Category: All Current Affairs

Multi-feed oxygen Manifold designed by Visakhapatnam Naval dockyard

April 3, 2020

• Portable multi-feed oxygen manifold has been designed by the Visakhapatnam based Naval Dockyard.
• This portable system ca deliver oxygen to multiple patients at a time. 

Indian Bank launches 3 new products for farmers and poultry workers.

April 3, 2020

• To support farmers and poultry workers during the COVID-19 outbreak, Indian Bank has launched the following 3 new products.
•  IND COVID emergency Agro-processing Loan: Agro-processing units can avail 10% of the working capital
• IND Covid Emergency poultry loan scheme: Poultry sector can avail 20% of the working capital.
• IND KCC Covid Sahaya Loan: Farmers having Kisan Credit card facility can avail 10% of the limit as soft loan.
• SHG Covid Sahaya Loan:   Women members of Self Help Groups can avail loan of Rs. 5000 each repayable in easy instalments.

World Bank contributes $1 billion to India for its project against COVID-19

April 2, 2020

• The World Bank has contributed $1 billion to the Indian government for India’s COVID-19 emergency response and health systems preparedness project.
• The project will respond and lessen the COVID-19 threat and strengthen national systems for public health preparation in India, as per the project document.

L. Duraiswamy designated as new MD of Sundaram Home Finance

April 2, 2020

• Lakshminarayanan Duraiswamy has designated as the new Managing Director of the Sundaram Home Finance.
• He has taken place of Srinivas Acharya who was serving as the Managing Director of Sundaram Home Finance since 2010.

Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020 increases up to 31st March 2021

April 2, 2020

• The Government of India has extended the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) by another one year i.e. up to 31st March 2021 due to COVID-19.
• Along with the extension, the Union Commerce and Industry Ministry has also declared some changes in the FTP.

DARPG releases “National Monitoring Dashboard on COVID-19 Grievances”

April 2, 2020

• The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) has released “National Monitoring Dashboard on COVID-19 Grievances” which will collect and monitor all cases related to COVID-19 on a priority basis.
• The portal will be refreshed and monitored at senior levels in Government on a daily basis.

Pune woman behind the first Indian made testing tool “Pathodetect COVID-19 Kit”

April 2, 2020

• Virologist Minal Dakhave Bhosale from Pune had led the designing team for the coronavirus testing kit named ‘Mylab PathoDetect COVID-19 Qualitative PCR kit’.
• She is the research and development chief of Mylab Discovery Solutions in Pune.

Satyarth Nayak writes the book named- ‘Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess’

April 2, 2020

• Author & screenwriter Satyarth Nayak wrote his 1st non-fiction book named ‘Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess’ which is on the life of late actress Sridevi.
• The book tells about her cinematic journey from child star to megastar and also gives glimpses of her as a person, sister, mother & wife

Padma Shri honoree Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa passes away due to coronavirus

April 2, 2020

• Former Hazoori Raagi of the Golden Temple and Padma Shri(2009)awardee, Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa, passed away.
• He tested positive for coronavirus On 2nd April and passed away from a cardiac arrest.

2nd April celebrated as World Autism Awareness Day

April 2, 2020

• The World Autism Awareness Day is observed on April 2 globally. It is celebrated with the goal of spreading awareness about Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD).
• ASD is a developmental disorder that leads to the impairment of communication and social interaction skills.
• Theme 2020- ‘The Transition to Adulthood’.