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Daily Current Affairs 6 August 2020 With Video Lecture

What is a Time Capsule?

  • Time Capsule is a container of any size or shape, which accommodates documents, photos, and artefacts typical of the current era and is buried underground, for future generations to unearth.
  • It is built using special engineering techniques like steel or aluminum encasing, vacuuming, use of acid-free paper, etc.
  • Mostly they have a scheduled time for reopening, and are supposed to be buried again after opening, with people of the future adding their own contributions to the time capsule.
  • There are 10,000-15,000 times capsules worldwide.
  • It is a method of communication with future people, also supposed to help future archaeologists, anthropologists, or historians in knowing about the past human civilization.
  • Time Capsules in India:
  • Outside the Red Fort: This was placed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1972.
  • At IIT Kanpur Campus: This time capsule was buried on 6th March 2010 containing details on IIT Kanpur.
  • At the Alexandra Girls’ English Institution, Mumbai:  It was set up in the 19th century and is scheduled to be opened in 2062.
  • At Jalandhar’s Lovely Public University: It was buried in January 2019 and contains 100 items that represent modern-day technology in India.

Tourism Ministry inaugurates Thenzawl Golf Resort project in Mizoram

  • Project has been virtually inaugurated by the Union Minister of State for Culture & Tourism Shri Prahlad Singh Patel.
  • The project has been implemented under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme of Ministry of Tourism, GoI.
  • The project was sanctioned under the Integrated Development of New Eco-Tourism.
  • A total amount of Rs. 92.25 crore was sanctioned for it, out of which Rs. 64.48 crore was sanctioned for various components at Thenzawl.

Swachh Bharat Kranti

  • The book was officially launched by Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, and Union Minister of Textiles and Women & Child Development Smriti Irani.
  • It is a translated copy of the book “Swachh Bharat Revolution”
  • The book is about the journey of Swachh Bharat Mission.
  • It has 35 essays arranged under four pillars:
  • Public Financing
  • Political leadership
  • Partnership
  • Participation of People in the mission
  • It is a compilation of essays written by Arun Jaitley, Amitabh Kant, Ratan Tata, Sadhguru, Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Bill Gates amongst others.
  • Swachh Bharat Mission
  • Launched: 2nd October 2014
  • Implemented by: Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
  • Aim: To achieve a clean and open defecation free (ODF) India.

UN Report: Impact of Covid-19 on Education

  • United Nation has released its policy brief on the pandemic’s impact on education.
  • Almost 24 million children could drop out or not have access to school next year due to the economic impact of Covid-19.
  • It will increase the Disparities with vulnerable populations in low-income countries.
  • More than 1.6 billion learners affected across the world.
  • Girls and young women are likely to be disproportionately affected.
  • Three-way loss:
  • Learning: More than two-thirds of countries have introduced a national distance learning platform, but among low-income countries the share of distance learning is only 30%. Online learning is not accessible for poor.
  • Economic:  Loss might reach $16,000 of lost earnings over a student’s lifetime, translating over time into $10 trillion of lost earnings globally. Estimated 42-66 million children could fall into extreme poverty as a result of pandemic.
  • Increased financial gap: The COVID-19 crisis is likely to increase that financing gap by up to one-third.

6th August: Hiroshima Day

  • Annually 6th of August marks the anniversary of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima during World War II.
  • Incident took place in 1945.
  • United States dropped an atomic bomb named “Little Boy”, on the town of Hiroshima in Japan.
  • Killed over 80,000 people.
  • Three days later, another atomic bomb called “Fat Man” was dropped over Nagasaki killing more than 40,000 people.
  • The survivors of the bomb are known as “Hibakushas”
  • This day is remembered to promote peace and spread awareness about the danger of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons.
  • Important Facts:
  • 2nd World War was active in 1939- 1945.
  • Atomic bomb was loaded with more than 9000-pound uranium-235.
  • Dropped by United States warplane Enola Gay.

Current COVID19 Situation in India

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QUIZ TIME

Thenzawl Golf Resort is located at:

  1. Manipur
  2. Mizoram
  3. Nagaland
  4. Assam

Answer – B

Swachh Bharat Kranti compilation of essays written by:

  1. Akshay Kumar
  2. Bill Gates
  3. Arun Jaitley
  4. All of the Above

Answer – D

Swachh Bharat Mission launched on the birth anniversary of which of the following?

  1. Kasturba Gandhi
  2. Vallabh Bhai Patel
  3. Mahatma Gandhi
  4. Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer – C

Hiroshima Day is observed on which of the following dates?

  1. 6 August
  2. 7 August
  3. 8 August
  4. 9 August

Answer – A

United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in which of the following year?

  1. 1995
  2. 1945
  3. 1955
  4. 1965

Answer – B

Question of the Day

What is Swadesh Darshan Scheme?

Answer in next session…

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