winmeen.com 2020 JUN 15 1. What is the theme of the Environment Day, 2020? The Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar launched the ‘Nagar Van’ programme to increase forest [A] Climate Action cover in urban areas. During the virtual celebration of World Environment Day 2020, the programme was [B] Celebrating Biodiversity launched with 200 corporations and cities across India. [C] Enrich Our Environment The Minister urged the people to actively participate in the programme to increase the tree cover in their areas. [D] Environment and SDG This year, the government’s target for tree plantation is 145 crores. World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year by the United Nations, to encourage awareness 4. Which country is to host 2022 Asian Football and environmental protection. Confederation Women’s Asian Cup for the first time? The theme of World Environment 2020 is ‘Celebrating [A] Nepal [B] Japan biodiversity’. The day will be hosted in Colombia in partnership with Germany. It is reported that about one [C] India [D] Sri Lanka million species facing extinction, as of now. In India, Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry releases series of India has bagged the hosting rights of the Asian Football advisories during a programme ‘Saving Biodiversity Confederation 2022 Women’s Asian Cup for the first through Effective Waste Management’. time since 1979. This tournament will feature 12 teams, as compared to the previous slot of eight teams. India 2. Which Indian has been appointed as the senior advisor will qualify to participate in the tournament directly as to the Executive Director (ED), World Bank? hosts. This event will also serve as the qualification tournament for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. [A] Surjith Bhalla [B] Rajeev Topno 5. Which country has launched a UNDP national [C] Urjit Patel [D] Abhas Jha campaign on ‘Prevention of Human & Animal Mortality Veteran bureaucrat Rajeev Topno, a 1996 batch IAS on Highways’? officer who had been serving as the private secretary to [A] Germany [B] India the Prime Minister, has been appointed as senior advisor to the Executive Director (ED), World Bank. As [C] Japan [D] Brazil per the Personnel Ministry order issued, five other officers have been appointed to various posts abroad. India has recently launched the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) campaign on This includes the appointment of Ravi Kota as Minister ‘Prevention of Human&Animal Mortality on Highways’. (Economic) at the Indian embassy in Washington; Lekhan Thakkar as Counsellor (Economic) at the Indian Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Embassy in Beijing; H Atheli, as Advisor to the ED of the Gadkari has launched the campaign through video ADB among others. conference on the occasion of World Environment Day. The Minister also highlighted that about 5 lakh road 3. What is the name of the initiative launched by the incidents are witnessed in India every year. Environment Ministry to increase urban forest cover? [A] Nagar Van [B] Green India [C] Green Cities Mission [D] Nature Mission CURRENT AFFAIRS 1 winmeen.com 2020 JUN 15 6. In which district the Keeladi excavation site located, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a state of emergency on Wednesday after 20,000 tonnes of diesel where skeletal remains of an animal have been recently oil to spill into the Ambarnaya River. The 60 km long unearthed? river is present in Norilsk, which is called as the nickel [A] Salem [B] Thirunelveli capital of Russia. The spill of the diesel oil has turned the surface of the river into crimson red colour. [C] Thiruchirapalli [D] Sivagangai The oil is alleged to have come as a result of a fuel tank Skeletal remains of an animal have been recently collapse at a power plant near the city. unearthed at Manalur near Madurai, under the sixth phase of excavation work at Keeladi site, undertaken by 9. ‘#iCommit’ is a new campaign launched by which the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology. Union Ministry of India? Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Mr. Edappadi [A] Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change K Palaniswami had started the 6th phase of excavation work in February at Keeladi, Kondhagai, Agaram and [B] Ministry of Power Manalur near Madurai. [C] Ministry of MSMEs During the excavation, a variety of materials including weaving, animal husbandry and water management [D] Ministry of Road Transport and Highways were recovered. The materials were found to be The Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, R K Singh belonging to the 5th century of the Tamil culture. launched the ‘#iCommit’ campaign, on the occasion of World Environment Day. 7. When is the ‘International Day for the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing’ The initiative aims to bring together all stake holders observed? including Govts, Corporates, several organisations, Think Tanks and Individuals and create a robust and [A] June 2 [B] June 3 sustainable energy system in the future. The campaign is led by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), [C] June 4 [D] June 5 under the administration of Ministry of Power. The International Day for the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing is observed 10. Which language day is celebrated by the United every year on June 5. The purpose of this day is to Nations on June 6, the birthday of famous poet sensitise about the threats posed by unregulated fishing Alexander Pushkin? activities to the fisheries resources. [A] Spanish Day [B] Russian Day The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared June 5 as the International Day for the fight against IUU [C] English Day [D] French Day fishing in November 2017. The first such day was UN celebrates six separate language days to raise celebrated in the year 2018. The Agreement on Port awareness of the history, culture and development of State Measures was brought into force on the same day. each of its six official languages – English, Arabic, Spanish, Chinese, Russian and French. 8. Ambarnaya River that was seen in news recently, is located in which country? June 6 is celebrated as the UN Russian Language Day, which is also the birthday of the Great Russian poet [A] United States [B] Russia Alexander Pushkin. The poet is considered as the father of modern Russian literature. Some of his popular [C] Germany [D] Australia literary works include novel titled “Eugene Onegin” and CURRENT AFFAIRS 2 winmeen.com 2020 JUN 15 his poem titled “The Bronze Horseman”. CURRENT AFFAIRS 3 winmeen.com 2020 JUN 16 th 1. ‘SPANDAN’ is a campaign launched by which Indian World Food Safety Day has officially celebrated on 7 June 2020 to strengthen efforts to ensure that the food state? we eat is safe. The theme of this year’s inaugural WFSD ‘Food safety, everyone’s Business’. [A] Odisha [B] Chhattisgarh [C] New Delhi [D] Uttarakhand The day is celebrated to promote global food safety awareness and to bring together countries, civil society The state Government of Chhattisgarh has recently and private firms to take required action. World Health launched the ‘Spandan’ Campaign to reduce incidents of Organisation (WHO) is collaborated with the Food and suicide and fratricide involving police personnel. Agriculture Organization leads the member states to Instructions were issued to senior officers to strictly celebrate Food Safety Day. follow the guidelines regarding counselling and medical treatment for depressed officers / staff by psychiatrists 4. Who is the Chairperson of the task force, set up to or psychologists in the district headquarters. examine matters regarding health and nutrition of women and children? Yoga classes are also to be arranged. As many as 50 police personnel committed suicide in Chhattisgarh [A] Jaya Jaitly [B] Vinod Paul over the past two years. [C] Najma Akhtar [D] Vasudha Kamath 2. Which Article of the Indian constitution says, “India, As per the latest notification from the Union Women and that is Bharat, shall be a union of states”? Child Development Ministry, a ten member task force has been set up to examine matters regarding health [A] Article 1 [B] Article 2 and nutrition of women and children. [C] Article 3 [D] Article 4 Ms Jaya Jaitly has been named the Chairperson of the Article 1 of the Indian constitution reads “India, that is task force, which includes the Secretaries of various Bharat, shall be a Union of States”. Recently a petition related Departments as ex–officio members. It will was filed at the Supreme Court, which sought to remove examine matters regarding age of motherhood, the name of ‘India’ from the first article. imperatives of lowering MMR and IMR, improvement of nutritional levels and other health & nutritional issues. The Chief Justice of India Sharad Bobde said that Bharat and India are both names given in the Constitution and 5. Which institution has partnered with Atal that India is already called ‘Bharat’ in the Constitution. Innovation Mission to promote innovation and However, the court said that the writ petition should be entrepreneurship? treated as a representation and to be sent to the Centre for final decision. [A] Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, CSIR 3. What is the theme of the World Food Safety Day 2020? [B] Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, TIFR [A] Future of Food Safety [C] Institute of Economic Growth [D] Indian Institute of Science [B] Food safety, everyone’s business [C] Food safety, first and foremost Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR has partnered with Atal Innovation Mission, AIM to promote [D] Food safety is still far a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in various sectors. CURRENT AFFAIRS 1 winmeen.com 2020 JUN 16 Under the Letter of Intent signed, the two institutions [A] Cochin Intl., Airport would support world class start–ups and promote innovation and research in the MSME industry through [B] Hyderabad Intl., Airport CSIR incubators and ARISE initiative of AIM.