Top Best Current Affairs 11 June 2020

Recykal, a digital technology company in the waste management space collaborated with United Nations Development Programme and Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd for Project Prithvi, a joint initiative for developing sustainable plastic waste management practices in the country.

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi researchers claims to have developed a technology for making high-efficiency masks using waste pet bottles. The researchers have filed a patent for the waste plastic bottles derived filter membrane technology based on electrospinning.

A group of Indian Institute of Technology -Guwahati students has developed a mobile application called "Flyzy" for seamless and contactless air travel. The aim of the mobile app is to provide contactless boarding, keeping in mind the easier baggage drop, manageable parking, better shopping experience.

According to the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee, the World Bank has granted loan worth of Rs. 1,950 crore to the state for tackling coronavirus situation and developmental work. Out of the total amount, Rs. 1,100 crore will be allocated for creating Industrial infrastructures and the balance Rs. 850 crore will be spent for various Social-Welfare schemes.

The Washington based multilateral lender, World Bank in its latest edition of the Global Economic Prospect June 2020 analytical chapters reports states that India's growth is contract by 3.2%(so growth is -3.2%) for FY20-21 .It was lower from 4.2% which forecasted in FY2019-20 at the end of March 2020. The growth forecast is 9 percentage lower than the GEP forecasts from January 2020 when the growth was projected as 5.8%. But it also highlights that country's growth is expected to be 3.1% for the FY 2021-22.

Athletics Integrity Unit banned Gomathi Marimuthu, 31-year-old athlete from Tamil Nadu who won the gold medal for 800m in the 2019 Asian Championship, in Doha, Qatar for 4years from 17th May 2019 to 16th May 2023 after testing positive for banned substances. The titles, rankings, points and prizes won by Gomathi from 18th March 2019 to 17th May 2019 will be forfeited and her results will be annulled.

Former Union Water Resources Minister(2000 to 2004) Arjun Charan Sethi passed away at 79 due to his brief illness in a private hospital at Bhubaneswar. He is an 8-time member of parliament from Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency. He was born on 18 Sep 1941 & hails from Bhadrak, Odisha.

The International Weightlifting Federation has recently cleared Indian weightlifter K Sanjita Chanu from the doping charge due to the non-conformities in handling of her samples. The decision came on the recommendation of World Anti-Doping Agency. Chanu has asked for an apology and compensation for the trauma she has endured.