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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

18 Jul 2020

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Gabon Appoints First Woman Prime Minister Ossouka Raponda

  • The President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, appointed the country's first female Prime Minister, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda.
  • Ossouka Raponda was promoted from the Defence Ministry and took over from Julien Nkoghe Bekale, who was appointed Prime Minister in January 2019.
  • She is an economist by training who graduated from the Gabonese Institute of Economy and Finance, specialising in public finance.

US Civil Rights Pioneer, Congressman John Lewis Dies

  • US Representative John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the US House of Representatives passed away at the age of 80.
  • Lewis was one of the "Big Six" civil rights leaders, which included Martin Luther King Jr, and helped organise the historic 1963 March on Washington.
  • As a congressman he was a Georgia Democrat, and represented an area which covered most of its capital Atlanta.
  • During the civil rights movement, Lewis was one of the founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and then became its chairman from 1963 to 1966.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

FamPay Launches India's First Numberless Payments Card

  • FamPay launched FamCard in India. FamCard is a numberless debit card that can be used by teenagers to make payments independently without asking their parents for their debit card or physical cash.
  • FamPay, which is India's first payment app for teenagers and their families, worked with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch FamCard in India. The numberless debit card was launched in partnership with IDFC Bank and the company said that it is accepted across the RuPay payment network of merchants.
  • As FamCard has no numbers, all the card details are saved on the FamPay app and the company said that there is no need to refer to the physical card to fill in details during online transactions.
  • As far as the security aspect of FamCard is concerned, the company saaid that the UPI allows users to transfer money safely and securely on a real-time basis, across multiple bank accounts. Additionally, there's no fear of card information getting disclosed. And in case it gets stolen or lost, FamCard can be paused, blocked and managed using the Fam Pay app.
  • FamCard has a special feature of 'Flash PIN', which is dynamic and is generated for every transaction. Teens can just flash this PIN to the cashier for offline payments, without the need of entering the PIN by themselves on the POS machines, allowing for true contactless payments amidst COVID-19.

NTPC Signs MoU with NIIF to Explore Business Opportunities in India

  • The National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), acting through National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited (NIIFL) to seek investment opportunities in areas like renewable energy, power distribution and other areas of mutual interest in India.
  • The collaboration seeks to support India in achieving its vision of building sustainable and robust energy infrastructure in India.
  • The partnership of NTPC and NIIF will utilise the technical expertise of NTPC and the ability of NIIF to scale up the capital and bring in the best practices around the world with their relationship with leading players in the field.

Federal Bank Gets RBI Nod to Reappoint Shyam Srinivasan as MD, CEO

  • Federal Bank received the Reserve Bank of India's approval for the reappointment of Shyam Srinivasan as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer till September 22, 2021.
  • Srinivasan took charge as MD and CEO of the bank on September 23, 2010.
  • He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata, and Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirapally.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

MHRD Launches First Online NISHTHA Programme

  • Union HRD (Human Resource Development) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Minister of State (MoS) for HRD Sanjay Dhotre jointly launched the first online National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement (NISHTHA) programme for 1,200 key resources persons (KRPs) of Andhra Pradesh (AP), virtually from New Delhi.
  • Originally NISHTHA was launched in face-to-face mode in August 2019, but COVID-19 pandemic lockdown has affected the conduct of this programme, therefore, NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) has customised NISHTHA for an online mode through the DIKSHA and NISHTHA portals.
  • NISHTHA is organised at the elementary stage under Samagra Shiksha, a Centrally sponsored flagship programme of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to improve learning outcomes and holistic development of children.
  • NISHTHA is the world's largest teachers' training programme of its kind. 33 states and union territories launched this programme in collaboration under Samagra Shiksha.

India Speeds Up Connectivity Projects with Maldives, Bhutan and Bangladesh

  • India is working fast on regional connectivity projects in South Asian countries of Maldives, Bhutan and Bangladesh with the focus of generating employment and faster movement of people and goods.
  • The Maldives will see the expansion of Hanimaadhoo Airport under the Indian line of credit. The Line of Credit was announced during President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's State visit to India in Dec 2018 which was the first foreign visit of the leader after the election victory that year.
  • When it comes to Bhutan, a new trade route was opened from West Bengal's Jaigaon to Ahlay, Pasakha in Bhutan. The new land route for movement of industrial raw materials and goods destined for Pasakha Industrial Estate in Bhutan is expected to not only boost bilateral trade & commerce but also lead to decongestion of vehicular traffic along the Jaigaon-Phuentsholing route.
  • Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya Digitally flagged off the first trial container ship from Kolkata to Agartala through Chattogram Port of Bangladesh. The new route will reduce time and logistics cost for cargo movement and connect North-East India to Bangladeshi ports.
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DEFENCE

QUAD is Ready but No More Free Lunches for ASEAN on South China Sea

  • In September 2007 under the UPA-I regime, India, US, Japan, Australia, Singapore participated in Malabar Naval exercises in Bay of Bengal. This was before the concept of QUAD – US, India, Japan and Australia – was not even born but Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ruled Beijing sent demarche to all four countries and virtually blaming the exercises partners for targeting the Middle Kingdom. With the Indian Left parties badgering the Manmohan Singh regime already over India-US nuclear deal and not willing to earn the wrath of Chinese rulers, the naval exercise concept was dropped like a hot potato by all barring the US.
  • Thirteen years later, India, Japan and Australia are again on the same cross-road with Chinese dragon breathing on Ladakh land borders with India, contesting Senkaku Islands with Japan, openly threatening Australia with trade war, and talking nuke missiles to exercising US navy in South China Sea (SCS).
  • While the call on QUAD naval exercises is still to be taken, US Navy following the new maritime policy in SCS sent a guided missile destroyer into the contested waters at Spratly Islands as part of the freedom of navigation operation. USS Ralph Johnson is backed by two super carrier task forces led by USS Ronal Reagan and USS Nimitz, who are exercising in international waters off the Chinese coast.
  • With the Narendra Modi government not a believer in free lunches as the ASEAN regimes, India has rejected the Chinese claims on SCS by calling it a global commons and openly advocated its long held position of freedom of navigation and overflights. Even though the Russian trade to the port of Vladivostok passes through SCS, Moscow has been silent on the SCS issue given its perceived closeness to the Chinese authoritarian state. Australia and Japan have also bilaterally discussed the SCS issue and like ASEAN want America to be at the fore-front. The so-called Tiger economies of ASEAN talk against China behind closed doors to the QUAD but are virtually servile before the Middle Kingdom as they do not have either the political or military heft to challenge China.
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PERSONS IN NEWS

P. Praveen Siddharth New Private Secretary to President

  • P. Praveen Siddharth, a 2001 batch Indian Revenue Service Income Tax cadre officer, was appointed Private Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind. Mr. Siddharth replaced Vikram Singh, who has now been appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Shipping. Mr. Siddharth is already serving as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the President's Secretariat.

Maharashtra's First Woman SEC Neela Satyanarayanan Dies

  • Neela Satyanarayanan, first woman Election Commissioner of Maharashtra and a praised Marathi author died of COVID-19. She died at Seven Hills Hospital at Marol in Andheri (East), Mumbai where she was undergoing treatment for COVID-19.
  • She is a 1972- batch IAS officer from Maharashtra.
  • She worked as the chief secretary (Revenue) and retired in 2009.
  • She was appointed as the First women election commissioner by Congress-NCP government in 2009 and she served till 2014.
  • Neela has written 17 novels and an autobiography "One Full, One Half", an experience of raising a child with down syndrome.
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DAYS AND EVENTS

Nelson Mandela Day

  • South Africa's first black President, Nobel Prize winner and anti-Apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela's birth anniversary, on 18 July, is observed as Nelson Mandela International Day across the world. Nelson Mandela had dedicated his life fighting for human rights and he believed that everyone has the potential to make a difference in their communities for the world to be a better place. Mandela Day is an occasion for all to take action and inspire change.
  • Accordung to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, even before the (coronavirus) pandemic, inequality was a global plague. Today, this injustice is clear to all.
  • Fondly referred to as Madiba, Nelson Mandela touched lived where ever he went. In November 2009, in recognition of his contribution to the peace and freedom, the UN General Assembly declared July 18 as "Nelson Mandela International Day" and a resolution was passed paying tribute to his values, dedication to conflict resolution, fight for racial inequalities and protection of human rights. The resolution acknowledged his contribution to the struggle for democracy internationally.
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AWARDS AND HONOURS

Oscar Winner Kate Winslet will Receive 2020 TIFF Tribute Actor Award

  • Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet will receive the 2020 TIFF Tribute Actor Award at the Toronto Film Festival, headed mostly online this September amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
  • Winslet's online-only tribute comes as her latest film, Francis Lee's Ammonite, in which she plays fossil hunter Mary Anning alongside Saoirse Ronan, is booked for Toronto's reimagined 45th edition in September. TIFF plans to screen a slimmed-down program of 50 film titles during its first five days in physical theaters, pending a greenlight from city and provincial health and safety authorities.
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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION

CBSE Collaborates with IBM to Integrate AI in High School Curriculum of 2020-2021

  • The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), announced integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the high school curriculum for the 2020-2021 academic year. The curriculum was developed in collaboration with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation).
  • The IBM AI curriculum is a part of CBSE's Social Empowerment through Work Education and Action (SEWA) program.
  • This will be launched in around 200 schools across Delhi-NCR, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Kerala, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab (13 states of India).
  • The AI curriculum was co-developed by Macquarie University of Australia and Learning Links Foundation and 1M1B of India to fulfill the requirements of CBSE.
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ART AND CULTURE

Mystery behind Cleopatra's Tomb

  • The mystery behind Egyptian queen Cleopatra's tomb is immense because nobody appears to know where she was buried. However, archeologists in Egypt are in all probability, close to cracking the code with respect to Cleopatra's burial after two mummies of high-status individuals, who lived in her era, have been discovered at Taposiris Magna - a temple on the Nile delta.
  • This finding is nothing short of sensational as it could lead archeologists to solve the mystery behind Cleopatra's tomb.
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