Kerala starts using robots to serve COVID-19 patients.
April 27, 2020
- Kerala’s medical college has started using Robot named “KARMI-bot” to help patients that are affected or are in isolation due to COVID-19.
Dedicated search engine for COVID-19 Vilokana launched.
April 27, 2020
- A specially dedicated search engine for COVID-19 has been developed by The Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management – Kerala (IIITM-K).
Well known Pakistani skipper Sana Mir retires
April 27, 2020
- Well known former skipper of Pakistan, Sana Mir has announced her retirement from International cricket.
Sports photojournalist ronny roy passes away
April 27, 2020
- One of the topmost veteran sports journalist of India, Ronny Roy has passed away at the age of 57 due to a cardiac arrest in Kolkata, West Bengal.
Veteran politician Devanand Konwar passed away.
April 27, 2020
- A well known politician Devanand Konwar passed away. He has also served as the governor of Bihar, Tripura and West Bengal during his career in Indian politics.
No death penalty for minors in Saudi Arabia
April 27, 2020
- Saudi Arabia has passed a new order that abolishes death penalty for the minors committing serious crimes. Instead of being executed, they will be getting prisonment for a maximum period of 10 years as announced by president of Saudi government’s Human Rights Commission, Awwad Alawwad.
Dhanwantri scheme launched by the Assam government for the delivery of medicines
April 27, 2020
- Assam government has launched Dhanwantri scheme for delivery of medicines amid lockdown all over the country due to COVID-19.
SIPRI releases “Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2019” report.
April 28, 2020
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has released a report ” Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2019” which states that in 2019 the total military expenditure all over the world was 2% of the Global Gross Domestic Product(GDP).
- Top 5 spenders in 2019: United States ($732 billion), China ($261 Billion), India ($71.1 Billion), Russia ($65.1 Billion) and Saudi Arabia ( $61.9 Billion).
India’s first plasma therapy starts in KGMU, Lucknow
April 28, 2020
- King George’s medical University (KGMU) of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh has become the first institute in the country to start using plasma therapy for the possible treatment of COVID-19.
- Plasma therapy uses antibodies from the patients’ that have successfully recovered from the COVID-19 and transplanting them in the patient that is not abe to generate anti bodies to recover from this deadly virus.
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