Category: All Current Affairs

Ministry of HRD initiates web portal ‘YUKTI’

April 13, 2020

• Ministry for Human Resource Development has initiated a web-portal named YUKTI (Young India Combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation) in New Delhi.
• The web portal and dashboard will help to check and record the efforts and initiatives of the Ministry of HRD.

Double-Layered Khadi Masks produced by KVIC

April 12, 2020

• Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has prepared a double-layered Khadi mask to check the spread of COVID-19.
• KVIC has also bagged large orders for the supply of a double-layered Khadi mask in vast quantities.

Karnataka Bank reappoint Mahabaleshwara M S as MD and CEO for 3 yrs

April 12, 2020

• Karnataka Bank has got Reserve Bank of India nod for reappointment of Mahabaleshwara M S as MD and CEO for the next 3 years.
• Mahabaleshwara accepted the charge as MD & CEO of Karnataka Bank on April 12, 2017, and has over 29 years of banking experience both at administrative and operational levels.

Apple and Google tied-up to start COVID-19 contact-tracing tech

April 12, 2020

• Google and Apple tied-up to combat against COVID-19 through contact tracing technology.
• Both tech-giants have tied-up to enable the use of Bluetooth technology to aid governments and health agencies to reduce the spread of the Corona Virus, with user privacy and security central to the design.

Easter festival is observed on 12 April

April 12, 2020

• The festival is celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon, the Paschal full moon, after the vernal equinox.
• Easter festival is observed by most Christians as they believe in the resurrection of Jesus.

Flipkart signs tie-up with ICICI Lombard to offer a health plan for COVID-19

April 11, 2020

• Flipkart Private Limited signs tie-up with ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited & Go Digit General Insurance to initiated two health insurance policies.
• The name of the two policies that specifically cover coronavirus is ‘COVID-19 Protection Cover’ and ‘Digit Illness Group Insurance’.

Bharat Biotech pairs up with FluGen to prepare ‘CoroFlu’ vaccine

April 11, 2020

• Bharat Biotech in partnership with the US-based company FluGen and the University of Wisconsin Madison to prepare a vaccine named “Coro-Flu” to combat COVID-19.
• CoroFlu will build on the backbone of FluGen’s flu vaccine candidate called as M2SR.

Jana Small Finance Bank starts “DigiGen” digital banking platform

April 11, 2020

• Jana Small Finance Bank has started “DigiGen” a digital banking platform where customers can digitally open a savings account and fixed deposit instantly, anytime, anywhere.

RBI starts a Twitter campaign to improve digital modes of payment

April 11, 2020

• The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) started a twitter campaign urging bank customers to adopt digital modes of payment that are convenient and safe.
• RBI restated the multiple digital payment options such as NEFT, IMPS, UPI, and BBPS that are available 24*7.
• The face of the campaign is Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan.

CSIR-NCL & BEL sign tie-up to developed IR Thermometer and OEU

April 11, 2020

• CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune, Maharashtra has designed and prepared Digital IR Thermometer and Oxygen Enrichment Unit (OEU) to aid within the mitigation of the COVID-19.
• To speed-up, the project NCL has tied-up with Bharat Electronics Ltd, Pune (BEL).