Current Affairs - June 2, 2020 Current Affairs

Global Day of Parents is celebrated on 1 June every year. The day aims to honour all the parents throughout the world. The observation of the day recognizes the primary responsibility of the family in nurturing and protecting their children. Global Day of Parents provides an opportunity to appreciate parents across the world for their selfless commitment to children and their lifelong sacrifice towards nurturing this relationship.

The World Athletics anti-doping body handed a four year ban to 32 year old Kiranjeet Kaur, long-distance runner, for violation of anti-doping rule with the abuse of Enobosarm and its metabolite. The samples were tested in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratory in Doha since the National Dope Testing laboratory is under suspension from the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Astronomers have discovered a rare kind of space object. It is described as something between an asteroid and a comet. The object has been called an active asteroid. The celestial body was first noticed by the astronomers in June 2019 when the University of Hawaii's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected a faint new signal that appeared to be an asteroid in the Trojan group. The specialty of 2019 LD2 special is that the active asteroid shares Jupiter's orbit in an asteroid swarm known as the Jupiter Trojans.

The United Nations Security Council has extended the individual sanctions, travel ban and an arms embargo in South Sudan until May 2021. An arms embargo is a restriction or a set of sanctions that applies solely to weaponry.

Shri Pradip Kumar Tripathi has assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India on 1 June 2020. He took over as Secretary upon the superannuation of present incumbent Binoy Kumar. The appointment was approved by the Appointment Committee of Cabinet.

Lieutenant General Manoj Pande assumed charge as the 15th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command on 1 June 2020. He will replace Lieutenant General Podali Shankar Rajeshwar PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC. Shankar Rajeshwar was the 14th CINCAN and retired from service on 31 May 2020. He had his distinguished career spanning four decades. He had taken over the appointment on 1 December 19.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Government of India , has approved the appointment of Arun Singhal, a 1987-batch IAS of Uttar Pradesh cadre, as chief executive officer of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.

A research project undertaken by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, a public technical and research university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has helped triple the number of Irrawaddy dolphins in Odisha's Chilika lake, asia's largest natural water reservoir.

The Ministry of Finance appointed PR Jaishankar as the MD of the India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited for 3 years.

The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment in partnership with TCS iON offers free online career skills training through the National Career Service project to enhance the corporate etiquette, interpersonal skills, presentation skills and other softs skills of the job-seekers.

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India reorganised its advisory committee on service providers and appointed TV Mohandas Pai, Service Chairman of Manipal Global Education as its chairman to support the 12 member panel and provide professional insights on the service providers handled by the IBBI.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and three state cabinet ministers are under self-quarantine after tourism minister, Satpal Maharaj tested positive for COVID-19 virus.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a "My Life, My Yoga", a video blogging competition while addressing the nation in 12th Episode of 'Mann Ki Baat 2.0' on 31 May 2020.

NTPC Ltd. has offered learning opportunities to its 19,000+ employees and their family members amid nationwide lockdown. The move by the company is to meet the requirements of the lockdown imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. NTPC has collaborated with the World Bank to provide learning opportunities. The collaboration aims to provide an opportunity to be part of a rigorous online technical course, attending virtual classes, giving assessments, and, eventually, obtaining certifications.

Virat Kohli, Indian Cricket Team Captain becomes the only cricketer and the only Indian to feature in the Forbes' Top 100 highest paid athletes of 2020.Kohli ranked 66 with Forbes Magazine estimated earning of around 26 million USD (24 million from endorsements and 2 million from salary/winnings). Tennis player Roger Federer Tops the list for the first time with estimated earnings 106.3 million USD. He placed 5th in the 2019 list with the estimated earnings of 95 million USD.

Assam State government presented the Annual Action Plan for consideration and approval of the Ministry of Jal Shakti. The Centre has already approved Rs 1,407 crore for 2020-21 under the Jal Jeevan Mission to Assam. Assam plans to provide tap connections to 13 lakh households out of a total of 63 lakhs in 2020-21.

World Milk Day is observed on 1 June every year. The day aims to provide an opportunity to bring attention to activities that are connected with the dairy sector. 2020 Milk day marks the 20th year since the initiative and the entire world celebrates the day to mark the significance of milk intake in the diet.

Ministry of Jal Shakti, a ministry under Government of India has approved an amount of Rs 445 crore for the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission in Chhattisgarh during 2020-21. Under this mission that will bring change in life, Chhattisgarh state has planned 100 % Functional Household Tap Connection by 2023-24.

The India Meteorological Department has warned that the low-pressure area developing over the Arabian sea is likely to intensify and develop into a severe cyclone and cross north Maharashtra and south Gujarat coasts on June 3. The cyclone Nisarga is likely to move nearly northwards initially till morning of June 2 then recurve and move north and northeastwards and cross north Maharashtra and south Gujarat coasts during the night of June 3. It is also likely to have an impact on Maharashtra's capital city Mumbai.

Ministry of Tribal Affairs has notified an Inclusion of 23 additional Minor Forest Produce items and stipulation of their Minimum Support Price under the Central government-sponsored Scheme titled "Mechanism for Marketing of MFP through MSP and development of value chain of MFP" .