TNPSC Current Affairs June 27, 2020

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs June 27, 2020 (27/06/2020)

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Topic: International Events

U.N.-75 declaration

Commemorative declaration marking the 75th anniversary of the signing of the U.N. Charter has been delayed.

Why?

Member states could not reach an agreement on phraseology. They have objected to the use of a phrase “shared vision of a common future”.

Because, the phrase, “community with a shared future for mankind” is closely associated with the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) and especially Chinese President Xi Jinping as an articulation of the country’s vision for the world.

Who is opposing?

The Five Eyes — the U.S., the U.K., Australia, New Zealand and Canada — along with India, have objected.

The current impasse comes at a time when China’s relationships with a number of democracies, including India, Australia and the U.S., are strained.

75th anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter:

The Charter was signed in San Francisco on June 26, 1945 and came into force on October 24, 1945. It is the foundational treaty of the United Nations.

Objectives: Conceived above all as a means to save future generations from the scourge of war, the Charter calls for the organization to maintain international peace and security; promote social progress and better standards of life; strengthen international law; and promote human rights.

As a charter, it is a constituent treaty, and all members are bound by its articles. Article 103 of the Charter states that obligations to the United Nations prevail over all other treaty obligations.

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Topic: Current Socio-Economic Issues

Getting out of the ‘guns, germs and steel’ crisis

India is said to be going through the ‘guns, germs and steel’ crisis.

(The name is borrowed from the title of Jared Diamond’s classic book on the evolution of societies and nations, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies).

What it represents?

Chinese “guns” on the borders. Coronavirus “germs” in our bodies. “Steel” makers and other businesses on the verge of bankruptcy.

Why this is worrisome for India?

This is the gravest confluence of military, health and economic crises threatening our nation in more than a generation.

Each of these would qualify as an independent, large crisis by itself, warranting a specific resolution.

The Chinese military threat calls for immediate and strategic action by our defence and foreign affairs establishments.

The COVID-19 health epidemic is here to stay and needs constant monitoring by the Health Ministry and local administration.

The economic collapse is an enormous challenge that needs to be overcome with prudent policy.

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Topic: Persons in News

NASA’s headquarter building named after ‘Mary W.Jackson’

NASA has named it’s headquarter building at Washington D.C after its first African American Female Engineer Mary W.Jackson. The announcement was made on 24th June 2020 by the Administrator of NASA.

The story of success of Mary W.Jackson was shown in the 2016 biographical drama Hidden Figures. The street outside the headquarters of NASA at Washington D.C was renamed as Hidden Figures Way in 2019.

Mary W.Jackson:

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics recruited Mary W.Jackson in 1951. The Committee was replaced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958. Mary W. Jackson started her professional career as a research mathematician at the Langley Research Centre of NASA.