National Affairs
1. Justice A K Sikri inaugurates Indian Dispute Resolution Centre
- Former SC Judge A K Sikri has inaugurated Indian Dispute Resolution Centre (IDRC) through video conferencing.
- IDRC will provide a paperless dispute resolution environment through its sophisticated e-arbitration, e-meditation, and e-conciliation software portal with offline and online facilities.
- The arbitration panel of IDRC will have former judges of SC, HC, district courts, senior advocates, former bureaucrats, CA, architects, corporate leaders.
- Headoffice: Delhi.
National & International Organizations
2. World Steel Report released by World Steel Association
- World Steel Report has been released by World Steel Association depicting 64 countries crude steel production.
- Steel Production is reduced by 13% from April 2019 and stands at 137.1 million tonnes (Mt) in April 2020.
- As per the report, India's crude steel output 2020 declined by 65.2% to 3.13 MT.
- China is estimated to produce 85.0 Mt crude steel, 0.2% more than the previous year.
- Japan produced 6.6 Mt of crude steel (2020) down 23.5% (2019) while US produced 5.0Mt.
Defense
3. India sets up military war game centre for Ugandan Defence forces
- Indian Association in Uganda along with Indian Military training team sets up a military war game centre in Jinja district for Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF).
- The war game centre is named as 'INDIA'.
- It is a type of strategic game that simulates warfare realistically as opposed to abstract strategy games like chess.
- It has been constructed with an amount of 1 billion Ugandan Shillings ($265,000) funded by voluntary contributions from Ugandans of Indian origin.
State Affairs
4. Manipur’s “Khudol” listed in top 10 global initiatives for COVID-19 fight
- “Khudol” of Manipur has been listed in the top 10 global initiatives for the fight against COVID-19 pandemic by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth.
- Khudol is a crowd-funded initiative which was launched by “Ya_All”, an Imphal-based NGO.
- It ensures food, health, and hygiene requirements of the LGBTQI+ community, people living with HIV, daily-wage earners, children, and adolescents.
- It has mobilised a network of 100 volunteers.
State Affairs
5. MP launches 'Everybody will get employment' scheme
- Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurates 'Everybody will get employment' scheme through video conferencing.
- MNREGA job cards will be distributed to the labourers under this scheme.
- In this, migrant labours of the state will be employed in their village and gram Panchayat area itself with various employment oriented.
- A per the report, 35,45,000 have already been employed under MNREGA during Corona crisis with 42.2% women.
International Affairs
6. Israel's PM goes on trial for corruption
- Benjamin Netanyahu will become the 1st serving Israeli prime minister to face criminal prosecution in a political witch-hunt case.
- His corruption trial will be held in a Jerusalem court by 3 judge panel.
- He was sworn as PM of Israel for 5th consecutive term.
- He is charged on bribery, fraud, and breach of trust charges in 3 cases involving gifts from millionaire friends and for allegedly seeking regulatory favours for media tycoons in return for favourable coverage.
Sports
7. American tennis player Jamie Hampton announces retirement
- Jamie Hampton, an American tennis player has announced her retirement from the professional tennis.
- She was ranked 24th under World Top 25 player and played her last official match 6 year ago.
- She won 5 International Tennis Federation titles and reached one WTA doubles final alongside Anna Tatishvili where they finished as runners-up.
- She was a right hander player.
Defense
8. US Navy successfully tests laser weapon that can destroy aircraft midflight
- US Navy warship has successfully tested high direct energy laser weapon that can destroy aircraft mid-flight in Pacific Ocean.
- The laser weapons system demonstrator (LWSD) will provide defence against drones or armed small boats.
- It is an electromagnetic systems capable of converting chemical or electrical energy to radiated energy and focusing it on a target, resulting in physical damage that degrades, neutralizes, defeats, or destroys an adversarial capability.
State Affairs
9. New domicile rules notified by Jammu and Kashmir Administration
- Jammu and Kashmir Administration has come up with new set of domicile rules to undo injustice done for 70 years.
- The new rules are framed with the principle of equality and the norms of a healthy democracy.
- Under this, people belonging to West Pakistan, Valmikis, women marrying outside communities, non-registered Kashmiri migrants and displaced people will get domicile.
Science & Technology
10. CeNS develops face mask for longer hours use
- Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) has developed a cup-shaped design (patent filed) comfortable mask.
- It has been transferred for mass production to a Bangalore based company.
- This mask causes no speech distortion, no fogging on glasses, and packs well all around, leaving practically no room for leakage while breathing.
- It has high breathability quality with triboelectric nature of the fabric and can be used for longer hours without any difficulty.
Agreement
11. REC with TajSATS to provide nutritious meals for healthcare workers
- REC has tied up with TajSATS to distribute nutritious meal packets for medical staff in Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi.
- 18,000 food packets will be delivered every day under this initiative.
- As of 24 May 2020, the corporation has distributed around 4.58 lacs Kilograms of food grains, 1.26 lac meal packets, 9600 litres of sanitizers, 3400 PPE kits and 83000 masks.
- REC is a Navratna NBFC of power sector and is the nodal agency for GoI flagship schemes in Power sector.
National Affairs
12. MoRTH inaugurates Chamba Tunnel under Chardham Pariyojana
- Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated Chamba Tunnel under Chardham Pariyojana through video conferencing.
- The 440 m long Tunnel has been built below Chamba town on Rishikesh-Dharasu road Highway (NH 94) by Border Roads Organisation (BRO).
- It is a Horseshoe type tunnel with 10-meter carriage way width and 5.5-meter vertical clearance.
- The sanctioned cost is 107.07 Crore, and awarded cost is Rs 86 Crore.
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