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Current Affairs April 29, 2020

Current Affairs Headlines: April 29, 2020
1. KGMU becomes the 1st govt hospital in India to successfully launch CPT Treatment: COVID-19
2. G20 launches ‘Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator’ Initiative
3. India’s holding of US govt securities hits high record of USD 177.5 bn in Feb: US Treasury Dept
4. Ladakh’s Aksai Chin is part of China: WHO map
5. Asian Development Bank approves $1.5 billion USD to India to Combat COVID-19
6. APEC region to post 2.7% economic contraction in 2020 due to Covid-19: Report
7. Biocon’s Mazumdar-Shaw among world’s top 20 leaders in Biopharma:The Medicine Maker
Power List 2020
8. Shiv Das Meena appointed as Chairman & Managing Director of HUDCO
9. Axis Bank to buy 29% stake in Max Life Insurance for Rs 1,600 crore
10. First black hole merger of uneven massed observed by LIGO-VIRGO; indicated by GW190412
signal in April 2019
11. Low-cost mechanical ventilator Ruhdaar developed by team led by IIT Bombay
12. IIT Ropar designs ‘WardBot’ to deliver food, medicines to COVID-19 patients
13. Pakistan Cricket Board bans Umar Akmal for three-years for match fixing
14. Former Liverpool striker Michael Robinson passed away at 61
15. World Day For Safety And Health At Work 2020: April 28
16. World Veterinary Day 2020: April 25
17. Gujarat govt launches unique initiative ‘Umbare Aanganwadi’ to help children during lockdown
18. AP launched ‘Covid Pharma’, a mobile application to trace people buying medicines for fever,
cold
19. Former Rajya Sabha MP Basanta Das passed away at 80 years
20. ‘Recharge Saathi’: Vodafone Idea ties up with Paytm launched
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS
KGMU becomes the 1st govt hospital in India to successfully launch CPT Treatment: COVID-19
On April 27, 2020 The King George Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh became the 1st
government (govt) hospital in India to successfully launch the Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) treatment
for the COVID-19 patients. The 1st dose of CPT was administered to a 58-year old patient.
About CPT
It is an experimental procedure for COVID-19 patients, where plasma, a blood component, from a cured patient
is transfused to a critically ill coronavirus patient as the blood of the recovered COVID-19 person
has developed antibodies to fight the virus.
The intention of this therapy is to transform the immunity from a healthy person to a sick patient
using convalescent plasma. The process of donating plasma is similar to that of donating blood and takes about
an hour.
Key Points
i.The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recently allowed states to start clinical trials of CPT. Many
states like Kerala, Gujarat and Punjab have already started using it for treatment of coronavirus patients.
ii.Several other countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States, have also started the trials.
iii.The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the clinical trial proposal for CPT submitted by
ICMR & stated that plasma donors can be asked to donate repeatedly but not more than 1000 ml of plasma can
be collected from one donor in a month.
About KGMU
Chancellor– Anandiben Patel (Governor of UP)
Vice Chancellor– MLB Bhatt
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
G20 launches ‘Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator’ Initiative
On April 26, 2020, the group of 20 (G20) launched “Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator”, an
international initiative to accelerate development, production, and access to health tools needed to fight the
COVID-19 pandemic, from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The G20 is working towards reinforcing global cooperation on all fronts, and most importantly, on closing the
immediate health financing gap.
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Already the group is working hard to bridge approximately $8 billion funding gap to battle the pandemic.
Earlier, Saudi Arabia, as the Chair of the G20 in 2020, pledged USD 500 million to support global efforts to
tackle this disastrous outbreak.
What is ACT Accelerator?

Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator’ initiative will be a global platform for action to enhance connections and
leverage inter-dependencies for collective partnership, problem-solving, mobilising and guiding investments,
and driving equitable access for new COVID-19 diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines.
About G20 or Group of Twenty:
Members– Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico,
Republic of Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom (UK), United States (US), and
European Union (EU). Spain is a permanent guest invitee to the G20 meetings.
Current Presidency– Saudi Arabia
2020 G20 Presidency theme– Realizing Opportunities of the 21st Century for All
Chairman– Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (2020)
India’s holding of US govt securities hits high record of USD 177.5 bn in Feb: US Treasury Dept
On April 26, 2020 According to the latest data from the United States (US) Treasury Department (dep)
the India’s holding of US government (govt) securities has gone up by over USD 13 billion (bn) in a month to a
record high of USD 177.5 bn at the end of February, since November 2019, the country has slowly climbed to
USD 159.2 bn.
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Major Highlights
i.In the last one year since February 2019, the overall holding of India has jumped by a staggering USD 33.2 bn .
ii.India held US government bonds worth USD 164.3 bn at the end of January, the highest level ever & in
December the same stood at USD 162 bn . The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) buys these bonds.
Foreign holdings data on the basis of country wise as per Treasury dept
India is positioned at 13th position & the 1st position is held by Japan with securities worth over USD 1.268
trillion(tn) at February end, followed by China with holdings of USD 1.092 tn & United Kingdom at USD 403.2
bn .
Brazil is positioned in 4th with USD 285.9 bn, followed by Ireland- USD 282.7 bn, Luxembourg- USD 260.8 bn,
Hong Kong USD 249.8 bn, Switzerland- USD 243.7 bn, Cayman Islands- USD 219.4 bn, Belgium- USD 218 bn,
Taiwan- USD 201.9 bn and Saudi Arabia- USD 184.4 bn
Key Points
i.With the collapse of the gold standard or the Bretton Woods principles in the late 1970s & central banks
moved to the fractional reserves system, the US dollar/T-bills is preferred & the safest asset class for any
central bank, despite getting one of the lowest returns.
ii.Central banks, including the RBI, follow the principle of SLR (Safety, Liquidity and Return) in order for their
investment decisions.
iii.India’s foreign exchange reserves climbed by USD 3.09 bn to USD 479.57 bn in the week ended April 17.
About US Department of the Treasury:
Secretary– Steven Terner Mnuchin
Deputy Secretary– Justin Muzinich
Ladakh’s Aksai Chin is part of China: WHO map

On April 28, 2020 The World Health Organisation(WHO) map shows the Aksai Chin region as a part
of China with a dotted line and colour code & also marks Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) with dotted lines,
suggesting it as a disputed territory. Jammu and Kashmir(J&K) and the rest of India are marked in different
colour codes.
Key Points
i.Many United Nations (UN) maps have shown parts of Kashmir as ‘disputed’ territory in the past, but this is the
1st time that Ladakh and J&K are shown in different colour codes than the rest of India.
ii.Pakistan gave China a portion of the PoK in the 1960s. China occupies around 37,000 square kilometer (sq
km) in Ladakh, bordering its Xinjiang province.
iii.Recently, this month China included parts of Arunachal Pradesh (which it calls a part of South Tibet) within
its international boundaries, according to an updated version of the Sky Map, which is China’s authority on
digital maps.
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iv.Till now the map of China is based on the 1989 edition of the Sky Map of its national borders, though Beijing
has resolved its border issues with Russia and Central Asian countries.
v.But, according to a Deutsche Welle (DW), a German media report in Chinese language, some users noticed
that Sky Map has now updated the geographic information at the “county”(division/district) level.
vi.The county boundaries of some counties clearly exceed the red colour-marked 1989 edition of the national
border, particularly in the Tibet area which borders Bhutan and India.
About WHO:
Headquarters– Geneva, Switzerland.
Director General (DG)– Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
About China:
Capital– Beijing
Currency– Chinese Yuan Renminbi(CNY)
BANKING & FINANCE

Asian Development Bank approves 1.5 billion USD to India to Combat COVID-19
On 28th April 2020 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the loan of 1.5 Billion USD (Rs.11,400
crore) to India to fund the actions to take against the novel coronavirus pandemic like to support disease
containment and prevention and social protection for the poor and working-class population who are in
vulnerable economic condition.
Key Points:
i.The President ADB, Masatsugu Asakawa assured that the ADB is committed to support the Government of
India’s novel coronavirus response programs and to provide support to the people of India.
ii.The disbursing of the fund is a part of the package of support form the ADB in coordination with the
government and the other development partners.
iii.ADB’s COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support (CARES) Program will directly contribute to
provide access to the healthcare facilities and social protection to more than 800 million people including the
population below the poverty line, farmers, healthcare workers, women, senior citizens, people with
disabilities, low wage earners and construction workers.
iv.The CARES is funded by the COVID-19 Pandemic Response Option(CPRO) under the ADB Counter-cyclical
Support Facility.
v.On 13th April 2020, the CPRO established as a part of ADB’s 20 billion USD expanded assistance for the
developing member countries.
vi.The Governments programs for COVID-19 response includes $2 billion for the health sector projects and a
$23 billion for pro-poor package including the insurance coverage for the health care workers of all type who
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are engaged in the COVID-19 response and 65% of the package is in the form of direct social assistance and
protection.
About ADB:
The ADB charter is the agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank, which vests all the powers of the
institution in the board of Governors.
Chairperson– Hong Nam-Ki
Vice Chairpersons– Sri Mulyani Indrawati & Pierre Gramegna
Headquarters– Metro Manila, Philippines
Opened on– 19th December 1966
ECONOMY & BUSINESS

APEC region’s economy contracts by 2.7% in 2020 due to Covid-19: Report
On April 27, 2020, According to the report ‘APEC in the Epicentre of COVID-19’ released by
the APEC Secretariat, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region’s growth is expected to decrease
by 2.7% in 2020 due to the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The contraction, which is the most significant fall since 2009 global recession, compares with a 3.6 % growth in
2019.
Key Points:
i.Due to the economic fallout, the output loss has been estimated at $ 2.1 trillion.
ii.However, the Secretariat expects an economic revival at 6.3 % in 2021 based on effectiveness of containment
mechanisms & exceptional fiscal measures for better economy. This forecast will be higher than the projected
global economic growth of 5.8 %.
iii.Other major issues:
Apart from this, unemployment rate in APEC region is estimated to increase to 5.4 % in 2020 as compared to
3.8 % in 2019, means an additional 23.5 million workers in the region being unemployed in 2020.
Also the Healthcare systems are struggling with acute shortages of medical supplies & equipment along with
inadequate numbers of hospital beds and isolation units. As per APEC Policy Support Unit, the APEC region has
an average of 4.1 hospital beds, 1.9 physicians, and 3.9 nurses or midwives per 1,000 people.
iv.In view of COVID-19, the 2020 APEC economic forum and leaders’ summit host Malaysia has delayed
meetings. It will likely to held in November 2020.
About Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC):
Headquarters– Queenstown, Singapore
Executive Director– Dr Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria
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Membership– 21 economies (Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South
Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan,
Thailand, the United States and Vietnam).
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Biocon’s Mazumdar-Shaw among world’s top 20 leaders in Biopharma: The Medicine Maker
Power List 2020
The Texere Publishing Ltd has published its “The Medicine Maker Power List 20 For 2020” consisting of
the world’s top 60 inspirational leaders under three categories viz. Small Molecules, Advanced Medicines, and
Biopharmaceuticals. Each category consisted of 20 influencers from the field of medicines.
From India, the list has named Executive Chairperson of Biocon Ltd Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw in the world’s top
20 inspirational leaders in the field of biopharmaceuticals.
She has been recognized for her contribution to the world of medicine as an entrepreneur and innovative
business leader.
She has been featuring on the List for six consecutive years since 2015.
About Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Born in 1953, she is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur and former chairperson of Indian Institute of
Management, Bangalore. She started Biocon India in 1978.
In 2019, she is listed as the 65th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.
In 2014, she was awarded the Othmer Gold Medal for outstanding contributions to the progress of science and
chemistry.
In 1989, she was awarded Padma Shri and in 2005 she was conferred by Padma Bhushan by the Government
of India.
Click Here for Official Link of The Medicine Maker Power List 2020
About Medicine Maker:
The Medicine Maker is a global magazine focused on the development and manufacture of both pharmaceutical
and biopharmaceutical products. It started Power List in 2015.
About Texere Publishing Limited:
Chairman – Peter Phippen
Headquarter– London, United Kingdom
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About Biocon Ltd

Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)– Siddharth Mittal Headquarter– Bengaluru,
Karnataka
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

Shiv Das Meena appointed as Chairman & Managing Director of HUDCO
Shiv Das Meena, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India
was appointed to hold the additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director of Housing and Urban
Development Corporation (HUDCO) ltd, for six month or till the appointment of a regular incumbent to the
post, effect from 21st April 2020
Shiv Das Meena – 1989 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu Cadre with over 30 years of Experience in the public
service is a Bachelor of Civil Engineer and completed his Master in International Studies from Japan.
From 1989, HUDCO started financing the development of infrastructure for the projects in the sector of
drainage, electricity, water supply, sewerage, solid waste management, roads in urban areas and social
infrastructure like primary schools, playgrounds, hostels for working women, healthcare centers, police
stations, jails and courts received the benefits of funding for lower cost.
About HUDCO:
Chairman & MD– Shiv Das Meena
Director (Corporate Planning)– M Nagaraj
Director (Finance)– D Guhan
Corporate Office– New Delhi
Established on– 1970
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

Axis Bank to buy 29% stake in Max Life Insurance for Rs 1,600 crore
On April 28, 2020, Private-sector lender Axis Bank Ltd would acquire an additional 29% stake in Max Life
Insurance Company from Max Financial Services Limited (MFS). The deal will increase Axis Bank ‘s stake in
Max Life to 30%.
However, the bank didn’t reveal the amount it is paying for the stake. But the bigger deal can be estimated at Rs
1,600 crore (about $209.43 million) which will be paid in two stages.
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Key Points:
i.At present, Max Financial Services holds a 72.5% stake in Max Life & Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (MSI) holds a
25.5 % stake.
ii.Following the transaction, Max Life – will become a joint venture of Max Financial Services and Axis Bank. Of
this, 70% stake will be held by Max Financial Services and 30% will be held by Axis Bank. The proposed deal
also needs the approval of the banking and insurance regulator and the Competition Commission of India (CCI).
iii.The acquisition may be completed in 6-9 months & Post the deal, Max Financial Services and Axis Bank will
get to nominate four and three directors respectively on the Max Life board.
iv.For the last nearly 10 years, there has been a good business relationship between Axis Bank and Max Life
Insurance, which provides long-term savings and protection products to over 1.9 million customers. The total
premium generated from both companies exceeded Rs 38,000 crore.
About Axis Bank Ltd:
Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra
MD and CEO– Amitabh Chaudhry
Tagline– Badhti Ka naam Zindagi.
About Max Life Insurance Company:
Headquarters– New Delhi
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer– Prashant Tripathy
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

First black hole merger of uneven massed observed by LIGO-VIRGO; indicated by GW190412
signal in April 2019
On April 18, 2020, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Laboratory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration and
the Virgo Collaboration also known as LVC (LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration)discovered
binary black hole (BBH) merger with different masses for the first time. This study has been published in
preprint server ArXiv.
This discovery took place a year after when a gravitational wave (GW) signal dubbed “GW190412”observed by
the LIGO and Virgo detectors on 12 April 2019, which was actually a sign of merging of two black holes with
unequal masses. This merger took place 2.4 billion light years away.
Importantly, the difference of masses is so large that the one black hole is 30 times the mass of the sun while
the other is 8 times the solar mass.GW190412 took place about 1.9 to 2.9 billion light-years from Earth.
About GW190412:
Observed on April 12, 2019, this signal was detected by 3 detectors; two LIGO detectors in the USA and Virgo in
Italy. At that time, it was a prediction that this is coming from a BBH system with unequal masses, one of the
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black holes being about 3.6 times heavier than the other. But now, it is confirmed that GW190412 signal
produced because of uneven BBH merger occurring at that time.
Why is the merger of unequal-mass black holes important?

This uneven merger has empowered more precise measurements of the system’s astrophysical
properties and has also enabled the LIGO and Virgo scientists to verify a yet-untested prediction of Einstein’s
theory of general relativity.
Point to be noted:
The first gravitational-wave event was detected in 2015 namely “GW150914”. However, all the systems
observed so far have comprised black holes of nearly equal masses. This trend was broken by the observation
of the merger of a BBH system on April 12, 2019.
Indian contributed in analysis of uneven BBH merger:
-K.G. Arun of Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI)
-AnandSengupta of IIT Gandhinagar
-Soumen Roy from IIT Gandhinagar
-Researchers from International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS)- Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research (TIFR), Bengaluru, Karnataka.
What is Black Hole?
A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, no particles or even
electromagnetic radiation such as light, can escape from it. A black hole can be formed by the death of a massive
star.
About LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC):
Headquarter– United States
Spokesperson– Prof. Patrick Brady
About Virgo Collaboration:
Headquarter– Santo Stefano a Macerata, Cascina, Italy
Spokesperson– Giovanni Losurdo
Low-cost mechanical ventilator Ruhdaar developed by team led by IIT Bombay

On April 25, 2020 A team of engineering students from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar and
Islamic University of Science & Technology (IUST), Awantipora, Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) led by
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay under the assistance of Design Innovation Centre (DIC), IUST has
developed a low-cost ventilator named as Rudhaar using locally available materials.
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Gist about Rudhaar

i.The cost of producing the prototype is around Rs 10,000 & the cost will be reduced when producing it in lump.
It will be subject to medical testing for clearance and validation, after the approval will be taken for mass
production.
ii.The main idea is to design and develop a low-cost alternative to the high-end ventilators used in hospitals
costing in lakhs of rupees. It’s design is made using advanced software and will not be charged any royalty.
iii.It will provide necessary functions which will provide adequate breathing support necessary to save the life
of a critically ill COVID-19 patient. It is produced to make it amenable for small scale industry production.
iv.It provides necessary control of basic parameters such as tidal volume, Breaths per Minute and Inspiratory:
Expiratory Ratio and to also monitor pressure continuously during its operation.
v.The main difficulty faced by the team was the lack of resources, they tried many designs including a design
developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
vi.The team head Zulqarnain, a first-year student of Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay, from Kashmir
initiated this idea & teamed up with his friends P. S Shoib, Asif Shah and Shakar Nehvi from IUST and Majid
Koul from NIT Srinagar.
Importance of Ventilators
According to the Ministry of Health, 80% of people who are infected will only experience mild illness, about
15% will require oxygen support, and the remaining 5% will require ventilators if they are acute or severe.
They are an important component of the medical infrastructure as they are required to treat infected patients,
provide critical breathing support to those falling critically ill.
Government’s measure
The government has adopted a two-pronged approach- one to increase domestic manufacturing capacity &
other to search around the world for medical supplies.
About DIC
It is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
Chancellor of IUST– Girish Chandra Murmu (Governor of J&K)
Director of NIT Srinagar– Rakesh Sehgal
Director of IIT Bombay– Subhasis Chaudhuri.
IIT Ropar designs ‘WardBot’ to deliver food, medicines to COVID-19 patients

A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar in Punjab’s Rupnagar district has
come up with a design of an autonomous ‘WardBot’ which can deliver medicines and food to COVID-19
patients in isolation wards without human intervention.
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Key Points:
i.The WardBot was developed under the guidance of EktaSingla, Associate Professor and Head, Department of
Mechanical Engineering, IIT Ropar.
ii.The deployment of WardBot in hospitals helps in minimising the risk of the frontline health staff getting
infected with the deadly virus (COVID-19).
iii.About WardBot: The Ward bot is fitted with sensors, can work on a known path and can carry food items
and medicines, necessary equipment for delivery to patients at different beds from one room to the other from
the remotely located control room.
iv.The control room can instruct multiple bots to accomplish tasks simultaneously on different floors.
v.The WardBot uses simple gesture sensors for a quarantined person to wave a bye to the robot, as an
indication of receiving the material. Patients will get intimation through bed IDs being displayed on small LCD
(Liquid Crystal Display) units.
vi.Other Features: WardBot also has a feature of self-sanitising on the return path and could be used for
sanitising walls of the hospital and can also work in low-light conditions.
About IIT-Ropar:
Motto– Deploy our intellect on the right path
Director– Sarit Kumar Das.
SPORTS
Pakistan Cricket Board bans Umar Akmal for three-years for match fixing
On 27th April 2020 Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal was banned for three-years by the Pakistan Cricket
Board(PCB) Disciplinary Committee for the violation of ICC Anti-corruption code 2.4.4 failing to disclose the
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details of approaches to engage in corrupt conduct and 2.4.5 failing to disclose any incident that comes to the
knowledge of any evidence that another participant received any approaches to engage in corrupt conduct.
Key Points:
i.The Chairperson of the Disciplinary panel Justice(retired) Fazal-e-Miran-Chauhan handed the three-year ban
to Umar Akmal from all cricket effective from February 20
ii.He was suspended from the Pakistan Super League (PSL) on 2nd February with two charges under the anti-
corruption code by the PCB for failing to report the approach to fix the games.
iii.He mentioned that he was approached during the ICC World Cup in 2015 edition played in Australia and
New Zealand and once he was offered 200,000 dollars for leaving two deliveries in the matches against India.
iv.The Legal Adviser of PCB Taffazul HaiderRizvi mentioned that 29-year-old Akmal can file an appeal against
the ban within 14 days of receiving the detailed verdict of Justice Chauhan.
About Pakistan Cricket Board:
Patron-in-Chief– Imran Khan
Chairman– Mr. Ehsan Mani
CEO– Wasim Khan MBE
Location– Lahore, Pakistan
OBITUARY
Former Liverpool striker Michael Robinson passed away at 61
On April 28, 2020, Former Republic of Ireland and Liverpool forward footballer Michael John
Robinson passed away at the age of 61 in Marbella, Spain. He was born on July 12, 1958 in Leicester, England.
Key Points:
i.About Michael Robinson: He appeared in more than 300 official matches in England for five clubs, including
Liverpool, and played the last three seasons of his career in Spain with Osasuna (Spanish Football Club).
ii.After spells with Preston North End and Manchester City Robinson featured in the 1983 FA (Football
Association Challenge Cup) final for Brighton, before moving to Anfield.
iii.Robinson was part of the Liverpool squad that captured the league, League Cup and European Cup treble in
1984.
iv.Awards: Robinson received the XIII International Vázquez Montalbán prize for Sports Journalism, awarded
by FC Barcelona in December 2017.
v.Robinson represented the Republic of Ireland 24 times, scoring four goals. He settled in Spain after retiring in
1989, was awarded its citizenship and had an extensive media career.
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IMPORTANT DAYS
World Day For Safety And Health At Work 2020: April 28
The World Day for Safety and Health at Work (WDSHW) is observed every year on April 28, to promote the
prevention of occupational accidents and infectious diseases at work. The day is observed by the ILO
(International Labour Organization) to raise awareness on the adoption of safe practices in workplaces,
focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic. April 28 is also the International Commemoration Day for Dead and
Injured Workers organized worldwide by the trade union movement since 1996.
Theme for the year 2020: Stop the pandemic: Safety and health at work can save lives.
The theme focuses on addressing the outbreak of infectious disease at work, the COVID-19 pandemic. It also
explores measures to prevent and control the risk of contagion, psychosocial risks, ergonomic and other work-
related risks associated with the pandemic.
Key Points:
i.The theme for WDSHW announced earlier for 2020 safety and healthy working environments free from
violence and harassment has been replaced in the view of the current global crisis.
ii.History of the Day: The World Day for Safety and Health at Work was initiated by the ILO in 2003, in order
to stress the prevention of accidents & diseases at work, capitalizing on the ILO’s traditional strengths of
tripartism and social dialogue.
iii.This day is an integral part of the Global Strategy on Occupational Safety and Health of the ILO, as
documented in the Conclusions of the International Labour Conference in June 2003.
iv.Emerging risks at work: The emerging risks may be caused by technical innovation or by social or
organizational change, such as:
New technologies and production processes, e.g. nanotechnology, biotechnology.
New working conditions, e.g. higher workloads, work intensification from downsizing, poor conditions
associated with migration for work, jobs in the informal economy.
Emerging forms of employment, e.g. self-employment, outsourcing, temporary contracts.
About International Labour Organization (ILO):
Headquarters– Geneva, Switzerland.
Director-General– Guy Ryder.
World Veterinary Day 2020: April 25

World Veterinary Day is celebrated every year on the last Saturday of April. The day marks the importance of
Veterinary doctors all over the world who serve to protect animals.
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Theme for the year 2020: “Environment Protection for Improving Animal and Human Health”.
Key Points:
i.History of the Day: The World Veterinary Day (WVD) was established in the year 2000 by the World
Veterinary Association (WVA) and has been celebrated since 2001.
ii.The very first International Veterinary Congress was held in Edinburgh around 150 years ago. This was
organized by the professor of Anatomy and Physiology, Dr John Gamgee of the Dick Veterinary College.
iii.Each year the World Veterinary Association (WVA) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
choose a topic to promote and educate about the important role of veterinarians.
iv.The aim of the World Veterinary Day is to promote the veterinary profession and work on improvement of
the animal and human welfare, the environment, food safety, and practices of animal transport and quarantine.
v.World Veterinary Award: The World Veterinary Association has partnered with the Global Animal
Medicines Association for the World Veterinary Day Award.
vi.The WVA and Health for Animals grant the WVD Award and $2,500 for the best contribution on the annual
theme by a WVA member association working alone or with other groups.
About World Veterinary Association (WVA):
The WVA is a federation representing more than 80 veterinary medical associations around the world. Its
objective is to promote animal health and welfare and the realisation that animals and man live interconnected
lives.
President– Dr. Patricia TURNER.
About World Organization for Animal Health:
Headquarters– Paris, France.
Director-General– Monique Eliot.
Members– 182 member states.
STATE NEWS
Gujarat govt launches unique initiative ‘Umbare Aanganwadi’ to help children during
lockdown
On Apr 27, 2020,In view of increasing coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in India, the Women and Child
Development Ministry (WCD) of Gujarat State Government has launched a unique initiative called ‘Umbare
Aanganwadi (means doorstep Aanganwadi) under ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) programme
to reach out to children during the lockdown.
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Key Points:
i.Under this initiative, the ICDS department of the state will mainly offer ready to eat nutritious food packets
through AMUL (an Indian dairy cooperative society) to its beneficiaries including 14 lakh children between 3-6
years of age, pregnant and nursing women and adolescent girls through the network of around 53 thousand
Aanganwadi.
ii.In addition to this, ICDS Department has also initiated a TV programme called ‘Umbare Aanganwadi’ which is
telecast every alternate day through Vande Gujarat channel as well as on Jio TV &You Tube, where the regular
theme-based modules of Aanganwadi are being taught in an interactive the way.
What is Anganwadi?
Anganwadi is a government-supported center at the village level to cater to the nutritional, health and
education needs of young children.
About Gujarat:
Capital– Gandhinagar
Chief Minister– Vijay Rupani
Governor– Acharya Devvrat
State Flower– Marigold
State Fruit– Mango
AP launched ‘Covid Pharma’, a mobile application to trace people buying medicines for fever,
cold
On April 25, 2020, The Medical and Health Department of Andhra Pradesh (AP) has launched ‘Covid Pharma’,
a mobile application(app) to keep a track of people buying medicines over-the-counter (OTC) for cough, cold
and fever from medical stores across the state.
Gist about the app
i.The pharmacies in the State is expected to download the app and register the details of persons, including
their mobile number, making OTC purchases of medicines for common ailments & even those who buy
medicines with a prescription and share with the health department for better monitoring
ii.Purpose– To monitor patients who experience any increase in cold & fever, which helps to trace easily the
persons with any symptoms of coronavirus and works as an additional precautionary measure for regular
sample testing simultaneously
Key Points
According to Andhra Pradesh Pharmacy Council data, there are 68,000 registered pharmacists in the State.
AP now tops the number of sample tests conducted per million population in the country.
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It has recruited 1,174 doctors on a temporary basis for a year to meet the emergency requirements in view of
the prevailing coronavirus pandemic, where most of these doctors will be posted in the COVID-19 hotbed
districts like Kurnool, Guntur, Krishna and Chittoor.
AP launches ‘COVID-19 AP’
i.The Department of Health, Medical and Family Welfare have launched ‘COVID-19 AP’ mobile application on
the android platform through which one can request the authorities for COVID test.
ii.Users can access the app by registering with a phone number & before requesting a test, they need to provide
information about symptoms, comorbid diseases and their location and village/ward secretariat number.
iii.They can get contact numbers of their local Asha workers, consult doctors online, go through the list of
COVID hospitals, quarantine centres, test centres and also register as a volunteer.
About AP:
State Tree– Neem tree
State Flower– Water lilies
State Animal– Blackbuck
AC GAZE
Former Rajya Sabha MP Basanta Das passed away at 80 years
Basanta Das, 80, Former Rajya Sabha member from Odisha passed away due to prolonged illness in Bahadur
Bagicha locality of Bhawanipatna, who was served as Rajya Sabha member from 1990 to 199 and chairman of
Bhawanipatna Municipality from 1985 to 1990.
‘Recharge Saathi’: Vodafone Idea ties up with Paytm launched

Vodafone Idea has tied up a digital payments & financial services platform Paytm to launch ‘Recharge Saathi’
programme which is intended to help individuals, small businesses to earn an additional income.under the
programme, every month would be able to earn up to Rs.5,000.
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