Current Affairs 2020

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This post contains important current affairs of 14 & 15 June 2020. It includes all Major National, International, Business and Sports related current affairs of 14 & 15 June 2020. We have collected the latest current affairs and compiled them date wise. These current affairs are important for all competitive exams like bank, ssc, ibps, sbi exams. The GK current affairs will help you score more in these competitive exams. A brief explanation of every current affair is provided to further enhance your general knowledge. Once you have gone through these current affairs we would recommend to you to try 14 & 15 June 2020 Current affairs test.

World Blood Donor Day is observed on 14 June
World Blood Donor Day 2020 is observed on 14 June every year. The aim is to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood. It also aims to raise wider awareness of the urgent need to increase the availability of safe blood for use wherever and whenever it is needed to save a life. Theme: The theme of 2020 Blood Donor Day is “Safe Blood Saves Lives”.

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is observed on 15th June
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is observed globally on 15th June every year. The day aims to provide an opportunity for communities around the globe to promote a better understanding of abuse and neglect of older persons. It also aims to create awareness of the cultural, social, economic, and demographic processes affecting elder abuse and neglect. The theme for WEAAD 2020 is “Building Strong Supports for Elders.”

World wind day is observed on 15 June
World wind day is observed on 15 June every year. The day aims to spread awareness and encourage the use of wind as a form of green and renewable sources of energy. The day focuses on how wind energy can be utilized more aggressively. The day is organized every year by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).

Punjab government launched Ghar Ghar Nigrani app
The Punjab government launched a mobile application aimed at undertaking house to house surveillance to contain the spread of COVID-19. The app, ‘Ghar ghar nigrani’, was launched by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh through video conference. The entire rural and urban population of Punjab above 30 years of age shall be surveyed as part of the drive, which will also cover persons below the age of 30 having co-morbidity or influenza-like illness.

Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurates 18th Bench of CAT for UTs of J&K, Ladakh
Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the 18th Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) for the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh through a Video Conference.

Government launches AarogyaPath portal for healthcare supply chain
AarogyaPath, a web based solution for the healthcare supply chain was launched to serve manufacturers, suppliers and customers to effectively deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. This national healthcare supply chain portal will remove supply chain bottlenecks during the Covid19 pandemic. The vision of this initiative is to set up an information management and forecasting database platform at national level. It will capture demand and supply scenarios for key healthcare needs items. This public platform will help healthcare users like hospitals, pathology laboratories, research institutes, medical colleges and patients.

American DFC to invest $350 million in India firms
The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is looking to invest $350 million in India to support multiple projects in the country’s financial services sector, health infrastructure, renewable energy and food security space. DFC, known as America’s development bank, has approved loans worth $142 million for ReNew Power and $50 million for Sitara Solar Energy to build and operate solar power plants in Rajasthan, $50 million for Northern Arc to scale up lending to businesses that expand access to water, sanitation, and food or advance women’s economic empowerment, besides committing to invest in several other projects.

RBI bars People’s Co-operative Bank from granting fresh loans, accepting deposits for 6 months
Reserve Bank of India barred Kanpur-based People’s Co-operative Bank from granting fresh loans and accepting deposits for six months, due to its weak financial position. The central bank has barred the co-operative bank from selling, transferring or disposing any of its properties or assets.

Punjab National Bank extends credit line of Rs 750 cr for Gorakhpur Link Expressway
Punjab National Bank (PNB) has extended a credit line of Rs 750cr for the Gorakhpur Link Expressway, estimated to cost Rs 5,876 crore. The 91-km expressway will connect Gorakhpur district,with another expressway project, the 340-km Purvanchal Expressway. Gorakhpur Link Expressway is the fifth greenfield expressway project in UP after Yamuna Expressway, Agra-Lucknow Expressway, Purvanchal Expressway and Bundelkhand Expressway.

ICICI Bank launches digital overdraft facility
Private sector lender ICICI Bank has launched an online overdraft facility for its salaried customers. Called ‘Insta Flexicash’, the fully digital facility can be availed using the Bank’s internet banking platform and is available to pre-approved customers who can apply for the OD without visiting a bank branch.

Airtel Payments Bank launches new salary account for MSMEs
Airtel Payments Bank launched a new salary account for micro, small and medium enterprises, called the Suraksha Salary account, it will enable MSMEs and other organisations to make cashless payments and provide a financial security blanket to their employees. Suraksha Salary account offers a wide range of benefits including Hospicash Insurance and Personal Accidental insurance cover given the low penetration of insurance in India, Airtel Payments Bank stated. The account has no minimum balance condition. It offers no charges on cash withdrawals of upto Rs 50,000 and deposits of upto Rs 20,000 in one month. The account holder also gets two free cardless cash withdrawal via IMT at ATMs across the country. The account holder can make online money transfers to any bank across India.

Facebook Joins Google, Microsoft to fight child exploitation online
Facebook joined Google, Microsoft and 15 other tech companies to announce the formation of Project Protect to combat child sexual abuse on its platforms. Project Protect is a renewed commitment and investment from the Technology Coalition expanding its scope and impact to protect kids online and guide its work for the next 15 years. Project Protect will focus on five key areas: tech innovation, collective action, independent research, information and knowledge sharing, and transparency and accountability.

TPG Capital L Catterton to buy stake in Jio Platforms for a total of Rs 6,440 crore
Reliance Industries had sold a 93% stake in its digital services arm Jio Platforms to American investment company TPG Capital for Rs 4,546.80 crore. Reliance also announced that L Catterton, another US-based capital market company, will buy a 39% stake in Jio Platforms for Rs 1,894.50 crore

ePaisa joins hand with First Alliance Bank to promote POS solutions in Africa
ePaisa, a point of sale (POS) solution provider in India, has entered into a partnership with First Alliance Bank (Z) Ltd in Zambia, Africa, to provide mobile point of sale (mPOS) solution to small and medium enterprises and other businesses in the country. This partnership comes as the first global expansion for ePaisa where the company will help First Alliance Bank to digitalise POS and payment services within Zambia. As most of the country’s businesses operate traditionally, this partnership would positively impact the growth and economy of Zambia.

RBI approved re-appointment of Kaizad Bharucha as ED of HDFC Bank
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the re-appointment of Kaizad Bharucha as Executive Director of the HDFC bank for a period of three years with effect from June 13, 2020.

Monika Kapil Mohta appointed India’s next Ambassador to Switzerland
Diplomat Monika Kapil Mohta has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Switzerland, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced. Presently, Mohta, an Indian Foreign Service officer of 1985 batch, is India’s Ambassador to Sweden.

Scientists discover ‘mirror image’ of the Earth and the Sun 3,000 light-years away
Scientists have recently discovered a new exoplanet-star pair which resembles our EarthSun system. The star Kepler-160 and the planet KOI-456. Are quite similar to the Sun and the Earth, more than any other planets previously discovered which makes the planet more conducive to life, according to a team of scientists led by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Gottingen, Germany.

India’s gets its first infectious disease diagnostic lab
India’s first infectious disease diagnostic lab is now ready. This rapid response mobile labrotary is part of government Aatmnirbhar Bharat. This labrotary was built in a record time of eight days from the date of receipt of Automotive Chassis, from Bharat Benz.

Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput passes away
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput has passed away at the age of 34 after committing suicide.

Noted Uttarakhand folk singer Heera Singh Rana passes away
Noted folk singer of Uttarakhand Heera Singh Rana passed away at the age of 78 due to a heart attack.

Manchester United legend Tony Dunne passes away
Manchester United’s European Cup-winning defender Tony Dunne has passed away aged 78.

Former New Zealand cricketer Matt Poore passes away
Former New Zealand Test cricketer Matt Poore, has passed away at the age of 90. Poore scored 355 runs at 15.43 and his highest Test score was 45 against South Africa here in 1953.