2nd July 2020 current affairs | Daily current affairs| daily 34

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2nd July 2020 current affairs | Daily current affairs| daily 34

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1. World UFO Day celebrated on-

a. 3rd July.

b. 2nd July.

c. 1st July.

d. none of these. 

[World UFO Day is celebrated on 2nd July of every year to spread the awareness for people to gather together and watch the skies for Unidentified flying objects.]

2. National Postal worker's Day is observed on-

a. 30 June.

b. 1st July.

c. 2nd July.

d. none of these. 

[National Postal Worker Day is observed on 1st July every year. This day is observed to say 'thank you ' to the postmen and all delivery personal, as online shopping has become a lifeline for many of us.]

• Director-General of India Post: Arundhaty Ghosh.

3. National Chartered Accounts Day or CA Day is celebrated on-

a. 2nd July.

b. 1 July.

c. 30 June.

d. none of these. 

[National Chartered Accountants Day or CA Day is Celebrated on July 1 every year to commemorate the finding of the Institute of Chartered Accounts of India (ICAI) by the parliament of India in 1949.]

• Institute of  Chartered Accounts of India Headquarters: New Delhi.
• President of ICAI: CA Atul Kumar Gupta.
• The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) was constituted on 01st October 2018 by the Government of India Under Sub Section (1) of section 132 of the Companies Act, 2013.
• chairman of National Financial Reporting authority: R.Sridharan.

4. India's first Plasma Bank to be set up in-

a. West Bengal.

b. Delhi.

c. Maharastra.

d. none of these. 

[The Government of Delhi will set up a first-of-its-kind "plasma bank" in the country for treating COVID-19 patients. The plasma bank will start its operation by 2nd July 2020. It will be set up at Institute of Liver and biliary sciences and doctors or hospitals will have to approach it for plasma if a COVID-19 patient needs the same.]

• Governor of Delhi: Anil Baijal. 
• Chief Minister of Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal.

5. Which State government has launched the 'Skill Connect Forum', recently?

a. West Bengal government.

b. Karnataka government.

c. Tripura government.

d. none of these. 

[The Government of Karnataka has been launched a portal called "Skill Connect Forum" to connect job seekers with employers on a common platform. This portal will bridge the gap between job seekers and employers.]

• Chief Minister of Karnataka: B.S. Yediyurappa.
• Governor: Vajubhai Vala.

6. Which State government has launched the "Hamara Ghar-Hamara Vidyalaya" campaign?

a. Tripura government.

b. West Bengal government.

c. Madhya Pradesh government.

d. none of these. 

[The government of Madhya Pradesh has launched "Humara gear-Hamara Vidyalaya" to take care of the academic regularity of the students during the Lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This scheme will start on 6th July 2020. ]

• Chief Minister fo Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
• Governor of Madhya Pradesh: Lalji Tandon.

7. With whom Swiggy has tied-up for launch its digital wallet?

a. Google Play.

b. ICICI Bank.

c. YesBank.

d. none of these. 

[Online Food delivery Gaint, Swiggy has tied-up with ICICI Bank to launch its digital wallet. The name of the digital wallet "Swiggy Mony". Through this partnership, Swiggy customers allow storing money to be used for orders on the platform.]

• Headquarters of Swiggy: Bengaluru, Karnataka.
• CEO of Swiggy: Sriharsha Majety.
• Headquarters of ICICI Bank: Mumbai,
• CEO of ICICI Bank: Sandeep Bakhshi.

8. Who has conferred with the 1st P C Mahalanobis Award?

a. Rao Inderjit Singh.

b. Chakravarthi Rangarajan.

c. Bimal Kumar Roy.

d. none of these. 

[Former RBI Governor C Rangarajan has been conferred with the first Prof. P C Mahalanobis Award in official Statistics for lifetime achievements. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution in providing solutions in the issues related to the estimation of national income.

The Award has been instituted by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI) from 2020.]

• Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI): Rao Inderjit Singh.
• Chairman of the National Statistical Commission (NSC): Bimal Kumar Roy.
• Director of Indian Statistical Institute: Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay.

9. Who has been appointed as the Director-General of IIMC?

a. Indrajit Verma.

b. Sanjay Dwivedi

c. Bimal Roy.

d. none of these. 

[Proffessor Sanjoy Dwivedi has been appointed as the Director-General of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC).

IIMC established in 1965, is an autonomous institute under the Ministry of information and Broadcasting.]

10. Where was the 36th ASEAN Summit held, recently?

a. Singapore.

b. Vietnam.

c. Pakistan.

d. none of these. 

[ The 36th ASEAN(Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit 2020 was held via video conferencing in Hanoi, Vietnam.

The theme of this summit was "Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN"

The main focus of the summit was on the COVID-19 epidemic response, post-pandemic recovery, and further cooperation with partners.]

• 10 ASEAN member countries: Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei, Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), Laos.

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