Top Best Current Affairs 25 June 2020

The Ministry of Sports, government of India has decided to establish around 1000 district level Khelo India centers (KIC) all over the nation to engage the former champions in sports training and to ensure a source of income for them in the sports. To ensure sports as a viable career option for the youths and motivate parents to support athletics as a career.

The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) extended a special liquidity window for Rs 50,000 crores to Yes Bank for three months, to help private lenders cover for shortfall in deposits. The Yes bank was first provided with a special liquidity window for 3 months in March, which ended in June. The bank has requested for the same facility for one year, against which the RBI has extended for another 3 months.

United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has asked Myanmar to ensure a safe and voluntary return of Rohingya Muslims in the country. In this regard, the UNHRC adopted a resolution on June 23, 2020. Myanmar has also been asked to provide media and diplomatic corps access to the cuntry and lift off the internet shutdown in Rakhine state.

China announced that it has decided to join the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (UN-ATT) to regulate its arms sales. The decision was made during a three-day meeting which was held from 18-20 June of the top lawmaking committee in China- Legislative Affairs Committee.

PM Narendra Modi will be launching the employment programme for residents of Uttar Pradesh on June 26. The programme is expected to provide employment to around 1.25 crore UP residents. The programme will be launched virtually. Once launched, it will be India's largest employment generation programme.

Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers' Welfare (DAC&FW), under Make in India initiative indigenously develop a vehicle-mounted ULV sprayer for locust control to overcome the limitation of importing equipment. Currently, vehicle-mounted sprayers were supplied by M/s Micron Sprayers, UK. GoI placed an order for 60 nos. of sprayers on the firm in February 2020.

India has pledged to provide additional funding of USD 10 million to UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for next two years for Palestine Refugees in Near East. While several countries withdrew their funding from the UNRWA, India stepped up its funding. India also gave USD 2 million to the UN arm this year.

Rajasthan Government will soon launch the Indira Rasoi Yojana to fulfill the resolution of 'No one Sleeps Hungry'. The announcement was made by CM Ashok Gehlot on June 24. The scheme will offer nutritious food to poor people in the state twice a day on discounted rates. The state government will be spending Rs 100 crore on this scheme every year.