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June 01, 2021: National / International Current Affairs

1. $130m okayed to buy 10m doses by June 30

• As the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) opened vaccination for people over 18 years of age from Thursday, the government on Monday approved a $130 million grant (about Rs20 billion) to purchase 10m doses of Covid-19 vaccine before June 30.
• The estimated amount required to inoculate the target population of 72m against coronavirus is $1.5bn.
• Meanwhile, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said the government was aiming to vaccinate maximum number of people before Eid ul Azha to avoid imposing lockdown

2. Irsa increases water release for Sindh, Punjab

• As the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on May 31, 2021 increased water release to the Punjab and Sindh, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government accused Sindh`s ruling party of stealing over 39pc of the provincial water share.
• Water shortage for the two major provinces dropped to 18pc from almost 32pc last week, as temperatures rose in the catchment areas of major water reservoirs Mangla and Tarbela.
• Irsa`s spokesman Khalid Idrees Rana said the water regulator met here to review the overall water situation and increased the water supply to Sindh and Punjab on the basis of improved river flows.

3. PM allows Sindh to extend Covid restrictions

• Prime Minister Imran Khan on May 31, 2021 allowed the Sindh government to extend lockdown restrictions for another week to curb the spread of coronavirus in the province.
• `Provinces are independent to take their own decisions regarding Covid-19 and Sindh can extend lockdown restrictions for another week if deems appropriate,` the prime minister said while chairing a meeting of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC)

4. Hamas ready for `rapid` prisoner exchange talks with Israel

• Hamas is open to `indirect and rapid` negotiations on a prisoner exchange following its bloody military escalation with Israel in May 31, 2021, the Islamist military group said on May 31, 2021.
• `There is now a real opportunity to move this file forward,` Yahya Sinwar said in response to a query on a potential prisoner exchange.
• `We are ready for indirect, urgent and rapid negotiations to conclude the case.

5. China allows couples to have three children

• China will allow couples to have three children after a census showed its population is rapidly ageing, state media said on May 31, 2021, further unwinding four decades of strict family planning controls in the world`s most populous nation.
• In 2016 China relaxed its `one-child policy` one of the world`s strictest family planning regulations allowing couples to have two children as concerns mounted over an ageing workforce and economic stagnation.
• But annual births have continued to plummet to a record low of 12 million in 2020, Beijing`s National Bureau of Statistics said this month, as the cost of living rises and women increasingly make their own family planning choices.

6. India suffers worst recession since `47

• India`s economy contracted 7.3 per cent in 202021, official data showed on May 31, 2021, its worst recession since independence as coronavirus lockdowns put millions out of works Asia`s third-largest economy grew by 1.6pc between January and March the fourth fiscal quarter after exiting its first `technical recession` since 1947 following two successive quarters of contraction.
• About 230 million Indians fell into poverty due to the pandemic last year, according to a study by Bangalore`s Azim Premji University, which defined the poor as those living on less than 375 Indian rupees ($5) a day

7. UK plans to expedite relocation of Afghan staff

• Britain on May 31, 2021 announced plans to accelerate its relocation of Afghan staff who worked with the military and their families ahead of a planned withdrawal of US-led Nato forces.
• Under Britain`s relocation scheme for former and current Afghan staff, many of whom served as translators, over 1,300 workers and their families have been brought to the UK. More than 3,000 Afghans are expected to be resettled under the accelerated plans.
• Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said it was `only right` to speed up the plans with former Afghan staff at risk of reprisals from the Taliban and other insurgent forces in the country.

8. US used Danish cables to spy on Merkel, others: media

• France warned on May 31, 2021 that alleged US spying on European allies using Danish underwater cables would be `extremely serious` if confirmed, as questions mounted over whether Denmark knew what the US was doing.
• In an investigative report on Sunday, Danish public broadcaster Danmark`s Radio (DR) and other European media outlets said the US National Security Agency (NSA) had eavesdropped on Danish underwater internet cables from 2012 to 2014 to spy on top politicians in Germany, Sweden, Norway and France.

9. Global warming blamed for one in three heat-related deaths

• More than a third of summer heat-related fatalities are due to climate change, researchers said on May 31, 2021, warning of even higher death tolls as global temperatures climb.
• Previous research on how climate change affects human health has mostly projected future risks from heatwaves, droughts, wild fires and other extreme events made worse by global warming.
• How much worse depends on how quickly humanity curbs carbon emissions, which hit record levels in 2019 but dipped sharply during the pandemic

10. Thai museum unveils 1,000-year-old artefacts returned by US

• Two ancient sandstone artefacts believed to have been stolen from Thailand during the Vietnam War were unveiled on May 31, 2021 at a Bangkok museum, greeted with a fanfare of traditional dancers and an elaborate worship ceremony.
• The temple support beams which were returned on Friday boast exquisite carvings of the Hindu deities Indra and Yama that date back to the late 10th or 11th century.
• They had been on display for decades at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum, and their repatriation to Thailand followed a years long investigation by the US Department of Homeland Security

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