Daily One Liners Current Affairs (13 APRIL 2020)

🔷 12 April : International Day of Human Space Flight

🔷 11 April : National Safe Motherhood Day

🔷 10 April : World Homeopathy Day

🔷 Theme 2020 : “Enhancing the scope of Homoeopathy in Public Health”.

🔷 HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Launches web-portal YUKTI in New Delhi

🔷 World Bank Projects India’s GDP Growth at 1.5-2.8 pc in 2020-21

🔷 People’s Bank of China now owns 1.01% stake in HDFC

🔷 Apple and Google collaborate to launch COVID-19 contact-tracing technology

🔷 Maha Prasad Adhikari appointed as Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank

🔷 Flipkart Ties up with ICICI Lombard and Digit Insurance to offer COVID-19 focussed health insurance

🔷 IMF MD ropes in Raghuram Rajan, 11 others to key external advisory group

🔷 Mahabaleshwara M S Reappointed as MD & CEO of Karnataka Bank for 3 Years

🔷 RV Verma Appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of AU Small Finance Bank for 3 Years

🔷 RBI has also approved the re-appointment of Sanjay Agarwal as MD & CEO AU small Bank

🔷 9 April : CRPF Valour Day , 2020 marks 55th CRPF Valour Day.

🔷 HRD Ministry Launches Week-long ‘Bharat Padhe Online’ Campaign

🔷 Delhi Government Launches “Operation SHIELD” for Containment of COVID-19

🔷 RBI launches twitter campaign for Digital Payment with Amitabh Bachchan as face of the campaign

🔷 Jana Small Finance Bank rolls out digital banking platform- DigiGen

🔷 ADB assures $2.2 bn aid to India to fight Covid-19 pandemic

🔷 Anamika Roy Rashtrawar Appointed as MD and CEO of IFFCO Tokio General Insurance

🔷 Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Mary Jordan Pens book on Melania Trump

🔷 Book titled “The Art of Her Deal : The Untold Story of Melania Trump”

🔷 Jeff Bezos Tops Forbes’ Billionaire List 2020; Mukesh Ambani at 21st Spot in the List

🔷 Jeff Bezos topped the list with a total net worth of $113 billion,

🔷 Mukesh Ambani total net worth of $36.8 billion

🔷 SIDBI Enhances Limit of SAFE Loans from Rs 50 Lakh to Rs 2 Crore

🔷 African Development Bank Group Launches $10 billion Response Facility to curb COVID-19

🔷 Goldman Sachs cuts real GDP growth forecast for India in FY21 to 1.6%

🔷 India’s GDP for FY21 projected at 4.8%: UN ESCAP 2020

🔷 DBS revises India’s GDP projection to 1.5% for FY21

🔷 TRIFED Collaborates with UNICEF to launch a Digital Communication Campaign for SHGs

🔷 USAID Announces USD 2.9 million aid to India to Fight Coronavirus

🔷 Parag Raja appointed as MD&CEO of Bharti AXA Life Insurance

🔷 Englands Ben Stokes named 2020 Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World

🔷 Australia’s Ellyse Perry has been named the Wisden’s Leading Female Cricketer

🔷 Ministry of HRD launches “Samadhan” a challenge to fight against covid19

🔷 GoI approved Rs.15000 cr for COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package

🔷 FIFA’s ranking 2020: Indian football team stats at 108th position; Belgium on top

🔷 Indian railways designs mobile doctor booth called ‘CHARAK’ for zero-contact check-ups

🔷 Centre launches 1st of its kind iGOT e-learning portal on DIKSHA platform of MHRD