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Important Dates and Events
Appointments News
Resignations and Retirements News
Agreements News
Defense News
Other Important Updates
National News
International News
Sports News
Awards News
Obituary News
Recommendations

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 Important Dates and Events
 April Fool’s Day is celebrated on 1st April every year.
 Utkala Dibasa (Odisha Day) is celebrated on 1st April.
 Prevention of Blindness Week is from 1-7 April.
 World Autism Awareness Day is celebrated on 2nd April.
 International Children’s Book Day is celebrated on 2nd April.
 World Party Day is celebrated on 3rd April.
 International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine
Action is celebrated on 4th April.
 National Maritime Day is celebrated on 5th April.
 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace is on
6th April.
 World Health Day is celebrated on 7th April.
 Winston Churchill Day is celebrated on 9th April.
 World Homoeopathy Day is celebrated on 10th April.
 National Safe Motherhood Day is on 11th April.
 International Day of Human Space Flight is celebrated on 12th
April.
 Russian Cosmonaut Day is celebrated on 12th April.
 Ambedkar Jayanti is celebrated on 14th April every year in
India.
 Bindeshwar Pathak Day is celebrated on 14th April in New York
City.
 National Dolphin Day is celebrated on 14th April.
 World Art Day is celebrated on 15th April.
 National Librarian Day is celebrated on 16th April.
 World Hemophilia Day is celebrated on 17th April.
 World Heritage Day / International Day for Monuments and
Sites is celebrated on 18th April.
 National civil services day is celebrated on 21st April.
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 Day of Silence is celebrated on 21st April.
 48th International Earth Day is celebrated 22nd April.
 World Book Day /World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated
on 23rd April.
 UN English Language Day is celebrated on 23rd April.
 National Panchayat Raj Day is celebrated on 24th April in India.
 World Day for Laboratory Animals is on 24th April.
 Pinhole Photography day is celebrated on 24th April.
 World Penguin Day is celebrated on 25th April.
 World Intellectual Property Day is on 26th April.
 International Guide Dogs Day is celebrated on 27th April.
 World Day for Safety and Health at Work is celebrated on 28th
April.
 International Dance Day is on 29th April.
 Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare is
celebrated on 29th April.
 Greenery Day is celebrated on 29th April.
 National Honesty Day is celebrated on 30th April

Appointments in April 2020

 Krishan S - Executive Director, Canara Bank
 Laxminarayan D - MD, Sundaram House Finance
 Justice Rajnesh Oswal - Judge of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh
 UB Pravin Rao - Chairman, Nasscom
 Anurag Srivastav - Spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs
 Maha Prasad Adhikari - Governor of Nepal Central Bank
 Parag Raja - Bharti AXA Life Insurance, MD & CEO
 Rishikesh T Krishnan - IIM-Bangalore’s next director
 Anamika Roy Rashtrawar - IFFCO Tokio Insurance, MD & CEO
 Justice V Kanagaraj - State Election Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh
 Sarosh Amaria - Tata Capital, Managing Capital
 M S Mahabaleshwara - MD and CEO of Karnataka Bank
 Monaz Noble - Godrej Industries, Non-Executive Director
 Ajay Mahajan - Care Ratings, MD, Chief Executive
 S Vaidyanathan - Lakshmi Vilas Bank, Chief Risk Officer

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 Andhra Bank MD J Packirisamy & Syndicate Bank CEO Mruthanjay Mahapatra - Officer on
Special Duty (OSD) in the Union Bank of India & Canara Bank resp.
 Vineet Arora - PayTm General Insurance, MD & CEO
 Kapil Dev Tripathi - Secretary, President Ram Nath Kovind
 Former captain Smith - South Africa's director of cricket
 N Kamakodi - MD & CEO, City Union Bank (CUB)
 Uri Levine - Independent Director, Infosys
 David Li - Huawei India, CEO
 Justice Biswanath Somadder - Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court
 Shiv Das Meena - HUDCO's CMD
 Satya Narayan Gupta - Jammu and Kashmir Bank, CFO
 Rakesh Sharma - IMMA, President
 Sanjay Kothari - Central Vigilance Commissioner
 T.S. Tirumurti - India’s Permanent Representative to UN
 Suresh N. Patel - Vigilance Commissioner
 Batsman J Arun Kumar - Coach of the USA cricket team
 Rajiv Kumar - PESB chief
 Nagendra Nath Sinha - Secretary of Rural Development
 Tarun Bajaj - Department of Economic Affairs Secretary

Agreements News April 2020

 Bharatpe & ICIC Lombard tie up to launch COVID-19 Insurance
 SCTIMIST & Wipro 3d to Manufacturer automated ventilaters
 IIM-B & ICICI Securities launch program for fintech startups
 Uber to provide transportation service to public healthcare workers
 Britannia Industries teams up with Dunzo to deliver essential items
 Airtel Payments Bank to offer COVID-19 insurance policy
 L&T signs agreement with Indian Army for advanced IT-enabled network
 HUL teams up with UNICEF to support India to combat COVID-19
 IIL partners with Griffith University to develop Covid-19 vaccine
 Flipkart inks partnership with ICICI Lombard to offer health plan for Covid-19
 Bharat Biotech in tie-up with FluGen to develop ‘CoroFlu’ vaccine
 YES Bank extends bancassurance partnership with Max Life Insurance
 Paytm Payments Bank inks partnership with Mastercard
 NIIT’s US arm sign agreement with US based EdTech company
 Vodafone Idea ties up with Paytm to launch ‘Recharge Saathi’

Defence News April 2020

 India’s Naval Dockyard designs low-cost temperature sensor gun
 IAF airlifts essential drugs to Maldives under ‘Operation Sanjeevani’
 US approves sale of Anti-ship Missiles & Torpedoes to India
 Indian Navy formed “Air Evacuation Pod” for Covid-19 patients
 CISF launches app ‘e-karyalay’ for movement of files
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 Australia cancelled “Pitch Black 2020” due to coronavirus

National News April 2020

 Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020 extended for one year
 National Monitoring Dashboard on COVID-19 Grievances” launched
 GoI launches “Aarogya Setu” app to track Covid-19
 NCC offers its cadets to fight COVID-19 under ‘Ex NCC Yogdan’
 Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam designs multi-feed oxygen manifold
 DST sets up rapid response centre “CAWACH”
 Civil servants launch ‘Caruna’ initiative to fight Coronavirus
 IIT-Roorkee develops low-cost ventilator “Prana-Vayu”
 PM, President and MPs Salary Cut by 30% , MPLAD funds suspended for 2 years
 Ministry of Civil Aviation launches “Lifeline UDAN” initiative
 MHRD launches “Samadhan” challenge to fight against covid19
 “Swasth ke Sipahi” delivers essential medicines under PMBJP
 MHRD declares DigiLocker as National Academic Depository
 DRDO develops sanitisation enclosures & face shields
 GoI launches “iGOT” e-learning platform to combat COVID-19
 TRIFED to launch campaign in partnership with UNICEF for SHGs
 Ministry of HRD starts web portal ‘YUKTI’
 Double Layered Khadi Masks developed by KVIC
 Centre plans to set up ‘Suraksha Stores’ to meet daily needs
 Ahmedabad station becomes 1st station to get sanitizing tunnel
 Prime Minister extends lockdown to 3rd May 2020 to combat COVID-19
 AIM’s, NITI Aayog & NIC jointly launches “CollabCAD”
 Control rooms set up to address wage related grievances
 AIIMS set up India’s 1st remote health monitoring system in Rishikesh
 Google launches ‘Nearby Spot’ to help users find local stores
 Tourism Ministry launches “DekhoApnaDesh” webinar series
 NIOS to run live counseling sessions on free-to-air DTH channels
 MHA issues new activities exempted from lockdown restrictions
 “National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of India” launched
 GoI launches dashboard for combating and containing Covid-19
 Health Ministry starts ‘COVID India Seva’ to address citizens queries
 Ministry of Home Affairs issues SOPs for seafarers
 IIIT-Delhi develops ‘WashKaro’ app to warn about COVID-19
 Cabinet Approves Ordinance To Amend Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897
 MHRD e-launches national program “VidyaDaan 2.0”
 CSIR-IGIB develops ”Feluda” low-cost COVID-19 test strip
 Serve-the-Seniors Initiative’ helpline launches by JKSLSA
 UNODC launches “Lockdown Learners” series in India
 Centre formed IMCTs to make on-spot assessment of Covid-19 situation
 KGMU becomes 1st govt hospital to launch plasma therapy for COVID-19
 UIDAI allows CSCs to offer Aadhaar updation facility
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 NTPC launches Hydrogen fuel car & bus project for Leh & New Delhi
 Automobile giant Maruti Suzuki develops low cost ventilators
 ADB to support India’s COVID-19 immediate response with $1.5 bn loan
 IIT-D team develop COVID-19 dashboard ‘PRACRITI’

International News April 2020

 NATO chief appoints experts for reflection process
 World Bank offers $1 billion for proposed India COVID-19 emergency
 USAID announces $2.9 million aid to India to fight Covid19
 SAARC development fund allocates $5mn for Covid-19 projects
 ADB assures $2.2 bn support package to India to fight Covid-19 pandemic
 IMF chief names Raghuram Rajan in her External Advisory Group
 ADB increases its COVID-19 Response Package to $20 Billion
 Lebanon legalizes cannabis farming for medicinal use
 Iran launches its 1st military satellite “Noor” into orbit
 Saudi Arabia terminates death penalty for minors
 “Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator” launched by G-20

Business News April 2020

 PNB Housing Finance ties-up with JICA to raise $75 million
 GMR Airports to develop & operate airport in Andhra Pradesh
 Tata AIA Life Insurance offers additional benefits related to COVID-19
 TVS Motor Company acquires sporting Motorcycle brand ‘Norton’
 Facebook acquires 9.99% stake in Reliance Jio
 RBI permits Transcorp to issue co-branded prepaid cards
 Airtel partners with Nokia to enhance network capacity
 Axis Bank set to acquire stake in Max Life Insurance

Sports Current Affairs April 2020

 Wimbledon 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus
 World Athletics championship shifted to 2022
 “The Smart Triplets” to be the mascot 19th Asian Games
 Kobe Bryant inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
 Thailand & Malaysia weightlifters banned from Tokyo Olympics 2020
 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup postponed due to Covid-19
 Ben Stokes named Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World 2020
 FIFA’s latest ranking: India retains 108th slot
 India will host Asian Boxing Championship in November
 Tour de France postponed due to Coronavirus Pandemic
 BCCI suspends IPL 2020 indefinitely due to Covid-19
 “Feifei” to be the mascot for Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games
 Charles Leclerc wins Chinese Virtual Grand Prix

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 BWF selects Sindhu as ambassador for ‘i am badminton’ campaign
 World Games unveil new logo for 2022 edition
 Iran’s Alireza Firouzja beats Magnus Carlsen in Banter Blitz Cup final
 Former Pakistan skipper Sana Mir announces retirement
 PCB bans Umar Akmal over corruption charges
 Jhuma Khatun banned for 4 years for failing dope test
 India loses hosting rights of men’s World Boxing Championships 2021
 Deepak Agarwal banned by ICC from all cricket for 2 years

Awards News April 2020

 CM Naveen Patnaik honoured by Peta India for feeding animals
 Tata Power wins Edison Award for social innovation
 Abdelouahab Aissaoui bags 13th International Arab fiction prize 2020
 Adam Higginbotham’s bags William E. Colby Award

Obituary News April 2020

 Legendary historian Arjun Dev passes away
 Spain Princess Maria Teresa becomes 1st royal to die from COVID-19
 Nobel laureate Phillip Anderson passes away
 Padma Shri awardee Bhai Nirmal Singh passes away
 Emmy award-winning singer Adam Schlesinger passes away
 Tony Lewis of ‘DLS method’ fame passes away
 World renowned virologist Gita Ramjee passes away
 Grammy award winner Bill Withers passes away
 Former New Zealand cricketer Jock Edwards passes away
 Former Libya Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril passes away
 Malayalam Music composer M.K. Arjunan passes away
 Veteran actor Forrest Compton passes away due to COVID-19
 Malayalam actor Kalinga Sasi passes away
 Kannada comic actor ‘Bullet’ Prakash passes away
 James Bond film actress Honor Blackman passes away
 Veteran Indian-American Journalist Brahm Kanchibotla passes away
 Former Real Madrid, Atletico & Barcelona coach Radomir Antic passes away
 Former Madhya Pradesh minister Hazarilal Raghuwanshi passes away
 American folk singer John Prine passes away
 Padma Shri classical singer Shanti Hiranand Chawla passes away
 Former Zimbabwean cricketer Jackie du Preez passes away
 Former Chelsea goalkeeper Peter Bonetti passes away
 Legendary driver Stirling Moss passes away
 British Comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor passes away
 Former Attorney General of India Ashok Desai passes away
 Former Union Minister Rajasekharan passes away
 Father of modern Iraqi architecture Rifat Chadirji passes away
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 Former pro golfer Doug Sanders passes away
 Swiss Ice Hockey player Roger Chappot passes away due to Coronavirus
 Veteran actor Ranjit Chowdhry passes away
 NFL Hall of Famer Willie Davis passes away
 Freedom fighter R V Bhuskute passes away
 Tribal leader and former Odisha minister Saharai Oram passes away
 Oscar-winning animator and filmmaker Gene Deitch passes away
 BMW India CEO & President Rudratej Singh passes away
 Former Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase passes away
 Renowned thespian Usha Ganguly passes away
 Former Rajya Sabha MP Basanta Das passes away
 Former Australian all-rounder Graeme Watson passes away
 Veteran photojournalist Ronny Roy passes away
 Former governor of Bihar & Tripura Devanand Konwar passes away
 Ex-NASA Administrator James M. Beggs passes away
 Noted Odia Dramatist & playwriter Bijay Mishra passes away
 Former Liverpool player Michael Robinson passes away
 Grammy-nominated singer Troy Sneed passes away
 Padma Shri award winning Actor Irrfan Khan passes away
 Veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor passes away

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