Daily Current Affairs 10th July 2020 | Civils OnlinEd

Daily Current Affairs 10th July 2020

           

National Events

Þ     Vikas Dubey

         *The accused of shooting dead 8 policemen in Kanpur’s Bikru village last week, killed in an alleged exchange of fire while being brought to Uttar Pradesh from Ujjain.        

Source: The Hindu

Þ     AH-64E Apache attack helicopters

   AH-64E Apache 

          *        Boeing handed over the last of the five AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to the Indian Air Force (IAF), completing the contract for 22 Apaches.

          *        The Apaches were deployed at the Leh airbase as part of forwarding movement of assets amid the stand-off with China in Ladakh.        

          *        The IAF inducted the 1^st batch of Apaches in March 2019 & based at Air Force Station, Pathankhot in Punjab

          *        India contracted 22 Apache helicopters & 15 Chinook helicopters from Boeing through the Foreign Milatary Sales Programmed of US in September 2015 under a of $3billion deal                

Source: The Hindu

Þ     Snakebite death in India

            *        India recorded a 1.2 million snakebite deaths in 20 year period (2000-19)

            *        Average of 58,000 deaths annually

          *        70% deaths in 8 states – Bihar, Jharkhand, Madya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh(including Telangana), Rajasthan & Gujarath

       *        The study conducted by the Centre for Global Health Research (CGHR) at the University of Toronto, Canada, with Indian & UK partners

Source: The Hindu

Þ     73 Tablighis from abroad released

         *        62 Malaysian & 11 Saudi Arabian nationals, who had participated in the Tablighi Jamaat in March, were released by Delhi courts after payments of fines.

             *        Earlier 60 Malaysians were released  similarly

            *        The foreign nationals faced trails for violating visa norms & the government’s COVID-19 guidelines.

Source: The Hindu 

Þ     Train 18

Vande Bharat Train

           *        6 companies —Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Bharat Industries, Electrowaves Electronics, Medha Servo Drives, Powernetics Equipment and CRRC Pioneer Electric — have submitted bids for semi-high speed Train18 or Vande Bharat train

Source: Livemint

Economy

Þ     DHFL Scam

             *  State owned Punjab National Bank reports fraud of 

             Rs 3,688.58cr in DHFL account

                                                      Source: The Hindu

Environment

Þ     The Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update

World Meteorological Organization

            *        According World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report, Avg global temperature can rise by 1.5°C in the next 5 years

          *        Countries under 2015 Paris Agreement had agreed to try and limit average global temperature rise to below 2°C by the end of the century

Source: Down To Earth

Sports & Games

Þ     Hockey India President

            *        Musgtaque Ahmed resigns as Hockey India President

         *        Executive board named Gyanendro Nigombam as the officiating president in Ahmed’s place