Current Affairs (CONSOLIDATION) JUNE 2020 (PART – II) Drishti, 641, First Floor, Dr. Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi-110009 Phone: 87501 87501, WhatsApp: 92058 85200, IVR: 8010-440-440 Email: [email protected] Contents Polity and Governance ........................................................................... 1 z Secrecy of Ballot ...........................................................................................................................................................1 z Amendments in Postal Ballot System .........................................................................................................................2 z Speaker and Anti-Defection Law .................................................................................................................................3 z National People’s Party ................................................................................................................................................4 z Custodial Violence ........................................................................................................................................................5 z Civil Services Board ......................................................................................................................................................6 z Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan ......................................................................................................................................7 z Increased Funding for Panchayats ..............................................................................................................................8 z Assessment of Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana ...........................................................................................................9 z Extension to OBC Sub-Categorisation Commission .................................................................................................10 z BharatNet Project ........................................................................................................................................................11 z National Statistics Day ...............................................................................................................................................12 z Navigating the New Normal: NITI Aayog ...................................................................................................................13 z R&D Portal for Mining: SATYABHAMA .......................................................................................................................14 z First Bell: Kerala ..........................................................................................................................................................14 z YUKTI 2.0: Platform for Higher Education Institutes ................................................................................................15 z Global Education Monitoring Report 2020: UNESCO ................................................................................................15 Economic Scenario ...............................................................................17 z Co-operative Banks Under RBI Supervision ..............................................................................................................17 z Liquidity Measures Extended for Banks ....................................................................................................................18 z Increase in Money Supply ..........................................................................................................................................19 z Rise in Net Financial Assets .......................................................................................................................................20 z Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020 ..............................................................................................................................21 z Indian Gas Exchange: IGX...........................................................................................................................................22 z World Investment Report: UNCTAD ...........................................................................................................................23 z 4% Contraction in Growth: ADB ..................................................................................................................................24 z New Purchasing Power Parities: ICP 2017 ................................................................................................................24 z Country of Origin Made Mandatory on GeM ..............................................................................................................26 z Initial Public Offer: LIC ................................................................................................................................................26 z Turant Customs ..........................................................................................................................................................27 z Interest Subvention Scheme for Shishu Loan Accounts ..........................................................................................28 z PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme ..........................................................................29 z Anti-dumping Duty on Steel Imports .........................................................................................................................29 z National Institute of Public Finance and Policy ........................................................................................................30 International Relations .........................................................................31 z AIIB Loan for India ......................................................................................................................................................31 z Iran Blocking Sites Access: IAEA ...............................................................................................................................32 z China to Join UN Arms Trade Treaty .........................................................................................................................32 z USA Sanctions Against the International Criminal Court .........................................................................................33 z Russia-India-China Grouping ....................................................................................................................................34 z Financial Action Task Force .......................................................................................................................................36 z Victory Day Parade .....................................................................................................................................................37 z Tariff Exemption on Bangladesh Exports: China .......................................................................................................38 z Senkaku Islands ..........................................................................................................................................................39 z 70 Years of Korean War ..............................................................................................................................................40 z UN 75 Declaration .......................................................................................................................................................41 z Kholongchhu Hydropower Project .............................................................................................................................42 z USA Extends Ban on Work Visas ................................................................................................................................43 z 36th ASEAN Summit ...................................................................................................................................................44 Science and Technology .......................................................................46 z Private Sector Participation in Space .......................................................................................................................46 z Gateway Lunar Orbiting Outpost ................................................................................................................................47 z Micius: A Quantum-Enabled Satellite ........................................................................................................................48 z Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence ..............................................................................................................49 z Covaxin Approved for Human Clinical Trials .............................................................................................................50 z Dexamethasone Drug .................................................................................................................................................50 z Antiviral Drug Umifenovir ...........................................................................................................................................51 z Kala- azar Disease ......................................................................................................................................................52