Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2020

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The Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren has approved the Border Roads Organization (BRO) to recruit over 11,800 workers from the state for critical projects.
The projects include the critical areas including those near the China border in Ladakh for Operation Vijayak and in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. The state is also set to sign a first-of-its-kind memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the BRO to ensure welfare of all workers to be recruited in the future.

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Union Minister Jitendra Singh has recently launched India’s first indigenous physiological parameter monitoring system for COVID-19 patients named COVID BEEP.
The COVID BEEP (Continuous Oxygenation & Vital Information Detection Biomed ECIL ESIC Pod) system has been developed by ESIC Medical College Hyderabad in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad and Department of Atomic Energy. The latest version of COVID BEEP has also been fixed with the ECG monitor.

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Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL) is a central public sector enterprise (CPSE) under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
The CPSE was seen in news as it has recently released a tender that invited agencies to provide solutions and services related to fact verification and detection of misinformation on social media platforms. BECIL seeks to empanel the agencies and it has also announced that the bidding firms should be able to identify the geo-location of the source of the news.

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The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has sought special proposals from Amazon for selling masks and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits.
Since a huge market has been formed for masks across the world particularly among all fashion brands, several Indian players have started exporting non-medical and designer masks. The exporters are also exploring measures of getting international certifications needed to export to other countries.

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As per the recent report from the State Forest department, the population of Asiatic lions in Gujarat’s Gir forest has increased by almost 29 per cent.
The exercise also found that the area inhabited by lions has increased by 36 per cent from 22,000 sq km in 2015 to 30,000 sq km in 2020, which is an increase of 36%. The increase of Asiatic lion population is possible due to the participation of local community. The Environment Ministry said that a land project being undertaken will further help in the conservation of Lions.

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The popular mobile game PUBG Mobile has emerged as the highest grossing game across the world in May 2020.
The multiplayer battle game has earned over $226 million in May, which is an increase of 41 percent compared to the same month last year. The game released from Tencent which was launched in 2018, earned its major revenue from China. Honor of Kings from Tencent followed PUBG Mobile in the second rank.

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The Chief minister of Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur has recently launched a new scheme called ‘Panchvati Yojna’.
Under the scheme, that is being implemented by the rural development department, parks and gardens would be developed for senior citizens of rural areas in the state. The main aim of the scheme is provide an opportunity to the elder people to spend their leisure time in a clean environment with Ayurvedic and medicinal plants.

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Research institute of Brazil, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) has announced that the Amazon rainforest witnessed deforestation of 829 sq km in May 2020.
This is the highest monthly level of deforestation observed in the forest since 2015. The institute also announced that deforestation increased by 91 sq km compared to the same period last year. The Prime Minister of Brazil is advocating for farming and mining in protected areas to improve economy.

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The insolvency regulator IBBI has reconstituted the Advisory Committee on Corporate Insolvency Resolution and Liquidation process.
This panel would be chaired by Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank, Uday Kotak. The panel comprising of 13 other members will provide professional support on matters relating to the Corporate Insolvency resolution and liquidation handled by the Board under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016.

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Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment implements the ‘Assistance to Disabled persons for purchasing / fitting of aids / appliances’ (ADIP) scheme through its Public sector enterprise, Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO).
Recently, a virtual ADIP Camp for free distribution of assistive aids and devices at Block level for Divyangjans under the ADIP scheme was organized at Firozpur District in Punjab. This is the first camp being organized by the ALIMCO after opening of lockdown with the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).