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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

14 May 2020

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

India up at 74th Place on WEF's Global Energy Transition Index

  • India has moved up two positions to rank 74th on a global 'Energy Transition Index' with improvements on all key parameters of economic growth, energy security and environmental sustainability, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said.
  • Releasing the annual rankings, the Geneva-based international organisation for public-private cooperation said Covid-19 will compromise the transition to clean energy without an urgent stakeholder action as unprecedented disruptions due to the pandemic threaten this transition.
  • In its report, the WEF said its study measuring readiness for clean energy transition in 115 economies showed that 94 have made progress since 2015, but environmental sustainability continues to lag.
  • Sweden has topped the Energy Transition Index (ETI) for the third consecutive year and is followed by Switzerland and Finland in the top three.

Israel West Bank Annexation Looms as Unity Government Sworn In

  • Israel's main political rivals become its leaders when a new unity government is sworn in, ending over a year of unprecedented deadlock.
  • Benjamin Netanyahu returns as prime minister for a record fifth time while his electoral opponent Benny Gantz will be deputy under a power-sharing deal.
  • The country has been in political limbo after three inconclusive elections.
  • The two men have agreed to push forward with a controversial plan to annex part of the occupied West Bank.
  • The move is in line with President Trump's Israel-Palestinian peace plan unveiled, which also envisages a Palestinian state in about 70 per cent of the West Bank, all of Gaza, and with its capital on the fringes of East Jerusalem.

Republicans Snatch Rare Prize of California Seat

  • A Republican candidate has won a congressional seat from the Democrats in liberal California for the first time in more than two decades.
  • Democrat Christy Smith has conceded the special election to Republican Mike Garcia, a former Navy fighter pilot.
  • Republicans lost the House of Representatives seat by nearly double digits in the 2018 midterm elections.
  • The election was held to fill Democrat Katie Hill's seat after she resigned last year in a sex scandal.
  • It is the first time the Republican party has won a Democratic-held seat in the state since 1998.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

March Industrial Output Contracts 16.7%

  • India's retail inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index fell to 5.84% in the month of April as compared to 5.91% reported in the month of March while industrial output as measured by IIP contracted by 16.7% in the month of March 2020 as compared to the year-ago period.
  • It may be noted that the sharp contraction in March IIP was just because of one week of lockdown, which was announced on March 25. The lockdown announced to contain the spread of the virus led to huge disruption in activity across sectors. Small and medium scale businesses saw massive disruption with factories being shut down.
  • The contraction in IIP was mainly due to lower output from mining, manufacturing and electricity sector due to the nationwide lockdown, government data showed on Tuesday. In the corresponding month of last year, IIP had grown by 2.7%.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

South Africa's MeerKAT Solves Mystery of 'X-galaxies'

  • Many galaxies far more active than the Milky Way have enormous twin jets of radio waves extending far into intergalactic space. Normally these go in opposite directions, coming from a massive black hole at the centre of the galaxy. However, a few are more complicated and appear to have four jets forming an 'X' on the sky.
  • Exquisite new MeerKAT observations of one such galaxy, PKS 2014-55, strongly favor the latter explanation as they show material "turning the corner" as it flows back towards the host galaxy; the results have just been accepted for publication in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
  • This work was carried out by a team from the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), the (US) National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), the University of Pretoria, and Rhodes University.

Astronomers Discover 'One in a Million' Super-Earth

  • Astronomers at the University of Canterbury (UC) have found a new "one in a million" Super-Earth planet towards the genre of the galaxy.
  • The planet-hunters' research has been published in The Astronomical Journal, which states that the size and orbit of this planet are comparable to that of Earth.
  • The newly discovered planet is among only a handful of extra-solar planets that have been detected with both sizes and orbits close to that of Earth.
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SPORTS

Ferrari to Sign Carlos Sainz as Daniel Ricciardo Set for McLaren

  • Carlos Sainz is poised to replace Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari with Daniel Ricciardo set to take the Spaniard's seat at McLaren.
  • McLaren have been chasing Ricciardo for some time and his signing is a coup.
  • But they must release Sainz from his contractual obligations before signing the Australian.
  • Sainz had been in negotiations to stay with McLaren beyond 2020 but the appeal of joining a top team has convinced him to move.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

KVIC Issues Revised Guidelines to Implement Vocal for Local initiative

  • The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) issued revised guidelines to expedite the implementation of projects under the flagship programme Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) to hand-hold local production.
  • The move comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "vocal for local" appeal.
  • KVIC instructed the agencies concerned to scrutinize the applications under PMEGP and forward it to banks for disbursal of funds within 26 days.

Registration Committee Recommends Banning Use of TB Drug on Crops

  • The Registration Committee (RC) under the Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee (CIBRC) has recommended the use of Tuberculosis (TB) drugs (antibiotics) like streptomycin and tetracycline to be banned completely with immediate effect on crops where other options were available for bacterial disease control. This recommendation was accepted.
  • The RC held its 414th meeting under the Chairmanship of S. K. Malhotra, Agriculture Commissioner & Chairman, Registration Committee through video conference, where a report was submitted by the sub-committee on production, sale and use of streptomycin sulphate (9%) and tetracycline hydrochloride (1 %).
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PERSONS IN NEWS

V. Vidyavathi becomes new DG of Archaeological Survey of India

  • IAS officer V. Vidyavathi is appointed as the new Director-General of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) effective from 12th May, 2020. She is a 1991 batch Karnataka cadre officer.
  • Vidyavathi will be serving in the rank of Additional Secretary to the Government of India. Her appointment is confirmed by the order of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Akhil Kumar Re-inducted into NADA Disciplinary Panel

  • Former Commonwealth Games gold-winning boxer Akhil Kumar has been re-inducted into the National Anti-Doping Agency's Disciplinary Panel. Akhil, who is also serving in Haryana Police as ACP Gurugram, was formerly in the panel from 2017 to 2019.
  • The Arjuna award-winning Olympian is among the most accomplished names in Indian boxing and has also been the government observer for the sport between 2017 and 2019.

Manoj Ahuja Appointed New CBSE Chief

  • Odisha cadre IAS Manoj Ahuja has been appointed the new chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
  • Ahuja is currently working as Special Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Department of Personnel and Training.
  • Ahuja will replace Anita Karwal as the chairman of the CBSE.
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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES

MP Govt Relaunches Sambal Scheme

  • The Madhya Pradesh government has re-launched the ambitious Sambal Yojana aimed to strengthen the lives of the poor and the SC and ST communities by providing them social security cover, right from birth to death.
  • CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan transferred Rs 41.33 crores into the accounts of the beneficiaries of Sambal Yojana at one click.
  • Later, in a discussion with the beneficiaries, the CM said that though the previous government had discontinued the scheme, the cards meant for the scheme can now be used again.

Uttarakhand CM Launches 'HOPE' Portal to Help Unemployed Youth

  • Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has launched "HOPE" (Helping Out People Everywhere) portal to help unemployed youth to get jobs opportunities.
  • The portal will be used to collect the data on the youths of the state who are staying in as well as the recently returned migrant youths.
  • This platform will help unemployed youths for job seeking and skill development. 
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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS

Bangalore Airport wins SKYTRAX Award for Best Regional Airport

  • The Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru has won the SKYTRAX Award 2020. The airport was chosen as the Best Regional Airport in India and Central Asia by the customers at the 2020 World Airport Awards.
  • Changi Airport, Singapore was voted the World's Best Airport for 8th consecutive year, while Tokyo Haneda Airport was voted the World's Cleanest Airport, and Paris Orly Airport was voted the World's Most Improved Airport at the 2020 World Airport Awards.
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai was voted as Best Airport Staff in India & Central Asia.
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