Category: All Current Affairs

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.

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.

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.

India will host Asian Boxing Championship in November-December

April 14, 2020

• The national sports federation has declared on 13^th 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.

AIM’s, NITI Aayog & NIC jointly start “CollabCAD”

April 14, 2020

• Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, and National Informatics Centre (NIC) have jointly started Collaborative CAD Software (CollabCAD).
• CollabCAD is a collaborative network, computer-enabled software system, giving a total engineering solution from 2D drafting & detailing to 3D product design.

The International Day of Mathematics (1st Time) observed on 17 April

April 14, 2020

• The announcement of March 14 as the International Day of Mathematics has been adopted by the Executive Council of UNESCO at its 205th session.
• It was approved by the 40th session of the General Conference of UNESCO in November 2019. The inaugural celebration of the IDM is on March 14, 2020.

Ministry of Tourism starts its “DekhoApnaDesh” webinar series on April 14

April 13, 2020

• Ministry of Tourism has started its “DekhoApnaDesh” webinar series on April 14 to present information on the many destinations and the sheer depth and expanse of the culture and heritage of our Incredible India.

Actress Tamannaah Bhatia inked as brand ambassador for MPL

April 13, 2020

• Baahubali actress Tamannaah Bhatia has been aided by her gaming platform by the Mobile Premier League (MPL).
• The MPL renewed its association with Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli for another year.

IMF chief names Raghuram Rajan in her External Advisory Group

April 13, 2020

• Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has been selected to a 12-member advisory group to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.

Ahmedabad station to be 1st station to get sanitizing tunnel

April 13, 2020

• Ahmedabad railway station at Kalupur, Gujarat becomes the 1st station of Indian Railways (IR) to set up a “Walk Through Mass Sanitizing Tunnel”.
• This Walk Through Mass Sanitizing Tunnel is set up to make sure the safety of staff and passengers in the view of the COVID-19.