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Study: Impacts of COVID-19 lowered due to BCG Vaccination
Researchers of biomedical sciences of New York Institute of Technology say that the countries such as Netherlands, Italy and United States are more severely affected than countries with BCG policies. The Bacilus Calmette-Guerin vaccine that had been administered in India ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
GoI: 30% of Corona Virus cases due to Tablighi Jamaat incident
The Government of India has traced 1,023 cases of COVID-19 to Tablighi Jamaat congregation. The Contact Tracing across 17 states have led to Tablighi Jamaat Congregation. Tablighi Jamaat It is a religious congregation that took place in Nizamuddin Markaz Mosque. ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
An Online Hackathon, “Hack the Crisis” launched to work solutions for COVID-19
The Minister of electronics and IT & HRD Shri Sanjay Dhotre launched “Hack the Crisis- India”. It is an online hackathon that aims to work on solutions for COVID-19. Highlights The initiative is being organized by “FICCI Ladies Organization” and ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
GoI set up Science-Technology Empowered Committee to speed up COVID-19 solutions
The Government of India has constituted a Science and Technology Empowered Committee to make speedy decisions on research and development of COVID-19. Highlights The Committee is to be chaired by Niti Aayog member Vinod Paul and K Vijay Raghavan. Mr ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
How is the power system to be managed during lights off on April 5, 2020?
On April 3, 2020, PM Modi addressed India to switch off their lights at 9 PM for nine minutes and light lamps or candle. This is being done to show the united strength of the country against the virus. Concerns ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
CARUNA: An initiative by the civil servants to fight against COVID-19
On April 4, 2020, the associations of civil servants formed an initiative called CARUNA. CARUNA is Civil Services Associations Reach to Support Natural Disasters. Highlights CARUNA is a collaborative platform. It includes IAS and IPS officers. The platform is to ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
National Health Authority partners with Uber: Dedicated Transport Services for Health care workers
The National Health Authority has partnered with Uber India to provide dedicated transport services to the health care workers that are involved in treating COVID-19 patients. The Plan UBER is to facilitate 150 free cars in the major cities such ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
COVID-19 Quarantine Alert System: Geo Fencing application to locate Quarantine Violators
The Department of Telecommunications has issued Standard Operating Procedure for the use of COVID-19 Quarantine Alert System (CQAS). The CAQS is an application used to track COVID-19 patients who have violated quarantine. Highlights The application was developed by DoT and ..