Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2020

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Bengaluru-based aerospace and defence Public Sector Undertaking (PSU), Bharat Electronics Ltd has partnered with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh and developed a remote monitoring system for COVID-19.
This newly developed system reduced the need for personal protective equipment as it uses non-invasive sensors to measure the main parameters of a COVID-19 suspected patient including temperature, pulse rate and respiration rate.

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In 2003, the government of India declared the national safe motherhood day on April 11, which is the birth anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mahatma Gandhi. The day is celebrated to raise awareness about access to care during pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal services.
The government of India has launched Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakaram in 2011, to motivate the general public to opt for institutional deliveries. It aimed to eliminate out of pocket expenses for pregnant women and infants in accessing public health institution.

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The United States has recently notified about its approval to sell Harpoon air-launched anti-ship missiles and Mark 54 lightweight torpedoes to India, which are worth USD 155 million.
As India was recognised as the Major defence Partner of the US in 2016, it can buy advanced defence equipment from the US similar to its closest allies and partners. The missiles are estimated to cost $92 million and the torpedoes will cost $63 million.

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The electronic portal for Agricultural trading, e-NAM (National Agriculture Market) was launched on April 14, 2016.
This flagship initiative was seen in news as it has completed four years of implementation. The portal was launched with an aim to connect the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural produce. After expansion, the portal will cover additional 415 mandis in the network.

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The mobile application recently launched by the Government of India to combat the coronavirus spread in the country named ‘Aarogya Setu’ has become the fastest application in the world to be downloaded by 50 million users.
The application took just 13 days to reach 50 million users, as per the announcement of the CEO of NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant. The app, which is available on both Android and iOS platforms, was developed by the National Informatics Centre, Ministry of Electronics and IT.

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The province of Himachal Pradesh was organised on 15 April 1948, after its 28 princely states, which were called as the Simla Hills States and four Punjab southern hill states, were integrated. To commemorate the foundation of the state, April 15 is being celebrated every year as ‘Himachal Day’.
Himachal Pradesh was originally classified as a Union territory in 1956. It was created as the 18th state of India in 1971. The first Chief Minister of the state was Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar.

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The Indian Government has planned to set up a chain of retail shops across India called ‘Suraksha Stores’. The stores provide essential goods and services to people by following stricter safety and sanitation measures.
Recently, the top 12 packaged consumer goods manufacturers of the country have partnered with the government in operating the Suraksha Stores. The firms will educate the retail stores to become certified sanitised retail outlets. The stores will also be compliant to the Aarogya Setu application.

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Legendary Indian Chess player and five-time World chess champion Viswanathan Anand has been named the new Ambassador for World Wide Fund (WWF) India’s Environment Education programme.
WWF India is celebrating 50 years of its presence and conservation in India. It aims to impart environment education and awareness to school children, youth and citizens across the country. The programme covers over 50 lakh school-children across the country.

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As per the recent report of the United Nations, over 117 million children in 37 countries around the world would miss to receive the measles vaccine, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the World Health for Organization and the UNICEF, the immunisation campaigns for eliminating measles have already been delayed in 24 countries and more campaigns will be postponed. WHO has released guidelines to sustain the immunisation process in several countries.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor has recently announced that the reverse repo rate has been cut by 25 basis points to 3.75%.
This announcement has been made by the RBI in its efforts towards increasing liquidity amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. As the repo rate has been kept unchanged at 4.4%, the spread between the repo and reverse repo has been widened. This encourages the banks to lend the money instead of parking it with the RBI.