Category: All Current Affairs

Pusa Sanitizing tunnel inaugurated in New Delhi

April 17, 2020

•  Union minister of state for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Kailash Chaudhary has inaugurated Pusa sanitizing tunnel in New Delhi.
• This pusa sanitizing tunnel has been developed by the Division of Agricultural Engineering and Indian Agriculture research institute.

The mascot of Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games “Feifei”

April 17, 2020

• The mascot of 4th Asian Para Games that are scheduled to be held in Hongzhou, China from 9-15 October 2022 is “Feifei”.
• This event will have having 22 different Sports.

CeNS prepares sensor for heavy metal detection in water

April 17, 2020

• A compact and portable solid-state sensor has been made by the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) to identify the heavy metal ions in water.
• The solid-state sensor is a portable device that can assist in onsite detection of heavy metal ions in water in remote areas.

World Hemophilia Day celebrated globally on 17 April

April 17, 2020

• World Haemophilia Day is observed to spread awareness regarding the disease and other hereditary bleeding disorders.
• Theme 2020: “Get+involved”.

AIIB to lend USD 500 mn to India to assist fight COVID-19 pandemic

April 17, 2020

• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has declared that it is to finance $500 million in projects in India to assist the country to improve its health care systems. 
• With this, AIIB has doubled its funds under the COVID-19 Crisis Recovery Facility.
• Purpose: The move is to assist reduce health care pressures in pandemic preparedness and health infrastructure in India.

Asia to see zero percent growth in 2020: IMF

April 17, 2020

• Asia is presumed to witness zero percent growth in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, its worst growth performance in almost 60 years, but still, the world’s largest and most populous continent is likely to far better than other regions in terms of activity, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.

The US permits the sale of Anti-ship Missiles & Torpedoes to India

April 16, 2020

• The United States has declared that the sale of Harpoon air-launched anti-ship missiles and Mark 54 lightweight torpedoes to India in order to improve India’s deterrent capabilities against “regional threats” and also to strengthen its homeland defense.

Tata Power gets Edison Award for its social innovation campaign

April 16, 2020

• Tata Power is being honored with the Edison Award for its social innovation campaign ‘Club Enerji #Switchoff2SwitchOn’.
• Tata Power is India’s largest integrated power company. The Edison Awards is conferred to honor the world’s best innovations and innovators.

Economic growth may drop to 1.1% in FY21, says SBI report

April 16, 2020

• India’s GDP growth may fall to 1.1 percent in the current financial year, on account of the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on the economy, a research report by SBI.
• The economic growth rate during 2019-20 is expected to come down to 4.1 percent from 5 percent projected by several agencies before the outbreak COVID-19.

Jim Corbett to be India’s first quarantine facility for animals

April 16, 2020

• India’s oldest National Park Jim Corbett, located in Uttarakhand’s Paurhi Garhwal region, has built isolation wards for animals.
• K. Tiwari, Warden, Jim Corbett National Park, said, “At least 10 quarantine centres are being constructed within the premises to contain animals. We are also holding talks on converting the cages built for wild animals into a quarantine facility.”