Top GKToday’s News Headlines-3 June 2020

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Here are the Top GKToday’s News Headlines-3 June 2020

Cyclone Nisarga to make landfall in coastal regions of Maharashtra and Gujarat on June 3: IMD
CM Arvind Kejriwal launches “Delhi Corona” app for information on availability of beds in Delhi’s hospitals
Aadhaar card must for obtaining services at spas, salons, beauty parlours in Tamil Nadu to enable contact tracing
Telangana formation day celebrated; became 29th state after bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh on June 2, 2014
French Defence Minister Florence Parly assures timely delivery of Dassault made Rafale jets to India
Gaitri Kumar appointed as next High Commissioner of India to UK

Govt. launched 3 schemes to promote the manufacturing of electronics.
- Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) for large-scale electronics manufacturing
- Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS)
- Modified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC 2.0) Scheme

Govt. fixes minimum percentage of local content in public procurement of 55 chemical and pesticide products to boost domestic manufacturing
Government frees export of alcohol-based hand sanitizers except those in containers with dispenser pump
Total Horticulture Production estimated at 320.48 million tonnes in 2019-20 (310.74 in 2018-19): Agriculture Ministry
PM delivers inaugural address at CII annual session 2020 – “Getting Growth Back”

60 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty in 2020 due to coronavirus crisis: World Bank Group President David Malpass
Tropical Storm Amanda kills 17 in El Salvador and Guatemala