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India secured 168 rank in the 12th edition of the biennial Environment Performance Index (EPI Index 2020)- that measured the environmental performance of 180 countries- and was released by the Yale University on June 4, 2020. India scored 27.6 out of 100.
Index considered 32 indicators of environmental performance.
In 2008, the United Nations General Assembly decided to designate 8 June as World Oceans Day. The day celebrates the role of the oceans in our everyday life and inspires action to protect the ocean and sustainably use marine resources.
2020 World Oceans Day Theme- Innovation for a sustainable ocean.
The Board of Karnataka Bank has designated Ramesh S, General Manager, in-charge of Risk Management Department, as the Chief Risk officer (CRO) of the Bank w.e.f. 06 June 020, in place of Prakash Kumar. Karnataka Bank MD & CEO- Mahabaleshwara M S.
Karnataka Bank Headquarters – Mangalore.
Universal Sompo, a joint venture between Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Karnataka Bank, Dabur Investments Corporation & Sompo Japan Insurance has appointed Sharad Mathur as Managing Director & CEO. Sharad was associated with SBI General Insurance.
Universal Sompo Headquarters- Mumbai.
Lyricist Javed Akhtar becomes only Indian to win prestigious Richard Dawkins award. The Richard Dawkins Award is bestowed upon individuals who ‘publicly proclaim the values of secularism, rationalism, upholding scientific truth’, since 2003.
He is an English ethologist, evolutionary biologist & author.
Scientists of Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati, have developed an artificial intelligence-based algorithm as an aid to rapid diagnosis and prediction of oral squamous cell carcinoma. The study was conducted using CNN.
CNN- Convolutional Neural Network.
National Biomedical Resources Indigenization Consortium, NBRIC constituted by the Department of Biotechnology under Central Government as a collaborative Public Private Partnership has developed diagnostic kits for COVID-19.
NBRIC is led by Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms.
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad have developed a low cost and Artificial Intelligence-based test kit for COVID-19. These kits can give results in about 20 minutes. Prof Shiv Govid Singh is the Lead researcher.
Kits are Reverse Tranion Polymerase Chain Reaction free.
Scientists at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Hyderabad have developed a rare-earth-based material that can be effectively used for cancer treatment and is being tested at SCTIMST, Trivandrum.
The composition is said to be magnetocaloric in nature.
As part of Mission Sagar, Indian Naval Ship Kesari reached Port Victoria, Seychelles for handing over COVID related essential medicines. Under Mission Sagar, India is providing assistance to friendly foreign countries in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Seychelles Capital- Victoria, Currency- Seychellois rupee.
Government has said that States and UTs have lifted 4,42,000 tonnes of food grains under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Package as on June 2020. Consumer Affairs Ministry said, under the package, Centre will provide eight lakh tonnes of food grains.
Union Minister of Consumer Affairs- Ramvilas Paswan.
A giant, sprawling structure almost a mile long has been discovered at the southern tip of Mexico, with researchers saying it may represent the oldest and largest monument of the ancient Maya civilisation ever found.
Aguada Fenix site is at the base of the Gulf of Mexico.
Former Governor of Mizoram, Manipur, and Jharkhand, Ved Marwah, who had also served as the Delhi Police Commissioner in the 1980s, died in Goa. He had also penned a book- ‘Uncivil Wars: Pathology of Terrorism in India’.
He was also the adviser to the governors in J&K and Bihar.
Former Indian footballer Hamza Koya has died of COVID-19 in Kerala. He was a former football player who represented Maharashtra at the Santhosh Trophy & also an India team member in Nehru trophy. He also played for Mohan Bagan & Mohammedan Sports Clubs.
He was selected for Indian Soccer camp twice.
Sports Ministry’s flagship programme Fit India is joining hands with the Department of School Education and Literacy, to launch a series of special films promoting 10 indigenous sports of India under the Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat initiative.
Kiren Rijiju is the current Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports.
Senior lawmakers from eight democracies including the US have united to counter Communist China. IPAC is ‘an international cross-party group of legislators working towards reform on how democratic countries approach China’.
IPAC: Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.
The government has modified public procurement norms to give maximum preference to companies whose goods and services have 50 per cent or more local content, a move aimed at promoting 'Make in India' and making the country self-reliant.
It has created a concept of Class-I, II & non-local suppliers.
Designed and created by Pratik Tirodkar, founder of a start-up PNT Solutions, Dombivali, recently, the first Coro-bot is currently deployed successfully at the Holy Cross Hospital in Kalyan to address the needs of hospital in treating COVID-19 patients.
The robot also gives advises to patients.
Member countries of the Group of 20 pledged more than USD21 billion to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. G20 countries injected more than USD5 trillion into the global economy in late March to fight the virus and its economic impacts.
Saudi Arabia assumed the G20 Presidency on 1 December 2019.
CSIR & Atal Innovation Mission sign a Letter of Intent to foster Innovation. This will support world class start-ups through CSIR Incubators under AIM initiatives and jointly work on new models of innovation, including setting up of CSIR Innovation Parks.
AIM is launched by the NITI Aayog.
World Brain Tumour Day is observed annually on June 8. Brain tumour is the tenth leading cause of morbidity in India. Day which was initiated by the Deutsche Hirntumorhilfe in 2000 to pay respect to all the brain tumour patients and their families.
Deutsche Hirntumorhilfe is headquartered in Germany.
