4th July,2019 Current Affairs for Railways, SSC, Banking and Other Competitive Exams

• The government has formed a committee of experts on data protection headed by Justice (Retd) BN Srikrishna of Supreme Court to study the issues on data protection and frame Data Protection Bill.

• Indian Air Force and Armée de l’Air (French Air Force) 

Indian Air Force (IAF) and Armée de l’Air (French Air Force) are participating in the Garuda VI bilateral exercise at Mont de Marsan in France. The exercise has been started on July 1 and will conclude on July 12. 

About Garuda exercise :
It is a part of their Indo-Pacific cooperation. It is alternately held in France and India. The last exercise, ‘Garuda V’, was held at Air Force Station Jodhpur in June 2014.

• “Special Rhino Protection Force” (SRPF) 

“Special Rhino Protection Force” (SRPF) was deployed in Kaziranga National Park (KNP), Assam with an objective to protect the one-horned rhinoceros.

It is home for one-horned rhino, was declared as the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage Site in 1985.

• India could lose 34 million jobs in 2030 due to global warming

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) in its report ‘Working on a Warmer Planet: The Impact of Heat Stress on Labour Productivity and Decent Work’, stated that India is projected to lose 5.8% of working hours in 2030 equivalent to 34 million full-time jobs due to global warming. It will mainly impact the agriculture and construction sectors.

India will be the most affected country because of its large population.

• World Vitiligo Day 2019 observed on June 25. Vitiligo is a skin disease where pale white patches start forming on the skin due to lack of melanin, a skin pigment.

• Minister of Textiles and Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani launched new book ‘Whispers of Time’ written by Dr. Krishna Saksena (91) at India International Centre in New Delhi.

• MLI Explanation : The Multilateral Convention (MLI) is an outcome of OECD or G20 Project to tackle Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (called as BEPS Project). BEPS means tax planning strategies which exploit mismatches and gaps in tax rules so as to artificially shift profits to a low or no-tax location where there is little/no economic activity, which further results in little or no overall corporate tax being paid.

• 34th Sailing Championship inaugurated in Telangana

It is held every year in twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad is taking place at Hussain Sagar Lake.