Top GKToday’s News Headlines-27 April 2020

April 27, 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for 27 April, 2020

Health Secretary Preeti Sudan: 3-month extension
Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare given additional charge of the I&B Ministry
Tarun Bajaj: Secretary in the Economic Affairs Department
Ravi Mittal: Sports Secretary
Nagendra Nath Sinha: Secretary of the Rural Development Department
Arvind Kumar Sharma: Secretary in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry
Leena Nandan: Consumer Affairs Secretary.
Sudhanshu Panday: Food and Public Distribution Secretary
Sanjeev Ranjan: Shipping Secretary
Aramane Giridhar: Secretary in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Anita Karwal: Secretary in the Department of Education and Literacy
Rameshwar Prasad Gupta: Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Pradip Kumar Tripathi: Secretary, Ministry of Steel
Tarun Kapoor: Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Rajesh Verma: Secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Anand Kumar: Culture Secretary
Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi: Secretary in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Ram Mohan Mishra: Secretary, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes
Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi: Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
Ajay Tirkey: Secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Development

Blocking burial or cremation of victims of notified disease to attract jail term up to 3-years in Tamil Nadu
Former Governor of Bihar and Tripura and veteran Congress leader Devanand Konwar dies aged 86 in Guwahati
Odia dramatist, lyricist and screenwriter Bijay Mishra dies aged 83 in Bhubaneswar; was winner of Kendra Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

India’s holding of US government securities at record high of USD 177.5 billion at the end of February; India 13th in the world, Japan 1st
NVVN (NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam) invites Global Expression of Interest (EoI) for Hydrogen Fuel Cell based electric buses and cars

There is no evidence that recovered patients are immune to COVID-19 infection: WHO
World Intellectual Property Day observed on April 26; theme: ‘Innovate for a Green Future’
International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day observed by UN on April 26
Indian artist Zarina Hashmi dies aged 83 in London; won President’s Award for Printmaking in India in 1969