Daily Current Affairs, 04th June 2020

1) International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression: 4 June

•International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is observed globally on 4th June every year. This day affirms the UN’s commitment to guard the rights of children. This day is to acknowledge the pain suffered by children throughout the planet who are the victims of physical, mental and emotional abuse. The main aim of celebrating today is to spread the notice about the pain and sufferings faced by the victims as children.

2) GoI starts SWADES scheme for skill mapping of overseas citizens

•The government of India has launched a new initiative ‘SWADES’(Skilled Workers Arrival Database for Employment Support) to conduct a skill mapping exercise of the Indian citizens returning from overseas under the ‘Vande Bharat Mission’. This initiative aims to make a database of qualified citizens supported their skillsets and knowledge to tap into and fulfil the demand of Indian and foreign companies.

•This is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, the Ministry of Civil Aviation and therefore the Ministry of External Affairs. The online form available on www.nsdcindia.org/swades has been created to collect the required details of the returning citizens. The form contains details associated with the work sector, job title, employment, years of experience.

3) Delhi Government launches mobile application “Delhi Corona”

•Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has launched a mobile application “Delhi Corona”. The mobile application will provide information to the people of Delhi about the availability of the beds and ventilators in government as well as private hospitals in Delhi. Hence, the mobile application “Delhi Corona” will enable people to check hospital-wise beds and ventilators available for COVID-19 patients.

•“Delhi Corona” app has been launched to bridge the information gap between the citizens and the hospitals in their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

4) MoHUA launches PM SVANidhi scheme

•“PM SVANidhi” is a Special Micro-Credit Facility Scheme that has been launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Street vendors will be provided affordable loans under the PM Street Vendor’s Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme, hence enabling them to resume work and earn livelihoods. The scheme is expected to benefit over 50 lakh people including hawkers, thelewalas, vendors, rehriwala etc.

•Under the PM SVANidhi scheme, street vendors will be able to avail the working capital loan of up to Rs. 10,000, which is repayable in monthly instalments in the tenure of one year. A digital platform with web portal/ mobile app would be developed to administer the scheme with end-to-end solution. It will also help in integrating the vendors into the formal financial system.

5) V N Datt becomes new CMD of National Fertilizers Limited

•National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) Marketing Director, Virendra Nath Datt has taken additional charge of Chairman & Managing Director of the Company. He will replace Manoj Mishra. 

•National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) is a state-owned Miniratna (Cat-1) company and producer of chemical fertilizers, organic fertilizers and industrial chemicals. Prior to joining NFL, he was Executive Director in GAIL (India) Limited. He also had a 10-year stint with ONGC before joining GAIL in 1995.

6) Krishnendu Majumdar becomes new chairman of BAFTA

•Emmy-winning television producer, Krishnendu Majumdar becomes the new chairman of British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). He is the first person of colour to be named as the chairperson of BAFTA in its 73 year-long histories of BAFTA. He will replace Pippa Harris. Harris will now continue as deputy chairperson.

•Prior to this, Majumdar served as the chair of the Learning and New Talent Committee (2006-2010), the chair of the Television Committee (2015-2019) and an individual from the leading group of trustees for 9 years. He has been intently working with BAFTA for 14 years.

7) Uday Kotak takes over as President of CII

•MD & CEO, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Uday Kotak has taken over as the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2020-21. He has replaced the chairman and MD of Kirloskar Systems, Vikram Kirloskar as the President of CII.

•T.V. Narendran, CEO & MD of Tata Steel Ltd., is now CII’s president designate for the current financial year, while the Chairman and MD of Bajaj Finserv Ltd., Sanjiv Bajaj has taken over as the vice-president of CII.

8) “One Year of Modi 2.0” e-booklet released by I&B Ministry

•Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has released an e-booklet called ‘One Year of Modi 2.0 – Towards A Self-Reliant India’. The e-booklet highlights the achievements of the Modi government during its second term. This marks the first anniversary of the second term of the government.

Highlights in the booklet:

•Abolition of Article 370 Article
•Settlement of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya
•The criminalisation of Triple Talaq
•Bodo Accord
•The Amendment to the Citizenship Act (CAA)
•The book has a separate section containing the actions taken to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and how the economic fallout is being dealt with.
•International event: The Howdy Modi event in the US, the Namaste Trump event in Gujarat and the Mamallapuram Modi-Xi Jinping summit.
•The booklet also highlights on the introduction of a Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package, which is about 10% of the GDP to boost the economy and sustain growth is also mentioned in the e-book.