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Current Affairs 2020 June 26

  • NITI Aayog & ITF launch decarbonising transport project in India.
  • Virtual conference of the Russia-India-China trilateral hosted by Moscow, Russia.
  • Jitendra Singh e-inaugurates “Puneja Bridge” & “Devika Bridge” in J&K.
  • MSDE & IBM Joins Hands to Launch SkillsBuild Reignite and SkillsBuild innovation camp.
  • Cabinet approvals on June 24, 2020.
  • Harsh Vardhan released annual TB Report 2020 prepared by central TB Division; 14% rise in TB patients in 2019.
  • COVID-19 Widened Educational Divide: 2020 UNESCO’s GEM Report on inclusion and education: All means All.
  • Indian economy will shrink by 4.5% in 2020, Global Economy will come down by 4.9 %: IMF.
  • Pakistan remains in financial action task force’s grey list.
  • Republic of Mali Grant the project management consultancy contract of 500 MW solar park to NTPC.
  • Former England Women cricket captain Clare Cannon becomes the 1st Female president of Marylebone Cricket Club in 233 years.
  • Priyanka Chopra and Anurag Kashyap named among 50 ambassadors for 45th edition of TIFF 2020.
  • Bengaluru’s  Kempegowda International Airport becomes the 1st airport in India to get AWMS at both ends of the runway.
  • Health Ministry & Indian Red Cross jointly launches ‘eBloodServices’ App to order blood.
  • India to be World’s 1st country to use drone mounted ULV sprayer for locust control.
  • World Vitiligo day 2020 – June 25.
  • International Day of the seafarer 2020 – June 25.
  • Maharashtra appoints current additional chief secretary Sanjay Kumar as chief secretary.
  • Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy launches YSR Kapu Nestham scheme for Women of Kapu.
  • Tripura govt launches Mukhyamantri Matru Pushti Uphaar scheme to provide nutrition kits to pregnant and lactating women.