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Daily GK current affairs 5 June 2021 News viable of 5th June 2021.Here is the Regular current affairs viable of 5th June 2021. covering the following news headlines: World Environment Day, SAGE Programme, HeidelbergCement, International Booker 2021, Belgrade open, Hisab Ki Kitaab.

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Here current affairs have been categorized which is as follows:

  • International News
  • National News
  • State News
  • Banking News
  • Sports News
  • Awards News
  • Important Days
  • Miscellaneous News

International News

  1. Bill Gates and EU pledge $1 billion boost for green technology
  • An energy investment program set up by the European Union and Bill Gates plans to raise up to $1 billion to roll out low-carbon technologies Europe is betting on to meet its climate change goals.
  • Founded by Gates in partnership, Breakthrough Energy will use private capital and philanthropic funds to match funding provided by the European Union.
  • The aim is to together provide up to 820 million euros, or $1 billion, from 2022 to 2026.
  • The support will target hydrogen produced from renewable energy, sustainable aviation fuels, technologies to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and long-term energy storage.
  • Those technologies are seen as critical to slashing emissions from sectors like heavy industry and aviation but remain too expensive to scale up without support and compete with cheaper fossil fuel alternatives.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

  • European Union Headquarters location: Brussels, Belgium;
  • European Union Founded: 1 November 1993.

National News

  1. NCPCR devises online portal ‘Bal Swaraj’ for children affected by Covid-19
  • In view of the growing problem related to children affected by COVID-19, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has created an online tracking portal “Bal Swaraj (COVID-Care Link)” for children in need of care and protection.
  • The children who have lost family support or are without any ostensible means of subsistence are children in need of care and protection under Section 2(14) of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 and all procedures given under the Act for such children must be followed to ensure the well-being and best interest of children.
  • This portal has been created with the main objective of tracking and monitoring the children who need care and protection digitally in real time.
  • The portal will also be used to track children who have lost both their parents during COVID-19.
  • The “COVID-Care” link on the portal has been provided for the concerned officer or department to upload the data of such children.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

  • Union Minister of Women and Child Development: Smriti Zubin Irani.
  1. IEFPA’s 6 modules of short films titled “Hisab Ki Kitaab” launched
  • Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Anurag Singh Thakur launched six modules of short films of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) titled “Hisab ki Kitab”.
  • These are short films developed by Common Service Centers (CSC) eGov as a part of their training tool.
  • The various modules highlight the importance of budget, saving, the importance of Insurance schemes, various social security schemes of the government etc.
  • The modules also interestingly portray the consequences of a common man falling prey to the schemes and how they should protect themselves from Ponzi schemes.
  • These short films will be used by IEPFA and its partnering organisation for Investor Awareness Programs across the country. During the launch, a trivia of all the 6 modules was showcased.

State News

  1. Gujarat’s Vishwamitri river project gets National Green Tribunal nod
  • The principal bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently directed the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC), Gujarat and other authorities to implement the Vishwamitri river works plan, including demarcation, plantation and maintenance of the river’s integrity and includes preparation.
  • The crocodiles, turtles & highly protected species have been breeding in the stretches of the river. The NGT has observed that the Vishwamitri River in Vadodara is among the 351 polluted river stretches identified by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), and the restoration of such stretches has also been “exhaustively considered” by the Tribunal in another hearing of a petition by the same applicants.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

  • NGT Headquarters: New Delhi;
  • Chairman of NGT: Adarsh Kumar Goel;
  • Gujarat Chief Minister: Vijay Rupani;
  • Gujarat Governor: Acharya Devvrat.

Banking News

  1. ICICI Bank Became 2nd Globally to offer ‘SWIFT gpi Instant’ facility
  • ICICI Bank has announced that it has tied up with SWIFT to provide a facility that enables overseas partner banks to send instant remittances on behalf of their customers to the beneficiary in India.
  • The beneficiary gets the credit in the bank account immediately. This makes ICICI Bank the first bank in Asia-Pacific and the second globally to offer a facility called ‘Swift GPI Instant’ for cross-border payments.
  • With this new service, we continue to live up to our commitment to offering customer-centric solutions enabling quick and hassle-free money transfers.”

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

  • ICICI Bank Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
  • ICICI Bank Tagline: Hum Hai Na, Khayal Apka.
  • ICICI Bank MD & CEO: Sandeep Bakhshi.

Sports News

  1. Djokovic Wins 83rd Career Title In Belgrade open
  • World No. 1 Novak Djokovic claimed the 83rd title of his career with a victory on home soil at the Belgrade Open.
  • The Serbian superstar lost his serve three times in the first set before changing his game to defeat Slovakian qualifier and first-time ATP Tour finalist Alex Molcan 6-4, 6-3 in 88 minutes at the Novak Tennis Center.

Awards News

  1. David Diop wins International Booker 2021
  • David Diop has become the first French novelist to win the International Booker Prize for Translated Fiction with his first novel, At Night All Blood Is Black, translated into English.
  • Diop, the author of the two novels, and her translator Anna Moschovakis  split the annual prize of £50,000, which goes to the best author and translator of a work translated into English.
  • The International Booker Prize, formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize, has been awarded since 2005 when it was won by Albanian writer Ismail Kadare. It is a sister prize to the Booker Prize, awarded to a novel written in English.

Important Days

  1. World Environment Day: 5th June
  • World Environment Day is observed globally on 5th June every year. This day is observed to raise awareness about protecting the environment and to remind people not to take nature for granted.
  • The day provides an opportunity to broaden the “basis for an enlightened opinion and responsible conduct by individuals, enterprises, and communities in preserving and enhancing the environment.”
  • The theme of this year’s World Environment Day is ‘Reimagine. Recreate. Restore.’ as this year marks the beginning of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Pakistan is the global host for the day to highlight the importance of ecosystem restoration this year.
  1. International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
  • International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing is observed every year on 5 June.
  • According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities are responsible for the loss of 11–26 million tonnes of fish each year, which is estimated to have an economic value of US$10–23 billion.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams: 

  • Food and Agriculture Organization Headquarters: Rome, Italy.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization Established: 16 October 1945.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization Head: Qu Dongyu

Miscellaneous News

  1. HeidelbergCement plans world’s first CO2 neutral cement plant in Sweden
  • The world’s second largest cement maker, Heidelberg Cement, is planning to convert its Swedish factory in Slite into the world’s first CO2-neutral cement plant by 2030 using carbon capture technology.
  • Following the planned retrofit, which will cost at least 100 million euros ($122 million), the plant will be able to capture 1.8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

  • Stockholm is the capital of Sweden.
  • The current PM of Sweden is Stefan Lofven.
  • The krona is the official currency of Sweden.

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