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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.

Famous Artist and architect Satish Gujral passed away

March 27, 2020
Satish Gujral
  • Artist and architect Satish Gujral, famous for his versatility across several mediums, has passed away. He was 94.
  • Gujral, who was conferred the Padma Vibhushan, was an architect, painter, muralist, sculptor and graphic artist.

Brahmakumaris head Dadi Janki passes away

March 27, 2020
Dadi Janki
  • Rajyogini Dadi Janki, the head of Brahmakumaris Sansthan, the world”s largest spiritual organization managed by women, passed away at the age of 104 after a prolonged illness.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed sorrow over her passing.

JICA inks contract worth Rs 15,295 crore with India: Rail Infrastructure

March 28, 2020
Railways
  • Japanese Government Funding Agency (JICA) inks a deal worth Rs 15,295 crore with India to present an Official Development Assistance (ODA) for 3 rail infrastructure projects.
  • Japanese ODA loans are the long-term low-interest-rate loans advanced to developing countries of the world.

Indian Army Chief launches ‘Operation Namaste’ to fight COVID-19

March 28, 2020
Operation Namaste
  • Army Chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane has begun ‘Operation Namaste’ to assist the government against COVID-19.
  • The Indian Army has code-named its anti-COVID-19 operations as Operation Namaste.

SK Gupta and KM Prasad appointed as new members of CBDT board

March 28, 2020
CBDT
  • The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has given approval to the appointment of two Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers Krishan Mohan Prasad and Satish Kumar Gupta as members of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Board.

IIT-Gandhinagar starts “Project Isaac” for students during lockdown

March 28, 2020
Project Isaac
  • The Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IITGN) has begun ‘Project Isaac’ to engage students in inventive projects during the COVID-19 lockdown.
  • The project tries to improve the student’s skills while they are confined in their homes.

India and France carry out joint patrolling

March 28, 2020
India and France carry out joint patrols
  • India and France have carried out joint patrols from the Reunion Island for the first time.
  • The patrol was carried out by a P-8I aircraft with French Navy personnel on board.
  • The surveillance was done in the southern Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

Savita Chhabra writes her first book titled “Legacy Of Learning”

March 28, 2020
Savita Chhabra writes her first book titled “Legacy Of Learning”
  • Savita Chhabra, Chairperson of HRIPL (Hygienic Research Institute Private Limited), has released her first book titled “Legacy Of Learning”.
  • The book suggests simple and relatable ideas of the Bhagavad Gita.

Abbott Labs releases a 5-minute coronavirus test

March 28, 2020
Abbott Labs
  • Abbott Laboratories, United States is releasing a coronavirus test that will tell if the person is infected within 5 minutes.
  • This test is so small and transportable it is often used in almost any health-care setting.

Zoya Akhtar conferred with IIFTC Tourism Impact Award 2020

March 28, 2020
Zoya Akhtar
  • Indian filmmaker Zoya Akhtar has been conferred with IIFTC Tourism Impact Award 2020 for her excellent contribution to world tourism by her movies.
  • The 8th India International Film Tourism Conclave (IIFTC) was organized in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

North Macedonia becomes 30th member of NATO

March 29, 2020
North Macedonia
  • The Republic of North Macedonia has joined as the 30th member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO).
  • North Macedonia’s accession increases “security and stability” across the Western Balkans and is a mark of NATO’s “open door policy“, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stated.

B.P. Kanungo reappointed as Deputy Governor of RBI for another year

March 29, 2020
B.P. Kanungo
  • The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has given approval to an extension of tenure of RBI (Reserve Bank of India) Deputy Governor, Bibhu Prasad Kanungo for another year up to April 3, 2021.

IAAF suspends Navin Chikara for 4 years for a doping violation

March 29, 2020
Doping
  • International Association of Athletics Federations(IAAF), has suspended Indian shot putter Navin Chikara (23) for 4 years for finding positive in dope test in 2018.
  • This 4-year suspension will be considered active from July 27, 2018.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath makes ‘Team-11’ to fight Coronavirus

March 29, 2020
Yogi Adityanath
  • Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, made “Team-11” consisting of inter-departmental committees with over 2 dozen senior officials to combat the COVID-19.
  • Each of the committees will be led by a senior bureaucrat of the state while the CM will be the leader of the Team-11.

Global economy now in slowdown said IMF head said

March 29, 2020
Kristalina Georgieva
  • The Chief of the International Monetary Fund said it is clear that the global economy has now entered a slowdown that could be as bad or worse than the 2009 downturn.
  • IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the 189-nation lending agency was projecting a recovery in 2021.

Report ‘Boom & Bust 2020’: 4 New Coal projects added in India

March 29, 2020
Boom & Bust 2020
  • “Boom and Bust 2020:Tracking the Global Plant Pipeline” 47.4 GW coal-fired power projects at different stages were removed in India in 2019 which lessened total under development coal capacity to 66 GW.
  • The report is the fifth annual survey of the coal plant pipeline.

German Minister Thomas Schaefer committed suicide

March 29, 2020
Thomas Schaefer
  • Thomas Schaefer, Finance Minister of Hesse (Germany) has committed suicide possibly after becoming “deeply worried” over how to cope with the economic fallout from the COVID-19.
  • Mr. Schaefer, 54, was found deceased near a railway track on 28th March.

Nagaland CM releases Self Declaration COVID-19 Nagaland App

March 29, 2020
Nagaland CM releases Self Declaration COVID-19 Nagaland App
  • Chief Minister of Nagaland, Neiphiu Rio has started the Self Declaration COVID19 Nagaland App which will be obligatory for everyone who has come into Nagaland after 6th March 2020.
  • The app is vital for tracking and surveillance of high-risk cases and can be downloaded from the following website “nagalandhealthproject.org.”

ICICI Bank releases banking services on WhatsApp

March 29, 2020
ICICI Bank
  • ICICI Bank has released the banking services on WhatsApp which will allow the banks’ retail customers to undertake a slew of banking demands from their home amid lockdown.
  • Customers have to send ‘Hi’ from their registered mobile number to the Bank’s verified profile number in order to initialize instantly.

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