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Daily Current Affairs, 26th June 2020
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1) International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking: 26 June
•The theme of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2020: “Better Knowledge for Better Care”. The main purpose of the theme is to improve the understanding of the world drug problem and at fostering greater international cooperation for countering its impact on health, governance and security.
2) International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: 26 June
3) NITI Aayog launches campaign “Navigating the New Normal”
•Campaign “Navigating the New Normal” has been developed under the guidance of Empowered Group 6 constituted by the Government of India. The campaign comprises of 2 parts: first is a web portal and the second is a media campaign. The web portal seeks to increase public participation and encourages people to practise Covid-safe behaviours. It emphasizes on easy implementation of four key behaviours in the unlock phase:
1. mask-wearing
2. social distancing
3. hand hygiene
4. not spitting in public
•While the second part, i.e. the media campaign focuses on the wearing of masks as it is a simple measure which has made a big difference in the fight against COVID-19.
4) Tripura to launch “Mukhyamantri Matru Pushti Uphaar” scheme
•Under the Matru Pushti Uphaar scheme, pregnant women would be tested four times in the Primary Health Centers (PHC), and will be offered a nutrition kit after each test, comprising of food items and grocery supplies like peanuts, soyabeans, mixed pulses, jaggery and ghee.
5) “Atma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rojgar Abhiyan” launched in UP
•Prime Minister Narendra Modi has virtually launched a path-breaking scheme “Atma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rojgar Abhiyan” in Uttar Pradesh. The scheme aims to generate employment for the migrant workers of the state who recently returned from other states. The scheme has been launched in 31 districts of Uttar Pradesh constituting more than 25,000 returnee migrant workers.
•Atma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rojgar Abhiyan is an unique initiative of the Uttar Pradesh government to generate employment, promote local entrepreneurship and create partnership with Industrial associations and other organizations to facilitate employment opportunities to the returnee migrant workers. The launch event witnessed the participation of villages across all districts of Uttar Pradesh through the Common Service Centers and Krishi Vigyan Kendras while maintaining the rules of social distancing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
6) Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates PADC at Paradip, Odisha
There are 4 laboratories in PADC namely:
•Polymer Processing Lab
•Analytical Testing Lab
•Chemical Analysis Lab
•Characterisation Lab
7) Pakistan to remain on FATF grey list
•FATF had expressed serious concerns over Pakistan’s failure to finish its 27-point action plan in line with the agreed timelines, which led to September 2019. In 2018, FATF had placed Pakistan on the grey list and therefore the watchdog has already granted Islamabad an extension till February 2020 during a gathering in October last year.
8) World’s 1st yoga university outside India launched in US
•The chancellor of SVYASA- Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (Deemed University at Bengaluru for the study of yoga), Dr H R Nagendra will be the first Chairman of the Vivekananda Yoga University. The first day of classes for the fall 2020 semester of the University will commence on 24th August 2020. Online Master’s Program in Yoga (M.S Yoga) will also be offered by the University.
9) Priyanka Chopra & Anurag Kashyap named among ambassadors at TIFF 2020
•This is the 1st time TIFF will launch a digital platform for the festival, offering new opportunities to connect with audiences beyond Toronto. TIFF has partnered with Shift72 to develop this industry-leading online platform. The selection for 2020 comprises 50 new feature films, 5 programmes of short films, interactive talks, film cast reunions, and Q&As with cast and filmmakers.
10) BLR becomes India’s 1st airport to install AWMS technology on runway
•BIAL has also installed four Drishti transmissometers, which is additionally developed by NAL, in association with the India Metrological Department (IMD) to live the Runway Visibility Range (RVR). With this, BLR Airport now features a total of six Made in India RVRs at both runways.
11) IMF predicts Indian economy to contract by 4.5% in FY21
•IMF has forecasted that Indian economy will recover in the fiscal year 2022 with a growth rate of 6%. These projections has been stated by IMF in its latest World Economic Outlook titled “A Crisis like No Other, An Uncertain Outlook“.
12) England’s Clare Connor to become 1st female president of MCC
•Presidents of MCC usually remain in post for one year but Sangakkara’s term is about to be extended by an extra 12 months due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was not until 1998 that MCC, which owns Lord’s Cricket Ground, voted to permit women to become members.
The HINDU Notes – 26th June 2020
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📰 Student unions seek recall of EIA draft
Pan-India groups petition Environment Minister
•Student unions from several universities and colleges from across India have petitioned Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar to put the draft of the proposed Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2020 on hold.
•The notification, which is open to public comments until June 30, is a proposed update to the existing EIA, 2006 that prescribes the procedure for industries to assess the ecological and environmental impact of their proposed activity and the mechanism whereby these would be assessed by expert committees appointed by the Ministry.
•The new notification was officially made available online on March 23 and opened to public feedback until May 23.
•However, with the COVID-19 pandemic and the closure of government presses and e-mails from individuals and organisations requesting more time, the deadline for comments was extended to June 30, a Press Information Bureau note said.
Haste questioned
•On the basis of this, several activists, researchers and former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh too wrote to Mr. Javadekar, questioning the haste with which the draft EIA was being processed.
•A Right to Information (RTI) request by environmentalist Vikram Tongad, relevant portions of which were viewed by The Hindu , showed that senior officials in the Environment Ministry had themselves mooted extending the date for public feedback until August.
•However, the documents show that Mr. Javadekar finally decided to accept public feedback only until June 30, and take expert reviews and consider the draft EIA for finalisation in August.
•R.P. Gupta, the incumbent Environment Secretary, refused to comment or clarify on requests from The Hindu .
‘In midst of pandemic’
•“It is appalling that the Ministry has put out a draft notification for public comments in the midst of a global economic and public health emergency when there is restricted public movement, social distancing and challenges to everyday life activities,” says the representation led by the Tarang group of the Sonepat-based Ashoka University.
•The signatories include the Aligarh Muslim University Students Union, Ambedkar University Delhi Students Union, Environmental and Social Initiative Council, IISER (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research)-Bhopal, Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union, Jindal Global Law School, Student Council, and Nature Committee of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences.
Key points of dispute
•The key points of dispute with the proposed draft are that it shortens the period of public consultation hearings to a maximum of 40 days, and reduces from 30 to 20 days the time provided for the public to submit their responses during a public hearing for any application seeking environmental clearance.
•This would, in the petitioners view, hinder public access in places where information was not easily accessible or areas in which people weren’t familiar with the process.
•Crucially, the draft also institutionalises “violation” projects.
•Under a provision issued in 2017, it allows projects that have come up flouting environmental norms to be reviewed by a committee of experts and, if they so decreed, legalise the project after paying a fine. This, several environmentalists have argued, is seriously contrarian to several established principles of environment law.
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