CURRENT AFFAIRS
23 MARCH 2020
BY:GAZAL BHATNAGAR,VIDHYARTHI DARPAN
NATIONAL AFFAIRS:
1) The Delhi Budget 2020 session shortened from five days to one day:
On March 23, 2020, the Delhi Government will introduce the principal budget plan of this term, in which
Finance Minister Manish Sisodia will introduce the budget together with the assembly’s monetary audit.
Prior the budget meeting of the Delhi government was scheduled from March 23 to March 27 and the
monetary allowance was to be introduced on March 25 yet because of the developing instances of
Corona-infection, the bureau has decreased the budget meeting to one day.
2) Lock down in 75 cities of India:
Despite the number of COVID-19 cases increasing sharply in India, the central and state governments
have stepped into war mode to battle the lethal virus infection. As a component of the various
estimates reported to control the spread of Coronavirus, many state governments including National
Capital Delhi and Financial Capital Mumbai have declared a full lockdown to execute individuals’ social
separation. The 75 cities form the regions of Rajasthan, Bihar, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka,
Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, Chhattisgarh,
Chandigarh, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Delhi.
3) UK named as first co-chair of the CDRI initiative on environmental change in India:
The council is co-led by India and is selected by rotation at regular intervals of 2 years by a
representative of another national government. Alok Sharma, the UK Secretary of State for Finance,
Energy, and Industrial Policy, represented the United Kingdom at the first council meeting.
4) India’s Corona case count increases to 415, to impose tight lockdown in all states:
For suspected cases and reports from known positive cases, an aggregate for 415 individuals were
reported positive.
5) India witnessed the curfew of Janta; highways, markets left abandoned to beat COVID-19:
India encountered a full shutdown as a large number of individuals remained inside even with the
savage coronavirus on Sunday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi approached individuals to stop the
spread of the infection for deliberate’ Janta Curfew.’
WORLD AFFAIRS:
1) On 21 March, the World Poetry Day was celebrated:
The day celebrates the special power of poetry to catch the human mind’s creative spirit, fosters the
oral heritage of poetry recitals, encourages poetry instruction, and establishes a connection between
poetry and different crafts for example, theater, move, music, and painting etc. The World Poetry Day
aims to foster decent etymological diversity through poetic articulation, and to offer the right to be
heard in their way of life to jeopardized dialects.
2) World Meteorological Day to be observed on March 23:
The World Meteorological Day, which was established in 1950 and is seen by the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) and furthermore by the United Nations, is commended each year on 23 March.
3) Every 21 March, the International Day to Eliminate Racial Discrimination is observed:
The day seeks to foster equality and reminds people of the negative effects of racial discrimination and
allows people to recognize their responsibility and commitment to fight discrimination against race.
4) SAARC opens a website to provide COVID-19 information:
The SAARC Disaster Management Center (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) has
propelled a site to give data on the locale’s COVID-19 pandemic that shows the number of Coronainfected patients in member nations and plans are made to refresh it intermittently.
The link is -www.covid19-sdmc.org
SPORTS AFFAIRS:
1) International Olympics Committee to delay Games in Tokyo by 2020:
Greece gave over the Olympic Flame to Japan, yet the International Olympic Committee is thinking
about deferring the 2020 Olympics where the association could delay the Olympics to 2021 because of
the growing dangers posed by the Corona Virus.
2) Lorenzo, former president of the Spanish club Real Madrid, dies of Corona:
Lorenzo Sanz, former president of Spain’s famous football club Real Madrid, died in Spain due to the
deadly corona virus. Lorenzo was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday after experiencing symptoms of
corona virus, after which he was found infected with corona in medical tests.
STATE AFFAIRS:
1) 28 positive instances of coronavirus have occurred in Rajasthan:
On Sunday, three new people were tested positive for coronavirus, one each from Bhilwara, Jhunjhunu,
and Jodhpur, and the absolute positive cases in the state so far are 28 out of them, three were cured.
CURRENT AFFAIRS
24 MARCH 2020
BY:GAZAL BHATNAGAR,VIDHYARTHI DARPAN
NATIONAL AFFAIRS:
1) PM Modi addresses the country at 8 PM and in India Optimistic Cases crosses 500:
30 States and Union Territories have pronounced a full lockdown notwithstanding rising COVID-19 cases in the nation and an aggregate of 548 areas all through the nation are under complete lockdown to battle diseases with Coronavirus. India saw 99 new cases on Monday 23 March, the most elevated spike in Coronavirus cases since the flare-up and loss of life in India likewise expanded to 9 where the total number of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,78 lakhs with 16,000 + deaths around the world.
2) Preventive detention of Omar Abdullah lifted; former J&K CM released today:
The preventive detainment of previous J & K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was renounced in the wake of the coronavirus flare-up and the discharge request was released by the Jammu and Kashmir administration on 24 March 2020.
3) National Super-Computing Project to improve the capacity for super-Computing:
India’s National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) plans to set up supercomputing foundation to give the nation the goal of satisfying the expanded computational needs of scholastics, scientists, MSMEs and new businesses by building up the capacity configuration, producing of supercomputers indigenous to India.
4) Gujarat Police were the first to deploy taser weapons in India:
On March 20, 2020, the Gujarat Police is fitted with taser weapons to guarantee the health and protection of the individuals and Gujarat turns into the first state in Quite a while by joining the taser firearms as a component of police equipment.
5) India-Belgium extradition treaty authorized by the Cabinet:
On 21 March 2020, the Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi reported that it has affirmed the signing and confirmation of the removal arrangement among India and Belgium which will require the nations to surrender any individual found in their region who is blamed or indicted for an extraditable offense in the domain of the other nation.
6) BRO-built bridge over Teesta River in North Sikkim opened for traffic:
On March 21, 2020, the Border Roads Organization opened a 360-foot-long bailey suspension bridge for traffic across Teesta River in Munshithang near Chungthang City, North Sikkim, which will be helpful to inhabitants of Lahen District, North Sikkim.
7) Land Acquired to expand Defense Production from Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh Defense Corridors:
On March 23, 2020, the Ministry of Defense declared in Parliament that it had obtained land from Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu State Governments, which is necessary for the center to secure land for improvement ventures from the state government.
8) RBI presented a business continuity strategy for smooth operation of domestic payment systems:
For the first time, the Reserve Bank of India shared its Business Continuity Plan to guarantee zero interference of the national payment system due to the coronavirus flare-up that incorporates National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT), Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS), e-Kuber for government exchanges, and so forth.
9) Karur Vysya Bank launches ‘ Enkasu’ prepaid card at Karur, TN:
On March 21, 2020 Karur Vysya Bank (KVB), a Scheduled Commercial Bank in India, propelled India’s first prepaid wallet card’ Enkasu’ (My money in Tamil) in Karur, Tamil Nadu (TN) under its Quit money campaign in an offer to help the central government’s computerized India activity.
10) SBI is the first bank to issue emergency credit facility due to Covid-19:
On March 23, 2020, Indian multinational public sector bank State Bank of India (SBI) became the first bank to introduce COVID 19 emergency credit line (CECL) to provide funds to companies impacted by the contagious corona virus.
WORLD AFFAIRS:
1) Is there an immunization containing COVID-19, when is it prepared?
At the point when a Chinese group started their first clinical preliminary of corona infection immunization which was supposedly evolved by a group drove by senior bio engineer Chen Wei, China has raised trusts in a potential cure.
2) Goliath asteroid’ 1998 OR 2′ will securely pass across Earth in April: NASA
The US space agency NASA has found a massive asteroid that is many times bigger in size than Mount Everest and is moving rapidly toward the planet but will not damage the planet as NASA said there is no need to worry with this asteroid as it moves over 64 lakh km away from the earth.
3) Worldwide Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims on 24 March:
On 24 March, the International Day for the Right to the truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and the Dignity of Victims is celebrated which gives recognition to the individuals who have dedicated their lives and relinquished their lives in the battle to maintain and secure human rights for all.
4) The 24th of March is World Tuberculosis Day:
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is being celebrated on 24 March with the aim of raising public consciousness of the debilitating health, social, and economic effects of TB and speeding up efforts to end the global TB epidemic.
SPORTS AFFAIRS:
1) Tokyo 2020 Olympics are to be deferred to 2021: IOC Member
Tokyo Olympics 2020 was affected due to the global Coronavirus epidemic and some major sporting activities; ceremonies and competitions were cancelled or postponed.
STATE AFFAIRS:
1) Gehlot orders lockdown in Rajasthan until Mar 31 because of Coronavirus, exempts vital services:
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot ordered a “full lockdown” in the state on Saturday with the exception of basic services until 31 March and there will be a “full lockdown” notwithstanding basic and clinical services to protect individuals from the spread of corona virus.
