Current Affairs April 2020

DST funded company to scale up device to enrich oxygen supply to COVID-19 patients

Department of Science and Technology (DST) has funded to Genrich Membranes, a spin-off company, based on proprietary technology licensed from CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune to scale up membrane oxygenator equipment (MOE) that it has developed to treat COVID-19 patients. Based on innovative, indigenous hollow-fiber membrane technology, the MOE enriches oxygen in the air up to […]

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CSIR- NCL Pune ties up with BEL for production of medical devices

CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune has been leading the way in promoting innovation and entrepreneurship through its Venture Centre for the past decade and new innovations from there are helping in fight against the Corona outbreak. Two of the recent innovations that can help in the mitigation of the Corona outbreak are featured: Daily

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Railways on the forefront to safeguard India from COVID-19

In continuation of the measures taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Indian Railways is making all out efforts to supplement the health care initiatives of Government of India. In this direction Indian Railways is producing reusable face masks and sanitizer in-house in all its Zonal Railways, Production Units and PSUs. Daily Current Affairs Quiz

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Integrated Government Online training – iGOT

To take care of the training needs of the frontline workers, the Government of India has launched a training module for management of COVID-19 named ‘Integrated Govt. Online training’ (iGOT) portal on Ministry of HRD’s DIKSHA platform for the capacity building of frontline workers to handle the pandemic efficiently. Courses on iGOT have been launched

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MoHUA Launches Revised Version of Swachhata App

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs launches a revised version of the existing Swachhata-MoHUA App to Handle Queries Specific to COVID 19. The Swachhata-MoHUA App, a highly popular grievance redressal tool for citizens under the ambit of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) already has over 1.7 Crore+ urban users across the country. This app

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CIL to extend Usance LC facility to Power and Non-Power consumers

Coal India Limited (CIL) is supplying about eighty percent of its coal to Power Sector consumers and 550 Million Tonne (MT) coal has been offered for power sector in the current year 2020-21. In order to provide relief to the power sector consumers and increase liquidity in the system, CIL has already allowed the facility

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India US Partnership is stronger than ever

India has revoked its earlier ban on the export of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), which is being used to treat Covid-19. It is now being export to USA as well as many other countries to fight against the global pandemic. The decision also makes the India-US Partnership stronger than ever. It is due to the

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Healthcare Institutions Face Cyber Threats

International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has warned member countries that cybercriminals are attempting to target major hospitals and other institutions on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19 with ransomware. The organisation also talked about recent changes in the pattern of crime. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 In an alert sent to 194 nations,

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India to Export of Hydroxychloroquine to US and all neighbouring Countries

India has revoked its earlier ban on the export of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), which is being used to treat Covid-19. Revocation has been done in view of the humanitarian aspects of the pandemic. The ban on HCQ was revoked by India after U.S. President said that India could invite “retaliation” if it withheld supplies

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Disinfected barrier-examination booth for examining COVID-19 patients

Scientists at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, have designed and developed a disinfected barrier-examination booth for examining COVID-19 patients. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The innovative disinfected examination booth is closed like a telephone booth for

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