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Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 10 July 2020

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Government has directed the Central Pollution Control Board to strengthen the monitoring system in Ganga and it’s major tributaries.It also asked the Board to carry out inspection of Grossly Polluting Industries on regular basis.
The directions were given in an inter-ministerial meeting which was held in the presence of Environment Minister, PrakashJavadekar and Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in New Delhi today.
Close monitoring of water quality in coordination with National Mission on Clean Ganga was also emphasised and it was agreed upon that suitable mechanism will be developed.

The Ministry of Culture has taken up the project of reprinting of 108 volumes of Mongolian Kanjur under the National Mission for Manus, NMM.
The first set of five volumes of Mongolian Kanjur published under the NMM was presented to the President Ram NathKovind on the occasion of Guru Purnima, also known as Dharma Chakra Day, on 4th July.
The National Mission for Manus was launched in February 2003 by the Government of India with the mandate of documenting, conserving and disseminating the knowledge preserved in the manus.
One of the objectives of the mission is to publish rare and unpublished manus so that the knowledge enshrined in them is spread to researchers, scholars and general public at large.

Amid the clamour to ban China-made goods, the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs has sent out a reminder to all e-commerce portals to ensure that the “country of origin” of the products being sold by them should be mentioned as part of mandatory declarations.
The Ministry’s reminder to e-commerce portals is part of a concerted effort by the government to have ‘country of origin’ declarations on these websites. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) on Wednesday held a second meeting on the matter after the initial consultation two weeks ago, attended by close to 30 e-commerce players.
These rules make it mandatory for all manufacturers to declare the package name and address of the manufacturer, common and generic name of commodity, net quantity, month and year of manufacturing, MRP and consumer care details.

Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta on Thursday told the Supreme Court that migrant workers were returning to cities to reclaim their old jobs as “lockdown is over”, “economy is opening up” and the situation is turning “very healthy”.
Mr. Mehta, who was appearing for the Maharashtra government, was expressing his view on what the Bihar government called the “reverse migration” of migrant workers who had gone home to their villages during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
Justice Bhushan said it was the obligation of the State to identify migrant workers in need and those who still wanted to go home. The court asked the State to file a fresh and detailed affidavit.

Australia said on Thursday it was suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in response to a new security law imposed there and announced measures to attract businesses from the Asian financial hub, provoking an angry response from Beijing.
PM Scott Morrison said Hong Kong students, graduates and workers in Australia on temporary visas will have the opportunity to stay and work for an extra five years and apply for permanent residency after that time.
Speaking in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Mr. Morrison’s government should stop interfering in Chinese affairs, warning that China, the biggest customer for Australian exports, reserved the right to take retaliatory action.

Civil Aviation Ministry today said, India and the UAE have allowed their airlines to carry people authorised to travel between the two countries.
According to the arrangement, charter flights operated by UAE carriers to bring Indian citizens from UAE will be allowed to carry ICA approved UAE residents on their return leg.
Indian carriers operating repatriation flights to bring Indian citizens from UAE to India will be allowed to carry the ICA approved UAE residents on the outward journey from India to UAE.
On the India to UAE journey, these flights will carry only those passengers who are destined for the UAE.ICA is UAE's Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship.The Civil Aviation authorities of both the countries have agreed to operationalise the arrangement from 12th July.

The first earth observation satellite to be entirely developed by Brazil will be launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).The satellite is known by the name ‘Amazonia-1’.
On 25th January 2004, an agreement was signed for cooperation in the field of outer space between India and Brazil. As a part of the framework agreement ISRO will be launching a micro-satellite of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB). This microsatellite will be for atmospheric studies as per the agreement.
Operations of Amazonia-1 will be joint with the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite Program (CBERS). Under the CBERS program between China and Brazil, 6 satellites have been launched to date (The first satellite CBERS-1 was launched back in October 1999).