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• Sina Weibo is a Chinese microblogging (weibo) website. Weibo the Chinese word for ‘microblog’.
  
  
• It was Launched by Sina Corporation in 2009 and is one of the biggest social media platforms in China.
  
  
• Through it, users can upload pictures and videos publicly for instant sharing, with other users being able to comment with text, pictures and videos, or use a multimedia instant messaging service.
  
  
• Due to its popularity, the media sometimes refers to the platform simply as "Weibo," despite the numerous other Chinese microblogging/weibo services including Tencent Weibo, Sohu Weibo, and NetEase Weibo.
  
  

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• The Striped Hairstreak (Yamamotozephyrus kwangtugenesis) was located in Vijaynagar bordering Myanmar. It was first recorded by Japanese entomologists in Hainan province of China.
  
  
• The Elusive Prince (Rohana tonkiniana) was found in Miao on the periphery of the Namdapha National Park. It has a Vietnamese connection and was thought to be the more familiar Black Prince found in the Eastern Himalayas.
  
  
• India now has 1,327 species of butterflies, up from 1,318 in 2015.
  
  
• The recording of the two butterflies follows the “rediscovery” of the Assam Keelback, a non-venomous snake from the Gelling area of Arunachal Pradesh after 129 years. 
  
  

About:

• Scientific Name: Herpetoreas pealii.
  
  
• Common Name: Assam keelback; Peal's keelback.
  
  
• Family: It is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae.
  
  
• Distribution: The species is endemic to Northeast India. It has been recorded from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
  
  
• Physical description: The species is small — about 60 cm long, brownish, with a patterned belly.
  
  
• Background: It was discovered 129 years ago in 1891 by Samuel Edward Peal, a British tea planter based in Upper Assam.
  
  

About:

• The scheme is aimed at improving the liquidity position of non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and housing finance companies (HFCs). 
  
  
• RBI will provide funds for the Scheme by subscribing to government guaranteed special securities issued by the Trust. The total amount of such securities issued outstanding shall not exceed Rs. 30,000 crores at any point of time.
  
  
• Government of India will provide an unconditional and irrevocable guarantee to the special securities issued by the Trust.
  
  
• The Scheme is being launched on July 1, 2020 through a Special Purpose Vehicle in the form of SLS Trust set up by SBI Capital Markets Limited (SBICAP). 
  
  

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• Location: RFCL is upcoming gas based urea unit of 12.7 Lakh MT per annum capacity at Ramagundam, Telangana.
  
  
• Governance: It is a Joint Venture Company (JVC) promoted by National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), Engineers India Limited (EIL) and Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL).
  
  
• Timeline: RFCL was incorporated in 2015 and the foundation stone of the project was laid by PM Modi in 2016.
  
  
• Significance: After commissioning, Ramagundam project along with other revival projects at Gorakhpur, Barauni, Sindri and Talcher will reduce the need for urea import by 63.5 LMT per annum. 
  
  

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI):

• July 1 is celebrated as National Chartered Accountant Day in India. The day is observed in order to celebrate the formation of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on July 1st, 1949.
  
  
• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is the national professional accounting body of India.
  
  
• It was established on 1 July 1949 as a statutory body under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 to regulate the profession of Chartered Accountancy in India.
  
  
• ICAI is the only licensing cum regulating body of the financial audit and accountancy profession in India. It recommends the accounting standards to be followed by companies in India to National Financial Reporting Authority
  
  
• Only a member of ICAI can be appointed as statutory auditor of a company under the Companies Act, 2013.
  
  

BC Roy:

• Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882 – 1962) was an eminent Indian physician, educationist, freedom fighter and politician.
  
  
• He studied medicine at the University of Calcutta and did his postgraduate study from St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London.
  
  
• In 1911, he accomplished the rare feat of becoming a member of the Royal College of Physicians and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons simultaneously.
  
  
• He served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1948 until his death in 1962. He is often considered the Maker of Modern West Bengal due to his key role in the founding of several institutions and five eminent cities, Durgapur, Kalyani, Bidhannagar, Ashokenagar and Habra.
  
  
• He was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1961. 
  
  

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• The programme has been prepared and offered by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), which is ranked No.1 in India Rankings 2020 by NIRF.
  
  
• The program will have videos from the faculty, weekly assignments and in-person invigilated exams just like any other regular course.
  
  
• This programme is open to anyone who has passed Class 12th, with English and Maths at the Class 10th level, and enrolled in any on-campus UG course. The current batch of students who are completing their Class 12th in 2020 are eligible to apply.
  
  
• Graduates and working professionals can also take up this programme.
  
  
• Data Science is one of the fastest growing sectors that is predicted to create 11.5 million jobs by 2026.
  
  

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• The facility has been developed based on the guidelines of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
  
  
• The Advanced Virology Lab is a Bio Safety Level- 3 facility.
  
  
• It has a “Negative Pressure”, which means it has a suction facility that can suck any aerosol and pass it through filters. It can filter virus or bacteria to make it a safe COVID-19 testing facility. It reduces the possibilities of infections at the culture facilities.