June Current Affairs 2020

June 11, 2020

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, on 9th June, started the “Panchavati Yojana” for senior citizens of rural areas in the state.
In this scheme, parks and gardens will be made in all the development blocks with essential facilities under the MNREGA scheme of the Rural Development Department.

June 11, 2020

In order to exclude the use of the physical card or touch an ATM PIN pad, amid the expanse of coronavirus from contaminated surfaces, Empays Payment Systems has tied hands with Mastercard to begin “Cardless ATM powered by Mastercard” in India based on the standards of EMV (Europay, Mastercard, and Visa).

June 11, 2020

India is reportedly planning to start its first coal trading exchange on the grounds of commodity or energy exchanges. Coal consumers and traders throughout the country welcomed the move but said the exchange should be commenced only when there are more buyers and sellers.

June 11, 2020

Fitch Ratings has oozed confidence that the Indian economy will spring back from the prevailing contraction and slowdown mainly on the back of the COVID-19 pandemic and projected India’s GDP to rise at a healthy rate in the next fiscal year.
The credit rating agency has predicted India’s GDP to increase at 9.5 percent in FY 2021-22 after a contraction of 5% (means -5%) fiscal year 2020-21.

June 11, 2020

Previous NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan became the first woman to reach Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the ocean. Sullivan was also the first American woman to perform a spacewalk over 36 years ago. So right now, she’s the first human to have done both.

June 11, 2020

Russian high jumper Alexander Shustov, the 2010 European champion, has got a four-year ban for anti-doping violations.
Shustov, who withdrew from the competition in 2017, has been suspended until 2024 for “usage or attempted usage of a banned material or prohibited method”.

June 11, 2020

The Gargo International, the Delhi based lubricant company under the RG group selects Sonu Sood as the brand ambassador in January 2020 and adored him now for his support service for the migrants and went live with their TVC starring Sonu Sood.

June 12, 2020

In its fights against combating the COVID-19 pandemic, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh will be launching a campaign named ‘Roko-Toko’ in the upcoming days. The campaign will focus on those who are not wearing masks in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
Roko-Toko meaning Stop and Campaign will be launched in the state through volunteering by select organizations. As wearing a mask is mandatory in public places across the state, under the campaign, the volunteers will be tasked to provide a mask to those who are not wearing it in public places and further a Rs 20 will also be charged from the person as a cost for the mask.

June 12, 2020

Minister for primary and secondary education S Suresh Kumar on 10th June announced that online classes cannot be carried out for the kids from LKG to class V.
He also said that severe action will be taken against the schools charging additional fees in the name of online classes.

June 12, 2020

The country’s foreign exchange reserves passed the half-a-trillion mark for the first time after it surged by huge $8.22 billion in the week ended June 5, as per the latest data from the RBI.

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