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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

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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

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