United Kingdom hosts virtual Global Vaccine Summit 2020

Virtual Global Vaccine Summit 2020 was hosted by the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. India was represented by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the summit. The virtual Global Vaccine Summit 2020 featured the participation of over 50 countries including the business leaders, civil society, government ministers, UN agencies, Heads of State and country leaders.

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During the virtual summit, India pledged a contribution of 15 Million US Dollars to Gavi, the international vaccine alliance.

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Chief Executive Officer of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: Dr Seth Berkley.

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Chhattisgarh govt starts a campaign “Spandan” for police

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Chhattisgarh Police have launched a special campaign “Spandan” to check mental stress and depression among their personnel by conducting interactive programmes and arranging counselling sessions, music and yoga therapies for them. The motive of the campaign is to prevent the force from depression and stress pushing them to take extreme steps.

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The move comes after the state reported over 50 cases of suicide by police personnel and a number of incidents of policemen attacking their colleagues in the last two years. As part of the campaign ”Spandan”, senior police officers will visit police lines, police stations and armed forces companies to interact with the personnel to know about problems being faced by them.

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Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh: Bhupesh Baghel; Governor: Anusuiya Uikey.

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GoI launches “The Urban Learning Internship Program (TULIP)”

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Government of India has launched “The Urban Learning Internship Program (TULIP)”. This programme is an initiative of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Ministry of HRD, and Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. TULIP programme aims to provide internship opportunities to fresh graduates in all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) as well as Smart Cities across the nation. The programme would also facilitate practical experience to the students of India and hence help in infusing fresh ideas and innovative thinking into the working of Urban Local Bodies and smart cities.

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An opportunity will be provided to the youth of India via TULIP programme in order to generate news ideas to reform Urban local bodies with the help of modern techniques and innovative methods. Hence, it will help in improving the value-to-market of Indian graduates and help in the creation of a potential talent pool in diverse fields such as transport engineering, environment, urban planning, municipal finance etc.

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Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs: Hardeep Singh Puri.
Union Minister for Human Resource Development: Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’.
Chairman of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE): Anil D. Sahasrabudhe.

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Renowned lyricist Anwar Sagar passes away

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Veteran lyricist and member of Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS), Anwar Sagar passed away. He is best remembered for his hit track Waada Raha Sanam from 1992 Akshay Kumar-starrer Khiladi.

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The lyricist also has to his credit films like Yaarana, Salaami, Aa Gale Lag Jaa and Vijaypath among more. Anwar Sagar also worked with music directors like Nadeem-Shravan, Rajesh Roshan, Jatin-Lalit and Anu Malik.

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IndusInd Bank starts mobile-based current account opening facility

The IndusInd Bank has launched a mobile application based facility where customer can open the current bank account in a paperless manner in just a few hours. Now IndusInd is the first bank in India to introduce this assisted mobile application based facility.

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The app uses multiple application programme interfaces (APIs) which enable secured validation of KYC documents from authorised government platforms such as the Goods and Service Tax (GST), Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL), Import Export Code (IEC) and Aadhaar.

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Managing Director & CEO of IndusInd Bank: Sumant Kathpalia.
Chairman of IndusInd Bank: Arun Tiwari.
Headquarter of IndusInd Bank: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
The tagline of IndusInd Bank: We Make You Feel Richer.

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Kritika Pandey wins Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Asia Region

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Indian writer, Kritika Pandey has been honoured with Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2020 for the Asia region. She won the prize for her story “The Great Indian Tee and Snakes”. The story is about a Hindu girl falling in love with a Muslim man and how these two young people are trying to navigate the idea of love in an era of hatred and prejudice.

The five regional winners for the 2020 prize were:

Africa: Nigerian writer Innocent Chizaram Ilo for When a Woman Renounces Motherhood
Asia: Indian writer Kritika Pandey for The Great Indian Tee and Snakes
Canada and Europe: British writer Reyah Martin for Wherever Mister Jensen Went
Caribbean: Jamaican writer Brian S Heap for Mafootoo
Pacific: Australian writer Andrea E Macleod for The Art of Waving

About Commonwealth Short Story Prize:

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded since 2012, for the best piece of unpublished short fiction from the Commonwealth. The prize is given to five regional winners namely Asia, Pacific, Africa, Canada and Europe, and the Caribbean. Each winner receives pound 2,500 (about Rs 2.4 lakh) and an overall winner from among them receives a total of pound 5,000 (about Rs 4.72 lakh).

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World Environment Day 2020: 5th June

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World Environment Day is observed globally on 5th June every year. This day is observed to raise awareness about protecting the environment and to remind people not to take nature granted. The day provides an opportunity to broaden the “basis for an enlightened opinion and responsible conduct by individuals, enterprises, and communities in preserving and enhancing the environment.”

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World Environment Day 2020 will be celebrated with the theme Biodiversity. This theme will show a concern that is both urgent and existential. World Environment Day is promoted by the United Nation and for 2020 Colombia will host the World Environment Day. In 2019, China was the host country.

World Environment Day: History

The first time World Environment Day was celebrated in 1974 with the slogan “Only one Earth”. In 1972 the conference was held on Human Environment which began from 5th to 16th June at United Nations.

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Union Minister of Earth Sciences: Harsh Vardhan.

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“One Year of Modi 2.0” e-booklet released by I&B Ministry

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Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has released an e-booklet called ‘One Year of Modi 2.0 – Towards A Self-Reliant India’. The e-booklet highlights the achievements of the Modi government during its second term. This marks the first anniversary of the second term of the government.

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Highlights in the booklet:

Abolition of Article 370 Article
Settlement of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya
The criminalisation of Triple Talaq
Bodo Accord
The Amendment to the Citizenship Act (CAA)
The book has a separate section containing the actions taken to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and how the economic fallout is being dealt with.
International event: The Howdy Modi event in the US, the Namaste Trump event in Gujarat and the Mamallapuram Modi-Xi Jinping summit.
The booklet also highlights on the introduction of a Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package, which is about 10% of the GDP to boost the economy and sustain growth is also mentioned in the e-book.

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GoI starts SWADES scheme for skill mapping of overseas citizens

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The government of India has launched a new initiative ‘SWADES’(Skilled Workers Arrival Database for Employment Support) to conduct a skill mapping exercise of the Indian citizens returning from overseas under the ‘Vande Bharat Mission’. This initiative aims to make a database of qualified citizens supported their skillsets and knowledge to tap into and fulfil the demand of Indian and foreign companies.

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This is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, the Ministry of Civil Aviation and therefore the Ministry of External Affairs. The online form available on www.nsdcindia.org/swades has been created to collect the required details of the returning citizens. The form contains details associated with the work sector, job title, employment, years of experience.

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Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship: Mahendra Nath Pandey.
Minister of State (IC) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation: Hardeep Singh Puri.
Minister of External Affairs: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

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Legendary Filmmaker Basu Chatterjee passes away

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Legendary Filmmaker & the National Film Award winner Basu Chatterjee passed away. He was known for his middle-of-the-road cinema and films like “Chhoti Si Baat” and “Rajnigandha”. He also directed two hit TV serials namely “Byomkesh Bakshi” and “Rajani”.

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Basu Chatterjee worked in Hindi as well as Bengali cinema and some of his best known works includes “Khatta Meetha”, “Us Paar”, “Chitchor”, “Baton Baton Mein” and “Piya Ka Ghar”. He received National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare for his film Durga in 1992.

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