Top Best Current Affairs 12 June 2020

In order to protect cows and prevent their slaughter, the Uttar Pradesh government approved a draft ordinance titled "Cow Slaughter Prevention (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020" by amending the Uttar Pradesh cow slaughter act, 1955. This proposed law provides a maximum rigorous imprisonment of 10 years and a fine up to Rs 5 lakh. The ordinance was cleared during a meeting held in Lucknow, UP chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath to enable the conservation and preservation of bovine animals effectively.

MHA reconstituted a new committee for the welfare of the freedom fighters with the chairman G Kishan Reddy and 9 other "eminent freedom fighters" from across the country. Along with Reddy, former Congress MLA from Gujarat Dinakar Bhai Desai, who took part in 1942 Quit India Movement is one among the 9 member panel.

In a big boost to the "Skill India" initiative of the Government of India , National Fertilizers Limited (NFL),a Central Public Sector Enterprise works under the Ambit of Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, has signed an Memorandum of Understanding with Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) Nangal, Punjab to train youths in 12 trades under Dual System of Training Scheme. With the signing of this MoU with ITI, NFL becomes first CPSE to take this initiative in the state of Punjab.

The Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune has developed a nano-technology based disinfectant spray to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The formulation has been named Ananya.

As per the report of Deep Knowledge Group's safest country in the world from covid- 19, India ranked 56th position in a list of 200 countries, while Switzerland has been found to be the safest place on earth from the ongoing covid-19 pandemic followed by Germany and Israel. While South Sudan was ranked at 200th position.

The President of Republic of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza passed away at the age of 55 due to cardiac arrest at the hospital in Karuzi, eastern Burundi. On 9th June 2020, The Government of Burundi entered the seven day of mourning. He was born on 18th December 1964 in Ngozi Province.

In order to eliminate the use of physical card or touch an ATM PIN pad, amid the spread of coronavirus from contaminated surfaces, Empays Payment Systems has joined hands with Mastercard to launch "Cardless ATM powered by Mastercard" in India based on the standards of EMV (Europay, Mastercard, and Visa). With this, India will be the first country outside the United States (US) where this product will be launched. This cardless ATM (automated teller machine) will enable the users to withdraw their money just by scanning a code on the mobile phone, using their banking app.

A new study stated that Saturn's largest moon Titan is now expanding from Saturn at a rate 100 times faster than scientists had previously predicted. This speed of drifting is about 4 inches every year.