Top GKToday’s News Headlines-14 April 2020

April 14, 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for 14 April, 2020

Senior advocate and Padma Bhushan awardee Ashok Desai, who served as Attorney General of India in 1996-98, dies aged 77
Veteran Army officer Lt Gen (retd) K P Dhal Samanta, who had played a valiant role in 1971 and Kargil wars, dies aged 70 in New Delhi
Veteran Congress leader and former union minister M V Rajasekharan died aged 91 in Bengaluru
COVID-19: SC says only persons covered under ‘Ayushman Yojana’ can be tested for free in private labs
COVID-19: Chief Information Commissioner Bimal Julka, all 6 Information Commissioners to take voluntary 30% cut in their basic salary for one year starting April 1, 2020
COVID-19: CEC Sunil Arora, ECs Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra to take voluntary 30% cut in their basic salary for one year starting April 1, 2020
AIM (Atal Innovation Mission), NITI Aayog & NIC (National Informatics Centre) jointly launch CollabCAD in Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) schools
Centre launches All India Agri Transport Call Centre for addressing transportation problems being faced in inter-state movement of perishable and non-perishable agricultural commodities.
Google Pay launches ‘Nearby Spot’ to help users find local stores selling essentials
Tamil, Nadu: CM K. Palaniswami announces extension of the COVID-19 lockdown till April 30
IIT Bombay researchers get patent for ‘Smart Stethoscope’

Retail inflation, based on Consumer Price Index (CPI), declines to 4-month low of 5.91% in March
RBI to slap 200 bps penal interest on banks if failed to invest TLTRO (targeted long-term repo operations) funds within 30 days
CII recommends phase-wise lifting in report titled ‘Exit from the Lockdown’
GMR Airports Limited gets approval to build greenfield International airport at Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh