CURRENT AFFAIRS
25 MARCH 2020
BY:GAZAL BHATNAGAR,VIDHYARTHI DARPAN
NATIONAL AFFAIRS:
1) In a half year, the symptomatic instances of Delhi coronavirus could cross 1.5 million:
ICMR study According to the positive situation of the ICMR report, Delhi’s symptomatic coronavirus cases could be 20,000 of every two years. The other possibility is that within a half year, it might be as high as 1.5 million symptomatic cases.
2) Shivraj Singh Chouhan became CM of Madhya Pradesh:
BJP’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan was confirmed as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh on 23 March for a fourth term in which the workplace of oath was managed by the governor of Madhya Pradesh Lalji Tandon and assigned by the outgoing opposition leader Gopal Bhargava and helped by previous minister Narottam Mishra, State Meena Singh.
3) First COVID-19 “Made in India” research kit receives CDSCO commercial approval:
A Pune based testing administration MyLab has been the primary Indian organization to get CDSCO business endorsement for the sale of COVID-19 testing kits.
4) India’s first COVID-19 devoted hospital worked with Negative Room Pressure by Reliance India in Mumbai:
Reliance had established India’s first emergency clinic on March 23, 2020, which will work only to treat patients with Corona Virus.
5) For COVID-19 patients, ICMR suggested hydroxychloroquine:
The National Task Force for the novel coronavirus developed by the Indian Medical Research Council (ICMR) has prescribed the utilization of hydroxychloroquine for medicinal services laborers or people who live with and treatment for constructive COVID-19 patients where the convention has been endorsed by the Indian Drug Controller General (DGCI), Dr. V. G. Somani.
6) IIT-Madras to coordinate the 1st International Hyperloop Pod Competition for India:
On March 19, 2020, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras will be hosting India’s 1st International Hyperloop Pod Competition called the’ Indian Hyperloop Pod Competition’ to raise awareness and support for Hyperloop in India.
7) NABARD supplies Rs 42,213 crop for rural infrastructure construction:
On March 19, 2020, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is providing financial assistance for the construction of rural infrastructure of Rs 42,213crore in the monetary year (FY) 2019-20.
8) India joins 21-day Lockdown Day 1:
At the point when India enters Day 1 of the 21-day lockdown due to COVID-19 flare-up, the Coronavirus Positive cases in India rose to 562 with Death Toll ascending to 11 and the pandemic has guaranteed in excess of 17,000 lives with more than 3.5 lakh individuals contaminated in more than 120 nations around the world.
9) First period of development of Ram Mandir starts, Idol to be moved from tent to new area: Construction of Ram Mandir has started in Ayodhya for its first stage and another spot has been worked to move Lord Ram’s idol where the idols will stay in a brief structure until the development of another sanctuary site is finished.
WORLD AFFAIRS:
1) Hantavirus emerges during the COVID-19 pandemic in China:
Although worldwide coronavirus keeps on affecting many lives, fears of another deadly infection in China have raised everybody’s stresses and the primary deadly instance of Hantavirus was identified in China’s Yunnan Province on March 23, 2020 when a man tested positive for it and died shortly a while later.
2) Abel Award to Hillel Frustenberg and Gregory Margulis in 2020:
The Norwegian Academy of Science is granting the Abel Prize for 2020 to two splendid mathematicians, Hillel Frustenberg and Gregory Margulis, who are being granted for their work on probability and dynamics in numerical hypothesis, combinatorics and group hypothesis.
3) Sri Lanka is contributing $5 mn to the emergency SAARC corona fund:
On March 23, 2020, the Government of Sri Lanka promised to contribute $5 million to the Corona Emergency Fund reported on March 15, 2020 by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi to the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) with an underlying award of $10 million from India to resolve the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
SPORTS AFFAIRS:
1) Canada is the first nation to return from the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo:
On 23 March 2020 the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Committee mutually announced that it won’t send any of its competitors to partake in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 planned for 24 July 2020 in Japan in view of the rapid spread of coronavirus malady over the world.
2) Olympic torch relay in Tokyo was postponed:
The Japanese leg of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay was postponed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic where the declaration was made by Yoshiro Mori, president of the organizing board of trustees for Tokyo 2020.
CURRENT AFFAIRS
26 MARCH 2020
BY:GAZAL BHATNAGAR,VIDHYARTHI DARPAN
NATIONAL AFFAIRS:
1) G-20 Digital World Summit scheduled to take place on 26 March:
The summit will be joined by all G20 nations including India via a video conference on March 26th, 2020. The principal virtual G-20 Summit will occur on March 26, 2020 under the chairmanship of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, where the gathering will unite 20 significant economies around the globe to arrange steps and proposals to handle the COVID 19 pandemic.
2) Development of Aligarh-Harduaganj flyover authorized by Cabinet:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) affirmed the development of Aligarh-Harduaganj flyover which will be taken over by the Ministry of Railways.
3) Election commission requires the utilization of permanent ink to stamp quarantine individuals at home:
The Election Commission has permitted health authorities to utilize non-erasable ink to characterize home quarantine people contaminated with COVID-19 infection where the health ministry would institutionalize the mark and prescribe putting ink on the body.
4) Census update 2021 and NPR postponed because of pandemic COVID-19:
The Indian government had expected to lead Census 2021 in two phases of which the main stage was planned for April-September 2020 and the subsequent stage was scheduled for February 2021 and the update of NPR was likewise delayed because of Corona Virus spread.
5) Regional Rural Banks Recapitalization endorsed by Union Cabinet:
On March 25, 2020, the Union Cabinet under PM Modi’s chairmanship affirmed the recapitalization of regional rural banks (RRBs) to expand the risk weighted capital ratio of assets.
6) Innovation created to expand interior combustion engine fuel efficiency:
The International Advanced Center for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), which works under the Government of India’s Department of Science and Technology, has built up an innovation to support internal combustion engine fuel efficiency.
7) “Stay Home India with Books” program commenced by GoI:
On March 25, 2020, the Ministry of Human Resources and Development-functioning National Book Trust Propelled Stay Home India with Books project under which beyond 100 books can be downloaded from the NBT site.
8) PM Modi announced a 21-day lockdown (Mar 25-April 14, 2020) to break the COVID-19 contamination chain and Center gave 15,000 crore Rs to health care:
PM Narendra Modi has announced a 21-day lockdown for the entire country beginning from March 25, 2020 till April 14, 2020 as a best way to break the chain of COVID-19 contamination which is an emergency procedure commanding individuals to remain at home and venturing out of the house except for a basic reason otherwise will be a punishable offense.
9) The Ministry of Labor directs the government to pay 3.5 crore construction workers from the Rs 52,000 crore budget:
On March 24, 2020, amid the effect on the development segment due to Coronavirus scourge, Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, the Union Minister of State for Labor and Employment has given a warning under Section 60 of the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996 to all the state and UT governments to give monetary guide to almost 3.5 crore development laborers from Rs 52,000-crore development cess gathered by the Labor Welfare Boards.
10) Ayushman Bharat scheme will test and treat COVID-19:
On 24 March 2020, in the midst of the the outbreak of Corona virus infection(COVID-19) in India, the National Health Authority (NHA) responsible for implementing the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJA) will carry the expense of testing and treating corona virus infection within the framework of this scheme.
11) Iqbal Singh Bains named as Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh:
On 24 March 2020, Iqbal Singh Bains, who succeeded CS M Gopal Reddy, was named chief secretary of Madhya Pradesh by the state’s recently announced chief minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
WORLD AFFAIRS:
1) FAO studies on peatlands will help to achieve climate objectives:
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) expressed that peatlands will assume a vital role in controlling the worldwide condition by serving as carbon sinks where 35 specialists have authored the study.
2) World Health Organization launched a “Solidarity” mega trial of 4 successful remedies to treat Corona Virus:
As indicated by the Science Magazine article on March 24, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) has initiated a mega trial called “Solidarity” with four of the most encouraging medications that can cure the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) where the trial comprises of investigating, assessing, and creating coronavirus remedy through four of the most encouraging treatments.
3) International Telecommunications Union presents “International Forum for Network Resilience”:
On March 24, 2020 the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) propelled a “Global Network Resiliency Platform” to enable worldwide systems to stay “more secure, more grounded and progressively associated” during the COVID-19 emergency.
SPORTS AFFAIRS:
1) Ex-footballer Mohamed Farah dies because of COVID-19:
The African Football Confederation (CAF) and the Somali Federation (SFF) have declared that Somali legend Abdulkadir Mohamed Farah has died in the wake of experiencing coronavirus.
