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CURRENT AFFAIRS
25 APRIL 2020

BY:GAZAL BHATNAGAR, VIDHYARTHI DARPAN

NATIONAL AFFAIRS:

1) Government permits the opening of all shops in rustic zones, with just independent shops in urban territories:

सरकारी ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में सभी दुकानों को खोलने और शहरी क्षेत्रों में स्टैंडअलोन की दुकानों को अपवाद के साथ खोलने की अनुमति दी:

In the late night of April 24, 2020, the Ministry of Home Affairs released an order enabling all shops with the exception of those in shopping centers to revive in provincial territories and all independent and neighborhood shops incorporating those in residential buildings to re-open in urban zones despite the continuous COVID-19 lockdown.

गृह मंत्रालय ने 24 अप्रैल, 2020 को देर रात एक आदेश जारी किया, जिसमें मॉल को छोड़कर सभी दुकानों को ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में फिर से खोलने की अनुमति दी गई और चल रहे COVID-19 लॉकडाउन के बीच शहरी क्षेत्रों में फिर से खुलने के लिए आवासीय परिसरों में सभी स्टैंडअलोन और पड़ोस की दुकानों में शामिल हैं।

2) NGT gave orders to Center and State for removal of COVID-19 waste:

NGT ने COVID-19 कचरे को हटाने के लिए केंद्र और राज्य को दिए आदेश:

On April 24, the National Green Tribunal guided a group to administer the removal of COVID-19 waste in consistence with the rules as the Center and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) group are formed. NGT Chairman Justice Adarsh Kumar led the bench and advised the Union Territories and Chief Secretary of States to intently track COVID-19 waste management, transportation, logical capacity and removal.

राष्ट्रीय हरित अधिकरण ने दिशानिर्देशों के अनुसार COVID-19 कचरे को हटाने के पर्यवेक्षण के लिए 24 अप्रैल को एक टीम का निर्देश दिया। टीम में केंद्र और केंद्रीय प्रदूषण नियंत्रण बोर्ड (CPCB) शामिल हैं। एनजीटी अध्यक्ष न्यायमूर्ति आदर्श कुमार ने पीठ का नेतृत्व किया और केंद्र शासित प्रदेशों और राज्यों के मुख्य सचिव को निर्देश दिया कि वे COVID-19 कचरे के हैंडलिंग, परिवहन, वैज्ञानिक भंडारण और निपटान की बारीकी से निगरानी करें।

 

3) ISRO is accepting proposals for technology advancement for Indian manned space program:

इसरो भारत के मानवयुक्त अंतरिक्ष कार्यक्रम के लिए प्रौद्योगिकियों के विकास के प्रस्तावों को आमंत्रित कर रहा है:

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has looked for proposition for the improvement of different indigenous advances for the human space program and space investigation in India, and has welcomed recommendations for 18 speculative innovation improvement areas sought for by the Directorate of Human Space Program for 18 tentative innovation improvement zones.

भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन (ISRO) ने भारत के मानव अंतरिक्ष कार्यक्रम और अंतरिक्ष अन्वेषण के लिए विभिन्न स्वदेशी प्रौद्योगिकियों के विकास के लिए प्रस्ताव मांगे हैं। इसरो ने 18 अस्थायी प्रौद्योगिकी विकास क्षेत्रों के लिए प्रस्ताव आमंत्रित किए हैं। मानव अंतरिक्ष कार्यक्रम निदेशालय द्वारा 18 अस्थायी प्रौद्योगिकी विकास क्षेत्रों के लिए प्रस्ताव मांगे गए हैं।

4) Sanjay Kothari has taken the oath as Commissioner for Chief Vigilance:

संजय कोठारी ने मुख्य सतर्कता आयुक्त के रूप में शपथ ली:

Sanjay Kothari made the vow of Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) regulated by President Ram Nath Kovind on 25 April 2020 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and others attended the ceremony as well.

संजय कोठारी ने मुख्य सतर्कता आयुक्त (सीवीसी) के रूप में शपथ ली। राष्ट्रपति राम नाथ कोविंद ने 25 अप्रैल 2020 को राष्ट्रपति भवन, नई दिल्ली में शपथ ग्रहण किया। इस समारोह में प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी, उपराष्ट्रपति एम वेंकैया नायडू, और अन्य लोग भी उपस्थित थे।

5) The fifteenth Commission on Finance held a gathering with its Council of Advisors:

15 वें वित्त आयोग ने अपनी सलाहकार परिषद के साथ बैठक की:

On 23-24 April 2020, the Fifteenth Finance Commission (XVFC) held online gatherings with its Consultative Council, led by N. K. Singh, Chairman of the XVFC and all the pioneers and senior Commission authorities attended.

पंद्रहवें वित्त आयोग (XVFC) ने 23-24 अप्रैल 2020 को अपनी सलाहकार परिषद के साथ ऑनलाइन बैठकें कीं। बैठक की अध्यक्षता एन.के. सिंह, अध्यक्ष XVFC, और आयोग के सभी सदस्यों और वरिष्ठ अधिकारियों ने भाग लिया।

6) SCTIMST introduces a revolutionary RNA extraction package, the Chitra Magna:

SCTIMST ने चित्रा मैग्ना, एक तकनीकी RNA निष्कर्षण विकसित किया:

Chitra Magna, a progressive RNA extraction device was created by the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) to isolate RNA from swabs for COVID-19 examinations.

श्री चित्रा तिरुनल इंस्टीट्यूट फॉर मेडिकल साइंसेज एंड टेक्नोलॉजी (SCTIMST) ने CONA-19 परीक्षणों के लिए स्वैनों से आरएनए को अलग करने के लिए तकनीकी आरएनए निष्कर्षण किट, तकनीकी प्रौद्योगिकी चित्रा मैग्ना विकसित की है।

7) CCMB, IGIB created automated surveillance to track and regulate the spread of COVID-19:

CCMB, IGIB ने COVID-19 प्रसार की निगरानी और नियंत्रण के लिए डिजिटल निगरानी विकसित की:

The Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the Institute of Genetics and Integrated Biology (IGIB) are creating automated and atomic coronavirus dissemination reconnaissance to comprehend the effects of hereditary qualities, the study of disease transmission and infection.

सेल्युलर एंड मॉलिक्यूलर बायोलॉजी (CCMB) और इंस्टीट्यूट ऑफ जेनेटिक्स एंड इंटीग्रेटेड बायोलॉजी (IGIB), कुछ अन्य संस्थानों के साथ वर्तमान में जीव विज्ञान, महामारी विज्ञान और रोग प्रभाव को समझने के लिए उपन्यास कोरोनवायरस के प्रसार की डिजिटल और आणविक निगरानी विकसित कर रहा है। 

8) HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal congratulated researchers from IIT-Delhi who have created the COVID-19 Testing Kit:

मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्री रमेश पोखरियाल ने COIT-19 परीक्षण किट विकसित करने वाले IIT- दिल्ली के शोधकर्ताओं का सम्मान किया:

Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ saluted the group of IIT-Delhi researchers engaged with the advancement of the Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Diagnostic Kit for COVID-19 test safe.

केंद्रीय मानव संसाधन विकास (एचआरडी) मंत्री रमेश पोखरियाल ‘निशंक‘ ने आईआईटी–दिल्ली के वैज्ञानिकों की टीम का सम्मान किया, जो कोरोना जांच मुक्त वास्तविक समय पॉलिमरेज़ चेन रिएक्शन (आरटी–पीसीआर) डायग्नोस्टिक किट के विकास में शामिल हैं।

9) PCMC establishes COVID-19 War Room to use technology and monitoring of data:

पीसीएमसी ने प्रौद्योगिकी का लाभ उठाने और डेटा ट्रैकिंग का उपयोग करने के लिए COVID-19 वार रूम विकसित किया:

Under the Smart Cities Project, Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has set up a COVID-19 War Room to track and screen the COVID-19 circumstance in the city, where innovation arrangements were acquainted in the War Room with procedure, process and analyze information to deliver knowledge and assist in decision making.

स्मार्ट सिटीज़ मिशन के तहत शहर में COVID-19 स्थिति पर नज़र रखने और निगरानी करने के लिए पिंपरी–चिंचवड़ नगर निगम (PCMC) में एक COVID-19 वार रूम स्थापित किया है। तुरंत समाधान करने के लिए कार्रवाई करने योग्य अंतर्दृष्टि और सहायता उत्पन्न करने के लिए डेटा एकत्र करने, टकराने और विश्लेषण करने के लिए प्रौद्योगिकी समाधान युद्ध कक्ष में अपनाया गया है।

10) Center comprises Central Inter-Ministerial Teams for assessing lock-down measures:

केंद्र ने लॉकडाउन उपायों का आकलन करने के लिए अंतर–मंत्रालयी केंद्रीय टीमों का गठन किया:

Central Government has framed an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) to evaluate the circumstance and increase State endeavors to counter and viably control the spread of COVID-19 where the groups were two for Gujarat and one for Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.

केंद्र सरकार ने स्थिति का आकलन करने और कोरोना के प्रसार को प्रभावी ढंग से लड़ने के लिए राज्य के प्रयासों का आकलन करने और राज्य के प्रयासों को बढ़ाने के लिए एक अंतर–मंत्रालयी केंद्रीय टीमों (IMCT) का गठन किया है। टीमें गुजरात के लिए दो और तेलंगाना, तमिलनाडु और महाराष्ट्र के लिए एक–एक थीं।

 

WORLD AFFAIRS:

1) The International Day of Delegates is celebrated on April 25:

25 अप्रैल को अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्रतिनिधि दिवस मनाया जाता है:

The International Delegate’s Day is being commended on 25 April, with the objective of bringing issues to light of the role of Member States’ representatives and delegates to the United Nations.

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्रतिनिधि दिवस 25 अप्रैल को मनाया जाता है जिसका उद्देश्य संयुक्त राष्ट्र में सदस्य राष्ट्रों के प्रतिनिधियों और प्रतिनिधियों की भूमिका के बारे में जागरूकता बढ़ाना है।

2) On 25 April, the World Malaria Day is celebrated:

25 अप्रैल को विश्व मलेरिया दिवस मनाया जाता है:

Every year on 25 April, the World Malaria Day is a global occasion that expects to spread attention to intestinal sickness infection worldwide and furthermore urge endeavors to forestall malaria fever around the globe.

विश्व मलेरिया दिवस प्रत्येक वर्ष 25 अप्रैल को मनाया जाने वाला एक अंतर्राष्ट्रीय आयोजन है जिसका उद्देश्य विश्व भर में मलेरिया रोग के बारे में जागरूकता फैलाना है और साथ ही दुनिया भर में मलेरिया को रोकने के प्रयासों को बढ़ावा देना है।

3) Iran launched the first military satellite called ‘Noor’:

ईरान ने अपना पहला सैन्य उपग्रह नूर लॉन्च किया:

Iran conveyed the first military satellite named “Noor” into space, which has raised tensions with the United States when the two nations are still facing off in the Persian Gulf.

ईरान ने अपना पहला सैन्य उपग्रह “नूर” नामक कक्षा में लॉन्च किया। इस प्रक्षेपण ने अमेरिका के साथ उस समय तनाव बढ़ा दिया है जब दोनों देश पहले से ही फारस की खाड़ी में बंद हैं।

4) In the middle of Jupiter and Neptune, space experts discover 19 asteroids orbiting the sun:

खगोलविदों ने बृहस्पति और नेपच्यून के बीच सूर्य की परिक्रमा करते हुए 19 क्षुद्रग्रहों को पाया:

Cosmologists discovered 19 asteroids that once had a place with a far-off star framework that had been orbiting the Sun among Jupiter and Neptune since the very beginning of the solar system.

खगोलविदों ने 19 क्षुद्रग्रहों को पाया कि एक बार एक दूर के तारा प्रणाली के थे जो बृहस्पति और नेपच्यून के बीच सूर्य की परिक्रमा करते हुए पाए गए हैं। सौरमंडल की स्थापना के बाद से, क्षुद्रग्रह 4.5 अरब से अधिक वर्षों से सूरज का चक्कर लगा रहे हैं।

5) UNCTAD cancels debts owed by developing nations worth 1 trillion USD:

विकासशील देशों द्वारा यूएनसीटीएडी को 1 ट्रिलियन डॉलर के ऋण को रद्द कर दिया गया:

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has forgiven more than $1 trillion paying off debtors owed by developing nations amidst the COVID-19 pandemic aimed at helping them to resolve the effects of the corona infection.

व्यापार और विकास पर संयुक्त राष्ट्र सम्मेलन (UNCTAD) ने COVID-19 महामारी के बीच विकासशील देशों द्वारा बकाया $ 1 ट्रिलियन ऋण को रद्द कर दिया है। इसका उद्देश्य कोरोनावायरस महामारी के प्रभाव को दूर करने में उनकी मदद करना है।

6) NASA creates VITAL, another ventilator explicitly intended to treat patients with COVID-19:

नासा ने ‘VITAL’ विकसित किया, एक नया वेंटिलेटर जिसे विशेष रूप से COVID-19 रोगियों के इलाज के लिए डिज़ाइन किया गया है:

NASA engineers from the US space office have created “VITAL,” another high-pressure ventilator explicitly intended for treating COVID-19 patients.

अमेरिकी अंतरिक्ष एजेंसी नासा के इंजीनियरों ने विशेष रूप से COVID-19 रोगियों के इलाज के लिए डिज़ाइन किया गया एक नया उच्च दबाव वेंटिलेटर “VITAL” विकसित किया है।

 

CURRENT AFFAIRS
26 APRIL 2020

BY:GAZAL BHATNAGAR, VIDHYARTHI DARPAN

NATIONAL AFFAIRS:

1) The IICT has partnered with LAXAI Life Sciences to minimize reliance on APIs and intermediates for drugs:

IICT ने एपीआई और दवा मध्यवर्ती के लिए निर्भरता को कम करने के लिए LAXAI जीवन विज्ञान का सहयोग किया:

The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, has partnered together with LAXAI Life Sciences, an incorporated pharmaceutical organization situated in Hyderabad, to produce and make Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and Drug Intermediates as this initiative may assist with lessening the Indian pharmaceutical division’s dependence on Chinese imports of these elements.

इंडियन इंस्टीट्यूट ऑफ केमिकल टेक्नोलॉजी (IICT), हैदराबाद ने सक्रिय फार्मास्युटिकल अवयव (APIs) और ड्रग इंटरमीडिएट के विकास और निर्माण के लिए हैदराबाद स्थित एकीकृत दवा कंपनी, LAXAI Life Sciences के साथ सहयोग किया है। इन सामग्रियों के चीनी आयात पर भारतीय दवा क्षेत्र की निर्भरता को कम करने के लिए यह पहल मदद कर सकती है।

2) To defend against suffocation, the CSIR-NBRI researcher creates herbal decongestant spray on mask:

सीएसआईआर–एनबीआरआई वैज्ञानिक ने घुटन से बचाने के लिए मास्क पर हर्बल डिकॉन्गेस्टेंट स्प्रे विकसित किया:

A herbal decongestant spray has been created by researchers at the CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow, as this occurs when the requirement for face veils to avoid corona disease increments and the spray can resolve respiratory breathing and irritation brought about by wearing a cover for quite a while. The principal explanation for the issue is the deposition of carbon dioxide and moisture in the mask’s inner cavity.

सीएसआईआर–नेशनल बॉटनिकल रिसर्च इंस्टीट्यूट (एनबीआरआई), लखनऊ के वैज्ञानिकों ने एक हर्बल डिकॉन्गेस्टेंट स्प्रे विकसित किया है। यह तब होता है जब कोरोना संक्रमण को रोकने के लिए फेस मास्क की आवश्यकता बढ़ जाती है। स्प्रे श्वसन प्रणाली में श्वास और भीड़ को संबोधित करेगा जो लंबे समय तक मास्क पहनने के कारण होता है। समस्या का मुख्य कारण मुखौटा के आंतरिक गुहा में कार्बन डाइऑक्साइड और आर्द्रता का संचय है।

3) Researchers at INST create nanomaterials to purify clothes under exposure to light:INST वैज्ञानिकों ने दृश्य प्रकाश जोखिम के तहत कपड़ों को कीटाणुरहित करने के लिए नैनोमैट्री विकसित की है:

Analysts at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST) created carbon nitride quantum spots (g-CNQDs), a low-cost metal free nanomaterial for visible light microbial purification, which could be a choice to silver and other metal-based materials.

नैनो विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान (INST) के शोधकर्ताओं ने कार्बन नाइट्राइड क्वांटम डॉट्स (g-CNQDs) विकसित किया है, जो दृश्य प्रकाश माइक्रोबियल कीटाणुशोधन के लिए एक कम लागत वाली धातु–मुक्त नैनोमेट्री है। यह चांदी और अन्य धातु–आधारित सामग्रियों का एक विकल्प हो सकता है।

 

WORLD AFFAIRS:

1) The Hubble Space Telescope commends its 30th birthday celebration:

हबल स्पेस टेलीस्कोप ने 30 वीं वर्षगांठ मनाई:

Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 30th commemoration on 24 April 2020 as the innovative architecture of the telescope has permitted space explorers, which is one of NASA’s longest-living and most significant observatories, to fix and update with advanced innovations and technologies and have been radiating transformative galactic pictures to Earth for a considerable long time.

हबल स्पेस टेलीस्कोप ने 24 अप्रैल 2020 को 30 वीं वर्षगांठ मनाई। टेलीस्कोप के अद्वितीय डिजाइन को अंतरिक्ष यात्रियों द्वारा उन्नत तकनीक के साथ मरम्मत और उन्नयन की अनुमति दी गई है। टेलिस्कोप नासा के सबसे लंबे समय तक रहने वाले और सबसे मूल्यवान वेधशालाओं में से एक है। इसमें दशकों से पृथ्वी पर परिवर्तनकारी खगोलीय छवियां हैं।

2) On 26 April, World Day of Intellectual Property is celebrated:

विश्व बौद्धिक संपदा दिवस 26 अप्रैल को मनाया जाता है:

Consistently on 26 April the World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated to study about the role that intellectual property (IP) rights play in promoting advancement and inventiveness. World Intellectual Property Day offers IP workplaces, organizations, and inventors the chance to talk about and communicate with one another about new innovations and technologies that will help shape the future and improve individuals’ lives.

विश्व बौद्धिक संपदा दिवस हर साल 26 अप्रैल को मनाया जाता है जो उस भूमिका के बारे में जानने के लिए मनाया जाता है जो बौद्धिक संपदा (आईपी) के अधिकार नवाचार और रचनात्मकता को प्रोत्साहित करने में खेलते हैं। विश्व बौद्धिक संपदा दिवस आईपी कार्यालयों, उद्यमों और अन्वेषकों को नए नवाचारों के बारे में चर्चा करने और एक-दूसरे से जुड़ने का अवसर प्रदान करता है जो दुनिया को आकार देने और लोगों के जीवन को बेहतर बनाने में मदद करेगा।

3)  The International Day of the Remembrance of the Chernobyl Disaster is celebrated on 26 April:

26 अप्रैल को अंतर्राष्ट्रीय चेरनोबिल आपदा स्मरण दिवस मनाया जाता है:

Worldwide Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day is being seen on 26 April with the goal of raising issues to light about the effects of the Chernobyl calamity and the dangers of atomic power in common.

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय चेरनोबिल डिजास्टर रिमेंबरेंस डे 26 अप्रैल को मनाया जाता है जिसका उद्देश्य चेर्नोबिल आपदा के परिणामों और सामान्य रूप से परमाणु ऊर्जा के जोखिमों के बारे में जागरूकता बढ़ाना है।

4) World Immunization Week is being observed April 24-30:

24 से 30 अप्रैल तक विश्व प्रतिरक्षण सप्ताह मनाया जाता है:

The World Immunization Week is being held from 24-30 April, and is being praised by the World Health Organization (WHO) during the seven days of April with the goal of empowering and encouraging the utilization of antibodies to ensure individuals of any age against infection.

विश्व टीकाकरण सप्ताह 24-30 अप्रैल से मनाया जाता है जो विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन (डब्ल्यूएचओ) द्वारा अप्रैल के अंतिम सप्ताह में मनाया जाता है जिसका उद्देश्य बीमारी के खिलाफ सभी उम्र के लोगों की सुरक्षा के लिए टीकों के उपयोग को बढ़ावा देना है।

CURRENT AFFAIRS
23 APRIL 2020

BY:GAZAL BHATNAGAR, VIDHYARTHI DARPAN

NATIONAL AFFAIRS:

1) Government postpones Dearness Allowance increment till July 2021 for employees and retired people:

सरकार ने कर्मचारियों और सेवानिवृत्त लोगों के लिए जुलाई 2021 तक महंगाई भत्ता वृद्धि को स्थगित कर दिया है।

Because of the COVID-19 emergency, the central government has set the increase in Dearness Allowance to Government Employees and Dearness Relief to Pensioners on hold until July 2021 and as indicated by the official notification, government employees and pensioners will keep on getting the DA and DR at the present rate of 17 percent of the basic pay/pension.

COVID-19 आपातकाल के कारण केंद्र सरकार ने जुलाई 2021 तक पेंशनरों को सरकारी कर्मचारियों के लिए महंगाई भत्ते और महंगाई राहत में वृद्धि निर्धारित की है और आधिकारिक अधिसूचना के अनुसार, सरकारी कर्मचारी और पेंशनभोगी मूल वेतन / पेंशन के 17 प्रतिशत की वर्तमान दर पर डीए और डीआर प्राप्त करते रहेंगे।

2) The Government reconstitutes the National Shipping Board and the appointment of Malini Shankar as new head:

सरकार ने राष्ट्रीय नौवहन बोर्ड और मालिनी शंकर की नियुक्ति को नए प्रमुख के रूप में पुनर्गठित किया:

The Union Government has reconstituted the National Shipping Board (NSB), which is the most noteworthy advisory body on issues identified with Indian delivery (shipping) where the board will be led by previous Director General of Shipping Malini Shankar.

केंद्र सरकार ने राष्ट्रीय नौवहन बोर्ड (NSB) का पुनर्गठन किया है, जो भारतीय वितरण (नौवहन) से पहचाने जाने वाले मुद्दों पर सबसे उल्लेखनीय सलाहकार निकाय है जहाँ बोर्ड का नेतृत्व पूर्व महानिदेशक मालिनी शंकर करेंगी।

3) Punishment expanded to 7 years in jail for any maltreatment against healthcare employees:

स्वास्थ्य कर्मचारियों के खिलाफ किसी भी दुर्व्यवहार के लिए सजा 7 साल तक बढ़ाई गई:

The accused may face imprisonment ranging from 6 months to 7 years on the account of offensive injury to the health workers. On April 23, 2020, President Ram Nath Kovind gave his consent to the declaration of another Ordinance aimed at amending the Epidemic Disease Act 1897 to guarantee the protection of human services laborers where the Union Cabinet had affirmed the Order on April 22.

आरोपी को स्वास्थ्यकर्मियों को लगी चोट के कारण 6 महीने से लेकर 7 साल तक की कैद का सामना करना पड़ सकता है। 23 अप्रैल, 2020 को, राष्ट्रपति राम नाथ कोविंद ने मानव सेवा मजदूरों की सुरक्षा की गारंटी के लिए महामारी रोग अधिनियम 1897 में संशोधन करने के उद्देश्य से एक और अध्यादेश की घोषणा के लिए अपनी सहमति दी, जहां केंद्रीय मंत्रिमंडल ने 22 अप्रैल को आदेश की पुष्टि की थी।

4) MSMEs to obtain SIDBI liquidity support system:

MSMEs को SIDBI से लिक्विडिटी सपोर्ट सिस्टम मिलेगा:

SIDBI will give liquidity lines to non-bank finance firms, microfinance institutions and banks to refinance the MSMEs. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has declared the launch of the Liquidity support scheme for smaller scale, little and medium enterprises that have been immensely affected by COVID-19 pandemic.

सिडबी एमएसएमई को पुनर्वित्त करने के लिए गैर–बैंक वित्त कंपनियों, माइक्रोफाइनेंस संस्थानों और बैंकों को लिक्विडिटी लाइनें देगा। भारतीय लघु उद्योग विकास बैंक (SIDBI) ने COVID-19 महामारी से प्रभावित होने वाले लघु, सूक्ष्म और मध्यम उद्यमों के लिए चलनिधि सहायता योजना शुरू करने की घोषणा की है।

5) Border Roads Organization develops Permanent bridge on Ravi river:

सीमा सड़क संगठन ने रावी नदी पर स्थायी पुल विकसित किया:

Border Roads Organization has established another permanent bridge on the Ravi River that links Kasowal Enclave in Punjab with the rest of the nation which was opened on 22 April as the bridge was finished before schedule and opened to ranchers and farmers.

सीमा सड़क संगठन ने रावी नदी पर एक और स्थायी पुल की स्थापना की है जो पंजाब में कासोवाल एन्क्लेव को बाकी राष्ट्रों से जोड़ता है जो 22 अप्रैल को खोला गया था क्योंकि यह पुल शेड्यूल से पहले पूरा हो गया था और किसानों के लिए खुल गया था।

6) CSIR-IGIB creates FELUDA, a minimal cost, pathogen-identification coronavirus test:

CSIR-IGIB ने FELUDA बनाया जो एक न्यूनतम लागत, रोगज़नक़–पहचान कोरोनावायरस परीक्षण है:

‘Feluda’ was created by researchers from the Council of Science and Industrial Research-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, a minimal cost corona-virus test for pathogen recognition that does not need any costly machinery.

फेलुदा को काउंसिल ऑफ साइंस एंड इंडस्ट्रियल रिसर्च–इंस्टीट्यूट ऑफ जीनोमिक्स एंड इंटीग्रेटिव बायोलॉजी के शोधकर्ताओं द्वारा बनाया गया है , जो रोगजनक मान्यता के लिए न्यूनतम लागत का कोरोना–वायरस टेस्ट है, जिसे किसी भी महंगी मशीनरी की आवश्यकता नहीं है।

7) ARI scientists build micro-reactors that produce standardized nano-particulate sizes:

एआरआई वैज्ञानिकों ने सूक्ष्म-रिएक्टर बनाए हैं जो मानकीकृत नैनो-कण आकार का उत्पादन करते हैं:

Researchers from the Agharkar Research Institute have built a micro-reactor capable of creating huge amounts of uniform size of nano-particles because creating a uniform size of nano-particles has been an issue faced by the biomedical field and this revelation would serve in as a significant prerequisite in biomedical innovation.

Agharkar अनुसंधान संस्थान के शोधकर्ताओं ने एक सूक्ष्म–रिएक्टर का निर्माण किया है, जो नैनो–कणों के समान आकार की विशाल मात्रा बनाने में सक्षम है क्योंकि नैनोकणों का एक समान आकार बनाना बायोमेडिकल क्षेत्र के सामने एक समस्या रही है और यह तकनीक बायोमेडिकल इनोवेशन में महत्वपूर्ण रूप में काम करेगी।

8) Karnataka introduced Apthamitra helpline and coronavirus-fighting application:

कर्नाटक ने कोरोनोवायरस से लड़ने के लिए आप्तमित्र हेल्पलाइन और ऐप लॉन्च किया।

On 22 April, the Karnataka State government propelled the “Apthamitra” helpline with the objective of enabling individuals in the state’s battle against coronavirus initiated by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and established by the system, and the site is operated by the Department of Health and Family Welfare and State Disaster Management.

कर्नाटक राज्य सरकार ने 22 अप्रैल को “आप्तमित्र” हेल्पलाइन शुरू की, जिसका उद्देश्य राज्य के लोगों को कोरोनोवायरस के खिलाफ लड़ाई में सशक्त बनाना है, जिसे मुख्यमंत्री बी एस येदियुरप्पा द्वारा शुरू किया है जिसे सिस्टम द्वारा विकसित किया गया है, और वेबसाइट का स्वामित्व स्वास्थ्य और परिवार कल्याण विभाग और राज्य आपदा प्रबंधन प्राधिकरण के पास है।

9) Ten varieties of anthurium were created by NIF:

एनआईएफ ने एन्थ्यूरियम की दस किस्में विकसित कीं:

The National Innovation Foundation-India (NIF) has created ten assortments of Anthurium, a high- market value flower created by D Vasini Bai, a female innovator from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, through cross fertilization. She had grown enormous and medium-size flowers with uncommon color mixes of spathe and spadix where the institute has built up another strategy for raising the seedlings in constrained space utilizing corrugated asbestos sheets.

नेशनल इनोवेशन फाउंडेशन–इंडिया (एनआईएफ) ने क्रॉस–परागण द्वारा एंथुरियम की दस किस्मों, उच्च बाजार मूल्य के साथ एक फूल विकसित किया, जिसे तिरुवनंतपुरम, केरल की एक महिला प्रर्वतक डी वासिनी बाई द्वारा विकसित किया गया है. उन्होंने बड़े पैमाने पर और मध्यम आकार के फूल विकसित किए थे, जिसमें स्पैथ और स्पैडिक्स के असामान्य रंग संयोजन थे और संस्था ने नालीदार एस्बेस्टस शीट का उपयोग करके सीमित स्थान पर रोपाई बढ़ाने के लिए एक नई विधि विकसित की है।

10) Bureau affirms Rs.15,000 crore for India COVID-19 Emergency Response:

कैबिनेट ने भारत COVID-19 इमरजेंसी रिस्पांस के लिए 15,000 करोड़ रुपये मंजूर किए:

For ‘India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Kit’ the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi endorsed generous ventures to the tune of Rs.15,000 crore.

प्रधान मंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की अगुवाई में केंद्रीय मंत्रिमंडल ने ‘भारत COVID-19 आपातकालीन प्रतिक्रिया और स्वास्थ्य प्रणाली की तैयारी पैकेज‘ के लिए 15,000 करोड़ रुपये के महत्वपूर्ण निवेश को मंजूरी दी।

 

WORLD AFFAIRS:

1) On 23 April English Language Day is being commended:

अंग्रेजी भाषा दिवस 23 अप्रैल को मनाया जाता है:

English Language Day is being commended on April 23, with the intention of raising consciousness of the culture, history and accomplishments related with the language.

23 अप्रैल को अंग्रेजी भाषा दिवस मनाया जाता है, जिसका उद्देश्य भाषा से जुड़ी संस्कृति, इतिहास और उपलब्धियों के बारे में लोगों में जागरूकता पैदा करना है।

2) A series of online dialogs with students started by UNODC:

यूएनओडीसी ने छात्रों के साथ ऑनलाइन बातचीत की एक श्रृंखला शुरू की:

In India, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) has initiated a “Lockdown Learners’ arrangement of online dialogs with students and instructors,” which incorporates COVID-19 and its effect on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), stability and the standard of law. The dialogs were initiated by the United Nations body under its flagship “Education for Justice” initiative with the goal of educating students about distraught gatherings’ issues and developing issues, for example, cybercrime, disinformation, sexual orientation based maltreatment, inequality, debasement among others.

ड्रग्स एंड क्राइम पर संयुक्त राष्ट्र कार्यालय (UNODC) ने भारत में “छात्रों और शिक्षकों के साथ ऑनलाइन संवादों की एक श्रृंखला” लॉकडाउन लर्नर्स की शुरुआत की   जिसमें COVID-19 और सतत विकास लक्ष्यों (SDG), शांति और कानून के शासन पर इसका प्रभाव शामिल है। संयुक्त राष्ट्र के निकाय ने अपने प्रमुख कार्यक्रम “शिक्षा के लिए न्याय” के तहत कमजोर समूहों की चिंताओं और उभरते मुद्दों जैसे साइबर अपराध, गलत सूचना, लिंग आधारित हिंसा, भेदभाव, भ्रष्टाचार के बारे में छात्रों को पढ़ाने के उद्देश्य से शुरू किया है।

3) On 23 April, World Book Day is celebrated:

विश्व पुस्तक दिवस 23 अप्रैल को मनाया जाता है।

The World Book Day is praised on 23 April by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and other associated organizations, and the worldwide festival of books and perusing content is seen in more than 100 nations and is also called World Copyright Day.

विश्व पुस्तक दिवस 23 अप्रैल को मनाया जाता है जो यूनेस्को (संयुक्त राष्ट्र शैक्षिक, वैज्ञानिक और सांस्कृतिक संगठन) और अन्य संबंधित संगठनों द्वारा मनाया जाता है जहां 100 से अधिक देशों में पुस्तकों और पठन सामग्री का वैश्विक उत्सव मनाया जाता है और इस दिन को विश्व कॉपीराइट दिवस के रूप में भी जाना जाता है।

4) Global ICT girls’ day is on April 23:

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय आईसीटी लड़कियों का दिन 23 अप्रैल को मनाया जाता है:

Global Girls in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Day is seen on the fourth Thursday of April, which is seen in the year 2020 on 23 April, with the intention of encouraging young ladies to consider a future in the innovation and technology field.

सूचना और संचार प्रौद्योगिकी (आईसीटी) दिवस में अंतर्राष्ट्रीय लड़कियों को अप्रैल महीने के चौथे गुरुवार को मनाया जाता है जो कि वर्ष 2020 में 23 अप्रैल को मनाया जाता है जिसका उद्देश्य लड़कियों को प्रौद्योगिकी क्षेत्र में भविष्य पर विचार करने के लिए प्रोत्साहित करना है।

5) Lebanon became the first Arab country to allow the cultivation of Marijuana:

लेबनान मारिजुआना की खेती की अनुमति देने वाला पहला अरब देश बन गया:

On April 23, 2020, Lebanon turned into the first Arab nation to legitimize marijuana production done by the Lebanese Parliament to support marijuana trades and exports.

23 अप्रैल, 2020 को, लेबनान, मारिजुआना व्यापार और निर्यात का समर्थन करने के लिए लेबनान संसद द्वारा किए गए मारिजुआना उत्पादन को वैध बनाने वाला पहला अरब राष्ट्र बन गया।

 

SPORTS AFFAIRS:

1) Iran’s Alireza Firouzja defeats Magnus Carlsen, world chess champion to win the 2020 Banter Blitz Cup:

ईरान के एलिर्ज़ा फ़िरोज़ा ने विश्व शतरंज चैंपियन मैग्नस कार्लसन को बैटर ब्लिट्ज कप 2020 जीतने के लिए हराया।

Alireza Firouzja, a 16-year-old Iranian chess player, beat Norwegian world chess champion Sven Magnus Oen Carlsen with 8.5-7.5 scores to win the $14,000 prize in the finale of the Banter Blitz Cup 2020.

16 वर्षीय ईरानी शतरंज के खिलाड़ी अलिर्ज़ा फ़िरोज़ा ने बंटर ब्लिट्ज़ कप 2020 के फाइनल में नॉर्वे के विश्व शतरंज चैंपियन स्वेन मैग्नस ओन कार्लसन को $ 14,000 के इनाम का दावा करने के लिए 8.5-7.5 स्कोर के साथ हराया है।

 

CURRENT AFFAIRS
24 APRIL 2020

BY:GAZAL BHATNAGAR, VIDHYARTHI DARPAN

NATIONAL AFFAIRS:

1) The IIT-Roorkee professor created COVID-19 recognition program within 5 seconds:

 IIT – रुड़की के प्रोफेसर ने 5 सेकंड के भीतर COVID-19 का पता लगाने के लिए सॉफ्टवेयर विकसित किया:

Kamal Jain, an IIT-Roorkee educator, professed to have built up a program that could help diagnose COVID-19 in five seconds, utilizing the speculated patient’s X-ray scan. The software will tell if the associated patient shows any symptoms with pneumonia and whether it is expected to COVID-19 or some other microscopic organisms.

आईआईटी–रुड़की के एक प्रोफेसर, कमल जैन ने एक सॉफ्टवेयर विकसित करने का दावा किया है, जो संदिग्ध रोगी के एक्स–रे स्कैन का उपयोग करके पांच सेकंड के भीतर सीओवीआईडी -19 का पता लगाने में मदद कर सकता है। सॉफ्टवेयर यह बताने में सक्षम होगा कि क्या संदिग्ध रोगी निमोनिया के किसी भी लक्षण को दर्शाता है और क्या यह COVID-19 या किसी अन्य बैक्टीरिया के कारण है।

2) PM Modi initiated e-GramSwaraj Portal, Swamitva Scheme:

पीएम मोदी ने शुरू की ई–ग्रामराज पोर्टल, स्वामीवात योजना:

PM Narendra Modi communicated with all the town sarpanchs in the nation by video conferencing at 11 a.m. today, on the event of the National Panchayati Raj Day 2020, during which Panchayati Raj Minister Narendra Singh Tomar was also present. At the occasion, PM Narendra Modi introduced a single e-GramSwaraj platform and mobile application as well as Swamitva scheme.

पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी ने राष्ट्रीय पंचायती राज दिवस 2020 के अवसर पर आज सुबह 11 बजे वीडियो कॉन्फ्रेंसिंग के माध्यम से देश भर के सभी गाँव के सरपंचों के साथ बातचीत की, जहाँ पंचायती राज मंत्री नरेंद्र सिंह तोमर भी उपस्थित थे। पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी ने इस अवसर पर एक एकीकृत ई-ग्रामराज पोर्टल और मोबाइल एप्लिकेशन और स्वामीत्व योजना शुरू की है।

3) The anticancer drug Dasashil was introduced by Shilpa Medicare:

शिल्पा मेडिकेयर ने कैंसर विरोधी दवा दशशिल को लॉन्च किया:

Shilpa Medicare released its generic adaptation of Dasatinib cancer disease medication at the monthly treatment cost of Rs.6,440 as the organization introduced Dasatinib’s Indian branded replacement, an anti-cancer product with a brand name “Dasashil.”

शिल्पा मेडिकेयर ने कैंसर की दवा दासतिनब के अपने जेनेरिक संस्करण को 6,440 रुपये की मासिक चिकित्सा लागत पर लॉन्च किया, जहां कंपनी ने एक ब्रांड नाम “दशशिल” के साथ एक कैंसर–विरोधी दवा दासतिनब के भारतीय ब्रांडेड जेनेरिक को लॉन्च किया।

4) The IIFPT provides nutrient-rich foods for patients with COVID-19:

IIFPT ने COVID-19 रोगियों के लिए पोषक तत्वों से भरपूर खाद्य पदार्थ प्रदान किए:

The Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT) under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has stepped up to the level of producing supplement rich nourishment for COVID-19 patients when the requirement for nutritious and immune-strengthening food sources is important.

खाद्य प्रसंस्करण उद्योग मंत्रालय (MoFPI) के तहत भारतीय खाद्य प्रसंस्करण प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान (IIFPT) ने COVID-19 रोगियों के लिए ऐसे पोषक तत्वों से भरपूर खाद्य पदार्थों के निर्माण की पहल की है, जब स्वस्थ और प्रतिरक्षा बढ़ाने वाले खाद्य पदार्थों की आवश्यकता अपरिहार्य है।

5) Alternative Academic Calendar for the upper primary stage was introduced by Union HRD Minister:

केंद्रीय मानव संसाधन मंत्री ने उच्च प्राथमिक चरण के लिए वैकल्पिक शैक्षणिक कैलेंडर का शुभारंभ किया:

Union Minister for Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ published an elective scholastic schedule at the upper primary stage (Classes VI to VIII) on 23 April and the schedules were made by the NCERT under the direction of the MHRD. The step by the government is to engage students meaningfully during their stay at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, through educational activities at home with the aid of their parents and teacher.

केंद्रीय मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्री रमेश पोखरियाल ‘ निशंक ’ने 23 अप्रैल को उच्च प्राथमिक चरण (कक्षा छठी से आठवीं) में वैकल्पिक शैक्षणिक कैलेंडर जारी किया। कैलेंडर MHRD के मार्गदर्शन में NCERT द्वारा विकसित किए गए थे। सरकार द्वारा उठाया गया कदम अपने माता-पिता और शिक्षक की मदद से घर पर शैक्षिक गतिविधियों के माध्यम से COVID-19 महामारी के कारण घर पर रहने के दौरान छात्रों को सार्थक रूप से संलग्न करना है।

6) Scientist designs virucidal coatings to prevent the transmission of COVID:

कोरोना संचरण को रोकने के लिए वैज्ञानिकों ने ‘वायरलाइड कोटिंग‘ विकसित की है:

Scientists from the Faridabad Regional Center for Biotechnology (RCB) have started an exploration on virucidal coatings intended to forestall COVID-19 transmission where the research is conducted in a joint effort with the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI) and Textile Technology Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

फरीदाबाद स्थित रीजनल सेंटर फॉर बायोटेक्नोलॉजी (RCB) के शोधकर्ताओं ने COVID-19 ट्रांसमिशन को रोकने के लिए इंजीनियर विरूपी कोटिंग्स का अध्ययन शुरू किया है। यह अध्ययन ट्रांसलेशनल हेल्थ साइंस एंड टेक्नोलॉजी इंस्टीट्यूट (THSTI) और डिपार्टमेंट ऑफ टेक्सटाइल टेक्नोलॉजी, इंडियन इंस्टीट्यूट ऑफ टेक्नोलॉजी, दिल्ली के सहयोग से किया गया है।

7) The National Day of Panchayati Raj is celebrated on April 24:

24 अप्रैल को राष्ट्रीय पंचायती राज दिवस मनाया जाता है:

The National Panchayati Raj Day is seen on 24 April in India where Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nationwide town of Panchayats to mark the National Panchayati Raj Day, as on this day the Constitution of India recognised Panchayats as the ‘Organizations of self-government’ that marked the passage of the Constitution Act (73rd Amendment) 1992 with impact from 24 April 1993.

राष्ट्रीय पंचायती राज दिवस 24 अप्रैल को मनाया जाता है और इस दिन, प्रधान मंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने राष्ट्रीय पंचायती राज दिवस को चिह्नित करने के लिए देश भर की ग्राम पंचायतों को संबोधित किया। इस दिन भारत के संविधान ने पंचायतों को स्वशासन के संस्थानों के रूप में मान्यता दी थी जो कि संविधान (73 वां संशोधन) अधिनियम, 1992 के पारित होने के 24 अप्रैल 1993 से प्रभावी है।

8) ARIES Scientists believe Superluminous supernovae quickly exploded and slowly decayed:

ARIES के वैज्ञानिकों का कहना है कि सुपर–चमकदार सुपरनोवा तेजी से विस्फोट करता है और धीरे–धीरे क्षय होता है:

Scientists at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) Nainital, under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), find that SN 2010kd, a super-iridescent supernova stands apart with the measure of mass and Nickel removed during the blast which is substantially more than found on account of usual core breakdown supernovae.

विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी विभाग (डीएसटी) के तहत आर्यभट्ट रिसर्च इंस्टीट्यूट ऑफ ऑब्जर्वेशनल साइंसेज (ARIES) नैनीताल के वैज्ञानिकों ने पाया कि एसएन 2010kd, सुपर–इंद्रधनुषी सुपरनोवा विस्फोट के दौरान द्रव्यमान और निकेल के माप के साथ खड़ा होता है जो कि होता है सामान्य कोर ब्रेकडाउन सुपरनोवा के कारण बहुत अधिक पाया गया।

9) DST produces antiviral nano-coatings to render medical masks with a triple layer and respirator N-95:

DST ने ट्रिपल लेयर मेडिकल मास्क और N95 श्वासयंत्र बनाने के लिए एंटीवायरल नैनो–कोटिंग विकसित की:

Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology has affirmed funding for the upscaling of antiviral nano-coatings as a major aspect of the Nano Mission program, where the antiviral nano-covering was created by Professor Ashwini Kumar Agrawal of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी विभाग (डीएसटी), विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्रालय ने नैनो मिशन कार्यक्रम के हिस्से के रूप में एंटीवायरल नैनो–कोटिंग्स को बढ़ाने के लिए समर्थन को मंजूरी दी है। एंटीवायरल नैनो–कोटिंग का विकास भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, दिल्ली के प्रोफेसर अश्विनी कुमार अग्रवाल ने किया था।

10) HRD Minister initiated campaign # MyBookMyFriend:

HRD के मंत्री ने #MyBookMyFriendcampaign लॉन्च किया:

Union Minister for Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ initiated on 23 April the # MyBookMyFriend Social Media Campaign on World Book Day, which expects to help students at the time of lock-down.

केंद्रीय मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्री रमेश पोखरियाल ‘निशंक‘ ने 23 अप्रैल को विश्व पुस्तक दिवस के अवसर पर सोशल मीडिया पर #MyBookMyFriendcampaign लॉन्च किया जिसका उद्देश्य छात्रों को लॉक डाउन के समय समर्थन देना है।

11) DRDO Mobile COVID-19 Research Lab opened by Minister of Defence:

DRDO मोबाइल COVID-19 टेस्टिंग लैब का उद्घाटन रक्षा मंत्री द्वारा किया गया:

Defence Minister Raj Nath Singh initiated a mobile COVID-19 research lab office on April 24, 2020 that is equipped for testing 1000 samples per day.

रक्षा मंत्री राज नाथ सिंह ने 24 अप्रैल, 2020 को एक मोबाइल COVID-19 अनुसंधान प्रयोगशाला कार्यालय शुरू किया जो प्रति दिन 1000 नमूनों के परीक्षण के लिए सुसज्जित है।

 

WORLD AFFAIRS:

1) China named its first Mars mission ‘Tianwen-1’ and expected to launch later this year:

चीन ने अपने पहले मंगल मिशन का नाम ‘तियानवेन -1′ रखा और इस साल के अंत में लॉन्च करने की उम्मीद की:

China has called the first Mars mission as ‘Tianwen’1’ where the declaration was made on 24 April 2020, that day when the country observed ‘Space Day’ to mark the 50th commemoration of the launch of the first since forever Dong Fang Hong-1 satellite in 1970.

चीन ने अपने पहले मंगल अन्वेषण मिशन को तियानवेन -1 नाम दिया है। यह घोषणा 24 अप्रैल, 2020 को की गई थी, उसी दिन जब राष्ट्र ने 1970 में अपने पहले उपग्रह F डोंग फेंग होंग -1 ’के प्रक्षेपण की 50 वीं वर्षगांठ के अवसर पर’ अंतरिक्ष दिवस ’मनाया था।

2) The 24 April marks the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace:

शांति के लिए बहुपक्षवाद और कूटनीति का अंतर्राष्ट्रीय दिवस 24 अप्रैल को मनाया जाता है:

On 24 April, the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace is being celebrated with the goal of disseminating the benefits of multilateralism and harmony tact through instructive and public mindfulness raising activities and commemorating and promoting the day, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) gathers a one-day high level plenary session.

24 अप्रैल को अंतर्राष्ट्रीय बहुपक्षवाद और शांति के लिए कूटनीति दिवस मनाया जाता है। यह दिन शैक्षिक और सार्वजनिक जागरूकता बढ़ाने वाली गतिविधियों के माध्यम से शांति के लिए बहुपक्षवाद और कूटनीति के लाभों का प्रसार करना है। दिन मनाने और बढ़ावा देने के लिए, संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा (UNGA) एक दिवसीय उच्च स्तरीय पूर्ण बैठक बुलाती है।

 

SPORTS AFFAIRS:

1) Birmingham World Games reveals another logo, theme for the 2022 version:

विश्व खेल बर्मिंघम ने 2022 संस्करण के लिए नए लोगो, शीर्षक का अनावरण किया:

On April 23, 2020, the eleventh version of the World Games scheduled to take place in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, revealed a revised logo and title following a year’s postponement because of the Coronavirus pandemic as the 2021 Birmingham World Games has been renamed “Birmingham World Games 2022.”

23 अप्रैल, 2020 को विश्व खेलों का 11 वां संस्करण जो कि बर्मिंघम, अलाबामा, अमेरिका (संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका) में आयोजित होने वाला है, कोरोनवायरस वायरस की वजह से एक साल की देरी के बाद एक अद्यतन लोगो और शीर्षक का अनावरण किया। वर्ल्ड गेम्स 2021 बर्मिंघम का नाम बदलकर “वर्ल्ड गेम्स 2022 बर्मिंघम” कर दिया गया है।

2) IWF-confirmed Mairabai Chanu and Jeremy Lalrinnunga qualify for the Tokyo Olympics:

माईराबाई चानू और जेरेमी लाल्रीनुंगा आईडब्ल्यूएफ द्वारा पुष्टि किए गए टोक्यो ओलंपिक के लिए क्वालीफाई करते हैं:

On April 19, 2020, India’s Weightlifting Federation (WFI) President Shadev Yadav reported that Mirabai Chanu and Jeremy Larinnunga were eligible to compete in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games because of their present International position.

19 अप्रैल, 2020 को वेटलिफ्टिंग फेडरेशन ऑफ इंडिया (डब्ल्यूएफआई) के अध्यक्ष शादेव यादव ने पुष्टि की कि मीराबाई चानू और जेरेमी लारिनुंगा को उनके वर्तमान अंतर्राष्ट्रीय रैंक के कारण टोक्यो 2020 ओलंपिक खेलों में भाग लेने के लिए योग्य बनाया गया है।

3) To spread awareness BCCI creates a Team Mask Force:

बीसीसीआई ने जागरूकता फैलाने के लिए ‘टीम मास्क फोर्स‘ बनाया:

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has produced another video called “Team Mask Force,” including India’s most regarded cricketers, to support wearing masks out in the open places and help the nation fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

भारत के सबसे सम्मानित क्रिकेटरों में भारतीय क्रिकेट कंट्रोल बोर्ड (BCCI) ने सार्वजनिक स्थानों पर मास्क पहनने को बढ़ावा देने और देश को COVID-19 महामारी से लड़ने में मदद करने के लिए “टीम मास्क बल” शीर्षक के तहत एक नया वीडियो बनाया है।

CURRENT AFFAIRS
21 APRIL 2020

BY:GAZAL BHATNAGAR, VIDHYARTHI DARPAN

NATIONAL AFFAIRS:

1) The Daporijo bridge at Arunachal pradesh was established for traffic:

BRO built the Daporijo Bridge over the Subansiri River, taking the most drastic precautions against COVID-19 and interfacing the main line of communication in Arunachal Pradesh, irrespective of the nation lockdown. Arunachal Chief Minister Shri Pema Khandu initiated the bridge over video conferencing and open to traffic from April 20.

2) The fifteenth Finance Commission’s Advisory Council is scheduled to meet on 23-24 April:

The Fifteenth Finance Commission’s Economic Advisory Council (XIV-FC) is organized on 23-24 April 2020 at which the administrator of the fifteenth Finance Commission, Shri N.K. Singh, will lead the web-based gathering. All the members, senior authorities of the Finance Commission and the 5 Council individuals including Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Dr. Sajjid Z Chinoy, Dr. Prachi Mishra, Mr. Neelkanth Mishra and Dr. Omkar Goswami will go to the gathering on 23 April 2020.

3) Civil Services Day is praised on 21 April:

On 21 April in India, the Civil Services Day honors the government employees so as to rededicate themselves to the reason for individuals, as on this day the government workers renew their contributions to public service and professionalism in the workplace. The Civil Services Day praises all the government workers who have devoted their lives to the citizens’ cause, which also seeks to restore their commitment and dedication to public service and excellence in work.

4) Kapil Dev Tripathi selected as Secretary to President of India:

On 20 April Kapil Dev Tripathi was selected Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind where his selection was affirmed by the Union Cabinet Appointments Committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His selection is on an agreement basis under which he was named co-terminus with the tenure of the President of India for a year. 

5) Day of the Secretaries is on 21 April:

The Secretary’s Day or Administrative Professionals Day is being celebrated in India on 21 April, with the intention of honoring the administrative experts who act as the glue to hold an organization together. Every year the Secretary’s week is seen in April on the last entire week.

6) Chandigarh City is using Vehicle tracking software for COVID-19 pandemic waste collection:

In its battle against COVID-19 pandemic, Chandigarh City utilizes Vehicle tracking applications and GPS (Global Positioning System) empowered smartwatches for waste collection drivers. The town has assigned 15 vehicles with a group of drivers and associates fitted with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) units to gather and transport waste from Quarantine families.

7) Ramesh Pokhriyal led the survey meeting on SWAYAM and SWAYAM Prabha in New Delhi:

Union Minister for Human Resource Development (MHRD) Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ conducted a thorough analysis of the SWAYAM National Online Education Portal and the SWAYAM PRABHA 32 DTH Television Channels in New Delhi on 20 April as the interest for and utilization of SWAYAM Courses and SWAYAM PRABHA recordings increased tremendously during the lockdown.

8) Minister of Finance took part in NDB’s fifth Annual Board of Governors meeting:

Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman attended the fifth Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the New Development Bank (NDB) on 20 April in New Delhi by means of videoconference.

9) 17,793 crores allocated to 8,89 farmers under PM-KISAN Scheme:

On April 20, 2020, under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme, the Government of India discharged 17,793 crores of rupees into 8.89 crores of ranchers and farmers.

10) CPCB provides recommendations for the handling of COVID-19 wastes:

On April 20, 2020, the Central Pollution Control Board gave rules for the administration of waste created during the treatment of COVID-19 patients, to be followed by sample assortment centers, isolation wards, quarantine centers and different offices for the treatment of biomedical waste and removal.

 

WORLD AFFAIRS:

1) Researchers are investigating biological route and use of hepatitis drug to treat infection with Coronavirus:

Zydus Cadila, a pharmaceutical firm on April 20, said it is a biological therapy Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b could be one of the ways COVID-19 is treated. Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b was utilized in Cuba and China as a COVID-19 therapy, which is likewise a part of the Chinese government’s treatment rules.

2) Every 21 April, International Day of Creativity and Innovation is celebrated:

On 21 April, the World Day of Creativity and Innovation is being commended with the objective of inspiring individuals to make new plans to make the planet a superior place to live in and urge individuals to carry on with a progressively imaginative life.

CURRENT AFFAIRS
22 APRIL 2020

BY:GAZAL BHATNAGAR, VIDHYARTHI DARPAN

NATIONAL AFFAIRS:

1) India co-supports UN goals on fair access to antibodies for COVID-19:

India was among the 179 countries co-sponsoring the UN goals seeking free, fair, and open access to potential immunizations and clinical supplies to be established to tackle COVID-19. The goals call for open, fair, equitable, convenient access and proficient dissemination of preventive equipment, reagents and supporting materials, research center testing, new diagnostics, basic clinical supplies, medicines, and future COVID-19 antibodies to all countries, especially developing nations.

2) G20 nations are committed to ensure food health, security in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic:

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar partook in the gathering of G-20 Ministers for Agriculture to address the effect of COVID-19 on nourishment security, health, and sustenance. The gathering of the G-20 Ministers for Extraordinary Agriculture was held on April 21, in which Narendra Singh Tomar represented India at the virtual conference.

3) Lifeline Udan flights assist Covid-19 battle by supplying more than 541 tons of clinical materials:

Domestic Udan flights work in a center point, with an attention on the North East area, island domains and hill states where Lifeline Udan cargo includes enzymes, clinical supplies, test units, Personal Protective Equipments (PPE), State/UT Governments gloves and postal bundles. Air India and IAF mainly partnered with J&K, Ladakh, North-East and other insular regions.

4) TIFAC discusses best practices to restore post-COVID-19 Indian economy:

Technology Information, Forecasting, and Assessment Council (TIFAC), an autonomous Government of India prepared a white paper to strategize revival of post-COVID 19 Indian economy. The archive’s principle point is fortify ‘Made in India’ activities, popularize Indigenous innovation, build up an innovation driven open Public Distribution System (PDS), provide effective provincial medicinal services, minimize imports, implement developing innovation areas, for example, AI, Machine Learning, Data Analytics and considerably more.

5) Indian Railways supplying Delhi Police with 10000 water bottles a day:

Indian Railways among associations began supplying 10,000 water bottles every day to Delhi Police laborers out in the city in the battle against COVID-19 alongside IRCTC, RPF and Zonal Railways dispersed 50,000 water bottles in New Delhi. Such police officers lead their obligations nonstop not exclusively to guarantee that the lockdown is authorized, yet in addition to help doctors and paramedics in troublesome circumstances at various areas.

6) Uttar Pradesh govt orders complete sealing of the border between Delhi and Noida:

The administration of Uttar Pradesh requested the full sealing of the Delhi-Noida border as a prudent step to control the spread of COVID-19 disease in the region of Gautam Budhha Nagar as the last request given by the District Magistrate, Gautam Buddha Nagar, the COVID-19 related administrations with a substantial pass given by an authority.

7) Pune Municipal Corporation released “Saiyam” Mobile application:

On 21 April 2020, Pune Municipal Corporation propelled a mobile application called “Saiyam,” which was established to track residents of the home isolate.

8) “COVID India Seva,” an open website introduced by the Indian Government:

On April 22, 2020, the Health and Family Welfare Minister of the Union, Dr. Harsh Vardhan propelled the stage “COVID India Seva,” an intuitive medium intended to give a channel of correspondence among individuals and government.

 

WORLD AFFAIRS:

1) Oxford designs new vaccine for Covid-19, human trials to commence tomorrow:

Oxford University in the United Kingdom has built up a potential corona-virus antibody where the first clinical preliminaries of the potential COVID-19 immunization will start on April 23, 2020 as the information was shared on April 21, 2020 by UK Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock.

2) The US Senate supports $484 billion in fresh economic and hospital aid:

The US Senate consistently supported $484 billion in new monetary alleviation and clinics battered by the corona infection pandemic where the bill was hurried alongside Congressional pioneers shortly after an agreement was expedited by the White House.

3) April 22 celebrates World Earth Day:

World Earth Day is held each year on April 22 to show natural protection as it has been observed since 1970 and this year is held under the theme ‘Climate Action.’

4) Swiss researchers find arrangement of six planets with an estimated reverberation of 3:2:

As indicated by the exploration released in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics on 20 April 2020, a group of researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, found a six-planet framework that is ‘super-Earth’ and five ‘small scale Neptunes’ orbiting the star HD 158259 in the constellation of Draco.

CURRENT AFFAIRS
19 APRIL 2020

BY:GAZAL BHATNAGAR, VIDHYARTHI DARPAN

NATIONAL AFFAIRS:

1) Pulses and Oil seed acquisition tasks straightforwardly from ranchers:

India’s union government has made Central Nodal Agencies, for example, NAFED and FCI aim to ensure better returns for ranchers and farmers where the Minimum Support Price has begun in the Rabi 2020-21 season from ranchers in many states. Right now in progress in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Rabi 2020-21 season procurement of Pulses and Oilseeds at MSP from ranchers and farmers under the Price Support Scheme (PSS).

2) Power Ministry proposes draft legislation on electricity Bill 2020:

Providing quality power at moderate rates is vital to the nation’s economy’s sustained development as the Ministry of Power released a draft proposition to amend the Electricity Act, 2003 as the draft Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2020 for Stakeholder remarks/recommendations on 17 April 2020.

3) Protein-enriched biscuits provided by CSIR and CFTRI for COVID-19 patients:

Mysuru-based CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CRTRI) made high-protein biscuits accessible to patients influenced by corona at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, where CFTRI delivered 500 kg of high-protein biscuits and 500 kg of high-protein rusks to the AIIMS Department of Dietetics for patient’s distribution.

4) Nodal officers are appointed by Shri Santosh Gangwar to solve Employee Grievances:

Union Minister of State (I/C) for Labor and Employment Shri Santosh Gangwar has mentioned that diverse State/UT Governments appoint a Labor Department nodal official with the intention of coordinating with the Union Government’s Control Rooms to resolve laborers issues in the nation.

5) In Maharashtra around 43 lakh quintals of food grains were dispersed to the penniless:

Central government and Maharashtra government have satisfactory nourishment assurance for the poor in the state as around 52,000 reasonable value shops are spread over the nation and around 43,51 lakh quintals of nourishment grains are appropriated in the first quarter of April in the middle of the lockdown period.

6) CSIR and NAL create personal coverall safety suit for health staff:

CSIR National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL) with MAF Clothing, Bengaluru built up the defensive coverall suit that can be utilized by specialists to shield from COVID 19 which is a polypropylene spun laminated multi-layered non-woven fabric based coverall suit and can be utilized to guarantee the protection of specialists, medical caretakers, paramedical staff, and healthcare laborers.

7) Ten lakhs rupees allowance for all Postal workers:

Department of Postal Services proposed to expand the installment of 10 lakh rupees to every postal worker including Gramin Dak Sevaks Corona Disease employees as the Department of Postal Services provides essential services and representatives perform different routine obligations alongside the delivery of COVID-19 test units, rations, and basic medications throughout the nation.

8) The Central Drug Research Institute signs MoU for sequencing strains of viruses:

On 18 April 2020, the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) signed with King George Medical University a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to succession the strains of COVID-19 infection tests collected from various patients.

 

WORLD AFFAIRS:

1) President Muhammadu Buhari’s Nigerian Chief Assistant dies from COVID-19:

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief Aide Abba Kyari died on April 17, 2020 from COVID-19 because he had screened the disease positively and sought treatment for the disease.

2) NASA’s Demo-2 mission to carry astronauts into space for the first time in 11 years:

NASA revealed on April 18, 2020 that it would dispatch its space traveler trip on May 27, 2020 which is NASA’s first trip in 9 years where space explorers are to be sent for a lengthy visit at the international space station and the project is to be operated by SpaceX which is Elon Musk’s first crew space organization launch.

 

CURRENT AFFAIRS
20 APRIL 2020

BY:GAZAL BHATNAGAR, VIDHYARTHI DARPAN

NATIONAL AFFAIRS:

1) New Draft Electricity Amendment Bill presented by the Ministry of Power:
The amendment aims to create a ‘Electricity Contract Compliance Authority’ with civil court jurisdiction to resolve disputes between power’ generation companies’ and power’ distribution companies’ that would have jurisdiction over matters relating to the purchasing or selling of electricity, the execution of contracts between gencos and discoms.

2) IIT-Mandi creates magnetic RAM to allow quicker calculation and higher information storage:
Scholars at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, have created a quicker, more vitality effective magnetic Random-Access Memory (RAM) that can store more data in a littler volume than current information storage innovations.

3) Scientists at ARI designs bug sniffers to easily detect bacteria:
Scholars at the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune created a’ bug sniffer,’ a delicate and minimal effort sensor to quickly identify microorganisms that can recognize as low as ten bacterial cells in only 30 minutes from a sample size of 1 mm.

4) Study says India’ s renewable energy source appropriations fell by 35 percent in the period 2016-19:
Another investigation by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the council of Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) report expressed that renewable energy source appropriations for India fell 35 percent between 2016-17 and 2018-19.

5) UP turned into India’ s first state to have its 7,368 network kitchens geotagged:
Uttar Pradesh turned into India’ s first state to geotag its 7,368 network kitchens and asylums across 75 regions that generate 12 lakh food packets a day that has collaborated with Google to ‘ Geo-map’ the positions of these foundations on the Google Maps application for recipient convenience.

6) IIA specialists interface Li Abundance to new Li-rich red giants in interstellar space:
Specialists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have found several giants lithium (Li)- rich stars which demonstrate that Li is created in stars and records for its abundance in the interstellar medium.

7) States, UTs ensuring smooth flow the supply chain of vital products across the nation:Center released a request to exclude all Ministries/Departments of the nation where the declaration was made by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) from specific exercises under the consolidated revised Guidelines.

8) The Center introduced a vital human capital data pool online to counter the COVID-19 pandemic: 

Administration of India has manufactured an online information pool on covidwarriors.gov.in comprising of doctors including Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH), surgeons, medical attendants and other medicinal services experts, National Cadet Corps volunteers, National Service Program, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, ex-servicemen, and so on as the information pool is intended for use at deferral, district, or metropolitan level by the ground level organization.

9) G20 Health Ministers Meeting addressed measures to combat pandemic COVID-19:
Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan participated in the G20 Health Ministers video meeting where he worked with Forge and commonly beneficial and valuable partnerships to discuss COVID-19.

10) Indian researchers Discover model for anticipating Ionospheric Density of Electrons:
Scientists from the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism have built up a model that can anticipate ionosphere electronic thickness, which is vital for interacting and exploring the earth.

WORLD AFFAIRS:
1) Leather back Sea Turtles are building greatest nests in deserted seashores in 20 years:
In Thailand, the biggest number of homes of remarkable Leather back sea turtles were identified, primarily because the beaches in Thailand had been abandoned due to COVID-19 lock-down.

2) The Chinese Language Day is celebrated on April 20:
Chinese Language Day is seen on April 20, which features the significance of Chinese writing, verse, and language in world culture with the point of educating individuals about Chinese language history.

STATE AFFAIRS:
1) Rajasthan became First Indian State to conduct Covid-19 Rapid Testing:
Rajasthan turned into the first state in the nation to perform quick testing for Covid 19 where TopkhanaDesh’ s urban essential wellbeing center, also called the Jaju Dispensary in Jaipur, began fast testing at 5 p.m., where 52 people were screened and all COVID-19 were discovered negative.

CURRENT AFFAIRS
17 APRIL 2020

BY:GAZAL BHATNAGAR, VIDHYARTHI DARPAN

NATIONAL AFFAIRS:

1) India lifts export prohibitions for formulations manufactured from Paracetamol:

On March 3 the administration had placed export limits on 26 pharmaceutical ingredients and medications like paracetamol. On April 17, 2020, the Indian government lifted the prohibition on the export of formulations produced using Paracetamol amidst COVID-19 outbreak as the formulations produced using Paracetamol, including fixed-portion blends, will be made quickly accessible for trade.

2) India will send out hydroxychloroquine to 55 countries influenced by Covid-19:

India exports the medication industrially to 21 nations and the remainder will obtain it in very limited amounts on a grant. India has consented to supply 55 nations with anti- malarial medication ‘hydroxychloroquine,’ including the US, UK, Russia and France. 

3) Chess expert Viswanathan Anand has named the ambassador of WWF India:

Chess expert Viswanathan Anand has been named as the new Environment Education program of India’s Ambassador for the World Wide Fund (WWF), which was created in 1976 to connect with younger students, youth and individuals over the world with the aim of promoting basic reasoning, critical thinking, and nature cognizant people.

4) RBI published OBICUS in 49th round:

The Reserve Bank of India announced the manufacturing part’s 49th round of quarterly OBICUS which incorporates the January-March 2020 reference period.

OB=order books

I= inventories

CUS= capacity utilization survey

5) Chhattisgarh propelled the site ‘Cghaat’ for basic conveyance and essential items online:

On 16 April, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel introduced the online distribution site ‘Cghaat’ which will encourage fruits and vegetables distribution at the doorstep during the lockdown process due to COVID-19 outbreak.

6) CCMB to create Novel Coronavirus Inactivated Virus Vaccine:

Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is as of now creating an inactivated COVID-19 infection immunization known for its protection and simplicity of production. The pathogen can’t spread since they’re dead so it can’t cause a mild ailment and those with less insusceptibility, including the elderly ones and those with comorbidity, can be securely taken care of.

7) IASST creates nanomaterials for plasmonic semiconductors to extract harmful matter from liquids:

Assam’s Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST) aims to create plasmonic semiconductor nanomaterials for extracting poisonous natural mixes from water by reaping sunlight which are metal-like materials with free electrons on a superficial level, collectively oscillating when light reaches.

8) Pusa Decontamination and Sanitizing Tunnel built by ICAR:

Pusa Decontamination and Sanitizing Tunnel is being built by the Agricultural Engineering Division, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR), New Delhi, which was introduced on 16 April in New Delhi by the State Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare of the Union, Kailash Chaudhary.

9) CeNS designs portable devices for identification of heavy ions in water:

The Center for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) has built up a conservative strong solid-state sensor equipped for recognizing substantial metal particles in water created by a group of specialists drove by Dr. Pralay K. Santra at the Center for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences where heavy metal particles, for example, mercury, lead and cadmium display critical potential dangers to life.

10) SCTIMST creates GeneLAMP-N which makes the consequences of COVID-19 corroborative testing conceivable in 2 hours:

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum has built up an analytic test pack that can validate COVID-19 in 2 hours with ease where the strategy is relied upon to be the world’s initial scarcely any techniques.

11) DRDOs PPE research facility moved from DRDE Gwalior to Delhi INMAS:

Defence Research and Development Organization moved its testing office from the Defense Research Development Establishment, Gwalior to the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, New Delhi to address time delays and quicken the conveyance of Personal Protective Equipment and masks.

12) India will attend COVID-19 BRICS conference:

India is scheduled to attend a meeting of BRICS foreign ministers by the end of April 2020 where the participants will discuss financial impacts due to COVID-19 spread.

 

WORLD AFFAIRS:

1) In the midst of COVID-19, South Korea Election won by the ruling party:

South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s Democratic Party has succeeded in legislative elections where South Korea has become one of the first nation to hold national elections in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2) On 17 April, the World Haemophilia Day is celebrated:

World Hemophilia Day is being celebrated on 17 April with the goal of increasing attention to hemophilia, von Willebrand malady and other acquired bleeding issue where expanded mindfulness will improve analysis and access to treatment for the millions who stay untreated.

 

SPORTS AFFAIRS:

1) China launches 2022 mascot as ‘Fei Fei’ bird in 4th Asian Para Games:

On April 16, 2020, Hangzhou Asian Games’ panel announced the bird’s ‘Fei Fei’ as an official mascot for the fourth Asian Paralympic Games 2022, planned for October 9-15, 2022 in Hangzhou, China.

2) Coaches practicing online for the first time during COVID-19 lockdown:

As a major aspect of the Sports Ministry’s first ever online activity by India’s Sports Authority and National Sports Federations to update mentor skills, India’s Archery Association has started first-historically online coach training on the web by specialists where Sanjeeva Singh, the Arjuna and Dronacharya grant winner, will conduct mental sturdiness training.

 

CURRENT AFFAIRS
18 APRIL 2020

BY:GAZAL BHATNAGAR, VIDHYARTHI DARPAN

NATIONAL AFFAIRS:

1) Scientists from Kerala create the low cost diagnostic test kit for COVID-19:

The Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala has created a less expensive and quicker COVID-19 infection diagnostic test pack called ‘Chitra Gene LAMP-N.’

2) Union Health Ministers advise New Delhi hospitals to take patients who are not in COVID:

Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan held a comprehensive meeting with Delhi Medical Superintendents of different emergency clinics in New Delhi to take good care of non-COVID patients where he received complaints about refusal of treatment from patients with critical conditions other than COVID-19 who need dialysis or have coronary illness.

3) CBDT is repaying more than five thousand 204 crore rupees to support MSME:

CBDT told that income tax refunds would be acquired more than eight lakh independent ventures worth in excess of 5,000 204 crore rupees released over the most recent ten days that will empower MSME carry on its business without pay cuts and cutbacks in COVID-19 pandemic circumstances. 

4) Group of Ministers is revising COVID-19 management behavior:

The group of ministers surveyed the present status and the executives activities of COVID-19 where, under the chairmanship of Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan, the New Delhi Committee addressed in depth the control and the management of COVID-19 and the steps being taken and the present status of social separating initiatives being taken by the Government including the spread of COVID-19.

5) ICMR issues warning for Rapid Antibody Kits in COVID-19 hotspot regions:

Recently, the Indian Medical Research Council released a warning expressing the convention for the utilization of Rapid Antibody Test Kits in COVID-19 hotspot territories across states to utilize such units in influenced zones where the National Task Force has deliberately audited information on the utilization of these kits from various nations and is changed based on accessible proof.

6) GBRC scientists discover three new COVID-19 mutations:

The researchers at the Gujarat Biotechnology Research Center (GBRC) discovered three new COVID-19 infection transformations on April 17, 2020 and with this, GBRC turns into the nation’s first government lab to succession whole COVID-19 genome.

 

WORLD AFFAIRS:

1) United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres praises India for helping others in battling COVID-19:

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres commended India for exceptional initiative in supporting others in the worldwide battle against the COVID-19 pandemic after India sent supplies of the anti- malarial medication ‘life-saving’ Hydroxychloroquine to numerous countries, including the United States. On April 17, Indian government likewise evacuated trade controls on all Paracetamol details empowering Indian pharmaceutical firms to explore medications to remote countries.

2) U.S. President Donald Trump proposes a three-phase lockdown strategy:

US President Donald Trump launched a three-stage strategy to restart the economy of the nation after the outbreak of COVID-19 where the new framework urges governors to gradually facilitate the lockdown in their states because America needs to be open and a national shutdown is definitely not a feasible long term arrangement.

3) Dubai is extending the lockdown of coronavirus by a week for 24 hours:

Dubai’s Supreme Committee on Crisis and Disaster Management declared the expansion of the 24-hour National Sterilization System to monitor the spread of COVID-19 in Dubai for one more week beginning 4 April.

4) The 18th of April is World Heritage Day:

18 April is praised as the World Heritage Day, which is likewise celebrated as the International Day of Monuments and Sites to bring issues to light of the diversity, legacy and vulnerability of landmarks and heritage sites where World Heritage destinations are characterized as man-made regions or natural zones that are of global significance and require specific protection.

5) Pioneers of ASEAN held Special Summit and ASEAN Special plus 3 COVID-19 Summit by means of video meeting:

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Member States held the Special ASEAN Summit on April 14, 2020 by means of video meeting led by Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vietnam’s Prime Minister in his ability as ASEAN Chairman.

 

SPORTS AFFAIRS:

1) Under ITTF’s 2020 world rankings, India’s No.1 Table Tennis player stood at the 31st place and China stood first:

On April 16, 2020 According to the ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) Senior Male Players’ World Ranking 2020, India’s table tennis star Achanta Sharath Kamal has become the top-positioned player in 31st spot with 6460 points by beating Sathiyan Gnanasekaran who slid one spot to number 32.

CURRENT AFFAIRS
15 APRIL 2020

BY:GAZAL BHATNAGAR, VIDHYARTHI DARPAN

NATIONAL AFFAIRS:

1) ICMR has proposed pooled testing to accelerate COVID-19 Test:

ICMR recently released a warning suggesting the utilization of ‘pooled testing’ for COVID-19 tests featuring the significance of ramping up testing for coronavirus disease in the region. The warning released by ICMR on 13 April suggested that pooled testing be utilized for similar purposes. Tests of a several people are placed together in a tube in a pooled test and screened by means of the PCR procedure. If the entire pool of tests tested ends up being negative, this means that the infection is absent in all the individuals who presented their samples and if the pool is deemed positive for COVID-19, individuals samples will be checked for coronavirus by every individual who partook in pooled testing.

2) DekhoApnaDesh webinar series introduced by the Ministry of Tourism:

The Ministry of Tourism propelled its “DekhoApnaDesh” webinar series to give data on the numerous goals and points of interest and extension of our Incredible India’s way of life and legacy where the change comes as the travel industry is tremendously affected with no development occuring either locally or over the outskirt because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

3) Sale of missiles worth USD 155 million authorized by the US to reinforce India:

The US has reaffirmed its vow to sell air-controlled Harpoon against anti-ship missiles and Mark 54 lightweight $155 million torpedoes to India with an ultimate aim of fortifying India’s discouragement capacities against global dangers and improving its nation of origin.

4) Smart cities utilize most recent innovation for COVID-19 awareness:

In India, smart cities like Vadodara, Bengaluru, Kalyan Dombivali, Agra, Kakinada, Chandigarh utilize the new innovation to construct awareness about COVID-19 and individuals’ security in the public arena.

5) Fit India has initiated a Fit India Active Day program for students at school:

Fit India, the flagship wellness initiative of the Government of India, has propelled the Fit India Active Day program, as the new arrangement of exercise meetings will be composed in association with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for students across the nation.

6) In the wake of the COVID-19 emergency, the Government starts discourse to resuscitate exports to the Agri markets:

The Government of India has started an exchange with the exporters of Agri and Allied wares with the goal of settling the issues that have been presented in the Agri area on account of the lockdown started to control the spread of COVID-19.

7) UP was the first state to conduct coronavirus pool testing:

Uttar Pradesh turned into the primary state to begin the pool testing of coronavirus tests as the quantity of COVID-19 positive patients reached at 558 and the Indian Council of Medical Research gave the state authorization for pool testing to help increment the ordinary testing of samples, which is relied upon to improve the state wellbeing department regular testing ability.

8) MHRD NIOS propelled effective tutoring legitimately at the doorstep to meet the unreached:

The Ministry of Human Resource Development has taken a few initiatives to guarantee that students’ training ought not be influenced because of the country COVID-19 lockdown as the HRD Ministry directed the National Open Schooling Institute to introduce an extraordinary strategy to ensure viable tutoring to get straight to the door at the unreached.

9) India will host the Asian Championship of Boxing:

India’s National Sports Federation reported it would have the Asian Boxing Championship by November-December 2020 as the league is hopeful about the infection to be cleared out by at that point.

10) India prepares for COVID-19 Ayurvedic Trials:

Numerous states in India like Kerala, Goa and Haryana have begun utilizing Ayurvedic drugs to spare asymptomatic patients as the Ministry of Ayush sought advice from homeopathy and Ayurvedic experts in the nation to accomplish this.

11) “COVSACK,” created by DRDO in order to battle COVID-19:

COVSACK has been created by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) to gather tests from COVID-19 contaminated patients and is a COVID-19 Sample Collection Kiosk.

12) Goa transforms into first state to acquaint allopathy and Ayurveda with treat patients with COVID-19:

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has declared that Goa become the first state to combine allopathy and Ayurveda to treat COVID-19 patients and the individuals who have been isolated as the care will be given in consultation with specialists who manage COVID-19 patients who are likewise an Ayurvedic experts.

 

WORLD AFFAIRS:

1) UN is releasing $2.5 million to support Vanuatu, which has been devastated by cyclones:

On April 14, 2020, UN Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock proclaimed and released $2.5 million from its humanitarian relief fund to aid a large number of individuals affected by Cyclone Harold in the South Pacific island country of Vanuatu and provided assistance to other hard-hit nations.

 

CURRENT AFFAIRS
16 APRIL 2020

BY:GAZAL BHATNAGAR, VIDHYARTHI DARPAN

NATIONAL AFFAIRS:

1) Tourism Ministry launches the latest ‘DekhoApnaDesh’ webinar collection:

DekhoApnaDesh online class arrangement will praise the social legacy that incorporates Indian human progress cooking styles, dance styles, sanctuaries, music, festivals, scenes, and different viewpoints. It is a new webinar arrangement propelled by the Ministry of Tourism on April 14 that will provide data on India’s various destinations, legacy, and culture.

2) In Myanmar, six new Coronaviruses were found in bats:

According to the scientists, the analysis on these infections would aid in assessing the transmission potential and recognizing its threats to human wellbeing. In Myanmar researchers have identified six new coronaviruses in bats, as this is the first run through such infections have been detected on the planet.

3) The IMF predicts that the COVID-19 pandemic will end the advancement of Asia in 2020 without precedent for a long time i.e. 60 years:

In its examination on the Asia-Pacific locale, the International Monetary Fund revealed that Asia’s financial development in 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, would be ending without precedent for a long time i.e in 60 years.

4) MHA allows an offense for spitting under Section 51b of the Disaster Management Act:

In its updated lockdown rules released to include COVID-19 as the declaration was made by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs in its updated rules, the Government of India has proclaimed Spitting out in the open demonstration a criminal offense under the severe Disaster Management Act.

5) Measures taken against COVID-19 pandemic at local panchayat:

Region governments and Gram Panchayats across the nation are proactively finding a way to monitor the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic as Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India stays in close contact with State Governments, District Authorities and Gram Panchayats to guarantee that lockdown conditions are not breached and social separating standards are observed.

6) Aarogya Setu app has become the fastest application in the worlds as it crosses 50 million downloads:

The cell phone application from the Central Government, Aarogya Setu, has become the quickest device on the planet to cross 50 million downloads in only 13 days, when the data was passed on 15 April by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant as the device was built to track COVID-19 patients.

7) The Government of India guarantees SC of consistence with the WHO wellbeing necessities for wellbeing laborers:

On April 15, the Government of India informed the Supreme Court that rules for the protection of wellbeing laborers from the World Health Organizations are being followed in all cases including physicians, attendants, other wellbeing personnel and sanitation staff.

8) Regions of color code in the Health Ministry to better handle the COVID-19 pandemic:

India’s legislature has consented to isolate all areas around the nation into hotspots, non-hotspots, and green zones as the declaration was made by Lav Agarwal, the Health Ministry’s joint secretary.

9) MEA propelled COVID-19 preparing program for SAARC medicinal services experts:

The Ministry of External Affairs has declared a preparation program for healthcare experts from the nations of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on COVID-19 from 17 April 2020.

10) To aid taxpayers in the COVID-19 pandemic scenario, CBDT refunded Rs.4,250 crore:

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) reported that, starting at 14 April 2020, it had just given over 10.2 lakh refunds totaling about Rs.4.250 crore as the change is pursuant to the choice of the Government of India to issue up to Rs.5 lakh pending annual expense refunds to aid citizens in a COVID-19 pandemic circumstance on 8 April.

11) Nirmala Sitharaman attended G20 FMCBG’s 2nd Virtual Meeting:

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman attended the virtual gathering of the second G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG), held under the Saudi Arabian Presidency on 15 April, during which ministers addressed to the worldwide monetary viewpoint in the midst of the emerging COVID-19 pandemic emergency.

12) Integrated Geospatial Network complementing Arogya Setu:

The Department of Science and Technology propelled on April 15, 2020 an Integrated Geospatial Framework to enhance Arogya Setu and incorporate information from numerous different activities where the structure will aid the arrangement of territory explicit systems to manage COVID-19 financial effects.

13) “Sahyog” Mobile app introduced by Indian Survey:

The Indian Survey propelled a mobile application named “Sahyog” to assemble data about various informational collections for COVID-19 through network cooperation.

 

WORLD AFFAIRS:

1) North Korea developed several anti-ship missiles of short range:

The anti-ship missiles plummeted into the ocean in excess of 150 km off Munchon’s east coast town and the Sukhois conducted terminating tests as North Korea fired a few short-extend hostile to deliver cruise missiles into the ocean on 14 April.

 

SPORTS AFFAIRS:

1) The Tour de France is scheduled to begin on 29 August:

The Tour de France, which is the greatest cycling rivalry, will currently begin on 29 August 2020 and the occasion will end on 30 September 2020, where the race will occur before approximately 12 million fans as they line the 2,100-mile streets.

2) BCCI delays IPL 2020:

The Indian Premier League 2020 Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) postponed inconclusively on April 15, 2020, as the option was made after the extension of India’s lockdown until May 3, 2020.