Dilip Kumar Patel appointed as new Director HR of NTPC
April 3, 2020
- Dilip Kumar Patel has been appointed as Director Human Resource of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited.
‘Ex NCC Yogdan’ launched by NCC to fight COVID-19
April 3, 2020
- National Cadet Corps(NCC) has launched ‘Ex NCC Yogdan’ for its volunteer cadets to fight COVID-19.
- Under this, NCC has issued guidelines to temporarily employ its cadets in relief works or in case of any emergency that may arise due to COVID-19 in the near future.
ADB downgrades India’s GDP to 4% for FY2021
April 4, 2020
Asian Development Bank expects India’s economy to grow at 4% for the financial year 2020-21.
Google to donate USD 6.5 million to tackle fake news related to coronavirus
April 4, 2020
- With the whole world struggling to tackle COVID-19 , Google is going to donate USD 6.5 million to no-profit organizations and fact checkers to stop spread of fake news.
- It will help people get access to genuine information when there is lot of fake information circulating all over social media platforms.
Govt launches corona tracker app: Aarogya Setu
April 4, 2020
- As number of cases of COVID-19 are increasing at a rapid pace, government of India has launched an app to guide people about the Corona Virus.
- “Aarogya Setu” is launched by the National Informatics Center that comes under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
- This app uses location based tracking and bluetooth technology and alerts users if they come in contact with any corona positive patient.
Telecom service providers and C-DOT develop COVID Quarantine alert system
April 4, 2020
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- In order to keep corona virus positive quarantined patients within the quarantines area, telecom service providers and The Centre for Development of Telematics(C-DOT) has developed an application that can alert through SMS or e-mail in case if quarantined patient leaves the quarantine zone.
All health insurance policies to cover COVID hospitalization expenses: IRDAI
April 4, 2020
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India(IRDAI) has made it mandatory to cover hospitalization charges of COVID-19 to protect patients from the financial burden due to this pandemic under the standard insurance Product “Aarogya Sanjeevani”
Global Economy can suffer a loss of USD 4 Trillion due to COVID-19: ADB
April 4, 2020
- Due to Global Coronavirus Pandemic, Asian Development Bank(ADB) has projected that the global economy can suffer a whooping loos of USD 4 trillion as most of the countries are under partial/complete lockdown and the substantial decrease in import/export of countries.
World-famous Virologist “Gita Ramjee” passed away.
April 4, 2020
- “Gita Ramjee” a well-known virologist from South Africa passed away due to the Novel coronavirus.
- She was conferred with the Outstanding female scientist award in Lisbon, in 2018 for her research and commitment to finding new HIV prevention methods.
Hackathon ” Hack the Crisis-India ” launched
April 4, 2020
- Hackathon “Hack the crisis-India” has been organized by “Hack a cause-India” and ” Ficci Ladies Organization Pune” along with the support of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India.
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