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Category: National Current Affairs

NTPC launches Hydrogen-powered cars and buses in Leh and New Delhi

April 28, 2020
Hydrogen Buses
  • National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. has launched Hydrogen fuel based cars and buses in Leh and New Delhi that will prove very beneficial in reducing carbon emissions into the environment.
  • This project got implemented under the Supervision and guidance of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

India’s first plasma therapy starts in KGMU, Lucknow

April 28, 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19
  • 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.

SIPRI releases “Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2019” report.

April 28, 2020
SIPRI
  • 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).

‘e-karyalay’ launched by CISF to digitize official work

April 25, 2020
central industrial security force
  • Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has launched ‘e-karyalay’ for digitization of the official work to make the processing of documents quick and prevent any possible transmission of coronavirus during this pandemic.

UNODC launches “Lockdown Learners” series in India

April 24, 2020
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes
  • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes(UNODC) has launched “Lockdown learners” series in India to promote online education and allow educators to teach online due to lockdown because of  COVID-19.

BRO constructs bridge to conduct Kasowal enclave in Punjab

April 23, 2020
border roads organisation
  • Border Roads Organisation(BRO) has constructed 484 meter long bridge to connect Kasowal in Punjab. This bridge will provide easy mobility and all weather connectivity to military and the people of the country.

HRD ministry launches VidyaDaan 2.0 portal

April 23, 2020
Vidyadaan 2.0
  • To promote digital education when the whole world is suffering from COVID-19, VidyaDaan 2.0 portal has been launched by HRD minister , Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. Using this portal students can enroll in different courses using DIKHSA app and teachers can contribute by adding there courses on this portal.

City Union Bank reappoints N Kamakodi as new MD & CEO

April 22, 2020
N kamakodi
  • City union bank has reappointed N Kamakodi as new MD & CEO of the bank.
  • He will serve as the MD & CEO of the city union bank for 3 years.

‘COVID India Seva’ launched to address COVID related queries

April 22, 2020
covid india seva
  • Health ministry has launched COVID India Seva” to address queries related to COVID-19.  These experts will reply to the queries of people related to COVID-19 providing them realtime and more precise and accurate information.

Bug Sniffer developed by Aghakar Research Institute, Pune

April 21, 2020
bug sniffer
  • Aghakar Research Institute , Pune has developed Bug sniffer  for detection of pathogens.
  • This portable device can test for any possible pathogens in only 30 minutes.