Top Current Affairs 27 June 2020
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National News
NITI Aayog launches behaviour change campaign ‘Navigating the New Normal’
- NITI Aayog has launched a behaviour change campaign titled ‘Navigating the New Normal’ and its website to guide people to follow norms during the ‘Unlock’ phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, in order to contain the spread of the deadly virus.
- The campaign has been developed under the guidance of Empowered Group 6, constituted by the GoI, under the Chairmanship of NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.
- The campaign and website have been launched in partnership with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Centre for Social and Behavioural Change (CSBC), Ashoka University, and the Ministries of Health and WCD.
- The campaign consists of two parts. The first is a web portal http://www.covidthenewnormal.com, containing resources related to COVID-safe behavioural norms.
- The second is a media campaign focused on the wearing of masks.
Bengaluru International Airport becomes first in India to get AWMS technology at both ends of runway
- The Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), which operates Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (BLR Airport) has recently installed an indigenously-developed Aviation Weather Monitoring System (AWMS) at its new runway (south runway) on both ends.
- This makes BLR as the first airport in India to have this technology installed at both ends of the runway.
- The Aviation Weather Monitoring System has been developed by Bengaluru-based CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL).
- Apart from this, four Drishti Transmissometers has also been installed to help in measuring the Runway Visibility Range (RVR). It has been made by NAL in association with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
- With this, the number of RVRs installed at the both runways have reached six.
Tripura govt launches Mukhyamantri Matru Pushti Uphaar scheme to distribute nutrition kits to pregnant, lactating women
- The state government of Tripura has launched a scheme called Mukhyamantri Matru Pushti Uphaar, under which it would provide nutrition kits to pregnant and lactating women in an effort to fight malnutrition and maternal mortality.
- The state government is expected to incur an expenditure of Rs 8 crore every year for the initiative.
- Under the new scheme, each nutrition kit would cost Rs 500 and contain food items, such as peanuts, soya beans, mixed pulses, jaggery and ghee. It is expected to benefit atleast 40,000 women.
International News
VaYu, World’s first yoga University outside India inaugurated in Los Angeles
- The world’s first yoga university outside India has been launched in Los Angeles, as a part of the 6th International Yoga Day commemorations.
- The University has been named as Vivekananda Yoga University (VaYU), and will offer programmes that combine scientific principles and modern research approaches to the ancient Indian practice of yoga.
- VaYU will offer online graduate programmes based on scientific principles and modern research approaches to yoga.
- Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana(SVYASA) is the world’s first yoga university, set up in Bengaluru, India.
Ranking
India ranks 77th in terms of money parked with Swiss banks, UK tops
- India has moved down three places to 77th rank in terms of money parked by its citizens and enterprises with Swiss banks at the end of 2019, as per the latest annual banking statistics released by the Swiss National Bank (SNB).
- India was ranked 74th in 2018.
- As per the latest data, India accounted for just about 0.06 percent of the aggregate funds parked by all foreign clients of Switzerland-based banks.
- UK has retained its top position, accounting for close to 27 percent of the total foreign funds parked with Swiss banks at the end of 2019.
- UK is followed by the US, West Indies, France and Hong Kong in the top five.
- These top-five countries alone account for more than 50 percent of the aggregate foreign funds parked with the Swiss banks.
Banking News
Yes Bank launches mobile payment app ‘Yuva Pay’ in collaboration with UDMA Technologies
- Yes Bank has partnered with UDMA Technologies to launch its digital wallet solution ‘Yuva Pay’ to enable contactless payments for its customers.
- Yuva Pay app will offer bill payments via Bharat Bill Pay and provide Unified Payments Interface (UPI) facility to customers.
- The app will enable the customers to pay their utility bills, make insurance renewals, FASTag recharges, EMI payments, and use the app to make payments at retail outlets.
- For feature set users, Yuva Pay will leverage Interactive Voice Response Services (IVRS) wherein all transactions are processed securely via OTP and T-PIN (telephone pin) authentication.
Sports
Rahul Dravid beats Sachin Tendulkar to emerge as India’s greatest Test batsman in Wisden poll
- Former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid has emerged as the greatest Indian Test batsman of all time, after beating legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar in a poll conducted by Wisden India on social media recently.
- The poll was recently conducted on the website’s official Facebook account.
- Dravid got 52 per cent of the votes, with as many as 11,400 fans taking part in the final round of voting.
- The poll initially had 16 Indian batting greats.
Liverpool Wins 2019–20 Premier League title
- Liverpool has won the 2019–20 Premier League title on 25 June 2020, putting an end to 30 years wait for the title.
- This is the nineteenth English league title for Liverpool and their first in the Premier League era, having last won in 1990.
- Liverpool was declared the winner after Manchester City lost 1-2 to Chelsea.
- The 2019–20 Premier League is the 28th season of the top English professional football league, since its establishment in 1992.
Australia and New Zealand Named as co-hosts for 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
- Australia and New Zealand have been selected as co-hosts for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
- It will be the first edition to feature 32 teams, up from 24 teams earlier.
- This will also be the first time that the tournament will take place in two different countries from two separate confederations.
- FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, has also approved $1 billion in investment in women’s soccer over the next four years.
Important Days
Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day: 27 June
- The United Nations Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day is held on June 27 since 2017 to celebrate the work of MSME in local and global economies and their contribution to sustainable development.
- 2020 Theme is “COVID-19: The Great Lockdown and its impact on Small Business“