Current Affairs April 2020

Centre constituted Inter-Ministerial Central Teams to assess lockdown measures

In some of the districts of the country, a number of violations of the lockdown measures have been reported, posing a serious health hazard and risk for spread of COVID-19, which is against general interest of public. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points These violations include incidents ranging from violence on frontline healthcare professionals, attacks […]

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Iran launched its first military satellite

Iran has successfully launched the nation’s first military satellite, another move in the heightened tit-for-tat fight between Washington and Tehran over the regime’s missile programs. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The satellite took off on top of a relatively unknown rocket called “Ghased” or “Messenger,” from Iran’s Central Desert and reached an altitude of

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HRD Minister Felicitates IIT Delhi Team for Developing Affordable Test for COVID-19

Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ”Nishank” has felicitated a team of scientists from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, for developing an affordable test for COVID-19. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points IIT-Delhi developed a testing kit at a very low cost for the people of India. The kit will empower healthcare services and support

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19 asteroids orbiting the sun between Jupiter and Neptune

Astronomers have found 19 asteroids that once belonged to a distant star system have been found orbiting the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune. The asteroids have been circling the sun for more than 4.5 billion years, since the very inception of the solar system. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points These 19 asteroids from the

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Digital surveillance to monitor and control COVID-19 spread

The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the Institute of Genetics and Integrated Biology (IGIB), along with a few other institutions, are working for the digital and molecular surveillance of the spread of novel coronavirus to understand the biology, epidemiology and disease impact. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The surveillance centre would

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SCTIMST developed Chitra Magna, an innovative RNA extraction kit

The commercial launch of Agappe Chitra Magna was announced by Dr VK Saraswat, NITI Aayog member and President of Institute body of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points SARS-COV-2, the causative virus of COVID-19 pandemic, is an RNA virus. It is a long single-stranded polymeric

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NASA developed new ventilator tailored specifically to treat COVID-19 patients

NASA engineers have developed a new, easy-to-build high-pressure ventilator tailored specifically to treat COVID-19 patients. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally) ventilator has passed a critical test at the Icahn School of Medicine in New York. VITAL has been designed to treat COVID-19 patients with milder symptoms. It will

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Over 1.5 lakh farmers registered on Kisan Rath App

More than one lakh 50 thousand farmers and traders have registered on Kisan Rath mobile app that facilitates transportation of foodgrains and agri products. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Kisan Rath was launched by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare on 17 April 2020. The app facilitates Farmers and Traders in identifying the

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Minister of HRD launched the #MyBookMyFriendcampaign

Union Minister of Human Resource Development extended greetings to everyone on the occasion of World Book Day amdlaunchedthe#MyBookMyFriendcampaignonsocialmediaontheoccasion. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The campaign aims to support the students at the time of lock down. The students must read some books of interest in addition to course books so that they will be

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DST developed antiviral nano-coatings for making triple layer medical masks and N-95 respirator

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has approved support for upscaling an antiviral nano-coatings developed by Professor Ashwini Kumar Agrawal of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi for use as appropriate material for producing anti-COVID-19 Triple Layer Medical masks and N-95 respirator in large quantities. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Antiviral nano-coatings will be

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