Category: All Current Affairs

Pulitzer prize winner Mary Jordan pens book on Melania Trump

April 10, 2020

• The Pulitzer Prize-winning American reporter for The Washington Post, Mary Jordan has penned a book named ‘The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump’.
• It is published by Simon & Schuster and is to be launched on June 16, 2020.

Google to release new virtual Braille Keyboard

April 10, 2020

• Google has declared the launch of a virtual Braille keyboard for Android users with low vision or blindness.
• This enables these people to type on their phones without additional hardware.
• Google has colluded with braille developers and users to create it and also ensured that the keyboard can be used anywhere.

Anamika Roy Rashtrawar appointed as MD & CEO of IFFCO Tokio

April 10, 2020

• Anamika Roy Rashtrawar has appointed as MD and CEO of IFFCO Tokio General Insurance from March 27.
• Earlier to this elevation, Rashtrawar was a whole-time director with the private general insurer, which she had started in June 2018.
• IFFCO Tokio General Insurance is a 51:49 joint venture between IFFCO and Tokio Marine Group.

India’s GDP for FY21 predicted at 4.8%: United Nations

April 10, 2020

• India’s GDP growth for the current fiscal is expected to slow down to 4.8 percent, a United Nations(UN) report has said.
• It was warning that the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to result in significant adverse economic impacts globally.

Hindustan Uniliver ties with UNICEF to support India to fight COVID-19

April 10, 2020

• Hindustan Unilever(HUL) has paired up with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to aid India to fight COVID-19.
• This partnership targets to start a mass communication campaign with the objective of awaring about the COVID-19 pandemic.

IIL pairs up with Griffith University to prepare COVID-19 vaccine

April 10, 2020

• Indian Immunologicals Limited(IIL) has tied up with Australia’s Griffith University to make the COVID-19 vaccine using the latest codon de-optimization technology.
• It will go with the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), to carry out clinical trials.

Arunachal Pradesh launches COVIDCARE app to combat COVID-19

April 9, 2020

• Arunachal Pradesh government has launched COVIDCARE app to raise awareness and to notify people about important announcements  related to COVID-19.
• Using this app people can check for there symptoms using the AI Bot.

SAARC alots $5 Million for COVID patients

April 9, 2020

• South Asian Association for Regional Co-Operation(SAARC) has allocated $5 million for funding SAARC countries facing challenges like poverty, shortage of medical equipments, food supply to poor people, etc due to COVID-19.

$2.9 million aid from USAID to India for Coronavirus

April 8, 2020

• US Agency for International development(USAID) has provided an aid of $2.1 million to India to support the fight against COVID-19 . This aid has been provided to speed up the process of stopping the coronavirus from spreading and to prevent local transmission.

Online competition Samadhan launched by MHRD to tackle COVID-19

April 8, 2020

• Competition Samadhan has been launched by Ministry of Human resource development(MHRD) and All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE)  to encourage scientific minds of the country to create some solution to stop COVID-19 pandemic.