Page-18 of Current Affairs - April, 2020
Chitra Gene LAMP-N: Diagnostic kit developed by SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram
The Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science (SCTIMST), an institute of national importance developed a diagnostic kit. The kit reduces test time by two hours. Why is it better than RT-PCR? The cost of the kit is Rs 1000. ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Top GKToday’s News Headlines-17 April 2020
Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for 17 April, 2020 INDIA SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram develops diagnostic test kit Chitra Gene LAMP-N for COVID-19 SCTIMST: Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology PUSA decontamination and sanitizing tunnel, developed by ICAR-Indian ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Environmental Impact Assessment amended by Environment Ministry
The Ministry of Environment has recategorized all the bulk drugs manufacturers under category ‘A’ to category ‘B2’. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification 2006 was amended in order to achieve this. Highlights The projects that are falling under Category A ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Indian Army observes “No Movement”; Special train to ferry soldiers
On April 16, 2020, the Indian Army chief Lt General Manoj Naravane issued directives to all the military cantonments, headquarters, establishments to strictly ensure no movement of forces till April 19, 2020. This is being done to fight COVID-19 during ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Safety of Zoom Application red flagged by Home Ministry
On April 16, 2020, the Cyber Coordination Centre (CyCord) operating under Ministry of Home Affairs red flagged Zoom application. The Home Ministry has issued guidelines to use the Zoom platform. Highlights The Home Ministry has red flagged the Zoom application ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
National Conference on Kharif Crops, 2020 held through video conference
On April 16, 2020 the Union Agricultural Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar chaired the National Conference on Kharif crops. The conference discussed measures to achieve doubling of farmers’ income and to achieve Kharif target. Secretaries of DAC&FW and ICAR and ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
India to receive 6,50,000 COVID-19 testing kits from China
The first lot of 3 lakh COVID-19 testing kits are to arrive from China on April 16, 2020. In another 2 weeks India will receive 2 to 3 million kits from China. India is buying 100,000 RNA extraction kits and ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
South Korea ruling party wins election
On April 16, 2020, the ruling democratic party of President Moon Jae won the election taking 180 seats. The opposition United Future Party took 103 seats. There are 300 seats in the South Korea National Assembly. Pandemic concerns South Korea ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Integrated Geospatial Platform to complement Arogya Setu
On April 15, 2020, the Department of Science and Technology launched Integrated Geospatial Platform to complement Arogya Setu and integrate data from several other initiatives. The platform will help in planning area-specific strategies to handle socio-economic impacts of COVID-19. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
COVID-19: “Sahyog” Mobile application launched by Survey of India
The Survey of India has launched a mobile application called “Sahyog” to collect information about COVID-19 specific data sets through community engagement. Highlights The application will help to increase response activities of the GoI towards the pandemic. The data collected ..