Saudi Arabia’s King to head Virtual Summit of G20 leaders
March 25, 2020
- Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will head the Extraordinary Virtual G20 leaders’ Summit.
- The summit will ponder over strategies to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Mayiladuthurai becomes Tamil Nadu’s 38th district
March 26, 2020
- Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on 24th March declared bifurcation of Nagapattinam district to make a new district with Mayiladuthurai as its headquarters.
- Mayiladuthirai will be the 38th district of Tamil Nadu.
IRSDC is making 1st of its kind “Form-Based Codes”: Railway land
March 26, 2020
- Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Limited (IRSDC) with Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation is making 1st of its kind “Form-Based Codes” for the development of railway land.
- It is being planned for layout plans, building plans for station areas that will ensure a compact, pedestrian-friendly, market-responsive, transit-oriented & sustainable development.
COVID-19 will be checked and treated under Ayushman Bharat scheme
March 26, 2020
- National Health Authority (NHA) has implemented Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) for testing and treatment of coronavirus infection.
- This scheme will be executed as soon as the government allows the treatment of COVID-19 patients in private hospitals.
ITU begins “Global Network Resiliency Platform”: COVID-19
March 26, 2020
- The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) started a “Global Network Resiliency Platform” to serve global networks that remain “safer, stronger and more connected” during the COVID-19 crisis.
- The platform will support the government & private sector to assure that networks are kept flexible and all telecommunication services.
Jana SFB along with NPCI starts UPI QR-based loan installment payment facility
March 26, 2020
- Jana Small Finance Bank (SFB) has started a UPI QR-based loan installment payment facility to its existing 40 lakh plus customers & 5crore microfinance agencies.
- Jana Small Finance Bank is a leading digitized bank in partnership with the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI).
After Covid-19 pandemic, “Hantavirus” death listed in China
March 26, 2020
- A death case has been found in China’s Yunnan province due to Hantavirus infection, a virus spread from rodents.
- It causes hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) to the infected person. It does not circulate from person to person.
Microsoft & US CDC pairs-up to create a COVID-19 self-screening bot, “Clara”
March 26, 2020
- The United States CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) paired-up with CDC Foundation and Microsoft’s Azure healthcare bot service has launched an AI (Artificial Intelligence) based bot named “Clara”
- The bot is now available in the US on the CDS website.
At 92, Asterix’ co-creator Albert Uderzo passed away
March 26, 2020
- Alberto Aleandro Uderzo, French comic book artist, scriptwriter, the co-creator and caricaturist of the “Asterix and Obelix” comics passed away at 92.
- He took birth on April 25, 1927 in Fismes, France.
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