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Daily Current Affairs 6 December 2020

Jharkhand prohibits all state government employees from consuming any form of tobacco products
The government of Jharkhand prohibits all state government employees from consuming any form of tobacco products. The state government has forced all state government employees to submit an affidavit stating that they will quit smoking. Tobacco products include any cigarettes, bidi, kanini, gutka, pan masala, zarda or subari, as well as tobacco leaves of any name, electronic cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and Tobacco products-smoking and smokeless. The judgement was made at a meeting of the State Chapter of the National Tobacco Control Program, to implement the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act of 2003 (COTPA). The decision will be implemented on April 1, 2021.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath launches Covid-19 testing centre detection app
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched COVID-19 testing centre detection app named the Mera Covid Kendra app which will help people get information about nearby testing labs. All the data like map, centre timing, test type and other details of the testing labs are present in the map. ‘Mera COVID Kendra’ app which will help people in accessing public and private COVID testing labs available within 5 km of their location.

UP becomes 1st state to conduct over 2 crore tests
Uttar Pradesh government has created a new record of testing two crore samples for COVID-19. Expressing satisfaction on completing the two crore tests of COVID-19 in the state so far, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that ness should be maintained against infection. He asked that the People should be motivated to wear masks and hand washing regularly along with social distancing. He instructed that better treatment of patients infected with COVID-19 be ensured and there should not be any laxity at any stage.

Commerce Ministry and AYUSH Ministry decide to set up an AYUSH Export Promotion Council
Ministries of Commerce and Industry and AYUSH have decided to work together to set up an Export Promotion Council to boost AYUSH exports. This decision was taken in a joint review of AYUSH trade and industry by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik. It was also decided that the entire AYUSH sector will work together to achieve price and quality competitiveness to boost exports.

Nation pays homage to Bharat Ratna Dr BR Ambedkar on his 64th Mahaparinirvan Diwas
Nation pays homage to Bharat Ratna Dr BR Ambedkar on his 64th Mahaparinirvan Diwas or death anniversary. Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891 in the town and military cantonment of Mhow in the Central Provinces (now in Madhya Pradesh). Dr BR Ambedkar has the highest number of statues in the world. In 1990, Ambedkar was posthumously conferred with Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award. The credit of giving a place to “Ashok Chakra” on the Indian tricolour goes to him. Ambedkar did masters in 64 subjects, knew 9 languages and had studied across the world for 21 years.

Bangladesh signs first Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) since its independence
Bangladesh signed its first Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with Bhutan allowing duty free access to a range of goods between the two countries. This is the first PTA Bangladesh has signed with any country in the world. The agreement was signed on the occasion marking the 50 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries. In 1971, Bhutan was the first country in the world, followed by India as the second, to recognise Bangladesh as an independent country. Under the PTA 100 Bangladeshi products will get duty free access to Bhutan. At the same time, 34 items from Bhutan will get duty free access into Bangladesh.

QRMP scheme launched for GST payers with turnover up to ₹5 crore
The government has launched the Quarterly Return filing & Monthly Payment of Taxes (QRMP) scheme for small taxpayers under GST system. Taxpayers with aggregate annual turnover of up to ₹5 crore in the preceding financial year and have filed their October GSTR-3B (sales) return by November 30, 2020, are eligible for this scheme.

Bonds Issued By The Lucknow Municipal Corporation – LMC
The bonds issued by Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) were listed on the BSE, raising 2 billion rupees for Uttar Pradesh. The chief minister of UP stated that Ghaziabad would be the next country to issue municipal bonds, followed by Pragyaraj, Varanasi, Agra and Kanpur ( Kanpur). Funds raised using such bonds are usually used for infrastructure projects such as roads, water and housing. In 2015, the market regulator SEBI published a framework for raising funds through municipal bonds.

Japan space capsule carrying asteroid dirt lands in Australia
A Japanese space capsule carrying samples from a distant asteroid landed in a blaze of light in the desert of South Australia, ending a six-year mission. Launched from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center in 2014, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft took four years to reach the asteroid Ryugu. The craft spent more than a year on the asteroid, where it picked up about a gram of space dirt.

China successfully launches new Earth observation satellite
China successfully launched a new Earth observation satellite which can take high-resolution pictures of ground objects across the globe. The satellite was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China’s Sichuan province. Gaofen-14, was sent into orbit by a Long March-3B carrier rocket. Geofen-14 is an optical stereo mapping satellite. It can efficiently obtain high precision stereo images globally, draw large scale digital topographic map, produce digital elevation models, digital surface models and digital orthophoto images, and provide basic geographic information.

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