♦️Daily One Liners Current Affairs(23 APRIL 2020)

🔷 23 April : World Book Day also known as World Book and Copyright Day

🔷 Theme 2020 : “SHARE A STORY”

🔷 23 April : UN English Language Day

🔷 23 April : UN Spanish Language Day

🔷 Karnataka govt launches Mobile app “Apthamitra” and helpline number to fight COVID-19

🔷 IIIT-Delhi Develops Mobile App ‘WashKaro’ to warn about COVID-19 containment zones & filter fake news

🔷 India ranked 142nd in World Press Freedom Index 2020; Top- Norway

🔷 The index is released every year by “Reporters Without Border”.

🔷 North Korea is ranked last in 180th position.

🔷 RBI increases deployment time limit under TLTRO 2.0 to 45 days from 30 days

🔷 Facebook buys 9.9% stake in Reliance Jio for Rs 43,574 crore

🔷 TCS to power Israel’s first fully digital bank

🔷 Rakesh Sharma Appointed as President of International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA)

🔷 P.V. Sindhu selected as ambassador for BWF’s “I Am badminton” awareness campaign

🔷 Adam Higginbotham Wins 2020 William E. Colby Award for ‘Midnight in Chernobyl’

🔷 Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Launches ‘COVID INDIA SEVA’ to Address COVID-19

🔷 Gujarat govt gives green signal to “Sujalam Sufalam Jal Sanchay Abhiyan”

🔷 Pune Municipal Corporation Develops Mobile App ‘Saiyam’ to track Home Quarantined Citizens

🔷 Spain’s bull running festival cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

🔷 Britain’s Parliament prepares for virtual debates amid COVID-19 lockdown

🔷 Agriculture minister joins G-20 meet over Covid-19 impact on food safety

🔷 Manipur becomes second state after Goa to be Corona free

🔷 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute becomes 1st in country to carry out plasma research

🔷 UN member states demand ‘equitable’ access to any COVID-19 vaccines

🔷 Alireza Firouzja beats world chess champion Magnus carlsen to win Banter Blitz cup 2020

🔷 Oxford develops potential COVID-19 vaccine.

🔷 India gifts 23 tonnes of essential medicines to Nepal

🔷 Indian herpetologists discover new viper species in Arunachal Pradesh

🔷 Global Report on Food Crises Released by World Food Programme

🔷 Iran successfully launched a military satellite into Orbit

🔷 Cabinet approves Rs.15,000 crore for India COVID-19 Emergency Response

🔷 Lebanon legalizes cannabis farming for medicinal use

🔷 Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district starts “Tiranga” Rapid Screening

🔷 Paytm Payments Bank inks partnership with Mastercard to issue virtual & physical debit cards

🔷 Rajasthan govt launches “Aayu & Sehat Sathi” app