Top Best Current Affairs 29 June 2020 (2)

The World Health Organization (WHO)-led coalition ACT-Accelerator announced that it needs $31.3 billion over the next 12 months to fight the CVOVID-19 and to develop and roll out tests, treatments and vaccines. As per the report, $3.4 billion had been collected of which $13.7 billion was urgently needed. It leaves the organization with a funding gap of $27.9 billion.

President Ram Nath Kovind promulgated the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020. It is in pursuance with the commitment to ensure the safety of depositors across banks. The Ordinance will amend the Banking Regulation Act 1949 as applicable to Cooperative Banks.

Russia's Energia space corporation has announced that it is to take the first tourist on a spacewalk in 2023, under the terms of a new contract with a US partner. Energia has signed a contract with Space Adventures. Under this, two space tourists to the International Space Station (ISS).

Micheal Martin became Ireland's new prime minister replacing Leo Varadkar. The Irish parliament elected Martin, 59, as prime minister in Dublin, four months after a general election failed to produce a clear winner.

The Union States has blocked Pakistan's attempt to proscribe an Indian national as a global terrorist by the UN Security Council (UNSC) 1267 sanctions committee. Pakistan reportedly failed to produce the required evidence against the concerned Indian citizen after which the United States blocked and terminated its proposal, delivering a huge setback to the nation.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) plans to establish a permanent military base in the Indian Ocean by March 2021. This was announced by IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri. The Navy Commander informed that the Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has given the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps the task of setting up a permanent base in the waters far away from the country.

Senior IAS officer Vini Mahajan assumed charge as Punjab's first woman chief secretary on 26 June 2020. She replaced Karan Avtar Singh. She has become the first Woman Chief Secretary of Punjab.