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Moody’s lessens India’s GDP growth forecast for 2020 to 2.5% from 5.3%

March 27, 2020
Moody’s
  • Moody’s Investor Service has cut its GDP growth forecast for India to 2.5 from 5.3% in 2020
  • It is mainly due to the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown.

CRISIL lowers GDP growth forecast for fiscal 2021 to 3.5 percent

March 27, 2020
Crisil
  • CRISIL has cut its base-case Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast for fiscal 2021 to 3.5 percent from 5.2 percent expected earlier.
  • The past days have noticed global growth forecasts cut and financial markets heaving as the Covid-19 pandemic spread geometrically.

World Theatre Day celebrated globally on 27 March

March 27, 2020
World Theatre Day
  • World Theatre Day observed on March 27 as a mark of tribute to the theatre.
  • In the year 1961, it was proposed before the 9th World Congress of International Theatre Institute (ITI) that a day each year should be rejoiced to mark the significance of theatre.

Shilpa Shetty pairs with “Fit India Movement”

March 27, 2020
Shilpa Shetty
  • The Government of India’s flagship fitness movement “Fit India” has paired up with Bollywood actress and fitness icon Shilpa Shetty Kundra.
  • The partnership will give free access to the Shilpa Shetty Kundra’s premium 21-Day Weight Loss Programme during the 21-day lockdown.

Government of India releases coronavirus tracking app “Corona Kavach”

March 27, 2020
Corona Kavach
  • The Government of India has released a coronavirus risk-tracking app called ‘Corona Kavach.’
  • This app is being formed in the public interest to provide information and capture the outbreak of Coronavirus. The data will be used to conduct an analysis of the active COVID 19 cases in India.

Virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit to prepare an action plan against COVID-19

March 27, 2020
Virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit to prepare an action plan against COVID-19
  • The Virtual G20 Summit was held to prepare a plan to combat the Carona pandemic & to control its humanitarian and economic impact.
  • PM Modi said, that G-20 has a vital global role to play in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Saudi Arabia hosted the video summit.

US releases advanced high-frequency satellite for military communication

March 27, 2020
US launches advanced high frequency satellite for military communication
  • The United States Space Force has released an Advanced Extremely High-Frequency satellite (AEHF-6) for its military communications.
  • The Lock Heed Martin AEHF-6 (Advanced Extremely High Frequency) satellite was ejected on the Atlas V551 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida to provide global protected communications.

Finance Minister declares relief package under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana

March 27, 2020
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana
  • Finance Minister declares relief package under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana
  • The new relief package under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana has been started for the poor to help them fight the battle against Corona Virus pandemic.

Iqbal Singh Bains selected as Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary

March 26, 2020
Iqbal Singh Bains
  • Iqbal Singh Bains was designated as Madhya Pradesh (MP) Chief Secretary by the newly-sworn Chief Minister (CM) Shivraj Singh Chouhan of the state.
  • He was the replacement of CS M Gopal Reddy.

Chander Suta Dogra writes a book titled- “Missing in Action: The Prisoners Who Never Came Back”

March 26, 2020
Missing in Action-The Prisoners Who Never Came Back
  • Senior Journalist Chander Suta Dogra launched her book- “Missing in Action: The Prisoners Who Never Came Back” in an event hosted by United Service Institution of India (USI) 
  • The book consists of de-classified records of the Ministry of External Affairs & other sources. It is published by Harpercollins.

At 92, Asterix’ co-creator Albert Uderzo passed away

March 26, 2020
Albert Uderzo
  • Alberto Aleandro Uderzo, French comic book artist, scriptwriter, the co-creator and caricaturist of the “Asterix and Obelix” comics passed away at 92.
  • He took birth on April 25, 1927 in Fismes, France.

Microsoft & US CDC pairs-up to create a COVID-19 self-screening bot, “Clara”

March 26, 2020
Clara
  • The United States CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) paired-up with CDC Foundation and Microsoft’s Azure healthcare bot service has launched an AI (Artificial Intelligence) based bot named “Clara”
  • The bot is now available in the US on the CDS website.

After Covid-19 pandemic, “Hantavirus” death listed in China

March 26, 2020
Hantavirus
  • A death case has been found in China’s Yunnan province due to Hantavirus infection, a virus spread from rodents.
  • It causes hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) to the infected person. It does not circulate from person to person.

Jana SFB along with NPCI starts UPI QR-based loan installment payment facility

March 26, 2020
Jana Small Finance Bank
  • Jana Small Finance Bank (SFB) has started a UPI QR-based loan installment payment facility to its existing 40 lakh plus customers & 5crore microfinance agencies.
  • Jana Small Finance Bank is a leading digitized bank in partnership with the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI).

ITU begins “Global Network Resiliency Platform”: COVID-19

March 26, 2020
ITU
  • The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) started a “Global Network Resiliency Platform” to serve global networks that remain “safer, stronger and more connected” during the COVID-19 crisis.
  • The platform will support the government & private sector to assure that networks are kept flexible and all telecommunication services.

COVID-19 will be checked and treated under Ayushman Bharat scheme

March 26, 2020
Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
  • National Health Authority (NHA) has implemented Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) for testing and treatment of coronavirus infection.
  • This scheme will be executed as soon as the government allows the treatment of COVID-19 patients in private hospitals.

IRSDC is making 1st of its kind “Form-Based Codes”: Railway land

March 26, 2020
railways
  • Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Limited (IRSDC) with Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation is making 1st of its kind “Form-Based Codes” for the development of railway land.
  • It is being planned for layout plans, building plans for station areas that will ensure a compact, pedestrian-friendly, market-responsive, transit-oriented & sustainable development.

Mayiladuthurai becomes Tamil Nadu’s 38th district

March 26, 2020
Mayiladuthurai
  • Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on 24th March declared bifurcation of Nagapattinam district to make a new district with Mayiladuthurai as its headquarters.
  • Mayiladuthirai will be the 38th district of Tamil Nadu.

Saudi Arabia’s King to head Virtual Summit of G20 leaders

March 25, 2020
Saudi Arabia’s King
  • Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will head the Extraordinary Virtual G20 leaders’ Summit.
  • The summit will ponder over strategies to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Novelist Ruchika Tomar receives Pen/Hemingway Award 2020

March 25, 2020
Ruchika Tomar
  • Ruchika Tomar has honored the 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award for her Debut Novel, for “A Prayer for Travelers”.
  • The Novel states about the friendship of 2 women which grows complicated until the relationship splits apart and one of the friends disappears.

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