Dear aspirants, to crack any type of competitive examination current affairs plays a significant role and for that we are providing daily important news that are most important for your examination. So we are here for you to provide the important Recent and Latest Current Affairs 13 June 2020.
Current Affairs 13 June 2020 includes all newspapers such as The Hindu, The Economic Times, Business Standard, Times of India, PTI, Indian Express, and all Government official websites.
1. FM Nirmala Sitharaman chairs 40th GST council meeting
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the 40th GST council meeting through video conferencing.
- The Council decided on ways to garner funds to compensate states for the revenue loss due to GST implementation.
- The Union Cabinet in 2016 approved setting-up of GST Council.
2. IDBI Bank’s board approves appointment of Anshuman Sharma as govt nominee director
- Anshuman Sharma was Director in the office of Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services.
- He is currently serving on the board of IDFC Ltd.
- IDBI Bank MD & CEO : Rakesh Sharma
3. Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize
- Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal has been named this year’s recipient of the World Food Prize for developing and mainstreaming a soil-centric approach.
- To increasing food production that conserves natural resources and mitigates climate change.
- The World Food Prize was Instituted in the year 1987.
4. IRDAI withdraws long term third party insurance covers for new cars and 2-wheeler
- IRDAI has withdrawn long term-third party insurance cover which is issued for three/five years for new vehicles and two-wheelers.
- This will be effective from August 1, 2020 and make insurance cover affordable for vehicle owners.
- IRDAI = Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India.
5. Bangalore Airport deploys ‘smart irrigation system’ to manage its 100 acre landscape
- A weather-based smart automatic irrigation system (SAIS) has been deployed at Bangalore International Airport (BIAL) to manage its sprawling 100-acre landscape.
- BIAL is the first airport in India to deploy a tech-enabled smart irrigation system.
- BLR Airport named after founder of the City – Hiriya Kempegowda.
6. Indian diets are unhealthy: EAT-Lancet report
- Indian diets across states, income groups, and rural and urban sectors are unhealthy, according to the 2019 EAT-Lancet Commission report.
- The average daily calorie consumption in India is below the recommended 2,503 kcal/capita/day across all groups.
- The EAT – Lancet diet comprises eight food groups.
7. Just Eat acquires Grubhub for $7.3B in food delivery consolidation
- Two pioneers in restaurant delivery, Just Eat Takeaway.com and Grubhub combined in a $7.3 billion US deal that will create one of the world’s largest delivery companies.
- The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021.
- Just Eat Takeaway.com & Grubhub have about 70 mn.users worldwide.
8. FDI in food processing rises 44 % to $904.7 mn in 2019-20
- Currently, 100 percent FDI in the food processing sector is allowed through the automatic route.
- Minister of Food Processing Industries = Harsimrat Kaur Badal,
9. Wipro partners with CloudKnox Security to secure hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure
- Wipro announced a partnership with CloudKnox Security.
- The joint solution offering enables enterprises to proactively protect and manage their Hybrid & Multi-Cloud infrastructure by continuously detecting & remediating over-permissioned identities.
- Wipro CEO : Abidali Neemuchwala.
10. UP govt successfully installs Tru NAAT machines in all districts
- It will help in getting early results of the tests & with the help of them ANC, Pre-surgical & severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) cases may be tested for COVID at all districts.
- Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh : Yogi Adityanath.
So, these are all the latest important Current Affairs 13 June 2020.
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