Current Affairs 2020 June 25

• India committed USD 10 mn to UNRWA over next years during extraordinary virtual Ministerial pledging conference.
• India became 12th largest holder of US govt securities with holdings of $157.4 bn in April end 2020; Japan tops.
• COVID-19 to push 120 Million children in to poverty in South Asian region: UNICEF Report.
• MSMEs launches funding scheme “Distresses Assets Fund-Sub-ordinate Debt for MSMEs” to help the distressed MSME Sector.
• World’s first gold-backed US Digital Gold currency launched in India, GCC, Middle East and Africa by IBMC.
• India retains its position as 3rd-largest economy on PPP basis for 2017; China Tops: World Bank Data.
• Gulabbai Sangamnerkar and Madhuvanti Dandekar to get lifetime achievement award: Maharashtra.
• India’s GDP to contract by 5.3% in FY21, bounce back in FY22: Ind-Ra
• HRD Ministry launches YUKTI 2.0   for Higher Education Institutes.
• Adani Power to acquire US-based AES Corporation’s 49% Equity Stake in Odisha Power Generation Corporation for Rs 1,019 crore.
• World Karate Federation provisionally de-recognised the Karate Association of India.
• Former Karnataka Basketball player K Raghunath passed away at 74.
• Costume designer & Hollywood Director Joel Schumacher passed away.
• Government of Haryana and Reliance Jio TV partners to educate 52 lakh students.
• Tripura Government to launch ‘Ektu Khelo, Ektu Padho’ for school students.
• Rajasthan Government to launch ‘Indira Rasoi Yojna’.
• World’s largest chariot festival Rath Yatra in Puri: Odisha.
• Jharkhand to launch employment guarantee scheme for urban poor.
• Madhya Pradesh Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company introduces Nishtha Vidyut Mitra Scheme for Women empowerment.