Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2020

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The Union Cabinet has recently approved a six-month extension to the commission appointed to examine sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes.
The Commission is headed by retired Delhi High Court Chief Justice G. Rohini. As per the extension, the commission will submit its report by January 31, 2021. The commission had been formed initially in October 2017. It was looking into the issues of communities that were not getting the benefits of reservation.

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The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its approval to declare Kushinagar airport as an international airport.
The airport is located in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Kushinagar is a Buddhist cultural site and its declaration as international airport will improve connectivity to several other Buddhist sites including Sravasti, Kapilvastu and Lumbini. As the place is near the international border, it would improve tourism and economic development of the region.

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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has recently approved additional investment of USD 121.27 million for the Shwe oil and gas project in Myanmar.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), is to invest in the oil and gas project, for development of Block A-1 and A-3 blocks. OVL had acquired a stake in the Shwe Project in 2002 and has invested USD 722 million in the project till March 31, 2019.

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Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated a Product Application & Development Centre (PADC) setup by Indian Oil, jointly with the Chief Minister of Odisha at Paradip, Odisha.
The Centre has been set up at Paradip with a capital expenditure of Rs 43 crores. It has been equipped with latest polymer testing and processing equipment. PADC, Paradip is also recognized as a research centre by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science & Technology.

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Startup Genome has released a report titled ‘The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2020’. The report analyses cities where early stage start-ups can build global success.
Bengaluru was the only Indian city to feature in the Top 30 Start-up Ecosystem. It is followed by Delhi in the 36th place. Bengaluru was selected for high access to funding and Delhi, for the volume and complexity of patent creation. The list was topped by Silicon Valley in California, followed by London and New York in the second spot.

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Liverpool, the professional football club based in Liverpool, England, has recently won the Premier League title, with seven games left to play.
The Liverpool team was confirmed as Champions after thirty years, since they held the title in 1989-90. In this season, Liverpool have an irrefutable 23-point lead over Manchester City. In the last 12 months Liverpool have won the Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and World Club Cup.

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As per the annual banking statistics released by the Swiss National Bank (SNB), the United Kingdom has the highest aggregate foreign funds parked with the Swiss banks.
It is followed by the US and West Indies. The top-5 countries account for more than 50 per cent of the aggregate funds. India has moved down three places to 77th rank at the end of 2019, accounting for 0.06% of foreign funds. The funds parked by Indians fell by 5.8 per cent in 2019 to 899 million Swiss francs (Rs 6,625 crore).

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The Union Health Ministry had constituted a committee headed by NITI Aayog member V K Paul. As per the recommendations of the committee, the Delhi health department has prepared a new Covid-19 response plan.
As a part of the plan, a serological survey to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the spread of Covid-19 in Delhi began in some parts of the city. The exercise, that will test 20,000 people to find anti-bodies, will be carried out jointly by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Delhi government.

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Union Minister for Food Processing Industries, Harsimrat Kaur Badal has launched the Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM FME) scheme.
The scheme has been launched as a part of “Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan”. It is claimed to generate a total investment of Rs 35,000 crore and generate 9 lakh skilled and semi-skilled employment. The scheme would benefit 8 lakh units through access to information, training and better exposure.

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The electoral commission of the East African country Malawi has declared opposition alliance leader. Lazarus Chakwera, as the winner of the country’s presidential re-election.
The result of the previous May 2019 election has been declared invalid by the constitutional court, over allegations of irregularities. Lazarus Chakwera secured the required majority defeating the incumbent President Peter Mutharika, who has been in power since 2014.