World Elder Abuse Day 2020 is observed on 15th of June. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) was launched by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the World Health Organization at the United Nations.
The 2020 theme – ‘Building Strong Supports for Elders’.
India's foreign exchange reserves have surged by a massive USD 8.22 billion to cross the half-a-trillion mark for the first time. The reserves rose to USD 501.70 billion for the week ended 5th of June, helped by a whopping rise in foreign currency assets.
India's Special Drawing Rights with IMF went up to $1.44-b.
India based finance lender Export-Import Bank of India announced to extend $215.68 million Line of Credit (LOC) to the Malawi government for drinking water supply schemes and other development projects. So far EXIM Bank has extended five LOCs to Malawi.
Malawi Capital- Lilongwe, Currency- Malawian kwacha.
Railways has created a new world benchmark by successfully running first Double Stack Container Train in high rise Over Head Equipment (OHE) electrified sections, said Piyush Goyal, the minister in charge of the national transporter.
This will boost the ambitious mission of Green India.
In view of the novel coronavirus outbreak, the NHAI has gone fully digital with cloud-based ‘Data Lake Software’, becoming the first such construction sector organisation. Software will forecast the delays, likely disputes and give advance alerts.
NHAI Chairman- Sukhbir Singh Sandhu.
India's first infectious disease diagnostic lab is now ready. This rapid response mobile laboratory is part of government’s Aatmnirbhar Bharat. This laboratory was built in a record time of eight days from the date of receipt of Automotive Chassis, from Bh
It is built with the support of Department of Biotechnology.
Maharashtra’s CM Uddhav Thackeray & Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Science & Technology, Dr Harsh Vardhan launched an Integrated Flood Warning System called ‘IFLOWS-Mumbai’ . It is a JV between the Ministry of Earth Sciences and BMC.
BMC- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a sanitizing chamber named ‘GermiKlean’ to sanitise uniforms of security forces. The sanitizing chamber has been set up at Parliament Street Police Station.
Chamber sanitises 25 pairs of uniforms within 15 minutes.
UNTAD said that the value of international trade in goods declined around 5% in the Q1 of 2020 & is expected to decline further by 27% in the ongoing quarter with trade in many developing countries projected to nosedive due to the effects of the pandemic.
UNCTAD Headquarters- Geneva, Switzerland.
Kerala Start-up in association with Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST) has developed BIN-19 & UV SPOT devices to help in combating Covid-19. BIN is an IoT based device used for collecting & disinfecting used Facemask.
UV SPOT can disinfect a broad range of microorganisms.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath inaugurated Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana via video conferencing. It aims at educating orphans and children of workers or those working as labourers. It was launched in the presence of UP Labour Minister Swami Prasad Maurya.
June 12 is observed as the World Day Against Child Labour.
RBI has barred Kanpur-based People’s Co-operative Bank from granting fresh loans and accepting deposits for six months, due to its weak financial position. The RBI also said no withdrawal of amount of a depositor will be allowed from the co-operative bank.
Bank is barred from selling, transferring/ disposing assets.
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing topped the Nature Index 2020 Annual Tables list as the most prolific producer of research published in the 82 selected journals tracked by the Index. CSIR is on 160th position globally & 1st among Indian institutions.
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore is at the 184th position.
2 years after appointing Imtaiyazur Rahman as the acting CEO, the board has confirmed him as CEO of UTI Asset Management Committee. Rehman was the internal candidate for the position which fell vacant after Leo Puri completed his 5-year term in 2018.
UTI Mutual Fund Headquarters- Mumbai.
A new species of fish from genus Schizothorax has been discovered in Arunachal Pradesh by Dr. Keshav Kumar Jha of Nehru College, Pasighat. The name of this fish species has been derived from the name of the rivers where it was found.
The fish species is named as Schizothorax sikusirumensis.
Noted Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput committed suicide. The actor was 34 years old. Sushant made his film debut in the buddy drama Kai Po Che! in 2013, for which he received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.
He also received nomination for the Best Actor Filmfare Award.
India’s oldest 1st-class cricketer Vasant Raiji, a right-handed batsman passed away at 100 due to old age at his residence in Mumbai. Vasant Raiji is a former opening batsman who represented Bombay, Baroda, & CCI in first-class cricket between 1941 & 1950.
Vasant Raiji made his 1st-class debut in 1939 for the CCI team.
Former Member of the Planning Commission Dr A Vaidyanathan died in Coimbatore. He was 88. Vaidyanathan was a professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies and Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.
He was related with planning in Kerala, Karnataka & TN.
The State Bank of India relaunched its Aadhaar-based instant digital savings account facility for customers who want to open an online account using the Yono platform. Yono is the lender’s integrated banking and lifestyle platform.
SBI Chairman- Rajnish Kumar.
India has maintained their 108th spot in the latest FIFA world rankings revealed for June. Belgium remain at the summit ahead of France and Brazil, who complete the podium, while England and Uruguay continue to occupy fourth and fifth, respectively.
India has 1187 points and have not lost or gained any.
Odisha has become the 1st state in India to receive ISO certification for hostels meant for tribal students. ST&SC Welfare Department had earlier launched the Mission Suvidya to provide uniform standards of infrastructure, amenities & human resources.
Odisha CM- Naveen Patnaik.
The Ministry of Finance notified the appointment of Devendra Kumar Singh, Additional Secretary & Development Commissioner, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, as Government nominee Director on the Board of Directors of SIDBI.
He will succeed Ram Mohan Mishra.
Javed Iqbal Wani sworn in as the J&K High Court judge. He becomes the second Kashmir-based judge in the High Court of Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh. J&K and Ladakh Chief Justice Gita Mittal administered the oath of office.
Javed Iqbal Wani is the 13th judge of the combined High Court.
Global Wind Day is a worldwide event that occurs annually on 15 June. It is a day for discovering wind energy, its power and the possibilities it holds to reshape our energy systems, decarbonise our economies and boost jobs and growth.
European Wind Energy Association established the day on 2007.