched Good Governance trillion USD), Japan (4.97 trillion USD) and Germany Index in which Tamil Nadu topped in the “Big (4 trillion USD). States” category. It was followed by Maharashtra, • India has decisively overtaken both France and the Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. UK to become the world's fifth-largest economy in • The report also said that among the big states the 2019. poor performers were Odisha, Bihar, Goa and Uttar 6. Swachh Survekshan League 2020: Indore tops Pradesh. Jharkhand was ranked the last in good again governance index. • Swachh Survekshan League 2020 was released by • The States and Union Territories were divided into Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, 3 groups namely Big states, North East and hill Around 4,372 cities participated in the league. states and union territories. • Among 10 Lakh plus population category, Indore 10. India is world’s third largest producer of scientific secured first place in both the quarters. Bhopal got articles: US Report the second and Surat in Gujarat third spot in first • According to a latest report by US National Science Quarter. In the second quarter, Rajkot in Gujarat Foundation (NSF), India has emerged as the was at the 2nd spot while Navi Mumbai at third. world’s third largest publisher of science and engineering articles. As per the statistics compiled • In one Lakh to 10 Lakh population category, in report, China has topped the list followed by US. Jamshedpur in Jharkhand got the 1st spot in both 11. India slips to rank 112 in Gender Gap: WEF quarters. • The World Economic Forum released its report • New Delhi Municipal Council and Khargone in according to which India ranked 112th in terms of Madhya Pradesh got the second and third spot in gender gap. The report said that the India was the first quarter in this category. Chandrapur in ranked in bottom-five in terms of survival and Maharashtra and Khargone got the second and third economic participation. India was in 108th position spot in Quarter 2 in one to ten lakh population in 2018. categories. 12. India Skills Report 2019: 7. Report of Task Force on National Infrastructure • India Skills Report was released jointly by the CII, Pipeline released AICTE, UNDP and AIU. The report provides • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman released a employability of citizens in the country across the report of task force on National Infrastructure on states and. The report also ranked the cities based Pipeline (NIP) 2019-2025. The task force was set up on the availability of employment. • The report was prepared based on a survey that in order to draw up National Infrastructure Pipeline assessed 300,000 candidates from 35 educational from fiscal year 2019-20 to 2024-25. institutes across 28 states and 9 Union Territories. • The report says that between 2020 and 2025 GoI • According to the report, Maharashtra topped the has planned investment in infrastructure sectors list with the highest employable talent. Following such as roads, railways, urban, energy. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh • These sectors account to 70% of infrastructure ranked second and third respectively. investments planned. The plan is to invest 102 lakh 13. UNDP Human Development Index Report 2019: crores of rupees by 2025 and make India a 5 trillion- • The United Nations Development Programme dollar economy. released the Human Development Index for 189 8. Sustainable Development Goal Index Released: countries on December 9, 2019. • NITI Aayog released Sustainable Development • The rankings were listed by the report titled Goals Index 2019-20. According to the report, the “Beyond Income, Beyond Averages, Beyond Today: overall composite score of India improved from 60 Inequalities in Human Development in 21st in 2018 to 57 in 2019. India succeeded in the areas century”. of power and industry, water and sanitation, • India ranked 129 among them, which is one rank nutrition and gender equality. ahead of its previous positions. In 2018, India ranked 130. The rankings were listed based on the 3 www.gradeup.co assessment of poverty, education, life expectancy with the highest risk” in terms of bribery threats and access to health care. in South Asia. 14. Global prosperity index 2019: • India has been ranked at 78th in the Global • The first-ever Prosperity & Inclusion City Seal Bribery Risk Index out of 178 countries. and Awards (PICSA) Index, released in the • In South Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan are the Basque Country capital of Bilbao in northern only countries where the bribery risk is “high”. Spain. • Except for Bhutan, which has a “low” risk of • Bangalore emerged as India’s highest-ranked city bribery demands, the risk level of other at No. 83 in a new index of the world’s 113 cities countries in the region is “medium”. Bhutan, in terms of economic and social inclusivity. which has the lowest risk score of 41, was placed • Delhi at 101 and Mumbai at 107 are the other ranked 52nd. Indian cities to make at the index, • The five countries with the lowest bribery risk in • with the top 20 awarded a PICSA Seal as the the world are New Zealand, Norway, Denmark, world’s highest-ranked cities building inclusive Sweden and Finland. prosperity. • The countries with the highest risk are • Zurich in Switzerland topped the list while Venezuela, Yemen, North Korea, South Sudan and Austrian capital, Vienna in second place. Somalia. Copenhagen, Luxembourg and Helsinki complete the top five.
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