Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2020

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The World Bank has provided Rs. 1,950 crore loans to the state of West Bengal for tackling COVID crisis and developmental work in the state.
Announcing the news about the loan, the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that out of the total loan, Rs. 1,100 crore will be spent for creating Industrial infrastructures and remaining Rs. 850 crore has been allocated for social-Welfare schemes.

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The Finance Ministry announced that the public sector banks have disbursed Rs 12,200.65 crore till June 9, under the Rs 3-lakh crore Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) for the MSME sector.
It also announced that Tamil Nadu has topped in the in the disbursements to MSMEs under ECLGS, with the total disbursement of Rs 1,727 crore, out of the cumulative sanction of Rs 2,637 crore from banks. It was followed by Uttar Pradesh, with disbursement of Rs 1,225 crore.

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The colour of water in Lonar lake in Maharashtra has changed to pink recently. It is a tourist destination located in Buldhana district, about 500 km from Mumbai.
The lake is a notified national geo-heritage monument, which is said to have formed after a meteorite hit the Earth some 50,000 years ago. Some experts opine the reason as the increased salinity while others attribute the reason to the presence of algae in the lake.

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The state government of Haryana has announced that it would construct 1,000 water recharge bores in underground water deficient areas of the state.
The programme seeks to recharge underground water with rainfall. Announcing this programme, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that 90 percent of the cost of the bore project will be borne by the government and the remaining 10 percent by the farmers.

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A strategic unit of Tata Consultancy Services, TCS iON, has partnered with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to provide its training partners access to digital skilling tools.
The access to digital skilling tools is provided using TCS iON Digital Glass Room facility. This partnership aims to strengthen the online content aggregation platform of NSDC, eSkill India.
TCS iON Digital Glass Room is a web-based digital education platform which enables educators to upload their own lessons.

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The International Football Federation FIFA has released its global FIFA ranks recently. Belgium retained its top spot in the list.
Belgium is followed by France and Brazil. The fourth and fifth positions are occupied by England and Uruguay respectively. Indian football team has retained the 108th spot in the ranking. The Covid-19 pandemic has remained an obstacle to the staging of international matches and the ranking remains unchanged.

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The Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik had earlier announced that the state would provide an incentive of Rs 2000 per migrant after successful completion of quarantine period.
Recently, the proposed incentives have been paid to 1,10,080 people, as per the Health and Family Welfare Department of the state. For this incentive disbursal, ₹19.03 crore have been spent from the Chief Minister Relief Fund.

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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a sanitising chamber named ‘GermiKlean’ to disinfect uniforms of security forces.
GermiKlean is a dry heat treatment chamber which can sanitise 25 pairs of uniforms within 15 minutes. DRDO has also designed a sanitisation tunnel and a sanitisation mat for foot sanitisation of security forces. Delhi Police had earlier submitted their requirement for sanitising their uniforms, canes and helmets.

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‘International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR)’ is celebrated on June 16, every year across the world.
This year, the International Day is observed with the theme of “Remittances are a lifeline”. The United Nations that designated the day, also calls upon governments, private sector companies and the civil society, to maximize the impact of remittances through individuals.

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Union Ministry of Earth Sciences has recently released a report titled ‘Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region’.
As per the first edition of the report released this year, the average surface air temperatures over India could rise by up to 4.4 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, in a worst-case scenario. This estimate is provided as compared to the period between 1976 and 2005. The report also revealed that under an intermediate scenario, the country’s average temperature could rise by up to 2.4°C.