India will host Asian Boxing Championship in November-December
April 14, 2020
- The national sports federation has declared on 13th April that it will host the Asian Boxing Championships for men and women in November-December 2020.
- The tournament will be kept in November-December and the host city will be finalized after things come to normal,” Boxing Federation of India’s (BFI) Executive Director R K Sacheti told media.
Birupaksha Mishra appointed as director at Union Bank of India
April 14, 2020
- Birupaksha Mishra becomes Executive Director of Union Bank of India, after its amalgamation with Corporation Bank and Andhra Bank.
- Prior to this, Birupaksha Mishra was Executive Director at Corporation Bank.
AIIMS organize India’s 1st remote health monitoring system in Rishikesh
April 14, 2020
- The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh, in the tie-up with BEL (Bharat Electronics Limited) has organized India’s 1st remote health monitoring system.
- The system is to be used in the state of Uttarakhand to observe COVID-19 patients.
YES Bank extends bancassurance tie-up with Max Life Insurance
April 14, 2020
- YES Bank has declared the extension of its strategic bancassurance tie-up with Max Life Insurance.
- The partnership has been extended for 5-years in order to reaffirm their commitment to invest in building a digitally-enabled ecosystem, to provide customers broad range of need-based products and services in order to give a seamless experience for customers.
IIT-Bombay prepares digital stethoscope called “AyuSynk”
April 14, 2020
- IIT-Bombay has prepared a digital stethoscope called “AyuSynk” to check patients who are infected with COVID-19.
- IIT Bombay converts conventional stethoscopes into digital ones.
- The conventional stethoscope may pose a danger of infection to healthcare professionals handling coronavirus patients.
World Chagas Disease Day celebrated globally on 14 April
April 14, 2020
- World Chagas Disease Day celebrated globally on 14 April. On 14 April 2020, the world community is to commemorate World Chagas Disease Day for the 1st time.
- The main purpose of marking the day is to increase awareness of Chagas disease and to marked as a day to spread awareness about this “silent and silenced disease”.
Kerala prepares trial plasma therapy for COVID-19 treatment
April 14, 2020
- Kerala to be the 1st state of India to start clinical trial plasma therapy for COVID-19 treatment.
- The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has given approval to Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, to commence clinical trial convalescent plasma therapy treatment.
Science communication initiative “CovidGyan” originated
April 14, 2020
- An initiative “CovidGyan” has been started by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and Tata Memorial Centre (TMC).
- It is a multi-institutional, multi-lingual science communication initiative that has been begun to bring the scientific and factual aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak on to the public domain.
Father of modern Iraqi architecture Rifat Chadirji passes away
April 14, 2020
- Father of modern Iraqi architecture Rifat Chadirji passed away because of COVID-19.
- He was credited to design some of Iraq’s most valuable structures and iconic “Freedom Monument” in the now protest hub of Baghdad’s Tahrir Square.
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