Current Affairs - 20 June, 2021 - Daily Current Affairs to improve general knowledge and prepare for competitive exams

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  1. The IBPS (Indian Business Process outsourcing Promotion Scheme) launched by the Centre has facilitated expansion of several IT and BPO companies in tier - II and tier-III cities across the factory.
  2. AlmaBetter, an ed tech company, has allocated Rs 2 crore to train and upskill 25,000 data scientists by March 2022, and make them employment ready.
  3. The US is devoting $3.2 billion to speed development of antiviral pills to treat COVID-19 and other dangerous viruses that could turn into pandemics.
  4. NSA (National Security Advisor) Ajit Doval will participate in the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) meet in the third week of June 2021 in Dushanbe.
  5. HDFC Bank will buy more than 3.55 crore shares in group firm HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company for over Rs 1906 crores from the parent company HDFC (Housing Development Finance Corporation).
  6. Ebrahim Raisi has won Iran's presidential election.
  7. Gujrat cadre IAS officer and secretary in the DPIIT (Department for promotion of Indstry and Internal Trade), Guruprasad Mohanta, had pssed away in June 2021.
  8. The WHO (World Health Organisation) has officially announced the end of Guinea's second Ebola outbreak.
  9. The Assam government will gradually implement a two-child policy for availing benefits under specific schemes funded by the state.
  10. Shyam Sundar Jyani, a Rajasthan-based climate activist, his environment conservation concept, Familial Forestry has won the United Nations' Land for Life Award 2021. 

Location: Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

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