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Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 3rd week of April
2020. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk, RBI Assistant and other
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Fit India and CBSE will organise first-ever live fitness sessions for school students in the second phase of
lockdown. Live sessions will commence from 9:30 morning and students can get access to these live sessions
on Facebook and Instagram handles of Fit India Movement and CBSE.
DST creates Integrated geospatial platform to help area-specific strategies & decisions in COVID-19
outbreak
Department of Science and Technology of Government of India has created an Integrated Geospatial Platform
out of available geospatial datasets, standards-based services, and analytic tools to help decision making
during the current COVID-19 outbreak and aid devising area-specific strategies to handle the socio-economic
impact in the recovery phase.
Govt launches All India Agri Transport Call Centre for inter-state movement of perishables
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched the All India Agri Transport Call Centre at Krishi Bhavan in
New Delhi. This will facilitate inter-state movement of perishables in the current situation of lockdown due to the
COVID-19 threat.
MEA announces COVID-19 training program for healthcare professionals from SAARC countries
The External Affairs Ministry has announced a training programme on COVID-19 for healthcare professionals
from SAARC countries.
The training programme will be carried out by the Central government's Indian Technical and Economic
Cooperation (ITEC) programme.
Centre releases 7,300 crore rupees to States & UTs under MGNREGS
Centre has released 7,300 crore rupees to the States and Union Territories under Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to liquidate pending dues of last financial year but also the
wage dues for the first fortnight of 2020-21.
Govt-appointed panel proposes institutional framework for valuers, moots National Institute of
Valuers
The government-appointed committee of experts has proposed an institutional framework for valuers by way of
setting up the National Institute of Valuers. The panel, headed by IBBI (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of
India) Chairperson M S Sahoo, has also submitted the 'Draft Valuers Bill, 2020'.
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman attends the Plenary Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial
Committee (IMFC) of the IMF through video-conference
Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman attended through video-conference the
Plenary Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, the Ministerial-level committee of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF.
NIRDPR and UNICEF training community leaders online to combat COVID-19
More than 28.33 lakh community leaders are being trained through online programmes to practise social
behaviours required to control the transmission of COVID-19 cases in villages, the National Institute of Rural
Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) stated.
The programme is being conducted in collaboration with UNICEF Hyderabad Field Office.
Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel launches the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)
of India in New Delhi
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Union Minister for Culture (I/C) Shri Prahlad Singh Patel launched the National List of Intangible Cultural
Heritage (ICH) of India in New Delhi.
Govt constitutes 6 Inter-Ministerial Central Teams to make on-spot assessment of COVID-19
situation
Union Government has constituted six Inter-Ministerial Central Teams to make on-spot assessment of
COVID-19 situation, issue necessary directions to State Authorities for its redressal and submit their
report to the Centre.
Govt launches online data pool of critical human resource for combating and containing COVID-
19arriors.gov.in
Government has launched online data pool of critical human resource for combating and containing COVID-19,
created an online data pool on www.covidwarriors.gov.in of doctors including nurses and other health care
professionals, volunteers from National Yuva Kendras, NCC, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana and ex-
Servicemen for use by the ground level administration at state, district or municipal levels.
Centre forms high-level task force to develop vaccines, drugs
The government announced setting up of a new task force to work on the development of vaccines and
potential drugs as India continues to see rising number of covid-19 cases.
The high-level task force will be headed by member NITI Aayog professor Vinod Paul and Principal Scientific
Advisor to the government, K Vijayraghavan. It will work on various science frontiers to develop vaccines and
drugs for the deadly virus.
BRO constructs bridge in record time on a key road connecting strategic areas in APir
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) constructed bridge over Subansiri river in Arunachal Pradesh in a record
span of just 27 days. BRO undertook the developmental work for construction of the Daporijo bridge maintaining
utmost precautions against COVID-19.
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CBSE: V. Muraleedharan (Minister of State),
Headquarters location: New Delhi Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India:
Chairperson: Anita Karwal, IAS M. S. Sahoo, Chairperson
Department of Science and Technology (DST): Founded: 1 October 2016
Headquarters location: New Delhi Headquarters: New Delhi
Minister of State Dr. Harsh Vardhan is head Finance Ministry:
of the department Union Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman,
Ashutosh Sharma is its present secretary Deputy Minister: Anurag Thakur, Minister of
Agriculture Ministry: State for Finance
Narendra Singh Tomar, (Cabinet Minister) Ajay Bhushan Pandey ,IAS, Finance
Parsottambhai Rupala (Minister of State) Secretary & Revenue Secretary
Kailash Choudhary , (Minister of State) UNICEF:
External Affairs Ministry: Headquarters: New York, United States
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (Minister) Head: Henrietta H. Fore
Constituency : Gujarat ,Rajya Sabha
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Facebook announced the launch of its third party fact checking system in Bangladesh to discourage the spread
of fake news in the country. Facebook in partnership with Boom Fact check will review and rate the stories,
including photos and videos.
China begins testing of digital currency
China's central bank has started testing its official digital currency, pressing ahead with its plan to roll out a
virtual money payment system, days after Facebook-backed Libra scaled back its ambitions to become a global
currency, dubbed as DC/EP
India approves USD 1 million to Antigua as project outlay
India has approved USD 1 million to Antigua as project outlay, with immediate assistance of USD 1,50,000 for
medical equipment to combat coronavirus crisis.
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WHO: Pakistan:
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland Currency: Pakistani rupee
Head: Tedros Adhanom Capital: Islamabad
South Korea: Prime minister: Imran Khan
Capital: Seoul President: Arif Alvi
President: Moon Jae-in Facebook:
Currency: South Korean won Mark Zuckerberg :CEO, Chairperson
United Nations (UN): Headquarters: California, United States
Headquarters: New York, United States Bangladesh:
Secretary general: António Guterres Capital: Dhaka
General Assembly President: Tijjani Currency: Bangladeshi taka
Muhammad-Bande Prime minister: Sheikh Hasina
International Monetary Fund (IMF): China:
Headquarters: Washington, D.C. U.S. President: Xi Jinping
Managing Director : Kristalina Georgieva Capital: Beijing
Chief Economist : Gita Gopinath Currency: Renminbi
Antigua:
Capital: Saint John's
Currency : eastern Caribbean dollar
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The Government of India, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, is going to launch new series of
the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme, which will open for subscription from April 20. The Sovereign Gold
Bonds will be issued in six tranches from April 20 to 4 September
Equitas Small Finance Bank steps up digital banking services
Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited (the "Bank"), the largest small finance bank ("SFB") in India in terms of
number of banking outlets offers digital banking with Selfe FDs and Selfe savings accounts during the national/
regional lockdown with NO physical contact or branch visits; just self on boarding by new customers.
HDFC Bank launches Safety Grid campaign for social distancing
HDFC Bank has launched a campaign to encourage and reinforce social distancing while waiting at shops.
Using the outer grid of HDFC Bank logo, it has created physical markers on the ground to help people maintain
the World Health Organisation (WHO) prescribed social distance while waiting in queue at a shop or an
establishment.
RBI to inject Rs.25,000 cr via TLTRO on April 17
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI, stated it will conduct the fourth tranche of targeted long-term repo operation
(TLTRO) of three-year tenor to inject Rs.25,000 crore liquidity into the banking system
RBI cuts reverse repo rate from 4 per cent to 3.75 per cent
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das announces slew of measures to tackle Covid-19 crisis
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, Shaktikanta Das, stated that the apex bank has cut the reverse
repo rate from 4 per cent to 3.75 per cent. The repo rate remains unchanged.
Das also stated that the 90-day NPA norm will not to apply on to the moratorium granted on the existing loans
by banks.
Economic growth may fall to 1.1 per cent this fiscal due to coronavirus: SBI report
India's GDP growth may slide to 1.1 per cent in the current financial year, on account of the impact of
coronavirus outbreak on the economy, a research report by SBI
RBI raises WMA limit to Rs.2-lakh crore in H1 FY21
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in consultation with the Government of India, has revised the limit for Ways
and Means Advances (WMA) for the remaining part of the first half of FY21 (April 2020 to September 2020)
to Rs.2-lakh crore
ICICI Bank launches voice banking services on Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant
ICICI Bank has launched voice assistance-based banking services for its customers and they can check
balance, seek credit card details as well as ask other queries among others through this application.
The bank has integrated its artificial intelligence (AI) powered multi-channel chatbot iPal with Amazon Alexa and
Google Assistant through which its retail banking customers can undertake host of banking services through
voice commands
RBI announces calendar of MPC meetings for current financial year
The Reserve Bank of India has announced the calendar of the meetings of the Monetary Policy Committee
(MPC) for the current financial year. The decision of the first meet will be announced on June 5, this year.
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HDFC: Deputy Governors– 3 (Bibhu Prasad
CEO: Aditya Puri Kanungo, Mahesh Kumar Jain, Michael
Headquarters: Mumbai DebabrataPatra)
Tagline :We understand your world Equitas Small Finance Bank:
Headquarters location: Chennai
Shri Arun Ramanathan (Part-time
Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme: Chairman);
SGBs are government securities Mr. Vasudevan P N (MD & CEO)
denominated in grams of gold. They are SBI:
substitutes for holding physical gold. Chairperson: Rajnish Kumar
Investors have to pay the issue price in cash Headquarters: Mumbai
and the bonds will be redeemed in cash on Pure banking, nothing else” “With you- all
maturity. The Bond is issued by Reserve the way” “A bank of the common man” “The
Bank on behalf of Government of India. banker to every indian”
RBI: ICICI:
Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra
Formation– 1 April 1935 MD and CEO- Sandeep Bakhshi
Governor– Shaktikanta Das
Asia may see zero per cent growth in 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic: IMF
Asia is expected to witness zero per cent growth in 2020 due COVID-19 pandemic, its worst growth
performance in almost 60 years, but still the world's largest and most populous continent is likely to fare better
than other regions in terms of activity, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated.
FICCI Calls For Interest-Free, Collateral-Free Loans To Support Msmes Amid COVID-19 Lockdown
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has called for interest-free and
collateral-free loans to support micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) which form a vital component of
India's economy and are suffering due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
Beijing-based AIIB mulls $500 mn funding for healthcare system in India
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is considering a proposal for financing $500-million project in
India to strengthen country's national health care systems. The scope of funding will also include the purchase
of equipment and detection capacity as country battles COVID-19 pandemic.
Fitch cuts India's GDP growth forecast to 1.8%
Fitch Solutions cut India's economic growth forecast for the financial year 2020-21 to 1.8 per cent saying private
consumption is likely to contract due to large-scale loss of income in the face of worsening domestic outbreak of
COVID-19.
ADB Ventures raises $50 million, exceeding fund capitalisation target
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) stated that ADB Ventures, its new impact investment platform, will soon
start operations after successfully raising the equivalent of 50 million dollars from multilateral and bilateral
development partners and exceeding its first fund close target.
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Airtel: Google:
CEO: Gopal Vittal CEO: Sundar Pichai
Sunil Bharti Mittal (Chairman) Headquarters: California, United States
Headquarters : Delhi Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
International Monetary Fund (IMF): Industry (FICCI)
Headquarters: Washington, D.C. U.S. Headquarters location: New Delhi
Managing Director: Kristalina Georgieva Sangita Reddy: President
Chief Economist : Gita Gopinath Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Tata AIA Life Insurance President : Jin Liqun
CEO: Rishi Srivastava Headquarters: Beijing, China
Headquarters: Mumbai Fitch ratings:
Founded: 2000 Headquarters: New York City, U.S.
Paul Taylor, CEO of Fitch Group
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The Eastern, Northern & Southern parts of the country celebrate their first harvest festival of the year - Baisakhi,
Bihu, Vishu, Poila Boishak & Puthandu - with vigour and fervour. Every year, the festivals fall on April 13 or April
14, based on the Hindu or Sikh Calendar.
Robots to serve food, medicine to COVID-19 patients in Jharkhand
Robots will serve food and give medicine to Covid-19 patients in two hospitals in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum
district, in a step to protect doctors and health workers from getting infected with coronavirus.
Uttar Pradesh govt decides to promote all students from class 6 to 9 & 11 following lockdown
Uttar Pradesh government has decided to promote all students from classes 6 to 9 and class 11 affiliated with
UP Board without final exams. Now these students will move to the next grade without appearing for the final
examinations.
e-comic Textbooks launched in Manipur
Manipur State Education (School) Department has launched electronic format comic textbooks for class III to V
for Mathematics, Environmental Studies and English Language in a motive to make up the gaps for the
academic situation arises due to lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Karnataka CM to inaugurate mobile testing Kiosk for COVID 19 in Bengaluru JP
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa will inaugurate a mobile testing Kiosk for COVID19 in Bengaluru.
The mobile kiosk developed by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences can be deployed in Corona Virus
hotspots and clusters to procure the throat swabs according to the guidelines issued by ICMR.
UP first state to get ICMR nod for 'pool testing' of samples for coronavirus
Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in India to get the approval by the Indian Council of Medical Research
(ICMR) for "pool testing" of samples of COVID-19 suspects in order to increase the rate of sample testing in the
state with soaring cases.
New pit viper in Arunachal Pradesh named after Harry Potter character
The new species, Trimeresurus salazar is the fifth variety of reptile to have been discovered in Arunachal
Pradesh in a little more than a year.
A group of researchers who recorded this serpent has named it Salazar’s pit viper
Uttar Pradesh becomes first state to geotag community kitchens
Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in the country to geotag its 7,368 community kitchens and community
shelters across 75 districts which produce 12 lakh food packets a day, a senior official stated.
Rajasthan Government Partners With Healthcare App 'Aayu' to Tackle Coronavirus Pandemic
Rajasthan government has exclusively partnered with healthcare startup MedCords to provide 24x7 online
consultation and medicine delivery to the people of Rajasthan as the State battles to control cases of
Coronavirus. Through its integrated solution -Aayu & Sehat Sathi app, MedCords will help over 68 Million of
people in Rajasthan through this collaboration.
Kerala’s Pathanamthitta launches Tiranga vehicle for rapid screening of symptoms
The vehicle, called Tiranga – Total India Remote Analysis Nirogya Abhiyaan – is painted amid the tricolour on
the vehicle so that people would immediately recognise it as an initiative of the government and leave the health
workers alone.
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Himachal Pradesh to provide free online medical consultation to sick people through e-sanjeevani-
opd
The Himachal Pradesh Health Department has come up with a unique idea of providing free online medical
consultation to sick people at their residence through e-sanjeevani-opd
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CCI: Chairperson– Ashok Kumar Gupta
It is a statutory body of India, responsible for the TVS Company:
implementation of the Competition Act, 2002 & Headquarters: Chennai
established by the Centre with effect from 14th CEO: K. N. Radhakrishnan
October 2003. Founder: T. V. Sundaram Iyengar
Headquarters– New Delhi
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Instagram founders have launched a new COVID-19 tracking website, which brings live state-by-state updates
on the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. However, as of now, the website shows the updates of states in the
US only and not from around the globe.
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Tourism Ministry Constituency- Morena, Madhya Pradesh.
Minister of Tourism- Prahlad Singh Patel
Constituency- Damoh Madhya Pradesh. Delhi
CM- Arvind Kejriwal
Governor- Anil Baijal
Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister
Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
and Minister of Rural Development-
Narendra Singh Tomar
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Indian-American Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna has been appointed to the White House coronavirus
advisory council to combat the deadly disease in the US, which has seen a record number of deaths in the past
two days.
SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of New Chief Justices For Bombay, Meghalaya and
Odisha High Courts
The Supreme Court collegium, recommended the appointment of new chief justices to 3 high courts – Bombay,
Odisha and Meghalaya.
Justice Dipankar Datta - Bombay high court.
Justice Biswanath Somadder- Meghalaya high court
Justice Mohammad Rafiq- Odisha high court
Kapil Dev Tripathi appointed Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appointed Mr. Kapil
Dev Tripathi was appointed Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind.
US Prez Trump appoints Indian-American to country's top science board w.ornl.gov
US President Donald Trump appointed Indian-American Sudarsanam Babu to country's top science board.
Babu, who is from the prestigious Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been appointed as a member of
the National Science Board for a six-year term, stated the White House.
RBI gives nod to Kamakodi’s reappointment as MD & CEO of City Union Bank
The Reserve Bank of India has given its approval for the re-appointment of N Kamakodi as MD & CEO of City
Union Bank (CUB) for three years with effect from May 1, the private sector bank stated in an exchange filing.
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International Weightlifting Federation (IWF): Founded- 27 Nov 1969
Headquarters : Budapest, Hungary City Union Bank (CUB):
President: Tamás Aján Headquarters: Kumbakonam
WWF (World Wide Fund) India CEO: Dr. N. Kamakodi
Head Quarters- New Delhi Tagline :Trust and Excellence since 1904
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World Heritage Committee
The World Heritage Committee selects the sites to be listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the
World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger, defines the use of the World Heritage Fund and
allocates financial assistance upon requests from States Parties.
Headquarters location- Paris, France
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Paytm: TATA Power
CEO: Vijay Shekhar Sharma CEO- Praveer Sinha
Headquarters: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India Headquarters- Mumbai
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Scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, an autonomous institute under the
Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, have recently come up with an efficient, low-cost
electro-catalyst from fish gills that can help develop environmentally friendlyenergy conversion devices
Facebook to roll out its Covid-19 symptom tracking survey globally to identify potential hotspots
Facebook announced that it will be working on expanding its Covid-19 surveys globally.
Facebook had launched a self-assessment pop-up survey for Facebook users in the United States displaying it
on top of a user’s News Feed.
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Defence Research and Development Organisation: Administered by: Jim Bridenstine
Headquarters -New Delhi Microsoft:
Chairman- Dr G. Satheesh Reddy CEO: Satya Nadella
Headquarters: Washington, United States
NASA: Facebook:
Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United CEO: Mark Zuckerberg
States Headquarters: California, United States
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Hockey India: Sandip Pradhan Indian Revenue Service,
President: Mr. Md. Mustaque Ahmad Sports Secretary-cum-Director General
Headquarters: New Delhi World Rugby:
Chairperson: Mr. Jaideep yadav Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland
All India Football Federation (AIFF) CEO: Brett Gosper
President: Praful Patel International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF):
Headquarters: Dwarka, Delhi Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland
Sports Authority of India (SAI) President: Thomas Weikert
Headquarters: Delhi CEO: Steve Dainton
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Gene Deitch, an American Oscar-winning illustrator, animator, film director and producer has died. He was 95.
Deitch's movie Munro won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1960.
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