Top GKToday’s News Headlines-15 April 2020
Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for 15 April, 2020
INDIA
- PM announces extension of lockdown for another 19 days till May 3, indicates easing of some curbs after April 20
- COVID-19 lockdown: CBSE, Fit India to start live fitness sessions for school students from April 15, 2020 on Facebook and Instagram handles
- Tourism Ministry launches webinar series DekhoApnaDesh on the many destinations to see in the country
- MEA announces COVID-19 training program for healthcare professionals from SAARC countries
- ‘COVID Sample Collection Kiosk’ named ‘COVSACK’ developed by DRDL, Hyderabad; gets automatically disinfected without requiring human involvement
- Donation platform GiveIndia launches ‘India COVID Response Fund’ (ICRF) with initial donations worth Rs 75 crore
- Veteran Odisha trade unionist Souribandhu Kar dies at 72
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announces “innovative challenge” to develop video-conferencing solution under the Digital India programme
- IMF projects India’s growth rate at 1.9% in 2020, 7.4% in 2021
- GoI Launches Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme 2020-21 in six tranches from April 2020 to September 2020
WORLD
- US govt. announces plans to sell Harpoon air-launched anti-ship missiles and Mark 54 lightweight torpedoes worth USD 155 million to India
- PM Modi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discuss COVID-19 pandemic challenges
- World Chagas Disease Day observed by WHO on April 14
SPORTS
- Former Pakistani cricketer Zafar Sarfraz dies aged 50 after contracting novel coronavirus
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