Daily Current affairs-English ll April 2020 ll
ll करेंट अफेयर्सअप्रैल 2020 ll
🔶 20 April : Chinese Language Day.
🔶 21 April : World Creativity & Innovation Day
🔶 22 April : International Mother Earth Day
🔶 23 April : World Copyright Day
🔶 23 April : World Book Day
🔶 Kuala Lumpur Was Selected World Book Capital For 2020
🔶 Viswanathan Anand Appointed As Ambassador For World Wildlife Fund India
🔶 India Exports Hydroxychloroquine To 55 Covid-19 Affected Nations
🔶 Google Has Launched " Video Builder " A Free Tool To Create Videos
🔶World Voice Day 2020: April 16
🔶International Mathematics Day 2020: March 14
🔶Narendra Singh Tomar chairs the National Conference on Kharif crops 2020 by video conference
🔶Nirmala Sitharaman attended virtual 2nd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meet
🔶MS Sahoo Panel proposed National Institute of Valuers for institutional framework for valuers
🔶Govt to set up “Suraksha Stores” and “Suraksha Circle” under PPP mode amid COVID-19 lockdown
🔶HDFC Bank launches Safety Grid campaign for social distancing
🔶Exports declined by 34.57% in March & 4.78% in FY20; Q1 FY21 remain sluggish
🔶Asia to stall at 0% growth in 2020 for 1st time in 60 years: IMF
🔶IWF President Tamas Ajan resigns
🔶Ajay Mahajan appointed as MD and CEO of Care Ratings
🔶India’s Limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma becomes brand ambassador for “CricKingdom”
🔶Vineet Arora appointed as MD & CEO of Paytm General Insurance
🔶ORIX acquires IL&FS’s 100% stake in IWPSL for Rs 6.05 cr
🔶India’s Aarogya Setu becomes world’s fastest app to reach 50 million downloads in 13 days
🔶Central Government unveils PUSA decontamination, sanitizing tunnel
🔶‘Bat coronavirus’ in 2 Indian bat species: ICMR
🔶Scientists observes biggest star explosion ever seen
🔶China releases 4th Asian Para Games 2022 mascot as ‘Fei Fei’ bird
🔶Comedy Classic ‘Khubsoorat’ actor Ranjit Chowdhry passed away at 65 in the US
🔶First-ever online training of coaches during COVID-19 lockdown: Sports Ministry
🔶Nationwide lockdown extended till May 3, 2020 to contain COVID-19 spread
🔶Fit India and CBSE organizing first-ever live fitness sessions for school students amid lockdown
🔶Uttar Pradesh became first state to initiate Pool Testing of Covid-19
🔶External affairs ministry announced COVID-19 training program for healthcare professionals from SAARC countries
🔶Jim Corbett National Park of U’khand becomes India’s 1st quarantine centre for animals
🔶BSNL in partnership with SBI launches Bharat InstaPay a UPI-based payment platform
🔶IMF cuts India GDP growth to 1.9%, projects while Barclays forecasted it to 0%
🔶 Telangana CM recommended the implementation of “Helicopter Money”
🔶 Algerian Novelist Abdelouahab Aissaoui wins 13th International Arab fiction prize 2020
🔶Tata Power wins Edison Award 2020 for social innovation
🔶Andhra Bank, Syndicate Bank chiefs appointed as OSDs in Union Bank of India and Canara Bank
🔶MS Dhoni appointed as the brand ambassador of PokerStars India
🔶Novelis Inc. of Hindalco acquired US’s Aleris for $2.8 billion deal
🔶GP Global acquires lubricants assets of Nigeria’s Grand Petroleum
🔶DRDO develops COVSACK for COVID-19 sample collection
🔶Pharma majors Sanofi & GlaxoSmithKline joined hands to prepare vaccine for coronavirus
🔶Researchers at NIT-Karnataka develops cost-effective disinfectant chamber called ‘ZERO-COV’
🔶Government launches ‘CovidGyan’ a science communication initiative
🔶Former Pakistani first-class Cricketer Zafar Sarfraz passed away at 50 due to Coronavirus
🔶International Day of Action for Rivers 2020: March 14
🔶Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy launches ‘YSR Nirman’ online platform
🔶UP govt launches Annapurna, Supply Mitra portals for citizens’ food needs
🔶Webinar series “DekhoApnaDesh” launched: Tourism ministry
🔶Multiple short-range anti-ship missiles test fires: North Korea
🔶Over 6300 PM Jan Aushadhi centers: Mansukh Mandaviya
🔶 United States Has Stopped Its Funding To WHO
🔶 India Will Host Asian Boxing Championship 2020
🔶 IMF Predicted - 1.9% Growth Rate For India In 2020
🔶 Graeme Smith Appointed Director Of Cricket South Africa
🔶 Ajay Mahajan Appointed MD & CEO Of CARE Ratings
🔶 Iran's Peyman Ghorbani Appointed Vice Chairman Of IMF’s G-24
🔶 Marion Hollins Elected To 2021 Class Of Golf Hall Of Fame
🔶 Indian Women's Team Wualifies For 2021 Women's World Cup
🔶 Assam Govt Launches ' COVAAS ' Mobile App
🔶 Dav Whatmore Appointed Baroda’s Ranji Team Coach
🔶 Vineet Arora Appointed MD & CEO Of Paytm General Insurance
🔶 Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga Qualify For Tokyo Olympics 2021
🔶 Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu Qualify For Tokyo Olympics 2021
🔶 Sri Lanka Cricket Launches ‘ Coach Education App ’
🔶 Odia Litterateur Ratnakar Chaini Passes Away
🔶 Former Attorney General Ashok Desai Passes Away
🔶World Haemophilia Day 2020: April 17
🔶World Art Day 2020: April 15
🔶Nirmala Sitharaman attends the Plenary Meeting of IMFC through video-conference
🔶India heading towards Ayurveda for COVID-19 treatment; Task force created for scientific validation
🔶NIRDPR and UNICEF training community leaders online to combat COVID-19
🔶Advisory issued on secure use of Zoom meeting platform: MHA
🔶India’s subsidies to renewables drops 35 per cent from FY17 to FY19: IISD & CEEW
🔶ASEAN leaders held Special summit and Special ASEAN plus 3 summit on COVID-19 via video conference
🔶India becomes world’s most digitally dexterous country; 39% technophiles want OTJ & JIT training: Gartner 2019 Survey
🔶OBICUS Q4: 2019-20: 49th round of quarterly survey on manufacturing sector launched by RBI
🔶Tata AIA becomes the 1st Life Insurance company in India to announce additional benefits: COVID-19
🔶RBI Governor announced relief measures for liquidity in system; Reverse Repo Rate slashed to 3.7% from 4%
🔶India’s GDP growth may fall to 1.1% in FY21: SBI Ecowrap report
🔶World chess champion Viswanathan Anand becomes ambassador of WWF India’s environment education programme
🔶COVID-19: Kerala institute develops Chitra GeneLAMP-N test kit gives results in 2 hours
🔶Scientists at NASA discovers Earth-like planet ‘Kepler-1649c’ found to be hidden in early Kepler data
🔶Agriculture minister Narendra singh tomar launches transport aggregator app ‘Kisan Rath’ for farmers
🔶Integrated geospatial platform created: “SAHYOG” by Survey of India
🔶New pit viper discovered in Arunachal Pradesh named after Harry Potter Character
🔶ITTF world rankings 2020: Table tennis player Sharath kamal become India’s No.1 player at 31st spot, Fan zhendong of China tops
🔶Shuttling to the Top: The Story of P V Sindhu authored by Krishnaswamy.
🔶World Chagas Disease Day 2020 for the first time: April 14
🔶Indian Army observes 36th Siachen day on April 13, 2020
🔶International Children’s Book Day 2020: April 2
🔶Agricultural trading portal e-NAM to complete 4 years
🔶CSIR forms core strategy group to find early measures to prevent COVID-19
🔶India tightens curb on import of refined palm oil; import license validity reduced to 6 months
🔶Agri Ministry launches a call centre for agri logistics
🔶Goa becomes the first state to integrate allopathy and Ayurveda to treat COVID-19 patients
🔶CII report “Exit From The Lockdown” recommended phase-wise lifting of lockdown
🔶UN releases $ 2.5 million to help cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu
🔶RBI to put 200 bps penalty on banks if failed to invest TLTRO funds in 30 days
🔶RBI to launch Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme 2020-21 in H1 FY21 on behalf of GoI
🔶Retail inflation lowers to 5.91% in March 2020 against 6.58% in February 2020
🔶India’s GDP to contract by 6.1% in April-June: Japan’s Nomura
🔶Bank credit growth decelerated to 5-decade low of 6.14% in FY20
🔶Four Indian-Americans is awarded Guggenheim fellowships 2020
🔶CCI approves Emerald Sage Investment Ltd’s acquisition of 9.93% stake in Apollo Tyres Ltd
🔶US clears sale of Harpoon missile and torpedoes priced a total of $155 million to India
🔶C-DOT and Telecom Service Providers develop COVID Quarantine Alert System
🔶M V Rajasekharan former Union Minister and Veteran Congress Leader passed away at 91
🔶Former Gujarat first class cricketer Walter D’Souza passes away at 93
🔶Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to extend the lockdown to 21 days ending on April 14 - May 3
🔶Kannada actor ‘Bullet’ Prakash passes away at 44
