CURRENT AFFAIRS 28.4.20 English

APPOINTMENTS

1.     Sanjay Kothari – Chief Vigilance Commissioner.

2.     Ravi Mittal – Secretary, Sports Ministry.

3.     Amit Khare – Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.

SCHEMES & APPS

4.     Assam launched Dhanwantari Scheme by which locally unavailable Medicine deliver to patients.

BANKING

5.     RBI announced Rs 50,000 crore Special Liquidity Facility to ease pressure on Mutual Funds.

RANKS & REPORTS

6.     India Ratings predicted India GDP growthat 1.9% for FY21.

7.     Report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute placed US, China & India occupied top 3 spots in terms of Defence spending.

8.     UNCTAD Report predicts $3.4 Trillion Debt for Developing countries amid COVID-19.

DEFENCE

9.     Australia cancelled Multilateral Air Combat Training Exercise Pitch Black scheduled on July 27 to August 14.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

10. NASA developed ventilator VITAL to treat COVID-19 patients.

11. IIITM (Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management), Kerala developed AI-based Search Engine, www.vilokana.in for COVID-19 Research.

ACQUISTIONS & MERGERS

12. HDFC buy 6.43% stake in Reliance capital.

OBITUARIES

13. Badruddin Sheikh – Congress Leader.

14. Ronny Roy – Journalist.

DAYS

15.     World Day for Safety & Health at Work – April 28, Theme “Stop the pandemic: Safety & Health at work can save lives”.