Daily Current Affairs 15 October 2020 With Video Lecture

What is India Energy Modeling Forum?

• The IEMF seeks to provide a platform for policy makers to study important energy and environmental issues and ensure induction of modelling and analysis in informed decision-making process.
• Niti Aayog recently announced governing structure of India energy modelling forum.
• The forum and its governing structure are being established under US India strategic energy partnership.
• The Forum aims to improve cooperation and coordination between modeling teams, the GoI, knowledge partners and think-tanks.
• The Forum aims to:
• Provide a platform to examine important energy and environmental related issues.
• Inform decision-making process to the Indian government.
• Improve cooperation between modelling teams, government, and knowledge partners, funders.
• Facilitate exchange of ideas, ensure production of high-quality studies.
• Identify knowledge gaps at different levels and across different areas.
• Build capacity of Indian institutions.
• The Energy Modelling Forum (EMF) in USA was established in 1976 at Stanford University to connect leading modelling experts and decision makers from government, industry, universities, and other research organizations.
• The forum provides an unbiased platform to discuss the contemporary issues revolving around energy and environment.

World Economic Outlook

• Recently, World Economic Outlook released by IMF International Monetary Fund.
• India’s economy is expected to contract 10.3% in the current fiscal year as the country and the world reel from the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The projection for India is a downgrade of 5.8 percentage points from its June forecast.
• India is expected to rebound in the fiscal year beginning in April 2021 with 8.8% growth — an upgrade of 2.8 percentage points relative to the June update.
• For the world as a whole, the 2020 growth projection has been revised upwards by 0.8 percentage points relative to June.
•  After 2021, global growth is expected to ease off at 3.5% in the medium term.
• International Monetary Fund
• IMF Headquarters: Washington, D.C.
• IMF Managing Director and Chairman: Kristalina Georgieva.
• IMF Chief Economist: Gita Gopinath.

Gujarat Disturbed Area Act (Amendment) bill, 2020

• The President has given his assent to a Bill passed by the Gujarat Assembly in 2019,
• The bill made some amendments to the ‘Gujarat Prohibition of Transfer of Immovable Property and Provisions of Tenants from Eviction from Premises in Disturbed Areas Act, 1991’ – popularly known as the ‘Disturbed Areas (DA) Act’..
• Under the Disturbed Areas Act, a district Collector can notify a particular area of a city or town as a “disturbed area”. This notification is generally done based on the history of communal riots in the area.
• Amendments:
• Objective of the act is to check on elements that cause demographic imbalance and to stop polarisation.
• Bans sale of property by members of one religious’ community to those from another community without the prior approval of the district collector

Regional Raw Drug Repository for AYUSH Systems

• Union Minister for AYUSH inaugurated the Regional Raw Drug Repository (RRDR) for ASU&H Medicine (Southern Plateau Region) at National Institute of Siddha.
• RRDRs are important components of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission, which plays an important role in medicinal plants cultivation.
• The repository will play a major role in collection, demonstration and documentation of raw drugs from Southern Plateau region.
• It will establish standard protocols for authentication of raw drugs.

15 October: World Students Day

• The United Nations had declared in 2010 as World Students’ Day on 15 October.
• Which is the birth anniversary of the Missile Man of India Dr. Abdul Kalam.
• Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s role in teaching and his dedication.
• Abdul Kalam was the 11th President of India (2002-2007).

15 October: Global Handwashing Day

• Global Handwashing Day is an international handwashing promotion campaign to motivate and mobilize people around the world to improve their handwashing habits.
• The theme of Global Handwashing Day 2020 is “Hand Hygiene for All”.

Current COVID19 Situation in India

QUIZ TIME

World Economic Outlook is released by:

1. World Bank
2. ADB
3. International Monetary Fund
4. United Nations

Answer – C

Headquarter of IMF is at:

1. Washington, D.C.
2. Shanghai
3. New York
4. Paris

Answer – A

World Students Day is observed on:

1. 3 October
2. 12 October
3. 13 October
4. 15 October

Answer – D

World Students Day is observed on the birth anniversary of:

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
3. Dr. Abdul Kalam
4. None of the above

Answer – C

Question of the Day

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