Today Current Affairs - 11th July 2020 Current Affairs
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
PM Modi Inaugurates Asia’s Largest Solar Power Project – Rewa Solar Project in Madhya Pradesh
i.The 750 MW ultra-solar power plant spread over 1,590 acres.
ii.It comprises three solar generating units of 250MW each located on 500 hectare land inside the 1500 hectare solar plant.
iii. It is a renewable energy project to supply energy to customers outside the state.
About Madhya Pradesh:
Capital- Bhopal
Chief Minister- Shivraj Singh Chauhan
EESL Inked Agreement with NOIDA authority to Install EV Charging Units and Related Infrastructure
ii.The agreement was signed by AK Tyagi, General Manager (GM), NOIDA Authority and Amit Kaushik, Executive Director (Growth), EESL in the presence of Ritu Maheshwari, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), NOIDA Authority.
iii.NOIDA is responsible for the provision of space for the charging infrastructure while EESL for deployment of public charging stations in NOIDA City.
About Efficiency Services Limited (EESL):
It is a joint venture (JV) of Public Sector Undertaking (PSUs) under the Ministry of Power, Government of India.
Chairman– Rajeev Sharma
Managing Director– Saurabh Kumar
Headquarter– New Delhi
About New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA)
Chairman– Alok Tondon
Headquarter– Noida, Uttar Pradesh (UP)
Ministry of Culture Released the First five Re-printed Volumes of Mongolian Kanjur Manuscripts
Under the National Mission for
Manuscripts (NMM), The Ministry of Culture has taken up the project of
re-printing 108 volumes of Mangolian Kanjur. A set of First Five
manuscripts were presented to Shri Ram Nath Kovind, the President of
India on Guru Purnima (Dharma Chakra Day) on 4th July 2020.
i.The Bhuddhist Canonical text in 108 volumes is the most important religious text in Mongolia.
ii.The present edition is being published by the National Mission for Manuscripts(NMM).
iii.The Mission is carried under the supervision of Prof. Lokesh Chandra, an eminent Scholar.
About Mongolia:
President- Khaltmaagiin Battulga
Capital & Currency- Ulaanbaatar & Mangolian Tugrik
About Ministry of Culture and Tourism:
Minister of State (Independent Charge) – Ahri Prahlad Singh Patel
Indian Navy Completes “Operation Samudra Setu” by repatriating 3992 Indian from 3 countries
ii.Under this operation 3,992 Indian citizens brought back to India, which was conducted by Indian Naval Ships (INS) Jalashwa (Landing Platform Dock), and Airavat, Shardul and Magar (Landing Ship Tanks).
iii.This operation was undertaken by the Indian Navy in close coordination with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and various other agencies of the Government of India (GoI) and State Governments.
About INS Jalashwa (L41):
Procured in 2005 from the United States (US), it was commissioned in Indian Navy in 2007. Formerly known as USS Trenton, is an amphibious landing dock capable of carrying over 1,000 people.
About INS Magar (L20):
Commissioned in 1987, INS Magar is the lead ship of Magar-class amphibious warfare vessels of the Indian Navy.She was built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, West Bengal.INS Magar is capable of carrying around 500 troops.
About Indian Navy:
Chief of Naval Staff (CNS)– Admiral Karambir SinghIntegrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence (Navy)– New Delhi
T-Hub Partners with MeitY And Digital India to Lead Scale Up Program for Hardware Startups
ii.The programme under the partnership will start in July 2020.
About Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeitY):
Cabinet Minister– Ravi Shankar Prasad
Minister of State– Sanjay Dhotre
About T-hub:
CEO– Ravi Narayan
Headquarters– Hyderabad, Telangana
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Mean Average Global Temperature could rise by 1.5° Celsius in 5 years: WMO
ii.The 1.5 C mark is the level to which countries have agreed to try to limit global warming as per 2015 Paris accord. The agreement sets a goal of keeping global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit), ideally no more than 1.5 C.
About World Meteorological Organization (WMO):
Secretary-General (SG)– Petteri Taalas
Headquarter– Geneva, Switzerland
Members– 187 Member States and 6 Member Territories
WHO sets up Independent Panel for evaluation of global COVID-19 response
i.On July 9, 2020, World Health
Organization (WHO) has formulated an Independent Panel for Pandemic
Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
ii.The Panel will be co-chaired by former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Elizabeth Clark and former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
iii.While Helen Clark served as
an administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on
the other hand, Ellen Sirleaf is a recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace
Prize.
About WHO:
Headquarters– Geneva, Switzerland
Director General– Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Chief Scientist– Soumya Swaminathan
BANKING & FINANCE
ADB Renews MoU with IEA to Scale up Collaboration on Energy Sector Sustainability and Resilience
About Asian Development Bank (ADB):
Headquarters– Mandaluyong, Philippines
President– Masatsugu Asakawa
Membership– 68 countries
About International Energy Agency (IEA):
Headquarters– Paris, France
Executive Director– Fatih Birol
ADB & Qatar-based EAA Foundation To Work Jointly For Quality Primary Education Project worth $100 million
In its preliminary effort, ADB has entered into a 5-year agreement with Qatar-based Education Above All (EAA) Foundation to work jointly for project worth of $100 million to put at least 3.2 lakh out-of-school children, including refugees and internally displaced children into quality primary education.
About Asian Development Bank (ADB):
Headquarters– Mandaluyong, Philippines
President– Masatsugu Asakawa
Membership– 68 countries
About Education Above All (EAA) Foundation:
Location– Doha, Qatar
Chairperson– Sheikha Moza bint Nasser
IRDAI removes Rs 5 lakh cap on sum insured for Arogya Sanjeevani policies amid COVID-19
ii.Arogya Sanjeevani, is a product for which all insurers are mandated to offer had a cap of Rs 5 lakh on the sum insured and the minimum cover for it was of Rs 1 lakh. The regulator has now allowed insurers to offer sum insured as low as Rs 50,000 with no upper limit. The sum insured has to be in multiples of Rs 50,000.
About IRDAI:
Headquarters– Hyderabad, Telangana
Chairman– Dr. Subhash Chandra Khuntia
Mastercard to Invest Rs 250 cr to Support SMEs in India Amid COVID-19 Crisis
ii.To enable the SMEs to restart itself and help them in business recovery.
iii.SMEs have been hit hardest during the lockdown caused by COVID-19 due to their dependence on the cash-economy and disruption of the supply chain.
About MasterCard:
Headquarters– New York, United States
Chief Executive Officer– Ajay Banga ( Michael Miebach will take over as CEO on January 2021)
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Indian Battalion Wins the Annual UNIFIL Environment Award for 2020
ii.The annual award was launched by UNIFIL on 4th December 2019 to recognise the environmental achievements within the Mission’s area of operations.
iii.An Indian Battalion(INDBATT) stationed with UNIFIL was declared first for their project towards reducing waste generation.
About United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL):
Mission Leadership– Major General Stefano Del Col
About United Nations Peacekeeping:
Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations– Jean-Pierre Lacroix
Nadaun Police Station of Himachal Pradesh declared as one of the best in India
On 9th July 2020 Amit Shah, The Union
Minister of Home Affairs announced the Annual Ranking of Police
Stations for 2019 prepared by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government
of India in the Director General of Police’s (DGP’s)
conference. Nadaun Police Station of Hamirpur District in Himachal
Pradesh is ranked as one of the best Police Stations of India.
Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home
Affairs presented the Certification of Excellence to Jai Ram Thakur,
Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh during the ceremony on 9th July 2020
which was handed to Sanjay Kundu, IPS, the Director General of Police (DGP), Himachal Pradesh.
Annual Police station ranking:
i.The ranking system of Police Stations was introduced by the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2018.
ii.The ranking is made through data analysis, direct observation and public feedback.
iii. The ranking is a two stage process,
- shortlisting the police stations – 3 stations are selected from the states having more than 750 police stations, 2 stations from other states and Delhi and 1 station from each Union Territories(UT).
- The Survey, based on the Note on Performance measurements which includes, Crime prevention and proactive measures, Execution, Disposal of cases, Law and Order etc.
iv.The best performing police station is based on the addressing of Property offence, crime against women and weaker sections.
About Ministry of Home Affairs:
Union Minister– Amit Shah
Ministers of State– G.Kishan Reddy & Nityanand Rai
About Himachal Pradesh:
Chief Minister– Jai Ram Thakur
Governor– Bandaru Dattatraya
Capital– Shimla (Summer) & Dharamshala (Winter)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
ISRO to Launch Brazil’s Amazonia-1 Earth Observation Satellite on PSLV
ii.Amazonia – 1 will help in observing and monitoring the deforestation in the region of Amazon through the satellite images.
About ISRO:
Chairman– Dr.K. Sivan (Secretary of Department of Space(DoS))
Headquarters– Bengaluru, Karnataka
About National Institute for Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais – INPE):
Interim Director– Darcton Policarpo Damião
Location– São José dos Campos, Brazil
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