Daily Current Affairs(13 June 2020) Important for all Competitive Exams

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CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. The Indian Military Academy (IMA) will hold the Passing out Parade (PoP) for the 146 Regular Course and 129 Technical Graduate Course on Saturday, June 13 in Dehradun. This year’s first passing out parade will be broadcasted live across the country on the Indian Army's Youtube channel - ADGPI Indian Army from 6 am onwards.

2. Central Railways launches robotic 'Captain Arjun' for screening of passengers for COVID-19 and surveillance in Pune

3. Amid a surge in coronavirus cases during the 'Unlock 1' phase, the Union health ministry on Friday issued guidelines on "COVID-appropriate behaviour" to be followed at restaurants, hotels, religious places, shopping malls and offices in a pictorial format to emphasise on precautions such as staggering of visitors and allowing only asymptomatic people in such premises.

4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a fresh round of consultation with chief ministers next week as the country gradually emerges out of the coronavirus lockdown

5. The number of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra on Friday crossed the one lakh-mark, a grim milestone, with the tally reaching 1,01,141

6. Maharashtra social justice minister Dhananjay Munde has tested positive for coronavirus but he is asymptomatic and his condition is stable, public health minister Rajesh Tope disclosed on Friday.

7. Delhi, Maharashtra fail to check COVID-19; Supreme Court calls patient care 'horrendous, horrific and pathetic'.  the total tally in Delhi crossed the 36,000-mark as the death toll due to the disease climbed to 1,214.

8. Amulya Leone, a 21 year old student who raised pro Pakistan slogans during anti CAA rally in the city on Feb 20. Court grants compulsory bail to Amulya as police failed to submit chargesheet even after almost 4 months after arrest.

9. Amulya was arrested and sent to judicial custody on Feb 20. It is almost four months since she was being lodged in Central Prison of Parappana Agrahara.  

Amulya Leone had raised pro Pakistan slogans repeatedly at a rally in the city organized by Asaduddin Owaisi against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). 

10. Karnataka bans online classes from LKG to V; warns against increasing fees

11. Former Planning Commission member Dr A. Vaidyanathan passes away in Coimbatore

12. Supreme Court asks Airtel, Vodafone Idea for road map on payment of AGR (Adjusted Gross Revenue) dues

13. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy recently launched “Jagananna Chedodu” scheme. The scheme is to provide financial assistance to barbers, tailors and washer men Rs. 10000 each.

14. The Ministry of Railways recently granted ‘Organized Group A Status’ (OGAS) to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and also renamed it as the Indian Railway Protection Force Service

15. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has extended the delivery period for all existing capital acquisition contracts with the Indian vendors by four months due to supply chain disruptions

16 . India's total COVID-19 tally on Friday stands at 2,97,535 of which 1,41,842 are active.8,498 people have died thus far while 1,41,842 have recovered

INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS 

  

1. Under Operation Samudra Setu, INS Shardul has brought back 233 stranded Indian nationals, who were earlier evacuated from Bandar Abbas port in Iran

2.  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday reviewed India's overall military preparedness in eastern Ladakh and several other sensitive areas along the Line of Actual Control in Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh even as commanders of the Indian and Chinese armies held another round of talks to end the current standoff

3. The Indian and Chinese armies are locked in an over five-week standoff in Pangong Tso, Galwan Valley, Demchok and Daulat Beg Oldie in eastern Ladakh.

4. The two sides have deployed additional troops along the Line of Actual Control, the de-facto Sino-India border, in North Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh in the last few days

5. Vande Bharat Mission: Air India to operate 10 additional flights between India and USA. These flights will be operated between June 20 and July 3 to bring back Indians stranded in America. Bookings for the same will open on June 13 from 6 pm onwards at the Air India website. 

 

6. The world is about to witness its first solar eclipse of 2020 on June 21. When it's a total eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon, however, in partial and annular eclipses, only part of the Sun is obscured. This one is going to be an annular eclipse. 

7. World Day Against Child Labour: :  The COVID-19 crisis may push millions more children into child labour. United Nation says.

8. One person was killed and 15 others were injured on Friday when a bomb ripped through a busy market area in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi

9. In US, Amazon bans police use of its facial recognition software “Rekognition” for a year

SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. India's new education policy will have sports as part of the curriculum and not as an extra-curricular activity; Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said.

 

2. The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), on Friday, asked country's shooters to stay away from an 'unauthorised' online league, stating that disciplinary action will be taken against the marksmen who compete in the tournament

3. India might not have to tour Australia and play their matches in front of empty stands later this year after Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday said sports stadiums capable of seating 40,000 people will be allowed to host crowds of up to 10,000 from next month, in further relaxation of coronavirus  served India. 

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