CURRENT AFFAIRS : 01-08-2020 IN ENGLISH

Important Day

• First Muslim Women Rights Day in India - 1 August 2020.

Defence

• First among the Central Armed Police Forces getting supplies from the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) - Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

National

• This ministry has decided to conduct an online audit of 20% of the estimated 2.5 lakh gram panchayats across the country for 2019-20 - Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
• Program of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) that for a robust ecosystem focused on creating high performing Startups in partnership with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wadhwani Foundation - AIM iCREST.
• The Central government has approved this state government’s proposal for setting up of own Directorate of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy in the state - Meghalaya.
• New Central Consumer Protection Authority – Established: 24th July, 2020; Location: New Delhi.
• The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 has come into force from - 20th July, 2020.
• Recipient of SKOCH Gold Award for its “Empowerment of Tribals through IT enabled Scholarship Schemes” project - Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

Persons in News

• New additional and independent director of Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd for a term of five years - Urjit Patel.

State Current Affairs

• This state has employed Areal Seeding technique to improve green cover in the Aravalli area - Haryana.
• Rs. 1,000-crore project of Maharashtra government with the help of the Asian Development Bank, which aims to improve processing for fruit and vegetable and minimise the losses in the sector of perishables - Maharashtra Agribusiness Network (MagNet).

Science and Technology

• Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) and the Department of Biotechnology, has begun a study of the migration of the pied cuckoo from - Africa to India.
• A multi-purpose, chemical-free, and safe sterilization system that developed at the National Institute of Technology, Warangal - ‘OzoNIT’.

General Knowledge

• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) – Adopted: 1966; Effective: 1976.
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) – Adopted: 16 December 1966; Effective: 3 January 1976.
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) – Adopted: 10 December 1948; Effective: 1976.
• Article in Indian constitution that guarantees freedom of speech and expression - Article 19(1)(a).
• Wildlife Institute of India (WWI) – Founded: 1982; Location: Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
• Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) – Founded: 1954; Location: New Delhi.