Current affairs- June 5, 2016
World
Environment Day 2016- June 5
Every year, June 5 is celebrated as World Environment Day
with a new theme. This year the theme is "Zero Tolerance
for the Illegal Wildlife trade – GO Wild for Life”
Details:
- The day is celebrated to raise global awareness about the significance of a healthy environment and to solve various environmental issues by implementing some actions to protect nature and Earth, leading to a positive and healthy environment for all.
- World Environment Day is run by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
- The day was established in 1972 by the United Nation, after this United States instituted the Earth Day.
Important Facts:
- This day was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972
- The United Nation organisation calls the holiday its "principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment"
- The anniversary of the Stockholm Conference is celebrated as World Environment Day every year. The conference was held by UN on the Human Environment
- Each year, the emphasis on
World Environment Day is placed on a certain topic of earth crisis.
Prime
Minister’ s Afghanisthan Visit
Indian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited the Central Asian country in order to
open a much-hyped hydroelectric dam. The project has been in the works for
decades.
- Narendra Modi visited Afghanistan on June 4, 2016 in an effort to help build ties between India and the Central Asian nation.
- The prime minister's trip is to focus on the inauguration of the Salma Dam, the country's biggest hydroelectric project, which was first planned in 1976 but only recently completed named as “Afghan-India Friendship Dam”
- PM Narendra Modi being conferred Afghanistan’s Highest Civilian Award “ The Amir Amanullah Khan Award”
Modi is due
to visit Switzerland, Qatar, Mexico and the US as part of a five-nation trip.
Hit-and-run: Minor to be tried as adult
Invoking the new juvenile law for the
first time in the country, the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) here on June 4,2016
ruled that a minor accused of killing a
man in a hit-and-run incident will be tried as an adult.
- The Board transferred the case of the juvenile, who allegedly caused the death of a 33-year-old business consultant while driving a Mercedes car here on April 4, to a Sessions Court for trial.
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015:
- Under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, a minor who is above 16 years of age and is accused of committing a ‘heinous crime’, defined as an offence that attracts a jail term of seven years or more, may be tried as an adult, if the juvenile justice board allows it after making a preliminary assessment.
- The new law empowers the JJB to transfer the case of a minor (in the age group of 16 to 18) alleged to have committed a heinous crime to a Sessions Court for trial after conducting a preliminary assessment.
- The law also provides for keeping children in a place of safety both during and after the trial till they attain the age of 21 years, after which an evaluation of the child shall be conducted by the Sessions Court. After the evaluation, the child is released on probation, or if the child is not reformed then the child will be sent to a jail for remaining term.
Vegu App
A new
mobile app ‘Vegu’ will now provide the much needed anonymity to women who face
sexual harassment at workplace but find it hard to report it out of fear of
being exposed.
Details:
- The app, designed by Mihir Mobile Solutions (MMS), will allow the complainant to report the problem without getting identified.
- The tool can be used to report any form of harassment to the HR Department or members of the Internal Complaints Committee of the organisation.
- The cloud-based app is available for Android and iOS-based mobile phones.
Space-faring nations to pool resources for Earth
In
an attempt to fight climate change, 60 space-faring nations have for the first
time collectively agreed to engage their satellites, coordinate their methods
and data to monitor human-induced greenhouse gas emissions.
- This was agreed at a meeting here on Friday at the invitation of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and French space agency Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES).
- The world’s space agencies decided to establish “an independent, international system” to centralise data from their Earth-observing satellites through the ‘New Delhi Declaration’ that officially came into effect on May 16, 2016.
- The key to effectively implementing the agreement lies in the ability to verify that nations are fulfilling their commitments to curb greenhouse gas emissions, which can only be accomplished by satellites.
Banking
- India’s Foreign exchange reserves dipped marginally to $360.19 billion as on May 27, 2016.
IMF - bailout package
for Sri Lanka
The
International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Executive Board has approved a bailout
package of about $1.5 billion (SDR 1.1 billion) for Sri Lanka.
Details:
The package will be in the form of a 36-month extended arrangement
under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) to support Sri Lanka’s economic reform
agenda.
The island nation’s balance of payments widened last year.The
Executive Board’s decision will enable an immediate disbursement of SDR 119.894
million (about $168.1 million), and the rest will be available in six
instalments subject to quarterly reviews.
The IMF arrangement aims to meet balance of payments needs arising
from a deteriorating external environment and pressures that may persist until
macroeconomic policies can be adjusted.
It is also expected to catalyse an additional $650 million in
other multilateral and bilateral loans, bringing total support to about $2.2
billion (over and above existing financing arrangements)
Person in News
Eknath Khadse:
- Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse stepped down on moral grounds.
- The first BJP minister to quit facing corruption allegations since Narendra Modi came to power promising clean governance.
Ramachandran:
The International Olympic Committee has awarded the Olympic Order to Indian Olympic Association president N. Ramachandran for his outstanding services to the Olympic movement.
The International Olympic Committee has awarded the Olympic Order to Indian Olympic Association president N. Ramachandran for his outstanding services to the Olympic movement.
- Ramachandran, who has been IOA president since February 2014
- He is the second sports administrator from Tamil Nadu to receive the award after the late B.S. Adityan, a former IOA president, in 1995.
Muhammad Ali:
Muhammad Ali, the silver-tongued boxer
and civil rights champion who famously proclaimed himself "The
Greatest" and then spent a lifetime living up to the billing, is passed
away after suffering from Respiratory Illness ( Pakinson’s Syndrome).
Achievements:
- In 2005, President George W. Bush honored Ali with the Presidential Medal of Freedom (Highest U.S. Civilian Honour)
- Three – Time heavy weight champion in boxing.
- Ali represented the United Nations as a messenger of Peace
- He was choosen to light the Olympic torch in 1996.
- Founder of WORLD ( Wrld Organisation for Right, Liberty and Dignity).
Sports
Ronald
Garrors:
Women’s Single winner –
Garbine Muguruza
- She became 1st Spanish woman to win a Grand slam title since Sanchez-Vicario in 1998
Runner up – Serena Williams
