Wednesday, June 17, 2020

THE HINDU NEWSPAPER IMPORTANT ARTICLES 17.06.2020

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FRONT PAGE

20 Indian soldiers killed in face-off at Galwan

NATIONAL

Borders of India will remain intact: Nadda

India says Chinese troops tried to change status quo

India expects to sail through UN Security Council vote

Climate report predicts hotter, rainier days

OPINION

Nepal ties and the Benaras to Bengaluru spectrum

For better conditions of work

Of gods and governments

In defence of MPLADS

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Daily Current Affairs, 16th June 2020

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1) International Day of Family Remittances: 16th June

•International Day of Family Remittances is observed on 16th June every year. The day recognizes the contribution of over 200 million migrants to improve the lives of their 800 million family members back home and to create a future of hope for their children.

•This year International Day of Family Remittances is celebrated under the theme: “Building resilience in times of crisis”

2) Dharmendra Pradhan launches Indian Gas Exchange

•Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan has launched the Indian Gas Exchange (IGX). IGX is the first nationwide online delivery-based gas trading platform. The trading platform will enable market participants to trade in standardised gas contracts. IGX is fully automated with a web-based interface and it provides seamless trading experience to the customers.

•The new electronic trading platform for natural gas is an indicator of the centre’s progressive policy. This will help the nation move towards free-market pricing of natural gas. IGX has been incorporated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), which is India’s energy market platform.

3) India joins Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence

•India has joined the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI or Gee-Pay) as a founding member. GPAI was launched by a group of leading economies namely UK, EU, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Italy, Japan, USA, Mexico, New Zealand and India. This partnership among the leading economies aims to guide the responsible development as well as use of AI, grounded in human rights, diversity, innovation, inclusion, and economic growth.

•GPAI is an international and multi-stakeholder initiative is a first initiative of its type to evolve better understanding of the challenges along with opportunities around AI by using the experience and diversity of participating nations. This would be achieved by uniting leading experts from industry, civil society, governments, and academia to promote responsible evolution of AI.

•As a founding member of the initiative, India will actively take part in the global development of Artificial Intelligence, leveraging upon its experience around use of digital technologies for inclusive growth.

•Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will host a Secretariat in Paris, in order to provide support to the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI). It will also have two Centers of Expertise: one each in Paris and Montreal.

4) EPFO launches “Multi Location Claim Settlement” facility

•Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has launched a “Multi Location Claim Settlement” facility. The “Multi Location Claim Settlement” facility will cover claims such as provident fund, pension, partial withdrawal and claims and transfer claims.

•The “Multi Location Claim Settlement” facility will enable EPFO offices to settle online claims from any of its regional offices, across the country. The recently launched facility will reduce any delay in claim settlement cycle. By introducing this facility, EPFO has moved away from the existing system of geographical jurisdiction for claim processing, hence reducing the delays by uniformly distributing the claim settlement related workload nationwide.

5) CBIC Chairman M. Ajit Kumar launches “e-Office” application

•“e-Office” application has been launched in over 500 CGST and Customs offices across India by the Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), M. Ajit Kumar. With the launch of application, CBIC has become one of the largest Government departments to automate its internal office procedures. The “e-Office” is a Mission Mode Project (MMP) under the National e-Governance of India. “e-Office” has been developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC) and is supported by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG).

•The launch of “e-Office” application will remove the manual handling of files and paper movement with automated internal office procedures, hence introducing fundamental changes. This is another step of the organisation in leveraging technology for providing a ‘Faceless, Contactless and Paperless’ indirect Tax administration.

6) MoS for Home affairs G. Kishan Reddy launches device ‘GermiBAN’

•A device named “GermiBAN” has been launched by the Union Minister of State for Home affairs G. Kishan Reddy. The device has been developed by Atal Incubation Centre & Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of India (ALEAP) Women Entrepreneurs (WE) HUB. The recently launched device has the capability of killing 99.9% of surface and air microbes. Hence the device will be very useful for quarantine centres, isolation wards, hospitals and all general places for killing viruses like coronavirus.

•ALEAP WE-HUB has been set up to encourage women startups, expanding incubation facilities to make available co-working spaces, equipment/machinery, business/market and network connections, common facility rooms, infrastructure, banking, investors, venture capitalists as well as angel network support. It was set up with the support of Central Government’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI AAYOG.

7) Anmol Narang becomes 1st observant Sikh to graduate from US Military Academy

•Anmol Narang has made history by becoming the 1st observant Sikh to graduate from the distinguished United States (US) Military Academy at West Point. She was among about 1,100 cadets who graduated at the premier institution’s campus in New York with the rank of 2nd lieutenant. She is hopeful that her efforts to represent her religion and community will encourage Americans to find out more about Sikhism. She was born and raised in Roswell, Georgia.

•In 1987, Congress passed a law that prohibited Sikhs and a number of other religious communities from maintaining their articles of religion while within the military, despite a history of diverse service and simple accommodations.

8) Airtel Payments Bank launches ‘Suraksha salary account’ for MSMEs

•Airtel Payments Bank has launched ‘Suraksha Salary Account’ for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). India’s MSME sector has over 60 million units and accounts for 29 per cent of India’s GDP.

Nepal's New Map - India's Concerns

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Nepal's Oli government has passed the constitutional amendment ratifying a change in its map which includes India's territories in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district.

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The HINDU Notes – 16th June 2020

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📰 Amid pandemic, traditional art of ‘talamaddale’ goes digital

A performance of the variant of Yakshagana theatre was streamed live on social media on June 13

•The traditional art of ‘talamaddale’, a variant of Yakshagna theatre, too has gone virtual in times of COVID-19. A performance was streamed live on social media on June 13 and more such are in store.

•Vasudeva Ranga Bhat, the artiste who enacted the role of Rama in an episode of Ramayana performed from Udupi, while his counterpart Sripada Hegde, who played the part of Lakshmana, was in California in the U.S. Another artiste Ganapathi Bhat Sankadagundi who was Bharata was in Mysuru. The musicians — Anantha Hegde Dantalige, the ‘bhagavatha’ (singer-cum-director), and Ganapathi Bhagvat Kavale, the ‘maddale’ player — were in Yellapur in Uttara Kannada.

•The episode titled ‘Paduka Pradhana’ was streamed live for more than two hours from 8.45 p.m. on YouTube and Facebook using a virtual meeting app. The hosts were Sanathana Yaksha Ranga Cultural Centre and Northern California Havyaka Group.

•COVID-19 and lockdown have forced artistes of different streams to explore digital platforms and social media to reach out to art lovers.

•Unlike Yakshagana performance, in the conventional ‘talamaddale’ the artistes sit across in a place without any costumes and engage in testing their oratory skills based on the episode chosen. It is an art form minus dance, costumes and stage conventions.

•Under the changed circumstances due to the lockdown, many Yakshagana artistes and Yakshagana-related organisations are hosting the virtual ‘talamaddale’ live programmes on the Facebook, YouTube since past over a fortnight. Their links are shared on social media platforms.

•Virtual live streaming is not a new trend in case of Yakshagana performance. But when ‘talamaddale’ is concerned, it is. If some used virtual meeting apps and then streamed it live on social media, many others streamed the conventional ‘talamaddale’ (where all artistes had a ‘baithak’ in a place) live on social media.

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Daily Current Affairs, 15th June 2020

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1) World Blood Donor Day: 14th June

•World blood donor day is observed globally on June 14th every year. This day is celebrated to create that awareness and make people understand how crucial it is to donate blood. As well as thanking blood donors, it’s each day to boost awareness about the worldwide need for safe blood and the way everyone can contribute. To promote and support effective national donor programmes and therefore the elimination of dependency on family/replacement and paid blood donation. To encourage people to donate blood regularly on an unpaid basis.

•The campaign theme for this year’s World donor Day is “Safe blood saves lives” with the slogan “Give blood and make the world a healthier place”.

The objectives of this year’s campaign are:

•To celebrate and thank individuals who donate blood and to encourage those that haven’t yet donated blood to start out donating.

•To highlight the necessity for committed, year-round blood donation, to take care of adequate supplies and achieve universal and timely access to safe blood transfusion.

•To focus attention on the contribution donors make to the entire community as a critical factor in improving health.

•To demonstrate the necessity for universal access to safe transfusion and supply advocacy on its role within the provision of effective health care and in achieving the goal of universal health coverage.

•To mobilize support at national, regional and global levels among governments and development partners to take a position in, strengthen and sustain national blood programmes.

2) World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: 15th June

•World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) is observed on 15th June every year. This day is celebrated to raise voice for the elderly who are abused and victimized. The main objective of this day is to provide an opportunity for communities around the globe to promote a better understanding of abuse and neglect of older persons by creating awareness of the cultural, social, economic and demographic processes affecting elder abuse and neglect.

•The National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) and the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL) invite you to join us in “Lifting Up Voices” for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) in 2020. This theme serves as a platform for unifying Elder Justice and Violence Against Women by sharing the lived experiences of older people.

3) World Wind Day celebrated on 15th June

•World Wind Day, also known as Global Wind Day, is observed on 15th June every year. The day is encouraging and raises awareness on wind energy, which is a natural form of energy and also sheds light on all the ways that wind energy helps to shape the energy systems and the way it encourages economic and other growth in the society. Global Wind Day began in Europe in 2007 and globally in 2009.

4) CSIR National Healthcare Supply Chain Portal “Aarogyapath” launched

•A CSIR National Healthcare Supply Chain Portal named as “Aarogyapath” has been launched. “Aarogyapath” is an information platform developed by CSIR in partnership with Sarvodaya Infotech and institutional users and manufacturers / authorized suppliers of healthcare essentials. The portal has been launched with a vision of “providing a path which leads one on a journey towards Aarogya (healthy life)”. The platform is expected to fill the critical gaps in last-mile delivery of patient care within India via improved availability and affordability of healthcare supplies.

•The “Aarogyapath” portal will ensure single-point availability of key healthcare goods which would be helpful to customers in addressing various issues such as time-consuming processes to identify good quality products, lack of awareness about the latest product launches, dependence on limited suppliers, etc. The platform would serve manufacturers & suppliers to reach a wide network of customers efficiently by reducing the gaps in connectivity between them and potential demand centers. Hence it will facilitate a real-time availability of critical healthcare supplies.

5) Flood warning system “iFLOWS” launched in Mumbai

•State of the art flood warning system “iFLOWS” has been launched in Mumbai. The flood warning system was launched by Union Earth Sciences Minister Harsh Vardhan along with Maharashtra’s chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. I-FLOWS consists of seven modules: Data Assimilation, Flood, Inundation, Vulnerability, Risk, Dissemination Module and Decision Support System.

•The recently launched system “iFLOWS” will enable Mumbai to predict floods three days before they happen. As a result, administration will be able to save property as well as lives from the flood. Now, the city will become more resilient with the launch of system as it will provide early signs of the forthcoming danger during high rainfall and cyclone events.

6) Punjab government launches mobile App “Ghar Ghar Nigrani”

•“Ghar Ghar Nigrani” mobile application has been launched by the Punjab government to check the community spread of COVID-19 in the state of Punjab. Under this initiative, state will undertake house to house surveillance in the state, covering the entire rural and urban population of Punjab above 30 years of age and will also cover persons below the age of 30 having co-morbidity or Influenza like Illness/Severe Acute Respiratory Illness until the elimination of the COVID-19 pandemic.

•The mobile application “Ghar Ghar Nigrani”, developed and designed in-house by the Health Department, will act as a tool for early detection as well as testing of the people for the novel coronavirus in order to prevent its community spread.

7) Shambhu S. Kumaran appointed India’s next Ambassador to Philippines

•Shambhu S. Kumaran has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of the Philippines. He is presently serving as the Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Morocco.

•Shambhu S. Kumaran will replace Jaideep Mazumdar as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Philippines.

8) Imtaiyazur Rahman becomes CEO of UTI Mutual Fund

•UTI Mutual Fund has appointed Imtaiyazur Rahman as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Earlier Rahman was serving as the acting Chief Executive Officer of the UTI Mutual Funds. He joined the UTI Group in 1998 and is with the AMC since 2003.

•Imtaiyazur Rahman was made the acting Chief Executive Officer of the UTI Mutual Funds after the completion of 5-years term of Leo Puri whose contract ended in August 2018. Before becoming acting CEO, Rahman was serving as the chief financial officer of UTI Asset Management Company.

9) Attorney General of India KK Venugopal to get 1-year extension

•Attorney General of India, KK Venugopal will get the 1-year extension of service. The tenure of the is coming to an end on June 30. He has accepted the government’s request to serve as the top law officer of the country beyond June 30 when his current three-year tenure expires. He is a leading lawyer of the country was appointed as Attorney General and had succeeded Mukul Rohatgi on June 30, 2017.

•Venugopal has appeared for the Centre in Aadhaar and Rafale cases, among others, in the Supreme Court. He is defending the Union government in other important cases including those related to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution.

10) Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes 1st woman to reach deepest point of ocean

•Former NASA astronaut and Geologist, Kathryn D. Sullivan has become the 1st woman to reach the deepest point of the ocean, Mariana Trench. She is the 1st American woman to walk in space has become the first woman to reach the deepest known spot in the ocean.

•Sullivan has emerged from her 35,810-foot dive to the Challenger Deep, according to EYOS Expeditions, a company coordinating the logistics of the mission. She is the first person to both walk-in space and to descend to the deepest point in the ocean. The Challenger Deep is the lowest of the many seabed recesses that crisscross the globe.

11) RBI constitutes P K Mohanty led “Internal Working Group”

•An Internal Working Group (IWG) has been constituted by the Reserve Bank of India with a prime objective of reviewing the extant guidelines on ownership and corporate structure for Indian private sector banks. The Internal Working Group (IWG) will be headed by Dr. Prasanna Kumar Mohanty, Director, Central Board of RBI. The Internal Working Group (IWG) is supposed to submit its report by 30th September 2020.