UGC NET June 2020 Current Affairs

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Current Affairs for NTA UGC-NET

• June 2020

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• On January 14, 2020, the Non-Profit Organization
  Pratham released its annual report, Annual Status
  of Education Report, 2019. The report is based on
  the survey conducted in 26 districts that cover
  36,000 children in the age group of 4 to 8 years.
• On January 10, 2020, The Bureau of Energy
  Efficiency (BEE) launched the State Energy
  Efficiency Index, 2019 in association with
  Alliance for Energy-Efficient Economy. The report
  was prepared considering the basic energy
  requirements such as coal, electricity, gas and
  oil.

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• On January 10, 2020, the International Energy
  Agency (IEA) launched Indias Energy Policy
  Report. The report insisted that India should
  adopt its think tank NITI Aayogs National Energy
  Policy. IEA released its India Report 2020, in
  collaboration with NITI Aayog.
• On January 9, 2020, the World Bank released
  its Global Economic Prospect. According to its
  forecast, the world is expected to grow
  economically at a rate of 2.5. This is the
  lowest prediction since that predicted in
  2008-09, 3.1. By then, the global financial
  crisis derailed the economy.

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• The International Labor Organization released
  its The World Employment and Social Outlook
  Trends 2020 (WESO) report. The report stated
  that global unemployment has been stable for the
  last nine years.
• The Ministry of Jal Shakti recently
  launched Rankings of Central and State
  Governmental Water Departments based on their
  efficiency targets. According to the report,
  Gujarat topped the Ranking and Delhi was pushed
  to the last.

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• State Bank of India (SBI) introduced OTP-based
  ATM withdrawals with effect from 1st January
  2020. SBI OTP-based ATM cash withdrawals are
  applicable for above ?10,000 cash withdrawals.
• On January 22, 2020, the Economic Intelligence
  Unit released Democracy Index for the year 2019.
  The index was topped by Norway. Norway was
  followed by Iceland and Sweden at second and
  third positions respectively. India was pushed to
  51st rank slipping 10 positions as compared to
  its previous ranking.

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• On January 20, 2020, the World Economic Forum
  released the Social Mobility Index. The index
  measures the social mobility of the population
  worldwide.
• CSIR - NCL researchers become first Indians to
  win Merck Young Scientist Award.

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