Daily Current Affairs 28 April 2020 | Most Important for all Competitive Exams🔶World Intellectual Property Day 2020 on April 26 🔶International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day 2020: April 26 🔶World Penguin Day 2020 on April 25 🔶Australia cancels premier multilateral air combat training exercise Pitch Black 2020: COVID-19 🔶Labour Ministry declared banking industry as public utility service under ID Act 1947 till October 21, 2020 🔶#MyBookMyFriendcampaign launched by HRD Minister on World Book Day 🔶Global military expenditure sees largest annual increase in 2019 decade, US tops,India in 3rd position: SIPRI 🔶UNCTAD predicted $3.4 trillion debt for developing countries in 2020-2021; Global Debt Deal required 🔶RBI opened Rs 50,000 cr Special Liquidity Facility for MFs from Apr 27-May 11,2020 🔶COVID-19: Indian Overseas Bank introduces special borrowing programme for self-help groups 🔶Ind-Ra slashes India’s GDP growth forecast for FY21 to 1.9% from 3.6% 🔶In a 1st, NTPC to launch 20 hydrogen fuel bus and cars for Leh & New Delhi; seeks global EOI 🔶Chemicals, Petrochemicals contributed 14.35% of total exports; becomes top exporting sector for 1st time 🔶RBI extends Madhavan Menon’s term as part-time Chairman of CSB Bank 🔶HDFC acquires 6.43% stake in Reliance Capital through invocation 🔶Pak Navy successfully test-fires anti-ship missiles in North Arabian Sea 🔶IIT Delhi develops Dashboard PRACRITI to predict Covid-19 spread 🔶ARCI in collaboration with Nanomechanics Inc., has developed NanoBlitz 3D 🔶CSIR-IICT collaborates with LAXAI Life Sciences to reduce dependency for APIs and drug intermediates 🔶CeNS develops TriboE masks to protect healthy individuals from COVID-19 🔶National Innovation Foundation (NIF) boosts new varieties of Anthurium, by VasiniBai, lady innovator from Kerala 🔶Middle distance runner Jhuma Khatun handed 4 year ban for failing dope test 🔶 Former Bihar and Tripura Governor Devanand Konwar passed away at 86 🔶MP CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan launches Jeevan Shakti Yojana |