Daily Current Affairs 1st 2nd June 2020: Your guide for daily General Knowledge Preparation
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National News
1. National Artificial Intelligence Portal
- Minister for Electronics and IT, Law and Justice and Communications, Ravi Shankar Prasad has launched the National Artificial Intelligence Portal.
- Website: ai.gov.in
- Ravi Shankar Prasad has also launched ‘Responsible AI for Youth’ program.
Financial News
1. IBBI advisory committee on service providers
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India has drafted its advisory committee on service providers, chaired by Manipal Global Education Services Chairman T V Mohandas Pai.
- The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India is the regulator for overseeing insolvency proceedings and entities like Insolvency Professional Agencies, Insolvency Professionals and Information Utilities in India.
- Chairperson– Dr. M.S Sahoo || Established– 1st October 2016
Science and Technology News
1. CHAMPIONS Portal
- PM Modi has launched ‘CHAMPIONS’ Portal to help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
- CHAMPIONS means ‘Creation and Harmonious Application of Modern Processes for Increasing the Output and National Strength’.
Important Appointments
1. Exim Bank Deputy Managing Director
- Harsha Bangari has been appointed as Deputy Managing Director at Export-Import Bank of India.
- EXIM bank: Headquarters: Mumbai || CEO: David Rasquinha || Founded: 1 January 1982
2. CEO of FSSAI
- Arun Singhal has been appointed as the CEO of FSSAI.
- Food Safety and Standards Authority of India is an autonomous body established under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. The FSSAI has been established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, which is a consolidating statute related to food safety and regulation in India.
- Founded: August 2011 || Sector: Food safety || Jurisdiction: India || Headquarters: New Delhi || Agency executive: Rita Teaotia (Chairperson)
3. India’s next Ambassador to Kuwait
- Sibi George has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Kuwait.
- Kuwait: Capital: Kuwait City || Currency: Kuwaiti dinar
Important Days
1. World Milk Day
- World Milk Day has been observed on June 1 each year since 2001.
- World Milk Day is an international day established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to recognize the importance of milk as a global food.
- Theme: ‘The 20th Anniversary of World Milk Day’
2. Global Day of Parents
- Global Day of Parents celebrated on 1st June by United Nations.
- The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations.
- Secretary-General of United Nations: António Guterres.
Obituaries
1. Wajid Khan passes away
- Singer and music composer Wajid Khan has passed away.
- Sajid–Wajid was an Indian Bollywood Hindi film music director duo consisting of brothers Sajid Khan and Wajid Khan, the sons of Sharafat Ali Khan, a tabla player. Wajid Khan, the younger of the two brothers, died on May 31, 2020.
Award, Rankings and Indexes
1. World No Tobacco Day Award 2020
- WHO has conferred the World No Tobacco Day Award (31st May) 2020 to the NGO ‘Socio-Economic and Educational Development Society (SEEDS)’.
- It is given for its efforts to ban pan masala, gutkha, e-cigarettes and hookah in Bihar and Jharkhand.
Sports News
1. Khelo India e-Pathshala
- Sports Authority of India has launched ‘Khelo India e-Pathshala’.
- Aim: An online coaching programme for grassroot level.
- SAI: Headquarters- Delhi || Founded- 25 January 1984 || Director General- Sandip Pradhan
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